Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Nellie Bigbie

Female 1870 - 1951  (81 years)


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  • Name Nellie Bigbie 
    Born 21 Jan 1870  Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Ellen Bigbie 
    Name Nellie Currie 
    Residence 1891  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Presbyterian 
    Occupation 1901  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Weaver 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-224359 
    Died 11 Dec 1951  London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I224359  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Feb 2024 

    Father James Bigbie,   b. 24 Feb 1816, Kilmarnock, , Ayr, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Nov 1911, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years) 
    Mother Elisabeth Nesbitt,   b. 2 May 1828, , Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1904, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 28 Sep 1849  Kilmarnock, , Ayr, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F21748  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Donald Currie,   b. 16 Feb 1866, Erin Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 May 1935, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 30 Jun 1920  [3
    Last Modified 2 Mar 2024 
    Family ID F61106  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • CURRIE, NELLIE (Nee Bigbie)

      In hospital at London, on Tuesday evening, December 11, 1951, in her 82nd year. Widow of Donald Currie, who predeceased her some seventeen years ago. A resident of Hespeler and district most of her life, Mrs. Currie was born in Guelph Township. She attended the Baptist Church in Hespeler. No immediate family survive. Service at the Stager-Russ Funeral Home, Galt St. in Hespeler on Fri., Dec. 14 at 2. Interment Hespeler Cemetery.

      A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
      Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [S143] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1901, Hespeler (Village) D-2 Page 24.

    2. [S2208] Census - ON, Waterloo, Hespeler - 1891, Section 1 Page 14.

    3. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208201845/nellie-currie.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208190254/elizabeth-bigbie.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Jan 1870 - Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Weaver - 1901 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Dec 1951 - London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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