Bigelow Family History
Bigelow Name Meaning
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). adm.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bigelow
Name Distribution of Bigelow Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bigelow families
 146 - 290  49 - 145 |
 1 - 48  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bigelow families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Bigelow last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bigelow Family Origin
Bigelow Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Bigelow
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Bigelow Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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