Alfred Gilbert BIDWELL

Birth:
2 Sep 1802
Monterey, Berkshire, Massachusetts
Death:
2 Jul 1881
Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey
Marriage:
2 May 1837
Hillsdale, Columbia, New York
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. This Family Group sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell Nicholls, of Gilbert, AZ
    2. IGI - NY - Extracted #C501471 (page 0136), #C502791 (page 0391), Batch #8509308 (page 74), #A178082 (page 3649).
    3. FHL - Film #1035617 - Item #5 - Bidwell Family - By Joan Bidwell (pages 84,85) (these pages have pictures).
    4. Book #929.1AM - American Ancestry - Vol.#9 (page 10) - found at the Orlando, FL Public LIbrary.

NOTES:
    1. Alfred Gilbert Bidwell left home to find work - his first job was a clerk in a Hotel in New York City for several and then he went to North Carolina and Georgia to the Gold Mines, returning after seven years.  The moved back to Hillsdale, New York for a few years, then he moved to Greenville, NJ.  He bought his parents farm in Hillsdale, NY also had a small wagon manufacturing business  - The Bidwell farm was a beautiful place on New York Route 23, about half way between the village of Hillsdale and Murray's Corner.  In 1848 they sold the farm and moved to Bergen Hill, Jersey City, New Jersey - where Alfred went into business at 28 Newark Avenue.  
    2. Discrepancy on which town Alfred Gilbert Bidwell was born in Tyringham or Monterey?
    3. Discrepancy on spelling of wife's first given name Harriet or Harriette, also her surname Collin or Collins?
    4. Harriet Ann was 19 years old when her parents died and she went to live with her grandparents in Hillsdale, New York.  She attended Columbia Boarding School in Chatham, New York from 183501836.
                  
Harriette Ann COLLIN
Birth:
28 Oct 1816
Benton, Yates, New York
Death:
12 Nov 1892
Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey
Father:
Mother:
Children
Marriage
1
Florence Alfrette BIDWELL
Birth:
28 Aug 1839
Hillsdale, Columbia, New York
Death:
2 Feb 1920
 
Marr:
 
2
Nancy Jane BIDWELL
Birth:
7 Apr 1841
Hillsdale, Columbia, New York
Death:
3 Mar 1916
 
Marr:
 
3
Henry Collin BIDWELL
Birth:
11 Jun 1843
Hillsdale, Columbia, New York
Death:
12 Apr 1904
 
Marr:
 
4
Harriet Augusta BIDWELL
Birth:
7 Oct 1846
Hillsdale, Columbia, New York
Death:
5 Jan 1930
 
Marr:
 
5
Birth:
24 May 1849
Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey
Death:
6 Dec 1925
Marr:
24 Nov 1886
 
Notes:
                   SOURCES:
    1. This Family Group sheet was compiled by Marion Grace Jewell Nicholls, of Gilbert, AZ
    2.  FHL - Film - #1035617 - Item #5 - Bidwell Family - By Joan Bidwell (pages 84, 85)
    3.  Book #929.1AM - american Ancestry - Vol.#9 (page 10)

NOTES: 
    1. Horace Gilbert Bidwell of Jersey City, New Jersey - born in Greenville, NJ - He entered Bellevue Hospital Medical College 1869 - Practiced in Norfolk,Connecticut 1872-1873 - then in Jersey City since then.
                  
6
Alfred Edgar BIDWELL
Birth:
27 Nov 1852
Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey
Death:
14 Dec 1923
 
Marr:
 
7
William Welch BIDWELL
Birth:
28 Nov 1857
Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey
Death:
 
Marr:
 
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Alfred Gilbert Bidwell - Harriette Ann Collin

Alfred Gilbert Bidwell was born at Monterey, Berkshire, Massachusetts 2 Sep 1802. His parents were Adonijah Bidwell and Mellicent Dench.

He married Harriette Ann Collin 2 May 1837 at Hillsdale, Columbia, New York . Harriette Ann Collin was born at Benton, Yates, New York 28 Oct 1816 .

They were the parents of 7 children:
Florence Alfrette Bidwell born 28 Aug 1839.
Nancy Jane Bidwell born 7 Apr 1841.
Henry Collin Bidwell born 11 Jun 1843.
Harriet Augusta Bidwell born 7 Oct 1846.
Horace Gilbert Bidwell born 24 May 1849.
Alfred Edgar Bidwell born 27 Nov 1852.
William Welch Bidwell born 28 Nov 1857.

Alfred Gilbert Bidwell died 2 Jul 1881 at Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey .

Harriette Ann Collin died 12 Nov 1892 at Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey .