Eleventh Generation

204. LaVerne Raymond "Vern" BIGELOW was born on 10 July 1897 in Monroe County, WI.^14,17,33,41 He appeared in the census in 1900 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ He appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴¹ Vern graduated in 1918 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^195,196 from Tomah High School. He appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰³ He died on 20 September 1980 at the age of 83 in Monroe County, WI.^11,17,128 Vern was a mail carrier in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI. He was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

LaVerne Raymond "Vern" BIGELOW and Elsa Erine "Elsie" KUTHLOW were married in Waukegan, Lake County, IL.¹⁹⁷ Elsa Erine "Elsie" KUTHLOW, daughter of Ludwig KUTHLOW and Louisa Wilhelmine Caroline ALBRECHT, was born on 31 December 1896 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^{17,33,197,198,199} She was baptized on 2 December 1897 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁹⁹ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁴ Elsie appeared in the census in 1905 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁸⁸ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴¹ She graduated in 1918 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^195,196 from Tomah High School. Elsie appeared in the census in 1920 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵¹ She was living with her parents. She appeared in the census in 1930 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰³ She and her husband were living with her father. She died on 17 April 1972 at the age of 75.¹⁷ Elsie was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

LaVerne Raymond "Vern" BIGELOW and Helen Margaret FREEMORE were married.²⁰⁰

Newspaper article, dated September 3, 1926: "Vern Bigelow, his infant daughter, and Mrs. Freemore, his late wife's mother, were injured when the car they were riding was struck by a fast moving Ford touring car on Highway 12, near the Fred Noth home Sunday evening. The touring car, containing three men who were laborers on the Clifton highway, was being driven on the wrong side of the road. Bigelow's auto was completely wrecked." Helen Margaret FREEMORE, daughter of Samuel J. FREEMORE and Susie NUTTALL, was born on 11 December 1902 in Monroe County, WI.³³ She appeared in the census in 1910 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁴¹ She appeared in the census in 1920 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.⁵¹ Helen died in 1926 at the age of 24.^128,200,201 She was buried in 1926 in Oakdale Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁰¹ in the Oakdale Township Cemetery.

LaVerne Raymond "Vern" BIGELOW and Helen Margaret FREEMORE had the following children: