Edward William Bigler (1934 - 2019)

Born 7 Oct 1934 in Cortez, Montezuma Co., Colorado, USA

Ancestors

Died 9 Aug 2019 at age 84 in Washington, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Meghan Dewhurst- Conroy [send private message]

Biography

Edward Bigler was born 7 October 1934 in Cortez, Colorado. He is the son of Hayward Bigler and Eloise Conoley.

1940 census -- Cortez, Montezuma Co., Colorado, USA

Hayward Bigler, head, own $4000, white, male, age 37, married, 4 years college education, born Illinois, same house 1935, oil dealer wholesale oiler dealer; Elouise Bigler, wife, informant, white, female, age 27, married, 1 year college education, born Texas, same house 1935; Dorothy Ann Bigler, daughter, white, female, age 7, single, attended school, 1st grade education, born Colorado, same house 1935; Edward Bigler, son, white, male, age 5, single, born Colorado; Roger Allen Bigler, son, white, male, age 2, single, born Colorado^[1]

1950 census -- Cortez, Montezuma Co., Colorado, USA

Hayward Bigler, head, white, male, age 47, married, born Illinois, WK 54 hrs proprietor bulk oil business; Eloise Bigler, wife, white, female, age 38, married, born Texas, H; Dorothy Bigler, daughter, white, female, age 17, single, born Colorado, OT; Edward Bigler, son, white, male, age 15, single, born Colorado, OT; Roger Bigler, son, white, male, age 12, single, born Colorado^[2]

He married(1) Carol A Reder 15 May 1960. ^[3] They divorced in July 1974 in King Co., Washington.^[4]

He married(2) Sandra K Lecount 7 September 1974 in Kirkland, Washington. ^[5]

He died 9 August 2019 in Washington.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR62-NRX : accessed 15 August 2017), Edward Bigler in household of Hayward Bigler, Cortez, Election Precinct 2, Montezuma, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 42-3, sheet 3A, line 15, family 52, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 471.
2. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Cortez, Montezuma, Colorado; Roll: 1935; Sheet Number: 2; Enumeration District: 42-5
3. ↑ The Terre Haute Star; Publication Date: 10/ May/ 1960; Publication Place: Terre Haute, Indiana, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/33482472/?article=3ecc0988-6a7c-4ddf-b1d7-7e22cc133858&focus=0.2599968,0.028457152,0.49864006,0.31871283&xid=3398
4. ↑ Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington State Divorce Indexes, 1969-2014
5. ↑ Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmc393035
6. ↑ https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/edward-bigler-obituary?pid=193636799