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The Descendants of William Alex Riggs

Generation 1

1. WILLIAM ALEX¹ RIGGS was born in 1817 in England. He married (1) MARY BRYENTON on 26 Jul 1842 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was born in 1822. She died on 28 May 1864. He married (2) ISABELLA ARBING on 30 Nov 1864 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (By License). She was born in 1829 in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

William Alex Riggs and Mary Bryenton had the following children:

2. i. THOMAS MICHAEL² RIGGS was born on 23 Feb 1844 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married Elizabeth Worth on 18 Dec 1865 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was born on 06 Feb 1846 in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

 

3. ii. WILLIAM NELSON RIGGS was born on 11 Dec 1846 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 21 Jul 1915 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). He married Willena Arbuckle on 28 Apr 1874 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was born in 1851 in Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 31 Mar 1944 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).

William Alex Riggs and Isabella Arbing had the following children:

4. iii. ELIZABETH RIGGS was born on 06 Sep 1865 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married Milton W Chadbourne on 17 Jun 1896 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Winslow Church Taunton). He was born on 28 Aug 1864 in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, USA.

4. JAMES RIGGS was born on 18 May 1867 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
5. JANE RIGGS was born in 1869.

5. vi. CAROLINE MAY RIGGS was born in May 1875 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married Charles F. Hopkins on 19 Apr 1893 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Winslow Church Taunton). He was born on 17 Apr 1871 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

Generation 2

2. THOMAS MICHAEL² RIGGS (William Alex¹) was born on 23 Feb 1844 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married Elizabeth Worth on 18 Dec 1865 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was born on 06 Feb 1846 in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Thomas Michael Riggs and Elizabeth Worth had the following children:

6. i. HARRY³ RIGGS was born on 03 Apr 1885 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died in 1959 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). He married LEAH MARGARET LEDWICH. She was born on 10 Aug 1888 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died in 1914 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).

 

2. MARY RIGGS was born about 1865. She died on 27 Feb 1895 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Pneumonia abt 1 wk). She married John Winters on 27 May 1884 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. He was born in 1857 in Newark, Essex, New Jersey, USA.

iii. WILLIAM F RIGGS was born on 22 Feb 1872 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died in 1909 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). He married CATHARINE MINNIE MUTLOW. She was born on 08 Aug 1874 in Seal River, lot 49, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died in 1955 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).

8. iv. THOMAS MICHAEL RIGGS was born on 12 May 1873 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 09 Jan 1959 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). He married MAUD VANBUSKIRK. She was born on 06 Oct 1871 in Prince Edward Island, Canada (from the 1901 Census). She died in 1904 (from Hazel Riggs marriage record (Age: 33)).
9. v. FRANK B RIGGS was born on 09 Oct 1878 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 01 Sep 1950 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). He married Maud Vatcher on 07 Dec 1898 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was born on 03 Jan 1880 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 18 Apr 1974 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).
10. vi. JOHN WORTH RIGGS was born on 09 Oct 1879 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 23 Jan 1946 in Roslindale, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. He married AMY MAY DAY. She was born on 06 May 1884.
11. vii. CHARLES RIGGS was born on 03 Jul 1882 in Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married Josephine Huggan on 28 Nov 1911 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. She was born in 1884 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

8. DUDLEY GEORGE RIGGS was born on 15 Feb 1886 in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
9. HAZEL E RIGGS was born in 1891 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (1891 Census). She died on 29 Mar 1892 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).

3. WILLIAM NELSON² RIGGS (William Alex¹) was born on 11 Dec 1846 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 21 Jul 1915 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). He married Willena Arbuckle on 28 Apr 1874 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was born in 1851 in Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 31 Mar 1944 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).

William Nelson Riggs and Willena Arbuckle had the following children:

1. LEWIS DAVIES³ RIGGS was born on 21 Aug 1871 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died in Feb 1873.

12. ii. ANNIE IDELLA RIGGS was born on 08 Nov 1874 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married JOSEPH KENNEDY. He was born in Dec 1875.

3. WILLIAM ALFRED RIGGS was born on 24 Mar 1878 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 27 Feb 1900 in Paardeberg, South Africa (Killed in Second Anglo-Boer War).

Notes for William Alfred Riggs: Killed in Boer War

13. iv. EDITH MAY RIGGS was born on 27 Aug 1880 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died in 1935 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). She married WILLIAM F PYNE. He was born in Nov 1876 in New Brunswick, Canada.

14. v. NELSON JAMES BROWN RIGGS was born on 14 Dec 1882 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died between 1955-1961 (btwn 1955 & 1961 per Quincy City Directory). He married Jennie Rita Westhaver on 24 Jun 1905 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born on 13 Sep 1887 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on 14 Nov 1977 in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.
15. vi. BERTHA BLANCHE RIGGS was born on 12 Mar 1885 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 19 Jul 1960 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). She married JOHN EDMUND CAMERON. He was born on 25 Dec 1881 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 27 Dec 1982 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).
16. vii. WILLENA FLORENCE RIGGS was born on 22 Feb 1887 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 01 Jul 1972 in Gadsden, Florida, United States. She married FRANK ARCHIBALD MACQUARRIE. He was born on 08 Nov 1884 in Canada.

 

8. JOSEPH LEMUEL EARL RIGGS was born on 17 Apr 1891 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 20 Apr 1957 in York, New Brunswick, Canada. He married Jean Strang on 30 Apr 1918 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. She was born in 1892. She died in 1961.
9. LILLIAN GLADYS G. RIGGS was born on 10 Jun 1893.
10. GEORGE WILLIAM ARBUCKLE was born on 15 Jul 1872 in Ponds, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.

4. ELIZABETH² RIGGS (William Alex¹) was born on 06 Sep 1865 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married Milton W Chadbourne on 17 Jun 1896 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Winslow Church Taunton). He was born on 28 Aug 1864 in Gorham, Cumberland, Maine, USA.

Milton W Chadbourne and Elizabeth Riggs had the following children:

1. WARREN B.³ CHADBOURNE was born on 10 Nov 1899 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. He married ETHEL. She was born in 1902 in Maine, USA.
17. ii. HELEN HARRIET CHADBOURNE was born on 01 Mar 1904 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. She married JOHN PURCEL. He was born in 1906 in Illinois, USA.
5. CAROLINE MAY² RIGGS (William Alex¹) was born in May 1875 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married Charles F. Hopkins on 19 Apr 1893 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA (Winslow Church Taunton). He was born on 17 Apr 1871 in Raynham, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA.

Charles F. Hopkins and Caroline May Riggs had the following child:

1. HAROLD WILFRED³ HOPKINS was born on 22 Dec 1893 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. He married ISABELLA. She was born in 1894 in Scotland.

Generation 3

6. HARRY³ RIGGS (Thomas Michael², William Alex¹) was born on 03 Apr 1885 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died in 1959 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). He married LEAH MARGARET LEDWICH. She was born on 10 Aug 1888 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died in 1914 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).

Harry Riggs and Leah Margaret Ledwich had the following children:

1. EARLE GEORGE DOBSON⁴ RIGGS was born on 31 Oct 1905 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 17 Sep 1969 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetery transcript: PEIGS). He married Gertrude Elmira Paynter, daughter of Herbert Reid Paynter and Elmira May Bernard on 18 Jul 1927 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was born on 28 Mar 1909. She died on 17 Aug 1970 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetery transcript: PEIGS).
2. RALPH JAMES RIGGS was born on 16 Nov 1908 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died in 1958 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).
3. ADDISON BRUCE RIGGS was born on 01 Jan 1910 in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
4. ERIC WARBURTON RIGGS was born on 28 Jun 1907 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died before 1911 in Missing from 1911 Census.

7. WILLIAM F³ RIGGS (Thomas Michael², William Alex¹) was born on 22 Feb 1872 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died in 1909 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). He married CATHARINE MINNIE MUTLOW. She was born on

8. Aug 1874 in Seal River, lot 49, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died in 1955 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).

William F Riggs and Catharine Minnie Mutlow had the following children:

1. VERNON WILLIAM CUTCLIFFE⁴ RIGGS was born on 23 Oct 1894 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
2. CARL BRUCE RIGGS was born on 30 Aug 1906 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died in 1926 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).
3. GOLDIE PEARL RIGGS was born on 19 Jul 1898 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died in 1949 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).
4. ELIZABETH OLIVE RIGGS was born on 22 Aug 1899 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 24 Feb 1900 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
5. HERBERT WORTH RIGGS was born on 09 May 1901 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

8. THOMAS MICHAEL³ RIGGS (Thomas Michael², William Alex¹) was born on 12 May 1873 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 09 Jan 1959 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). He married MAUD VANBUSKIRK. She was born on 06 Oct 1871 in Prince Edward Island, Canada (from the 1901 Census). She died in 1904 (from Hazel Riggs marriage record (Age: 33)).

Thomas Michael Riggs and Maud Vanbuskirk had the following children:

1. MARTHA ISABEL⁴ RIGGS was born on 03 Oct 1901 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married JOHN STEWART DR..
2. HAZEL RIGGS was born on 19 Oct 1896 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married Milton F. Robie on 22 Jul 1926 in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA. He was born in 1897 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

3. HELEN ELIZABETH RIGGS was born on 30 Jul 1898 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
4. HARRIET MAUD RIGGS was born on 10 Sep 1899 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
5. RAYMOND LEIGH RIGGS was born on 14 May 1903 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

9. FRANK B³ RIGGS (Thomas Michael², William Alex¹) was born on 09 Oct 1878 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 01 Sep 1950 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). He married Maud Vatcher on 07 Dec 1898 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was born on 03 Jan 1880 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 18 Apr 1974 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).

Frank B Riggs and Maud Vatcher had the following child:

1. HARRY A⁴ RIGGS was born on 28 Jun 1899 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 17 Aug 1948 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).

10. JOHN WORTH³ RIGGS (Thomas Michael², William Alex¹) was born on 09 Oct 1879 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 23 Jan 1946 in Roslindale, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. He married AMY MAY DAY. She was born on 06 May 1884.

John Worth Riggs and Amy May Day had the following children:

1. NAIDEAN MARY⁴ RIGGS was born on 15 Sep 1904 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 05 Feb 1988 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. She married Raymond Robert MacWilliams on 30 Oct 1926 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was born on 08 Apr 1904 in Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 17 Jun 1987 in Sebastian, Indian River, Florida, USA.
2. HORACE STEWART RIGGS was born on 01 Feb 1907 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 23 Feb 1983 in South Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States of America. He married ADELE E.
3. JAMES ARTHUR RIGGS was born on 30 Mar 1911 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
4. EDITH ELIZABETH RIGGS was born on 25 Feb 1916 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 02 Jul 1993 in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA. She married Henry Hanssen on 12 Feb 1938 in Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA. He was born in 1914 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
5. ERNEST WILMOT RIGGS was born on 25 Jun 1919 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

11. CHARLES³ RIGGS (Thomas Michael², William Alex¹) was born on 03 Jul 1882 in Charlottetown, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He married Josephine Huggan on 28 Nov 1911 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA. She was born in 1884 in Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

Charles Riggs and Josephine Huggan had the following children:

1. CHARLES ELMER⁴ RIGGS was born on 16 Jul 1914 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

2. ALBERT RIGGS was born on 23 Sep 1912 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.
3. GRAHAM RIGGS was born in 1918 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA.

12. ANNIE IDELLA³ RIGGS (William Nelson², William Alex¹) was born on 08 Nov 1874 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She married JOSEPH KENNEDY. He was born in Dec 1875.

Joseph Kennedy and Annie Idella Riggs had the following children:

1. SYDNEY RIGGS⁴ KENNEDY was born on 17 Jun 1913 in Chatham, Northumberland, New Brunswick, Canada.
2. MARY MARJORY ELLA KENNEDY was born on 18 May 1903 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
3. DOUGLAS KENNEDY was born in Jun 1908.

13. EDITH MAY³ RIGGS (William Nelson², William Alex¹) was born on 27 Aug 1880 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died in 1935 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). She married WILLIAM F PYNE. He was born in Nov 1876 in New Brunswick, Canada.

William F Pyne and Edith May Riggs had the following children:

1. NORMA WILLENA⁴ PYNE was born on 05 Feb 1903 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
2. ALFRED ROLAND PYNE was born on 31 May 1901 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 31 Jan 1967 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He married LILIAN LOUISE OSBORNE.

14. NELSON JAMES BROWN³ RIGGS (William Nelson², William Alex¹) was born on 14 Dec 1882 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died between 1955-1961 (btwn 1955 & 1961 per Quincy City Directory). He married Jennie Rita Westhaver on 24 Jun 1905 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was born on 13 Sep 1887 in Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada. She died on

14. Nov 1977 in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA.

Nelson James Brown Riggs and Jennie Rita Westhaver had the following children:

1. BERNICE EDITH⁴ RIGGS was born on 23 Jul 1906 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. She married WALTER F KING.
2. KENNETH H RIGGS was born on 18 Jul 1908 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. He died on 08 Dec 1999 in Brockton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States of America (MA Death Index).

15. BERTHA BLANCHE³ RIGGS (William Nelson², William Alex¹) was born on 12 Mar 1885 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 19 Jul 1960 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). She married JOHN EDMUND CAMERON. He was born on 25 Dec 1881 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 27 Dec 1982 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).

John Edmund Cameron and Bertha Blanche Riggs had the following children:

1. NORA⁴ CAMERON was born on 11 Oct 1909 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
2. RALPH CAMERON was born on 09 Jun 1905 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died on 22 Oct 1977 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).

3. KARL J CAMERON was born in Feb 1907 in Prince Edward Island, Canada. He died in 1989 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS). He married HELEN DOUGLAS. She was born in 1913. She died in 1978 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (People's Cemetary transcript: PEIGS).

16. WILLENA FLORENCE³ RIGGS (William Nelson², William Alex¹) was born on 22 Feb 1887 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She died on 01 Jul 1972 in Gadsden, Florida, United States. She married FRANK ARCHIBALD MACQUARRIE. He was born on 08 Nov 1884 in Canada.

Frank Archibald MacQuarrie and Willena Florence Riggs had the following children:

1. BETTY⁴ MACQUARRIE was born in 1912 in Indiana, USA.
2. JOAN MACQUARRIE was born in 1917 in Indiana, USA.

17. HELEN HARRIET³ CHADBOURNE (Elizabeth² Riggs, William Alex¹ Riggs) was born on 01 Mar 1904 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, USA. She married JOHN PURCEL. He was born in 1906 in Illinois, USA.

John Purcel and Helen Harriet Chadbourne had the following child:

1. JOHN⁴ PURCEL was born in Feb 1929 in Massachusetts, USA.