Hiram Wilford Bigelow

Brief Life History of Hiram Wilford

When Hiram Wilford Bigelow was born on 11 May 1918, in Douglas, Cochise, Arizona, United States, his father, John Arty Bigelow, was 42 and his mother, Laura Myrtle Kaneaster, was 27. He married Anka E Gjurgevich. He immigrated to World in 1940. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 16 November 2010, in Cochise, Arizona, United States, at the age of 92.

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Hiram Wilford Bigelow
1918–2010
Anka E Gjurgevich
1923–2011
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  • Hiram W Bigelow, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Bigelow, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
  • Hiram Wilford Bigelow, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World

Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

Name Meaning

English or Irish: perhaps a variant of English Bigley or Irish Begley .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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