Brief Life History of Welby Willard
When Dr. Welby Willard Bigelow Sr. was born on 6 October 1902, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Moses Willard Bigelow Sr., was 26 and his mother, Ruby Jenette Gammon, was 22. He married Alice White on 9 June 1926, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1925 and lived in Berea, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1950 and Napa, California, United States for about 13 years. He died on 20 January 1991, in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Dr Welby W Bigelow, "United States Census, 1940"
- Unknown, "Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951"
- Welby Willard Bigelow, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1908 · The Garfield County Courthouse
The Courthouse was finished in 1908 and remains the main Courthouse for Garfield County.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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