Albert Smith Bigelow (1906 - 1993)

Born 1 May 1906 in Massachusetts, United States

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Died 6 Oct 1993 at age 87 in Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Albert Bigelow was a part of the Civil Rights Activist Movement.

Albert Bigelow was a United States Navy Commander during World War II, and pacifist who came to prominence in the 1950s as the skipper of the Golden Rule, the first vessel to attempt disruption of a nuclear test in protest against nuclear weapons. In 1961, Albert and his wife joined the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) which organized the Freedom Rides through the Southern United States to challenge racist policies. He rode in the first bus with John L. Lewis and defended Lewis when a white mob attacked the bus.

Albert was the son of Albert Francis and Gladys Williams Bigelow. Albert Sr. was a partner in the firm Warren, Hogue & Bigelow in Boston. Albert was the second of 4 children. His sisters were Martha, born in 1905, and Gladys, born in 1910, and his twin brother, Hugh W.

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"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2KS-JSM : accessed 21 February 2022), Albert S Bigelow 2nd in household of Albert F Bigelow, Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1096, sheet 7A, family 101, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 608; FHL microfilm 1,374,621.

"United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX1G-P29 : 1 February 2021), Bertie Bigelow in entry for Albert Bigelow, 1920.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K79F-D2M : 7 January 2021), Albert S Bigelow, Clarkstown, Rockland, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 44-5, sheet 16A, line 6, family 335, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2766.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP3-X6MQ : 10 June 2021), Albert Smith Bigelow, ; Burial, Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of America, Agawam Cemetery; citing record ID 136368739, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.