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Source: The
Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America - 1906
Edition ; Compiled & Edited by T Addison Busbey (Associate Editor
The Railway Age)
Higglns, James C., District Superintendent Atlantic Coast
Line. Office Sanford, Fla,
Born July 4. 1859, at Baltimore, Md. Entered railway service as
telegraph operator Union Rd at Baltimore and later worked for the
Pennsylvania Rd. 1n 1886 entered service of the Atlantic Coast Line
as train dispatcher at Charleston, S. C., and was afterwards train
dispatcher at Wilmington, N. C., and Rocky Mount, N. C.; later was
superintendent of signals, from which position he was transferred to
Jacksonville, Fla., as acting superintendent and was made
superintendent at that point on July 1, 1904. ls now district
superintendent same road at Sanford, Fla.
Higgins, John Wilfred, Assistant General Manager Missouri
Pacific System. Office St. Louis, Mo. Born Oct. 12, 1864, at
Newport, R. I. Entered railway service Oct. 1879, since which he has
been consecutively to June 1881, messenger boy 11linois Central Rd;
June to Nov. 1881, laborer on track 11linois Central and Toledo
Peoria & Western Rds; Dec. 1881 to June 1882, switchman; June to
Aug. 1882, telegraph operator; Aug. 1883 to Oct. 1884, freight and
passenger brakeman and baggageman; Oct. 1884 to Oct. 1889, freight
conductor; Oct. 1889 to April 1890, chief clerk superintendent
Chicago division; April 1890 to Dec. 1891, trainmaster Centralia
district Chicago division; Dec. 1891 to Feb. 1892, chief clerk to
general superintendent; Feb. to June 1892, assistant superintendent
Louisiana division; June 1892 to Jan. 1892, superintendent same
division; Jan. to April 1892, superintendent terminals 11linois
Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Rds at Now Orleans,
La.; April 1893 to April 1896, superintendent terminals at Chicago;
April 1896 to April 1899, superintendent Amboy division; May 1,
1899, to Jan. 1, 1901, superintendent transportation; Jan. 1, 1901,
to July 1902, general superintendent transportation same roads, all
on the 11linois Central System; Sept. 1903 to Feb. 1904, assistant
superintendent Eastern division Grand Trunk Ry; Fob. 1904 to Dec.
1904, assistant superintendent Middle division same road; Dec. 1904
to March 1905, inspector of transportation Missouri Pacific System,
leased, operated and independent lines; March 1, 1905, to date,
assistant general manager same system.
Higgins, Samuel, General Manager New York New Haven &
Hartford Rd. Office New Haven, Conn.
Born Feb. 19, 1860, at San Francisco, Ca1. Entered railway service
1881 with the New York Lake Erie & Western Rd, since which he has
been consecutively 1881 to Oct. 1, 1885, machinist apprentice,
machinist and assistant foreman and also general foreman in
Susquehanna shop; Oct. 1, 1885, to Oct. 1, 1887, assistant engineer
motive power department; Oct. 1, 1887, to April 18, 1892, division
master mechanic; April 18, 1892, to Feb. 1, 1894, assistant
superintendent motive power, all on the New York Lake Erie & Western
Rd; Feb. 1, 1894, to April 1, 1901, superintendent motive power
Lehigh Valley Rd; April 1, 1901, to July 1, 1902, superintendent of
motive power and machinery Union Pacific Rd; July 1, 1902, to April
1, 1904, mechanical superintendent Southern Ry; April 1, 1904, to
date, general manager New York New Haven & Hartford Rd.
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Source: The
Biographical directory of the railway officials of America -
1893 Edition
Higgins, John Wilfred, Superintendent Terminals Illinois
Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Rds. Office New Orleans, La.
Born Oct. 12, at Newport, R. I. Entered railway service 1879, since
which he has been consecutively Oct. 1879 to June 1881, messenger
boy Illinois Central Rd; June 1881 to Nov. 1881, laborer on track
Illinois Central andToledo Peoria & Western Rds; Dec. 1881 to June
1883, switchman ; June 1883 to Aug. 1883, telegraph operator; Aug.
1883to Oct. 1884, freight and passenger brakeman and baggageman;
Oct. 1884 to Oct. 1889, freight conductor; Oct. 1880 to April 1890,
chief clerk division superintendent Chicago division; April 1890 to
Dec. 1871, trainmaster Centralia, 111., district (Chicago division)
; Dec. 1891 to Feb. 1892, chief clerk general superintendent; Feb.
1892 to June 1892, assistant division superintendent and trainmaster
Louisiana division; J line 1899 to Jan. 1893, division
superintendent Louisiana division; Jan. i, 1893 to date,
superintendent terminals at New Orleans; entire service with
Illinois Central Rd since June 1883.
Higgins, Samuel, Assistant Superintendent Motive Power New
York Lake Erie & Western Rd. Office Cleveland, Ohio.
Born Feb. 19, 1860, at San Francisco, Cal. Entered railway service
1881 with the New York Lake Erie & Western Rd, since which he has
been consecutively 1881 to Oct. i, 1885, machinist apprentice,
machinist and assistant foreman and also general foreman n
Susquehanna shop,. Oct. t, 1885 to Oct. i, 1887, assistant engineer
motive power department; Oct. i, 1887 to April 18, 1892, division
master mechanic; April 18, 1899 to date, assistant superintendent
motive power; entire service with the New York Lake Erie & Western
Rd.
Source: Who's who in
railroading in North America - 1901 Edition
HIGGINS, JOHN WILFRED. General Superintendent Transportation
Illinois
Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Rds. Office Chicago. ILL. ,
Born Oct. 12, 1864, at Newport, R. I. - Entered railway service Oct.
1879. since which he has been consecutively to June 1881, messenger
boy Illinois Central Rd; June to Nov. 1881, laborer on track
Illinois Central and Toledo Peoria & Western Rds; Dec. 1881 to June
1883, switchman; June to Aug. 1883, telegraph operator; Aug. 1883 to
Oct. 1884. freight and passenger brakeman and baggage man; Oct. 1884
to Oct. 1889. freight conductor; Oct. 1889 to April 1890. chief
clerk division superintendent Chicago division; April 1890 to Dec.
1891, trainmaster Centralla district Chicago division; Dec. 1891 to
Feb. 1892, chief clerk to general superintendent; Feb. to June 1892.
assistant superintendent Louisiana division; June 1892 to Jan. 1893,
superintendent same division; Jan. to April 1893. superintendent
terminals Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Rds at New
Orleans La.; April 1893 to April 1896. superintendent terminals at
Chicago; April 1896 to April 1899, superintendent Amboy division;May
1. 1899 to Jan. 1. 1901. superintendent transportation; Jan. 1, 1901
to date, general superintendent transportation same roads; entire
service with the Illinois Central Rd since Aug. 1891.
HIGGINS, THOMAS J.. General Agent Cleveland Cincinnati
Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Office Cleveland. O. Entered railway service
1892 as superintendent Cleveland & Indianapolis division Cleveland
Cincinnati Chicago & St. Louis Ry, which position he held until Feb.
1, 1901, when he was appointed general agent same road at Cleveland,
O.
HIGGINS, SAMUEL. Superintendent Motive Power Lehigh Valley
Rd. Office South Bethlehem, Pa. Born Feb. 19, 1860. at San
Francisco. Cal. Entered railway service 1881 with the New York Lake
Erie & Western Rd. since which he has been consecutively 1881 to
Oct. I. 1885, machinist apprentice, machinist and assistant foreman
and also general foreman in Susquehanna shop; Oct. 1, 1885 to Oct.
1, 1887, assistant engineer motive power department: Oct. 1. 1887 to
April 18. 1892, division master mechanic; April 18, 1892 to Feb. 1.
1894. assistant superintendent motive power, ail on the New York
Lake Erie & Western Rd; Feb. 1, 1894 to date, superintendent motive
power Lehigh Valley Rd.
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http://www.gold-rush.org/cgi-bin/goldrush/search.cfm
Clary Craig, post office worker list of people dying
or leaving Klondike
Name, Depart/Death Date, Address, Location of Death
HIGGINS, E.A. JUN 17, 1903
McQuesten, YT
HIGGINS, G.R. ,
1902 Nation City, AK
HIGGINS, H.W. MAY 14, 1900 Nome, AK
HIGGINS, JOHN ,
1902 Steel Cr. via Forty Mile, YT
HIGGINS, S.H. FEB 17, 1901 Seattle, WA
HIGGINS, MRS. S.H. FEB 17, 1901 Seattle, WA
HIGGINS, WM. OCT 18, 1903 Seattle, WA
HIGGINS, CHAS. MAY 13, 1915 Tolovana, AK
HIGGINS, MRS. C.L. JUL 12, 1911 Seattle, WA
HIGGINS, E.S. JUL 30, 1909 Seattle, WA
HIGGINS, MART F. OCT 09, 1908 Kellerton, IA
Placermining Applications Vol 1
Name, Claim number, Microfilm number, Year Recorded
HIGGINS, A 8837 05 1901
HIGGINS, A 45221 14 1902-1903
HIGGINS, C 37107 11 1901-1902
HIGGINS, C 50362, 1637 14 1902-1903
HIGGINS, E 39649 12 1902
HIGGINS, E 78356 17 1904-1906
HIGGINS, G 54331 15 1901-1902
HIGGINS, H 41037 14 1902-1903
HIGGINS, J 1423 01 1896-1897
HIGGINS, J 9017 05 1901
HIGGINS, J 54330, 65307 15 1901-1902
HIGGINS, J 73077 16 1901-1904
HIGGINS, J 90690 18 1906-1907
HIGGINS, L 139 02 1897-1898
HIGGINS, L 1037 04 1899-1908
HIGGINS, R 43224 13 1902-1903
HIGGINS, R 58141 15 1901-1902
HIGGINS, R 67287 16 1901-1904
HIGGINS, R 73817, 78256 17 1904-1906
HIGGINS, R 90296 18 1906-1907
HIGGINS, S 34657 25 1935-1942
HIGGINS, T 40421-2 12 1902
HIGGINS, T 44131 13 1902-1903
HIGGINS, W 18403 06 1898-1901
HIGGINS, W 19474 07 1898-1899
HIGGINS, W 40578, 41037 14 1902-1903
Death Records from Green's Mortuary
Name, Description (First Name, Age, Address, Location, Date of Death, How)
HIGGINS Geo. B.; 39 years old; Typhoid fever; October
4, 1899; Dr. Cassels; Abe Ritzmaller
1901 Census Records
Age, Surname, Alias, Firstname, Gender, Ethnicity,
Religion, Occ1, Occ2, Origin, Civstat, Yukon res, Source, Vol_ed, Page
HIGGINS S.
H.
18990409 M RG18D4 2153 V.6
HIGGINS BROKERS C.W. 19010000 M 075 1 GAZETT 1901
HIGGINS BROKERS C.W. 19010000 M 075 1 GAZETT 1901
HIGGINS FRANK
18990606 M RG18D4 2153
HIGGINS JOHN
18990606 M RG18D4 2153
Placermining Applications Vol 3
Name, Claim number, Microfilm number, Year recorded
HIGGINS, L 139 2
1897-1898
HIGGINS, J 1423 1
1896-1897
HIGGINS, L 1037 4
1899-1908
HIGGINS, A 8837 5
1901
HIGGINS, J 9017 5
1901
HIGGINS, W 18403 6
1898-1901
HIGGINS, W 19474 7
1898-1899
HIGGINS, C 37107 11
1901-1902
HIGGINS, A 45221 14
1902-1903
HIGGINS, C 50362, 1637 14 1902-1903
HIGGINS, H 41037 14
1902-1903
HIGGINS, W 40578, 41037 14 1902-1903
HIGGINS, R 43224 13
1902-1903
HIGGINS, T 44131 13
1902-1903
HIGGINS, E 39649 12
1902
HIGGINS, T 40421-2 12
1902
HIGGINS, G 54331 15
1901-1902
HIGGINS, J 54330, 65307 15 1901-1902
HIGGINS, R 58141 15
1901-1902
HIGGINS, J 73077 16
1901-1904
HIGGINS, R 67287 16
1901-1904
HIGGINS, E 78356 17
1904-1906
HIGGINS, R 73817, 78256 17 1904-1906
HIGGINS, S 34657 25
1935-1942
HIGGINS, J 90690 18
1906-1907
HIGGINS, R 90296 18
1906-1907
NWMP records at Chilkoot: checkpoints listing people who entered the Yukon
Date,
Name, Checkpoint Entered
Sep 9, 1899 HIGGINS, CHAS S. Montreal - scow 602, boat 603
Sep 9, 1899 HIGGINS, HEN.
Montreal - scow 604, boat 605
Sep 11, 1899 HIGGINS, W.R. *cio, OR - going out by SS "Australia"
Aug 4, 1899 HIGGINS, GEO. B. Seattle
Jun 13, 1899 HIGGINS, CHAS L. Montreal - boat 246
Jun 13, 1899 HIGGINS, E.A.
Montreal - boat 246
Jun 6, 1899 HIGGINS, FRANK
Canyon City, AK - boat 91
Jun 6, 1899 HIGGINS, JOHN
Canyon City, AK - boat 91
Apr 8, 1899 HIGGINS, S.H.
Seattle
Jun 13, 1899 HIGGINS, C.
Dyea - boat 250
Jul 23, 1900 HIGGINS, M.
Liverpool, Eng. - scows 503, 504
Jun 1, 1900 HIGGINS, A.
Halifax, NS - scow 105, canoe 107
NWMP records at Chilkoot: checkpoints listing people
who entered the Yukon
Date,
Name, Checkpoint Entered
Jun 1, 1898 HIGGINS, C.H.
Wilkesba* - boat 304
Jun 8, 1898 HIGGINS, W.M.
Seattle, wA
Jun 16, 1898? HIGGINS, GEORGE PE - boat 12603
Jun 14, 1898 HIGGINS, M.H.
San Francisco
Jul 14, 1898 HIGGINS, F.
Dwomish, WA
NWMP records at Lake Bennett:
people who entered the Yukon via boats
Date, Name, Checkpoint Entered
HIGGINS, G. MARCELLONIA ?, ILL BOAT 13702?
HIGGINS, M.H. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL BOAT 13319?
HIGGINS, W.R. SCIO, OREGON BOAT 13530
HIGGINS, W.M. SEATTLE, WASH BOAT 12950?
HIGGINS, GEORG PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND B.C.? BOAT 12603
NWMP records at Lake Bennett:
people who entered the Yukon via boats
Date,
Name,
Checkpoint Entered
May 20, 1898 HIGGINS, C.
PA? - scow 304 & skiff
MAY 30 1898 HIGGINS, LUM SEATTLE - SCOW 2034,5
NWMP records at Lake Bennett:
people who entered the Yukon via boats
Date,
Name,
Checkpoint Entered
AUG 27 1899 HIGGINS, J. S.S. CLIFFORD SIFTON - INWARDS
JULY 16 1899 HIGGINS, J. S.S. AUSTRALIAN - OUTWARDS
JULY 26 1899 HIGGINS, MRS. S.H. & DANG? S.S. BAILEY - INWARDS
JULY 5 1899 HIGGINS, F. S.S. NORA - OUTWARDS
JULY 5 1899 HIGGINS, J. S.S. NORA - OUTWARDS
AUG 1 1899 HIGGINS, FRANK S.S. CLIFFORD SIFTON - INWARDS
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http://www.cohsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/db/divorce.pl
DIVORCE INDEX. VICTORIA
1861 - 1900
Petitioner
Surname Petitioner
Given names Respondent Surname Respondent
Given names Co-respondent
Surname Co-respondent
Given names File
Higgins Emily Hannah Higgins Francis Robert 1891/133
Pyle Arthur Henry Pyle Mary Crisp John H 1861-84/556
Pyle Arthur Henry Pyle Mary Witham William 1861-84/556
Pyle Arthur Henry Higgins Mary Crisp John H
1861-84/556
Pyle Arthur Henry Higgins Mary Witham William
1861-84/556
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http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/fall98/spies.html
American Spies and Sympathizers at Fort Detroit
By Geoffrey Hoerauf
SEE WEBSITE FOR FULL TEXT OF STORY
Excerpt mentioning HIGGINS
....The cases against Israel Ruland and John Edgar
provide for a direct link to Colonel George Rogers
Clark’s involvement with Detroit spies and sympathizers. Both John Higgins16 and William
Humphreys17 accused Ruland and Edgar of assisting in their fleeing from Detroit. According to Humphreys’
testimony, Israel Ruland promised them "three Fuzees"
if they would desert. In response to their acceptance of Ruland’s offer, Humphreys and his comrades traveled
to John Edgar’s house. According to Humphreys testimony, Humphreys and others received "four loaves
of bread, Powder, lead, and some Sugar, as likewise
Breech Clothes & Leggins". Edgar took care of their
old clothing, and Ruland directed them towards Miamitown, where Humphreys and Higgins were eventually
captured. According to both men, Ruland stated that he
received a dollar per day from Clark for this type of
work. Ruland successfully escaped the British authorities and made it eventually to the
American-controlled settlement of Vincennes (present day Vincennes, Indiana). Edgar was captured by the
British and charged with "aiding and assisting prisoners to make their escape at Detroit."18 Edgar
was transferred to Carleton Island and from there to Montreal. After Montreal, no record of his future
exists.
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http://www.jvil.com/~jchs/history.html
(New Jersey ,USA)
Jersey County History
Early Settlers and Settlements
1817- Philemon Higgins settled along the creek named for him (Phil's Creek).
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http://www.higginsmemorial.com/higgins.asp
Andrew Jackson Higgins
(1886 - 1952)
Born in Columbus, Nebraska on August 28, 1886. During the war, his company produced thousands of
the famous LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel)
more often called the Higgins Boat. This landing
craft was in on every major D-Day invasion of the war. It was at the most famous D-Day at Normandy and at
North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and the island of the
Pacific like Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo
Jima and Okinawa.
Andrew Jackson Higgins died on August 1, 1952 and is
buried in Metairie Cemetery, which is located just
outside the city limits of New Orleans.
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http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~stovpipe/Pipeline/PipeLine_5.html
... Biographical Souvenir... says that Higgins came to Buffalo County, Nebraska, on November 10, 1872. He
built a small shanty in Gibbon and left his family there while he prospected for a claim. I wish I knew
exactly who his family included! It could have included Sam's nine (?) children, Reuel's surviving
four children, Ellen's Nicholas, and by this time,
Samuel, Jr. ...all in a shanty ???
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http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/andreas_ne/nemaha/nemaha-p20.html
ANDREW HIGGINS, farmer, P. O. Glen Rock, born in 1827 in Grayson County, Va. He is a son of Vincent and Jane
Wilson Higgins, on whose farm his early life was passed. He married, in Ash County N. C., Miss Mary
Bryan, and, in September, 1854, reached Nebraska with
her and their eldest child in a covered wagon. During the winter, Mr. H. worked in the saw-mill of S. F.
Nuckolls, living in a shanty made by inclining rough boards against the walls of the old United States
Fort. In the fall of 1855, he left Nebraska City and
went to Atchison County, Mo., but returned to Nebraska in March, 1857, and laid claim to his present
homestead, putting up a rude pole and board shanty, near where his barn now stands. A log house succeeded
this only to be replaced by the roomy farmhouse, the fourth home built in the State by this veteran
resident of it. As a result and reward for twenty-seven years of faithful labor, Mr. H. has now
the home farm of 710 acres in one body, besides half a section in Douglas Precinct. His home farm is hedged
completely around, provided with all needed buildings,
groves orchards, etc., etc., and may fitly represent
the success to be attained by early and progressive settlers anywhere. Mr. H. began with just money enough
to pay for his first claim, located with a $154 land warrant. He has reared a family of four children--Floyd (born in Virginia),
John, Lafayette and Nettie (born on the Nebraska homestead). Mr.
Higgins is a Democrat, and a member of the Christian Church
10 Oct 2003
1870 Census
13 January 2003
Household: 1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Andrew HIGGINS Self M Male W 53 VA
Farmer VA VA
Mary HIGGINS Wife M Female W 45 NC
Keeping House NC NC
L. HIGGINS
Son S Male W 18 NE
Work On Farm VA NC
Letie HIGGINS Dau S Female
W 11 NE
VA NC
Albert HIGGINS Nephew S Male W 18 NE
Works On Farm VA MO
Mary MC KNIGHT Other S Female W 23 MI
House Work IRE IRE
R. E. DALLAM Other S Male
W 23 MD
Laborer MD MD
Steven EZE
Other S Male W 25 NJ
Laborer --- ---
Martin LINOUS Other S Male
W 30 VA
Laborer VA VA
Jane HIGGINS Mother W Female W 73 VA
VA VA
Source Information:
Census Place Glen Rock, Nemaha, Nebraska Family History Library Film 1254752
NA Film Number T9-0752 Page Number 108A
. . . .
LaFayette Higgins 1910
Census Auburn City, Nebraska
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http://www.cityofsutton.org/sutton04.htm
...In May, 1871, the first business house was
established by one Mr. McTyge; was built of boards and
located nearly between the houses of H. W. Gray and A. A. McCoy; there the town started and grew for several
months till the railroad crossed the draw, and then it moved west to its present location. Mr. McTyge's stock
consisted of whisky and groceries. About the same
time, Kearney & Kelley started a saloon in a tent. P. H. Curran and Mart Higgins started another saloon soon
following.
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http://www.livgenmi.com/1898NE2ndInfantry~CoK.htm
1898 Nebraska 2nd Infantry Roster Co. K.
Organized at Schuyler, Neb.
Mustered into United States service at Lincoln, Neb.,
May 9, 1898
PRIVATES
Higgins, Charles, N.
Higgins, Michael J (Is this YOUR Michael Higgins?)
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ewilhelm/rich_co_bios.html
Biographies from History of Richardson County,
Nebraska by Lewis C. Edwards
The following are biographies published in 1917 by
B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana.
This page will be changing soon, due to the work and generosity of Dennis
Tangney, who has electronically
scanned both volumes of A History of Richardson County, Nebraska
Higgins, Daniel
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http://www.buffalogov.org/deeds/h.htm
[Broken Link -
20 December 2002]
State of Nebraska
Alphabetical Index of Buffalo County Land Patents
Compiled by the Buffalo County Register of Deeds
LAND PATENT HOLDER DEED BOOK & PAGE LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Higgins, Samuel G-49 E1/2 SE1/4 22-11-15
Higgins, Samuel T-275 W1/2 SE1/4 22-11-15
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http://www.neb-sandhills.net/churches/brownlee.htm
St. Joan of Arc church is set in the Sandhills
community of Brownlee, NE, located in southern Cherry
County. St. Joan's is a mission church of St. Mary's of Mullen, NE.
In 1901 Father Peter Donnelly traveled to Brownlee
from Dale, NE to serve as priest to the people of this
remote area. Fathers Thomas Minogue and Paul Moser and others from Dale, Broken Bow, and Anselmo joined in
caring for the spiritual needs of the people until 1917. During this period, mass was offered
occasionally in the homes of the McNitt's, Shanley's, McGuire's, and Higgins families.
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http://www.interment.net/data/us/ne/lincoln/ftmcphnat/ft_mcph_hahl.htm
Higgins, John, d. 06/21/1867, Plot: B 0 6, bur. 06/21/1867
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http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/about/100yrsago/mla_1898.htm
Canadian Parliamentary Companion 1897
(Elected July, 1894 ; Term expires 1898.)
Speaker.* — Hon. D. W. HIGGINS, Elected 1894. (Salary, $1,500.)
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http://www.hcourt.gov.au/justices_02.html
Australian High Court
Former Members of the High Court
Henry Bournes Higgins (born 1851; died 1929). A Justice 1906-29. Admitted Victorian Bar 1876 (KC
1903). Called to English Bar 1886. MLA (Victoria)
1894-1900. MHR 1901-06, including Attorney-General
1904. President Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration 1907-20
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http://meath.local.ie/content/28271.shtml
Higgins Surname Origin
SURNAMES OF COUNTY MEATH
by Noel French
HIGGINS
The Higgins family originated as a branch of the O'Neills in the midlands of Ireland. Don Ambrosio
O'Higgins, the Viceroy of Peru is reputed to have been born at
Summerhill. Ambrosio's son, Bernardo O'Hiogins. is known as the Liberator of Chile, in
which country a province is called O'Higgins in his
memory. The main street of Santiago also commemorates him and is known as Avenida
O'Higgins. Bernardo was virtually dictator of Chile from 1818 to 1823 having
led its struggle for independence from Spain. Although F. R. Higgins was born in Mayo, he held a
special love for the Meath area and was one of the Boyne Valley poets. Higginsbrook just outside Trim was
the family's ancestral home and Higgins often resided there while Managing Director of the Abbey Theatre.
Another O'Higgins, this time Brian, was also a writer
in the Irish language. Brian O'Higgins, a native of Kilskyre, was an active promoter of the Irish language
in this century. Having taken part in the Easter Rising in 1916, he was elected to represent West Clare
in 1918.
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http://sligo.local.ie/content/28157.shtml
SURNAMES OF COUNTY SLIGO
by John C. McTernan
...According to the so-called 'Census' of 1659, the most common surnames in the County were: Boland
,Brehany, Brennan, Conlon/Connellan, Feeney,
Gallagher, Healy, Higgins, Kelly, MacDonagh, O'Connor, O'Dowd,
O'Gara, O'Hara, O’Hart, Scanlon.
Over two centuries later, in Matheson's published list
of the commonest surnames in County Sligo (see above),
based on the register of live births for the year
1890, we find that six of the foregoing, namely, Brennan, Feeney, Gallagher, Kelly...
Notable Sligonians of Other Days
Ambrose O'Higgins (1720-1801):
Governor of Chile and Viceroy of Peru
Tadhg Dall O'Huiginn (1550-1591): bardic poet
(Webmasters note; O'Huigan and O'Huiginn being
variations of the original gaelic form of Higgins or
rather O'Higgins.)
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http://www.clements.umich.edu/Webguides/M/MedlHigg.html
William L. Clements Library
The University of Michigan
James V. Medler Crime Collection
Edmond Higgins Papers
On the night of August 30th, 1849, drunk as usual,
Edmond Higgins was alleged to have raped his daughter
three times while she slept at her mother's house in
Denmark, Maine. Arrested and thrown into the Oxford County prison at Paris, Higgins insisted that the
charges had been trumped up by a conspiracy of his
enemies in an effort to conceal the true crime -- the
seduction of Higgins' daughter, Ruby Jane, by his
enemy, the "saducer... cursed libertine... [and] fel monster of hell," Capt. Taber (1849 September 6). A cordwainer from Mexico, Me., Higgins' reputation in
the community was already sullied prior to the rape. A
self-confessed drunkard, Higgins had previously been
involved as a plaintiff in civil suits stemming from
his carousals, and he was alleged to have committed a
rape at one time. Even his friend, Reed, admitted that
"when intoxicated [Higgins] is very quarrelsome, [and]
consequently... has got many enemies" (1852 April 12).
But Higgins' stormy family life, and the wayward, even
wanton behavior of his children may have damaged his
reputation just as much in the eyes of the community.
According to Edmond, Ruby Jane and her brother, Edwin,
had once claimed that they would see their father
jailed, even if they had to perjure themselves to do
it, and Edmond also asserted that Taber had tried to
lure the children into hiring someone to murder their
mother. Both children, if Edmond is to be believed, had very bad reputations and criminal tendencies.
MORE INFORMATION AT WEBSITE NOTED ABOVE
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http://digilib.nypl.org/dynaweb/ead/rose/thehiggins/@Generic__BookTocView/209/*
Descriptive Summary
TITLE: Higgins Family Papers, 1924-1971.
COLLECTION ID: *T-Mss 1997-032
CREATOR: Higgins family
EXTENT: 3 lin. ft. (1 box; oversized photographs)
REPOSITORY: The New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts.
Billy Rose Theatre Collection.
Biographical Note
The Higgins family hails from Fall River,
Massachusetts. Thomas R. Higgins was with Special
Services during World War II. His father, Thomas H.,
was a flyman during the 1920s and 30s working with
such notable performers as Maurice Evans, the Marx
Brothers, and Eddie Cantor. His brother, Robert, was a
writer and an actor in the 1950s appearing on
television in Omnibus, Lamp Unto My Feet, and Studio
One, in the national company of Tea and Sympathy, and on Broadway in Auntie
Mame.
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http://les1.man.ac.uk/chnn/CHNN03EHN.html
Esmonde Higgins
and 'The Nucleus': 1923-24
.....Higgins was born in Australia in 1897. He became
a socialist and radical nationalist while attending
Melbourne University, and a Sinn Fein sympathiser (his
father was born in Ireland) and Communist at Balliol
College in 1919-20. His closest friends at this time
were Andrew Rothstein and Tom Wintringham, and with
the latter he spent part of the summer of 1920 working
in Moscow. He and Wintringham went to London in April
1921 to assist the Left during the miners' strike, and they later shared digs in London........
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http://www.nav.cc.tx.us/lrc/Archives/SpecialCollections/CivilWar/hdescriptions.htm
Pearce College Civil War Collection
Richard H Higgins,
The personal archive and letters of Captain Richard H. Higgins of Company D, 59th Ohio Regiment, Army of the
Cumberland. Included in this collection is a personal wood field desk, well preserved from the time of the
Civil War and a large group of manuscripts, ledger books, letters and documents. Also included in this
collection are: a group of four manuscript ledger
books, keeping the details of his company and describing the men and detailing their activities and
experiences; 200 letters and documents relating to Higgins' command including company ordinances,
clothing, pay, promotions, enlistment forms for each
member of the company, large muster rolls for the company, and letters and documents describing Higgins'
wrongful dismissal from active service (for filing false reports) and his subsequent reinstatement when
all charges are dropped; and a group of 270 General
Orders from the Department of the Cumberland with enormous information into the daily workings of this
active fighting unit. This collection is a veritable time-capsule from the Civil War.
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http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/wylessc.html
DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
DONALD C. DAVIDSON LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA
William Wyles Collection
Small Collections
Higgins, John W. 1 ALS (Autographed Letter Signed) to Colonel
Cesnold. Richmond, Virginia, 5 October 1863.
From: Confederate Collection. (Wyles, SC 114)
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http://www.alexautographs.com/colrev.htm
Picture from a past autograph auction
572. SUPPLIES FOR LAFAYETTE Partly-printed war-date D.S., 1p. oblong 8vo., Richmond, Va., July 15, 1781
reimbursing: "...John Higgins for his Wagon Team & driven in the Marquis de Lafayette's army sixty three
days at Two dollars pr. Day...Two horses purchased for
use of Artillery..." totaling 166 pounds to be paid in "specie or tobacco...before the first of January next
ensuing...". Lafayette's army was instrumental in holding Cornwallis at Yorktown until the arrival of
Washington's army from the north. Ragged margins, a
few very light damp stains otherwise very good condition.$200-300
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http://users.synflux.com.au/~sylcec/dom55.htm
DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES - MARRIAGES 1855
HIGGINS - BALFOUR (nee WARD): Apr 21, 1855, at
Calcutta, E G Higgins, Esq, 3rd Regt NI to Louisa Ann, daughter of the late Rev James Hales Ward, and widow
of the late J A Balfour, Esq.
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http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/MadrasCivil.htm
Madras Civil Fund Family Register, LDS Film No 1836107.
Higgins, Bar. Alfred William Buckle
other links at this web link
http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=higgins&sp-a=00042b35-sp00000000
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http://www.virtual-knutsford.co.uk/frameset.php?main=/history.htm
HIGHWAYMAN HIGGINS
Edward 'Highwayman' Higgins was a gentleman by day and a thief by night, at one time residing at a town house
on what is now Gaskell Avenue. Higgins was hanged for his crimes in 1767
Also see:
http://www.virtual-knutsford.co.uk/frameset.php?main=/history.htm
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http://www.kingstonuu.org/history/people-ww1.html
The First World War: Brothers in Arms
James Higgins also served in France. He was an ambulance driver with the US Army.
Albert Higgins served in France during WWI as a
Captain in the US Army. We think the insert is Albert
upon his return after three years at war.
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http://www.lagrangemissouri.com/LAHIST.HTM
History of the
City of La Grange, Missouri
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In July 1833 cholera spread in Palmyra. 107 people died out of a population around 600. Dr. Higgins, a
physician living in LaGrange attended the ill. Col. John Bullock, who lived just above LaGrange went to
Palmyra and communicated the disease to his family which six members whom died. Some of the inhabitants
of La Grange. moved into the country. Personal
intercourse was forbidden by frightened families. Dr. Higgins sent his family to a relative but continued to
serve the stricken. He, too, died from cholera. Coffins for the victims were made in the country by
John Loudermilk and brought to "lover's leap". From there they were taken away in canoes as fast as
needed. Cholera reappeared in 1849 with several deaths
and again in 1857.
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http://www.dorchesterlibrary.org/tours/vienna.html
A Walking Tour of Vienna, Maryland
The Thomas Higgins House
This magnificent Victorian home was built about 1870 by Thomas Higgins, a local merchant. It features man)
fancy mantled fireplaces, ornate gingerbread trim work
and maintains its rich Victorian flavor. Later owned by his son, Mr.
James A. Higgins, who was instrumental in bringing commerce to Vienna. It is currently owned
by the Spear family.
13 January 2003
Household: 1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Thomas HIGGINS Self M Male W 64 MD
Merchant MD MD
Kate HIGGINS Wife M Female W 68 MD
Keeping House MD MD
William YOUNG Other Male
B 14 MD
MD MD
Source Information:
Census Place Vienna, Dorchester, Maryland Family History Library Film 1254508
NA Film Number T9-0508 Page Number 52D
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http://www.yorktownhistory.org/homepages/february01.htm
YORKTOWN and SLAVERY
.......Daniel A. Johnston (formally Johnson) served in
the 38th US Colored Troops which was engaged in a
battle at Deep Bottom, Va. on Oct 1, 1864 and in the battle of Chapin’s Farm, Va. Sept. 29 and 30, 1864.
His brother, William Henry Johnson, was the first African-American to own property in Yorktown. In 1868
he owned a half-acre lot with house on Gomer Street
and after his death in 1896, his wife Eliza Jane owned the house until her death in 1907. Their father Cato
(or Katoah) Johnson was born in Putnam County c. 1795
and was married to Hannah Peterson. Cato, Hannah, Daniel, his wife Sarah Elizabeth Higgins, and William
and his wife Eliza Jane are all buried in the East Yard Cemetery, along with many family members.
A list of known African-Americans buried in the East Yard Cemetery
Allie (Albettina) Higgins Williams d. 1934
Mary Elizabeth Higgins 1831-1880
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ajac/scnewberry.htm
NEWBERRY COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
(see website for more details)
HIGGINS, F. B., 61 slaves, page 50B
HIGGINS, 434, 42, 10, 64, 41, 9
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http://www.patsabin.com/gwinnett/dacula.htm
Dacula, Georgia
Mt. Zion Baptist Church was first discussed at the
home of Levi Loveless on July 8, 1853. On August 3,
1853 the church was organized with the following
ministers acting as presbytery: S. B. Churchill,
William Haslett, Fielden Maddox, John I. Davis,
Burrell Higgins and William B. Richards. James
Flowers served as clerk. The founding members were
Levi Loveless, Americus Jennings, Mary Jennings, James
Flowers, Minerva Flowers, Marinda J. Flowers, William P. Williams, Joel Johnson, Matilda Johnson, Isaac
Petty, George Petty, Sister Williams.
also
Two acres of land for Alcova Baptist Church was
purchased in 1828 from Caleb Higgins, with the
officers of the church being William Richardson and Joel Higgins. No records of the church prior to the
Civil War are available. It was reorganized in 1868, the charter members being Easter Smith, Mary Hogan,
Polly Green, Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Arnold, Betsy Davis,
Amanda Davis, Jane Davis, Letitia Davis, Jackson Green, Marion Smith, Judge Hogan, General Davis, and
Joel Davis. Rev. A. K. Tribble was the first pastor after the reorganization.
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http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/Bath/Bath1881.html
1881 Census: Residents of Bath Union
Workhouse, Odd
Down, Nr Bath, Lyncombe & Widcombe, Somerset Staff
Name Mar Age Sex Relation Occupation Handicap Birthplace
Enos HIGGINS U 35 M Officer Porter (Muni) Ditcheat,Somerset
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http://chefkin.accessgenealogy.com/military/page2.html
Andersonville Burials
Higgins William M. 18th Reg OVI G
Priv Sep 23 1864
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http://members.iinet.net.au/~inphase/sedgley/kelly1912_cosl.html
Kelly's 1912 Trade Directory
for Coseley, Cinderhill, Coppice, Deepfields & Roseville BUSINESSES
Name Business No Address
HIGGINS, Isaac H. Butcher Hurst Hill
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