BIOGRAPHY

WILLIAM DIDGET - OF BATAVIA, NY

William Didget, a native of England, came to Batavia in 1852, where he now resides. He married Charlotte, daughter of John and Elizabeth Wilkey, of England, and they had one son, John, who married Jemima, daughter of Archibald and Eleanor (Jacoby) Primmer, of Bethany, and their children were Frank, who was killed on the railroad in 1889, Ella, Lottie M., Minnie, Fred, Walter E., and Albert, the latter of whom is now a resident of Batavia, on road 66. Archibald Primmer died in Troy, N. Y., in 1877, at the age of 77 years, and his wife, Eleanor, the same year, aged 68 years.

FROM: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, NY 1890