Frederic Russell 9 BIGELOW


16312.2364      Frederic Russell 9 BIGELOW, son of Charles Henry 8 ( Anson 7, Erastus 6 , David 5 , David 4 , Lt. John 3 , Joshua 2, John 1), and Alda Wood (LYMAN) BIGELOW, was born 11 March 1870 in St. Paul, MN.  On 15 October 1903, he married (1) Harriet Alice Fraser (see below) in Richmond, Quebec, Canada.  Harriet was born 05 August 1876 L'Avenir, Quebec, dau of  Francois and Alice (Boyhwell) Fraser, and died 25 January 1927 St Paul, Hennepin co, MN. He married (2) 24 October 1932 Virginia Douseman in St. Louis, MO. Frederick died 08 September 1946 St. Paul, MN. (see below) Limited info on the rest of the family. (see below) (and see below)

Children of Frederic and Harriet (Fraser) Bigelow:

16312.23641t     Eileen, b 15 Feb 1905 St. Paul, MN; d 01 Sept 1982 St. Paul; 2 children, (see below)     

16312.23642t     Hortense, b 22 July 1906 St. Paul, MN; d 27 Sept 1979 Nashville, TN; m 03 Nov 1928 Henry Orin Ingram; 4 children; 

16312.23643      Frederic Russell, Jr., b 09 May 1910 St. Paul, MN; d 08 Oct 1927 (aged 17) El Cajun, CA;.
    
Sources:
The Bigelow Family Genealogy, Volume II, page ;
Howe,Bigelow Family of America;
1850 census NY;

From: Denis Fraser  < denis-fraser@videotron.ca >
     My name is Denis Fraser, I’m living in Montreal area, Qc, Canada, and I’m currently building my family history. As you may know, it is quite a job to search and search for information and sometimes get just a very small piece of information. On the other hand, it is very interesting to find out how the family has expanded over the years. So far I’ve made a tree of the entire family starting from John in 1815 until the 6th generation, my generation. I have also collected more than 300 documents such as pictures, census, christening, marriages and burial registers on about 170 persons. The tree is about 90% complete but, as I regularly find new information, it is constantly being updated.
     Today, I need some information that I believe you may have handy. You can find information on me from LinkedIn site under Denis Fraser, Montreal area, Quality Assurance Engineer. As I live in Quebec province, the information is written in French but easy to figure out what’s in it. At least, you’ll know a bit more about me.

I am able to supply following: .................................ROD
 Exact birth date of Frederick Russell Ingram, Alice Ingram, and Patricia Ingram

Rod does not have the following information:
1.      Exact marriage  and death date of Campbell Fraser, born in 1909, with name of wife and more, such as children’s name, if possible
2.      Exact marriage and death date of Robin Bothwell  Fraser, born in 1911, with name of wife and more, such as children’s name, if possible
           Of course, if you have pictures, registers, and all kind of other documents, I’ll be pleased to put it in my family library.
Thanks a lot for your consideration.
Denis Fraser
910, Salvail street
Repentigny, Qc, Canada, J5Y 2Y4
Correspondence from John McKibben Bigelow 1998, grandson of Charles Henry Bigelow I. 
His address is 1444 Landings Circle, Sarasota, FL 34231.
Res. St. Paul, MN.  Book of generation 9 to present, 21 May 1998, in book form.
The Founding Family
     The F.R Bigelow Foundation was formed in 1946 as a way for the philanthropy of Frederic Russell Bigelow and his family to continue. Bigelow was the fourth president of St. Paul Fire and Marine Company, an insurance company now known as The St. Paul Companies, Inc. Bigelow was very compassionate, strong-minded and personal in his approach to business and life, which gave him a great understanding and love for his community.
Bigelow’s parents arrived in St. Paul by stagecoach in 1864, furthering the family’s westward movement that began in 1638, when John Bigelow emigrated from England. In 1911, Frederic Bigelow succeeded his father as president of St. Paul Fire and Marine Company and grew the business into a multi-faceted international organization.
A Tradition of Philanthropy
     Bigelow shared his time and money with the community in both good times in bad. In 1920, he was one of the organizers of the St. Paul Community Chest, now the United Way. During the Great Depression, he served on the board of the National Citizen’s Committee for Welfare and Relief Mobilization. He served on boards and committees of many other charitable organizations until his death in 1946.
     The Bigelow Foundation, a precursor to the current F.R. Bigelow Foundation, was incorporated in 1938, the year Frederic stepped down as Fire and Marine’s president. The Foundation was formed to “promote the well-being of mankind” and was chaired by C.F. Codere, Bigelow’s friend and successor at Fire and Marine.
     As Bigelow intended, the Foundation was created to improve the local community through such organizations such as the Community Chest, Macalester College, the YMCA and YWCA and St. Paul Academy. But his will also directed the Foundation to provide financial support for family members. As it turned out, these different purposes forbid the Foundation’s qualification as a tax-exempt organization, so a new corporation, the F.R. Bigelow Foundation, was spun off in 1946 to support charitable causes.
The 1938 Bigelow Foundation still exists to provide for some remaining family members, but when there are no more beneficiaries the money will transfer to the F.R. Bigelow Foundation.
     The F.R. Bigelow Foundation began making grants in 1947 when its cash balance was only $29,641.51; its principal asset was 55,000 shares of Fire and Marine stock.The first recorded grant was to the YMCA. Giving was not limited to Minnesota, but through the 1960s, trustees of the Foundation were always careful to focus on projects and organizations that Frederic Bigelow either had an interest in or might have appealed to him.
The Foundation’s assets grew quickly. By April 1962, $143,200 was distributed through 63 grants.
Changing Times
     In the late 1960s, the tax laws regarding charitable institutions changed, as did the social, political and financial landscape of the country. All of these changes combined to usher in a new era of administration and financial diversification for the Foundation. To help the Foundation through the tax reform, outside administrators were brought in, and the Foundation eventually became a client of Minnesota Foundation. (Minnesota Foundation eventually became affiliated with The Saint Paul Foundation. Today, F. R. Bigelow Foundation is a client of The Saint Paul Foundation.) During the early 1970s, Foundation board members also decided to spread investments beyond the stock of The St. Paul Companies, Inc., to secure the Foundation's future.
     A new grantmaking strategy was also adopted in the mid-1970s. Grants would be restricted to Minnesota, primarily to the greater St. Paul area. Special projects were developed to deal with large needs such as housing and economic development.
Projects and Partners
     In the late 1970s, the Foundation’s trustees decided that special projects could be much more beneficial if more experts, foundations and other partners were involved. One of the first and lasting projects tackled in the spirit of cooperation was adult literacy. In 1980, the Literacy 85 project began, which established the Foundation as a visionary in the development of literacy skills. In 1985, The Technology for Literacy Center, the first program to use computers as literacy education tools, was created by the Foundation and its many partners, including The Saint Paul Foundation.
The needs of the Saint Paul community were growing in the mid-1980s when the Foundation’s trustees decided even greater focus was necessary to do the most good. The Foundation decided to concentrate on low-income and minority populations, as well as job opportunities. The Foundation would develop programs for human services and education.
The Present and Future
     The Foundation continues to organize partners, fundraising, and the implementation of projects for the betterment of the Saint Paul area. It believes its role is as an equal partner in these projects, a facilitator rather than a controller.
With further decreases in federal funding looming ahead, the challenging work of the F.R. Bigelow Foundation will require all the resources and vision that the Foundation has developed for more than 50 years.

SAINT PAUL, Minn., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of the F.R. Bigelow Foundation approved 25 grants totaling $834,240 at its November 9, 1999, board meeting, including grants that will help the developmentally disabled and area youth.
History
The F. R. Bigelow Foundation was founded in 1946 through a trust established by Frederic R. Bigelow "to promote the well-being of mankind." The private foundation, with assets now valued at $127 million, continues its commitment to the greater Saint Paul metropolitan area with its most current grants, some of which ...
http://www.frbigelow.org/

16312.23641     Eileen Bigelow, b 15 Feb 1905 St. Paul, MN; d 01 Sept 1982 St. Paul;
2 children:

 Hi Rod,
My name is Fletcher Russell Bigelow, and I am the grandson of Eileen Bigelow 16312.23641t
She never married, and adopted 2 children (not 2 daughters)
Constance Bigelow, b 11 Sept 1940; d ____ ; m Daniel Kunin; 3 children: Alex, Alicia, and Nicholas.
Fraser Robin Bigelow, b 21 Mar 1943; d ____ ; m ____ ; 3 children: Fletcher Russell Bigelow (ME), Jessica Eileen Bigelow, and Elizabeth Fraser Bigelow (FTM)
Fletcher Bigelow < fletcherbigelow@gmail.com >

From:    Clare Wasteneys  < clare.wasteneys@queensu.ca >
     I stumbled on your Bigelow website and a note added by Fletcher while searching for information about my Fraser-Bothwell ancestry.  It was very helpful to be able to fill in some gaps using the information you provided on the site.  I am writing in the off-chance that you might be familiar with the part of your ancestry that flows upward from Harriet Alice Fraser, who was my first cousin twice removed.
     My full name is Clare Bothwell Wasteneys.  My great grandmother was Harriet Bertha Antoinette Bothwell, next younger sister of Alice Mary Bothwell, both daughters of Frederick and Margaret (Bothwell) Bothwell, who were cousins in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.  It is an interesting family history, as the Irish Bothwells lived among the Scottish Frasers who were officers from the "78th Fraser Highlanders" who settled in Quebec after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.  In recognition for their support to the English, the officers, including Captain John Fraser, were granted tracts of land in the area southeast of Montreal.  Many became prominent business owners, physicians and scholars.
      I was very intrigued to read about some of your female relatives, as there are similarities with my closer female relatives.  The name Hortense features frequently and the number of advanced degrees achieved by Fraser/Bothwell/Miller women is impressive.  My great grandmother Harriet Bertha Bothwell finished two degrees at McGill before women could be granted degrees.  Hers were termed "diplomas" but she went on to teach agricultural botany at the now University of Guelph.  As an aside, I understand that Harriet Alice Fraser (my great grandmother's niece) was the first woman to be granted an actual "degree" from McGill.  My grandmother Alice Clare Bothwell Miller was in the middle of a PhD at McGill when she met my grandfather Hardolph Wasteneys, who was in the middle of his at Berkeley.  They married, she withdrew, but her daughter, Hortense Catherine Fardell Wasteneys ended up with two PhDs, one in Social Work, the other in Education, as well as a Master of Divinity from Trinity College, University of Toronto.  I will blame all of them for now being in the final throes of a PhD at mid-life (-:
     If you have any knowledge of Fraser-Bothwell family history or stories, or know relatives who do, I would appreciate if you would share any relevant links or connections with me.
     In addition, if you are interested, I would be happy to provide guest access to my Wasteneys family tree on ancestry.ca
Best regards,
Clare Wasteneys
Milford Bay, Ontario
Skype: clare.wasteneys
clare.wasteneys@queensu.ca
Frederick Russell Bigelow
From: Greg King <gregking@accesscomm.ca>
  My name is Greg King, I was born in Avonlea Saskatchewan and currently live in Regina Saskatchewan.  I found your site for Frederick Russell Bigelow.  I believe we are very distantly related.  I will attempt to outline why I believe this to be true.
My Great Grandmother was Rebecca Jane Bothwell.  Her parents were Fred and Margaret Bothwell.  Rebecca’s sister Alice married Francois Fraser; they had a daughter Harriet that married Frederick Bigelow.
Rebecca Jane married William Edward Armstrong in 1876.  They had a son Frederick Bethune Armstrong (my Grandfather) in 1879 who is buried at Mortlach Saskatchewan.  He married Catherine May Ward (my Grandmother).  She donated her body to science at the University of Saskatchewan and is buried in Saskatoon Saskatchewan.  They had three daughters, one of which was my Mother, Frances Maude Armstrong, born 19th of May 1913.  She married Norman Harold King, born 12th May 1916 in Alameda Saskatchewan on the 27th of December 1939 in Mortlach Saskatchewan.  They had four boys of which I am the youngest.
One of my Aunt’s told this story.  My Grandparents were not wealthy.  Her understanding is Frederick Bigelow’s philanthropy sponsored the three Armstrong daughter’s education.  However, it was never discussed in their home.  In the case of my Mother Frances, she attended the University of British Columbia located in Vancouver in 1929 at the age of 16 through his sponsorship.  Mortlach was an exceedingly small rural farming community in Southern Saskatchewan.  Imagine this small-town country girl traveling from the farming plains of rural Saskatchewan through the Rocky Mountains to Vancouver British Columbia at the early age of 16.  All the things about far away big cities, she only read about in books, she was now experiencing. 
Frederick Bigelow’s efforts resulted in the three Armstrong girls getting an advanced education.  One a Teacher (my Mother), who ended up teaching at least three generations of families and the other two sisters became successful nurses.  Due to his generosity, these small-town country girls got an excellent education and had a highly successful and meaningful life.

From: Find a Grave
 Frederic Russell Bigelow was the son of Alida Lyman and Charles Henry Bigelow.
Frederic attended elementary and high school in Saint Paul. After graduation in 1891 from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Arts degree, he began working at St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.
In 1911, he was made president of the firm, a post which he held until 1938, when he became chairman of the board of directors.
During his career in Saint Paul, Mr. Bigelow served as head of the city Community Chest, chairman of board of public welfare, and president of the board of trustees of Macaslester College in Saint Paul.
In 1932, the St. Paul Cosmopolitan club awarded him the distinguished service medal presented annually for outstanding contributions to the city.
Mr. Bigelow married Harriet Alice Fraser on October 15, 1903. Children born to this union Eileen Bigelow, Hortense Bigelow Ingram, and Frederic Russell Bigelow, Jr.
Frederic married a second time to Virginia Rolette Dousman Crosby in 1932.
Mr. Bigelow was a member of the Athletic, Minnesota University, Somerset and White Bean Yacht clubs, and Chi Psi fraternity.
Mr. Bigelow was a member of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church where his funeral was held





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