William John Bignell (1816 - 1895)

Husband of Emma Palmer (Shaw) Bignell — married 12 Sep 1843 in Wesleyan Methodist Church, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Descendants

Died 21 Jun 1895 at age 79 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Greg Roy [send private message]

Biography

William was born 14 February 1816. He was the son of John Quick Bignell and Elizabeth Brown. ^{[1] [2]}

In 1842, he was working as a Public Notary, single, and living Notre-Dame, Quebec City, Quebec. ^[3]

On 12 September 1843, at the age of 27, he married Emma Palmer Shaw, aged 18, in the Wesleyan Methodist Church, Quebec City, Quebec. ^[4] Together the couple had 15 children.

In 1851, at the age of 36, he was a Notary, living in Quebec City, with his wife (Emma), Peter Shaw (Law Student, possible brother in law) and children (Emma, Annie, William, Henry and Jessie). ^[5]

In 1861, at the age of 45, he was a Notary, living in Quebec City (Montcalm Ward), with his wife (Emma) and children (Wm., Annie, Jessie, Charles, Favie, and Arthur) ^[6]

In 1871, at the age of 55, he was a Notary Public, living in Quebec City (Montcalm Ward), with his wife (Emma) and children (Annie, Jessie, Charles, Arthur, Grace, Edward, Herbert, Etties and Florence), ^[7]

In 1881, at the age of 66, he was living in Quebec City (Montcalm Ward), with his wife (Emma) and children (Annie, Arthur, Grace, Herbert, Ella and Florence). ^[8]

In 1891, at the age of 75, he was a Notary, living in Quebec City (Montcalm West Ward), with his wife (Emma) and children (Annie, Charles, Arthur, Edward Grace, Herbert, Ethel and Florence). ^[9]

William Bignell passed away 21 June 1895, aged 79. He was buried 24 June 1895 in Mount Hermon Cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. ^[10]

Notes

William's will was probated Sept 19, 1895 in Quebec. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "Bignell Family, Holy Bible 1828", British & Foreign Bible Society
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/bignell/99/
3. ↑ "Canada Census, 1842", database with images, Library and Archives of Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1842-Canada-East/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=22127 : accessed 8 December 2021), Wm Bignell, Occupation: Not(ary) Public, District Name: Quebec, Sub-District Name: Notre-Dame (within the town); Schedule 1 (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1842LC&op=img&id=004569589_00528 : accessed 8 December 2021), Page: 190, Line: 1, Male, Single, between 30 and 59 years of age
4. ↑ Marriage, Québec, Wesleyan Methodist Church, Date: 1843-09-12, BIGNELL, WILLIAM, Residence: Quebec, Age: 27, PAILMER SHAW, EMMA, Residence: Quebec, Age: 18; Original document (https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/img/acte/5403601 : accessed 31 December 2021)), folder: Québec/Fonds Drouin/QC/Non-Cath/Québec (Anglican)/Québec (Wesleyan Methodist church)/1840/1843/, image: d1p_1622b2239jpg, Transcription: 'On the twelfth day of September One thousand eight hundred and forty three, by authority of a special License from His Excellency the Governor, William Bignell of Quebec, Notary Public and Bachelor, Aged twenty seven years and Emma Palmer Shaw of the same place, Spinster, aged eighteen years were united in Holy Matrimony with the consent of her Guardian John Shaw and in the presence of the subscribing witnesses, by me (signed) William ? Minister, (signed) William Bignell, (signed) Emma P. Shaw, Witnesses: John Shaw Jr, John Bignell, Ed Glachemeyer
5. ↑ "Canada Census, 1851", database with images, Library and Archives of Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1851/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=120179 : accessed 8 December 2021), William. Bignell, Male, Age: 36, Place of Birth: Canada East (Quebec), District Name: Quebec (county), Sub-District Name: Quebec (City); Schedule 1 (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1851&op=img&id=e002331238: accessed 8 December 2021), Page: 627, Living with wife (Emma), Peter Shaw (Law Student, brother in law?) and children (Emma, Annie, William, Henry and Jessie), Notary
6. ↑ "Canada Census, 1861", database with images, Library and Archives of Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1861/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=2145701 : accessed 8 December 2021), Wm. Bignell, Male, Age: 45, Marital Status: Married, Place of Birth: Lower Canada, Religion: W.M., District Name: Quebec, Sub-District Name: Quebec (Montcalm); Schedule 1 (http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1861&op=img&id=4108564_00958: accessed 8 December 2021), Page: 187, Line: 2, Living with wife (Emma) and children (Wm., Annie, Jessie, Charles, Favie, and Arthur), Notary
7. ↑ "Canada Census, 1871", database with images, Library and Archives of Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=326053 : accessed 8 December 2021), William Bignell, Male, Age: 55, Birth Year: 1816, Marital Status: Married, Place of Birth: Quebec, Religion: Methodist., District Name: Quebec West, Sub-District Name: Montcalm Ward; Schedule 1 (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1871&op=img&id=4395556_00626: accessed 8 December 2021), Family: 163, Page: 42, Line: 6, Living with wife (Emma) and children (Annie, Jessie, Charles, Arthur, Grace, Edward, Herbert, Etties and Florence), Notary Public
8. ↑ "Canada Census, 1881", database with images, Library and Archives of Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1881/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=5899418 : accessed 8 December 2021), William Bignell, Occupation: Notary, Male, Age: 66, Birth Year: 1815, Marital Status: M, Place of Birth: Quebec, Religion: Ch. Eng., District Name: Quebec (City), Sub-District Name: Montcalm Ward; Schedule 1 (http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1881&op=img&id=e008155281: accessed 8 December 2021), Family: 115, Page: 19, Line: 19, Living with wife (Emma) and children (Annie, Arthur, Grace, Herbert, Ella and Florence)
9. ↑ "Canada Census, 1891", database with images, Library and Archives of Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1891/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=4345157 : accessed 8 December 2021), William Bignell, Male, Age: 75, Birth Year: 1816, Marital Status: Married, Religion: Ch. Eng., District Name: Quebec (City), Sub-District Name: Montcalm West Ward; Schedule 1 (https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1891&op=img&id=30953_148216-00783 : accessed 8 December 2021), Family: 38, Page: 9, Line: 3, Living with wife (Emma) and children (Annie, Charles, Arthur, Edward Grace, Herbert, Ethel and Florence), Notary
10. ↑ Genealogy Quebec, Drouin Institute, Drouin Collection (https://www.genealogiequebec.com/membership/en/fonds-drouin/REGISTRES: accessed 14 January 2022), folder: Québec/Fonds Drouin/QC/Non-Cath/Québec (Methodist)/Québec (Wesleyan Methodist Church)/1890/1895/, image: d1p_1623b2082.jpg, "Burial", William Bignell, Death Date: 21 June 1895, Burial Date: 24 June 1895, Transcription: "William Bignell, in his lifetime a Notary Public of the City and Province of Quebec died, of Paraly? ? On the twenty first day of June one thousand eight hundred and ninety five, aged Seventy nine years, and was interred by me in Mount Hermon Cemetery, Quebec on the twenty fourth day of the month and year aforesaid. Signed ? Mansell, Minister, (signed) H.B. Bignell, (signed) John Shaw."

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/L69Z-6TW