The bigelow Surname
bigelow Name Meaning and History
English (Merseyside and Cheshire): probably a habitational name
from a place in Cheshire named Big Low in the township of
Rainbow. This place name is not on early record; it means ‘big mound’,
from early Modern English big + low ‘mound’, ‘hill’ (Old
English hlaw).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Muriel May BIGELOW, obit | Jacqui Baylis | 2 |
| BIGELOW Bessie FOSTER 1893-1992 |
 t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| Martin Bigelow buried in Buckland cemetery | betty | 1 |
| BIGELOW Bessie FOSTER 1893-1992 |
t42RoseHill
| 0 |
| John Bigelow | donna james | 1 |
| Charles Bigelow |
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| Zachariah Bigelow of Yanceyville, NC |
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| 2 |
| Bigelow Family |
jack1450
| 5 |
| Bigelow, N.J. | Lee Faber | 5 |
| Bigelows of Worcester Mass |
chojinchef
| 4 |
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