Reginald Lewis Biggs

M, b. 8 March 1910, d. 1981
FatherErnest William Biggs b. 21 Oct 1883, d. 19 Jan 1957
MotherDaisy Gertrude Levings b. 9 Mar 1883, d. 12 Jul 1966
ChartsDescendants of Matthew Gardner and Margaret Martin
Ancestors of Reginald Lewis Biggs
Birth*Reginald Lewis Biggs was born on 8 March 1910 at 44 Fairfield Road, Edmonton, Middlesex, England. Daisy Gertrude (Levings) Biggs was listed as the informant on the birth certiifcate.1,2,3,4,5,6 
BaptismReginald Lewis Biggs was baptized on 1 May 1910 at St. Margaret of Antioch Parish Church, Darenth, Kent, England.7 
(Son) CensusHe appeared on the census of 1911 as the son of Ernest William Biggs at 44 Fairfield Road, Edmonton, Middlesex, England.2 
Residence*Reginald Lewis Biggs lived between 1921 and 1929 at 27 Morley Avenue, Edmonton, Middlesex, England.4,5 
(Son) CensusHe appeared on the census of 1921 as the son of Ernest William Biggs at 27 Morley Avenue, Edmonton, Middlesex, England.3 
OccupationReginald Lewis Biggs was a motor engineer in 1929 at Edmonton, Middlesex, England.4,5 
ResidenceHe lived between 1929 and 1931 at 70 Gorge Road, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.5 
Emigration*He emigrated on 13 April 1929 from Liverpool, Lancashire, England, aboard the White Star Line "Cedric" destined for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.4
Immigration*He immigrated on 21 April 1929 to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Stephen Herbert Odell Levings was listed as the friend or relative at his destination.6,5 
Occupation*Reginald Lewis Biggs was a mechanic in an auto repair shop in 1931 at Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.6 
(Nephew) CensusHe appeared on the census of 1931 as the nephew of Stephen Herbert Odell Levings at 70 Gorge Road, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada.6 
Residence*Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary (Gardner) Biggs lived between 1944 and 1948 at 15 Juliet Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.8 
Property-PurchaseReginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Gardner purchased 15 Juliet Crescent, York, Ontario, on 16 August 1944 from Ivy McDowell, Hazel Shaw and George Barnett for $3000 .9 
Property-MortgageReginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Gardner mortgaged 15 Juliet Crescent, York, Ontario, between 16 August 1944 and 23 January 1954 to Margaret Cleland Gardner for a loan of $3,000 bearing an interest of 5% per annum.10,11 
Marriage*Reginald Lewis Biggs married Lillian Mary Gardner, daughter of William Gardner and Margaret Cleland Watson, on 4 September 1944 at Patterson Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.8 
Property-PurchaseReginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary (Gardner) Biggs purchased 578 Oxbox Park Drive, Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada, on 30 August 1951 from Edward Henry Leonard Blackmore and Marjorie Constance (Wilson) Blackmore for $1,800 .12 
Property-SellReginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary (Gardner) Biggs sold 15 Juliet Crescent, York, Ontario, on 22 January 1953 to Margaret A. Jarvis for $11,500.13 
Property-PurchaseReginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary (Gardner) Biggs purchased 161 Hutton Road (later 533 Hutton Place), London, Ontario, Canada, on 11 January 1954 from Thomas H. Higgs and Emily C. Higgs for $12,500 .14 
Property-MortgageReginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary (Gardner) Biggs mortgaged 15 Juliet Crescent, York, Ontario, between 14 January 1954 and 13 January 1964 to The Northern Life Assurance Company of Canada (?) for a loan of $3,500 bearing an interest of 6.5% per annum.15,16 
Property-Mortgage*Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Gardner mortgaged 161 Hutton Road (later 533 Hutton Place), London, Ontario, Canada, between 4 February 1954 and 13 September 1957 to Thomas H. Higgs and Emily C. Higgs for a loan of $8500 bearing an interest of 6% per annum.17,18 
OccupationReginald Lewis Biggs was a salesman in 1957 at London, Ontario, Canada.19 
Property-Purchase*Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary (Gardner) Biggs purchased 171 Tarbart Terrace, London, Ontario, Canada, on 26 June 1957 from the Sifton Construction Company Limited for $1,950 (land only) .19 
Property-MortgageReginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary (Gardner) Biggs mortgaged 161 Hutton Road (later 533 Hutton Place), London, Ontario, Canada, between 5 July 1957 and 19 September 1962 to The Northern Life Assurance Company of Canada (?) for a loan of $7500 bearing an interest of 6.75% per annum.20,21 
Property-Sell*Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary (Gardner) Biggs sold 161 Hutton Road (later 533 Hutton Place), London, Ontario, Canada, on 17 September 1957 to James Barry Martin Hayman for $13,200.22 
Property-SellReginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary (Gardner) Biggs sold 578 Oxbox Park Drive, Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada, on 10 December 1958 to Robert Fairley Blackwood and Elizabeth Taylor Newall (Campbell) Blackwood for $2,000.23 
Death*Reginald Lewis Biggs died in 1981 at London, Ontario, Canada.24 

Family

Lillian Mary Gardner b. 26 Apr 1912, d. 6 Jun 2000
Marriage*He married Lillian Mary Gardner, daughter of William Gardner and Margaret Cleland Watson, on 4 September 1944 at Patterson Presbyterian Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.8 
Children
  • Mary Lou Biggs
  • Bruce Alexander Biggs
Last Edited29 Aug 2024

Citations

  1. [S2316] England, birth certificate for Reginald Lewis Biggs, born 08 Mar 1910; citing 03a/631/290, Edmonton registration district and subdistrict; General Registry Office, Southport.
  2. [S1755] 1911 census of England, Middlesex, Edmonton, Ernest Biggs household; digital image, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed 15 Jan 2022); citing RG14PN7358 RG78PN357 RD132 SD5 ED8 SN197, 1911 Census Returns of England and Wales, The National Archives of England, Kew.
  3. [S1756] 1921 census of England, Middlesex, Edmonton, Ernest William Biggs household; digital image, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed 16 Jan 2022); citing RG15 PN06889 RD132 RS5 ED15 SN113, 1921 Census of England and Wales, The National Archives of England, Kew.
  4. [S4001] Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Outwards Passenger Lists, "Outwards passenger lists: Port: Liverpool (1929 March [part], April [part])," p. 3, contract ticket no. C28881, Reginald Biggs, White Star Line "Cedric", 13 Apr 1929; imaged, "UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960," database and images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/… : accessed 23 Oct 2023), image 122 of 587; citing BT 27/1233 held by the National Archives of the UK.
  5. [S4002] Department of Employment and Immigration: Records of entry, "Halifax ships' manifests," vol. 9, p. 84, sheet 10, line 2, Reginald Lewis Biggs, "S. S. Cedric", 21 Apr 1929; imaged, "Canada, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865-1935," database and images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/… : accessed 23 Oct 2023), image 660 of 783; citing RG 76/C-1-b, Reel T-14820 held by the Library and Archives Canada.
  6. [S3357] 1931 census of Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia, population schedule, district 232, subdistrict 56, p. 3, dwelling 32, family 38, Stephen Levings household; digital image, Ancestry.ca (http://www.ancestry.ca : accessed 11 Jun 2023); citing Library and Archives Canada Series RG31.
  7. [S4006] St Margaret of Antioch (Darenth), "Register of Baptisms [1857-1976]," p. 115, entry no. 920, Reginald Lewis Biggs, 01 May 1910; imaged, "Kent Baptisms," database and images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript : accessed 29 Oct 2023), PDF file P109-01-19.pdf, p. 59 of 67; citing P109/1/19 held by the Medway Archives Centre.
  8. [S136] "BIGGS - GARDNER," Toronto Daily Star, 14 September 1944, p. 20, col. 3; digital images, Pages of the Past (http://www.pagesofthepast.ca : accessed 13 September 2010).

    BIGGS - GARDNER

    Patterson Presbyterian church was the scene of a pretty wedding Sept. 4, when Lillian Mary Gardner, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Gardner, Rogers Rd., became the bride of Reginald Lewis Biggs, formerly of London, England.  Rev. J. C. Herbison officiated; Miss Pat Boal played wedding music; Mrs. Gilbert W. Gardner, the bride’s sister-in-law, sang.  The church was decorated with palms, ferns and gladioli.  The bride, given away by her father, wore an ivory satin gown with fingertip veil, and carried a cascade of pink roses and white heather in the form of a horseshoe sent from Edinburgh, Scotland.  The bridal attendants, Miss Betty Fisher and Miss Ann Newall, were gowned alike in delphinium blue crepe with matching hats.  They carried colonial bouquets of red roses, delphinium and white heather.  W. Taylor was best man; ushers were Douglas and Gordon Campbell, the bride’s nephews.  At a reception in Malloney’s Art Galleries, the bride’s mother received wearing a black lace dress, matching accessories and corsage of crimson roses.  Assisting was Mrs. W. Taylor wearing lime green crepe dress, black accessories and corsage of pink roses and delphinium.  For the wedding trip to points north, the bride donned a chartreuse crepe dress, navy accessories, stone marten furs and corsage of pink roses.  The couple will live on Juliet Cres., Toronto.

  9. [S4130] City of York, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. CY281314, Part of Lots 845-846, Plan 2008 (1944), Ivy McDowell, Hazel Shaw and George Barnett to Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Gardner, 16 Aug 1944; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "METRO TORONTO (66 & 64) (LRO 80)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 04 Dec 2023).
  10. [S4139] Township of York, Ontario, Mortgage, instrument no. CY281315, Part of Lots 845-846, Plan 2008 (1944), Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Gardner to Margaret Cleland Gardner, 16 Aug 1944; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "METRO TORONTO (66 & 64) (LRO 80)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 06 Dec 2023).
  11. [S4140] Township of York, Ontario, Discharge of Mortgage, instrument no. CY373021, Part of Lots 845-846, Plan 2008 (1954), Margaret Cleland Gardner to Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Biggs, 23 Jan 1954; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "METRO TORONTO (66 & 64) (LRO 80)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 06 Dec 2023).
  12. [S4146] Sunnidale, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. SU18786, Part of Lot 42 and Lot 43, Plan 829 (1951), Edward H. Blackmore and Marjorie C. Blackmore to Lillian Mary Biggs and Reginald Biggs, 30 Aug 1951; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "SIMCOE (LRO 51)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 08 Dec 2023).
  13. [S4143] Township of York, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. CY373022, Part of Lots 845-846, Plan 2008 (1954), Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Biggs to Margaret A. Jarvis, 22 Jan 1953; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "METRO TORONTO (66 & 64) (LRO 80)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 06 Dec 2023).
  14. [S4131] London, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. LY66425, Lot 3, Plan 667 (1954), Thomas H. Higgs and Emily C. Higgs to Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Biggs, 11 Jan 1954; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "MIDDLESEX COUNTY (LRO 33)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 04 Dec 2023).
  15. [S4141] Township of York, Ontario, Mortgage, instrument no. CY372944, Part of Lots 845-846, Plan 2008 (1954), Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Biggs to The Northern Life Assurance Company of Canada, 14 Jan 1954; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "METRO TORONTO (66 & 64) (LRO 80)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 06 Dec 2023).
  16. [S4142] Township of York, Ontario, Discharge of Mortgage, instrument no. CY490319, Part of Lots 845-846, Plan 2008 (1964), The Northern Life Assurance Company of Canada to Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Biggs, 13 Jan 1964; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "METRO TORONTO (66 & 64) (LRO 80)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 06 Dec 2023).
  17. [S4132] London, Ontario, Mortgage, instrument no. LY66426, Lot 3, Plan 667 (1954), Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Biggs to Thomas H. Higgs and Emily C. Higgs, 04 Feb 1954; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "MIDDLESEX COUNTY (33)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 05 Dec 2023).
  18. [S4133] London, Ontario, Discharge of Mortgage, instrument no. 98371, Lot 3, Plan 667 (1957), Thomas H. Higgs and Emily C. Higgs to Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Biggs, 13 Sep 1957; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "MIDDLESEX COUNTY (33)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 05 Dec 2023).
  19. [S4003] Middlesex, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. 96420, Lot 251, Plan 831 (1957), Sifton Construction Company Limited to Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Biggs, 26 Jun 1957; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "MIDDLESEX COUNTY (LRO 33)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 23 Oct 2023).
  20. [S4134] London, Ontario, Mortgage, instrument no. 98035, Lot 3, Plan 667 (1957), Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Biggs to The Northern Life Assurance Company of Canada, 05 Jul 1957; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "MIDDLESEX COUNTY (33)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 05 Dec 2023).
  21. [S4135] London, Ontario, Discharge of Mortgage, instrument no. 172366, Lot 3, Plan 667 (1962), The Northern Life Assurance Company of Canada to Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Biggs, 19 Sep 1962; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "MIDDLESEX COUNTY (33)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 05 Dec 2023).
  22. [S4136] London, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. 99489, Lot 3, Plan 667 (1957), Reginald Lewis Biggs and Lillian Mary Biggs to James Barry Martin Hayman, 17 Sep 1957; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "MIDDLESEX COUNTY (33)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 05 Dec 2023).
  23. [S4147] Sunnidale, Ontario, Deed of Land, instrument no. RO94201, Part of Lot 42 and Lot 43, Plan 829 (1958), Riginald Biggs and Lillian Mary Biggs to Robert F. Blackwood and Elizabeth Blackwood, 10 Dec 1958; "Ontario Land Property Records Portal" > "SIMCOE (LRO 51)" > "Documents" > "Instruments, Plans and Evidence", digital images (for a fee), ONLAND - Ontario Land Registry Access (https://www.onland.ca : accessed 08 Dec 2023).
  24. [S607] Lillian Mary Biggs funeral programme, Oakridge Presbyterian Church, London, Ontario, 11 June 2000; privately held by David Gardner Crouch ([ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], Waterloo, Ontario, Canada).