The State of California USA                                 Part 3

04 Oct 2009

http://www.interment.net/data/us/ca/orange/fairhaven/h/fair_h04.htm

Fairhaven Memorial Park - Santa Ana, Orange County, California
Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary - 1702 Fairhaven Avenue
Santa Ana, CA 92705

Higgins, Arthur P., b. 1912, d. 1970, Our beloved Brother, Lawn AJ,
Higgins, Christopher Camden, b. 06 Aug 2000, d. 09 Aug 2000, Beloved Son & Brother, Lawn AN,
Higgins, Clarence R., b. 17 Nov 1903, d. 22 Jul 1965, CA Pfc 646 Tech Sch SQ AAF WWII, Lawn South,
Higgins, Clarice M, b. 1926, d. 1988, In Memory, Lawn AG,
Higgins, Edward B., b. 1899, d. 1959, Loving Husband & Dad, Lawn AK, [JS]
Higgins, Juanita E., b. 1916, d. 1988, In loving memory, s/w Marvin B. Higgins, Lawn South,
Higgins, Mamie, b. 1878, d. 1944, Mother, Lawn AH,
Higgins, Marie E., b. 1903, d. 1985, Loving Wife, Mother & Grandmother, Lawn AK,
Higgins, Marvin B., b. 1926, d. 1993, In loving memory, s/w Juanita E. Higgins, Lawn South,
Higgins, Sandra Johnston, b. 1941, d. 1963, Beloved Daughter & Sister, Lawn AK,
Higgins, Sardus M, b. 1881, d. 1946, Lawn AH,

1930; Census Place: Orange, Orange, California; Roll 181; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 56; Image: 983
Name Age
Clarence R Higgins 26 b. Colorado Service Station Operator
Hazel H M Higgins 21 b. Kansas
Norma L Taylor 4 1/12 b. California

California Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Clarence R Higgins Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 17 Nov 1903 Birthplace: Colorado
Death Date: 22 Jul 1965 Death Place: Orange
Mother's Maiden Name: Tannehil

1930; Census Place: Orange, Orange, California; Roll 181; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 56; Image: 987 (No Image Available)
Name Age
Sardus M Higgins 49 b. Nebraska Owner & Manager of Furniture Store
Pearl E Higgins 44 b. Colorado
Frank O Higgins 24 b. Colorado

HIGGINS SARDUS M 37 M W IL CO FREMONT CANON CITY 1920
Name Age
Sardus M Higgins 37
Pearl E Higgins 33
Clarance R Higgins 16
O Frank Higgins 13

Source: World War I Draft Registration Cards
Name: Sardus Milo Higgins County: Fremont
Occupation: Auto Mechanic
State: Colorado Birth Date: 21 May 1881 Race: White
Nearest Contact: Pearl Edna Higgins
Medium Build, Medium Height,

HIGGINS S M 28 M W NE CO FREMONT 2-WD SOUTH CANON 1910
Name Age
S M Higgins 28 b. Nebraska Merchant/ Furniture Store
Pearl Higgins 24 b. Colorado
Clarence Higgins 6 b. Colorado
Frank Higgins 4 b. Colorado

HIGGINS WILLIAM 31 M W IL CO FREMONT 1-WD CANON CITY 1900
Image 1 & 2
Name Age
William Higgins 31
Winifred Higgins 27
Belle Higgins 4
Hazel H Higgins 1
Sardus M Higgins 19

Social Security Death Index
Name: Juanita E. Higgins
Last Residence: 92703 Santa Ana, Orange, California, U.S.A.
Born: 18 Jul 1916 Died: Sep 1988
State (Year) SSN issued: Missouri (Before 1951)

Social Security Death Index
Name: Clarice M. Higgins
Last Residence: 92707 Santa Ana, Orange, California, USA
Born: 19 Jan 1926 Died: 14 Mar 1988
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951

1930; Census Place: Orange, Orange, California; Roll 181; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 53; Image: 891 (No Image Available)
Name Age
William O Higgins 60
E L Winifred Higgins 56
Clyde Higgins 24
Levi Hailey 85

HIGGINS WILLIAM O 49 M W IL CA ORANGE ORANGE ORANGE CITY HALL 1920
Image 1 & 2
Name Age
William O Higgins 49
Winifred Higgins 46
Belle Higgins 23
Hazel Higgins 21
Estella Higgins 16
Clyde Higgins 12

California Death Index
Name: Clyde William Higgins Sex: MALE
Birth Date: 6 Feb 1907 Birthplace: Colorado
Death Date: 25 Sep 1997 Death Place: Orange
Mother's Maiden Name: Hailey

no known connection with above Higgins listings

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=7965&GSln=higgins
Higgins, Everett
b. 1864 d. 1932 Fairhaven Memorial Park
Santa Ana Orange County California, USA
Note: Husband of Mary E. Green Higgins

Higgins, Mary E. (nee Green)
b. Nov. 29, 1870 d. Aug. 28, 1946 Fairhaven Memorial Park
Santa Ana Orange County California
Note: Wife of Everett Higgins

1930; Census Place: Tustin, Orange, California; Roll 181; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 88; Image: 547 (No Image Available)
Name Age
Everett L Higgins 65 b. Massachusetts Farmer
Mary E Higgins 59 b. Wisconsin

HIGGINS EVERETT 55 M W MA CA ORANGE TUSTIN 1920
Name Age
Everett Higgins 55
Mary Higgins 49
Edith Higgins 23

HIGGINS EVERETT L 45 M W MA CA ORANGE SANTA ANA TWP 1910
Name Age
Everett L Higgins 45
Mary E Higgins 38
Edith M Higgins 13

HIGGINS EVERETT L 36 M W MA CA ORANGE SANTA ANA TWP 1900
Name Age
Everett L Higgins 35 b. Dec 1864
Mary E Higgins 29
Edith M Higgins 4
Ida F Higgins 32 Sister
John R Green 17 Brother in Law

Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Leonard G. HIGGINS Self M Male W 50 MA Carpenter MA MA
Jane HIGGINS Wife M Female W 42 MA Keeping House MA MA
Everett L. HIGGINS Son S Male W 15 MA At Home MA MA
Ida F. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 12 MA At Home MA MA
Source Information:
Census Place Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts
Family History Library Film 1254567
NA Film Number T9-0567 Page Number 19B

see
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjhiggins/mass-cities.htm
Leonard Higgins G., Grove Mills, h Nelson Place
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22 Jun 2009

Source: Los Angeles from the Mountains to the Sea: With Selected Biography of Actors and Witnesses to the Period of Growth and Achievement - By John Steven McGroarty
Published by American Historical Society, 1921

Thomas Higgins. In several of the greatest mining districts 'of the Southwest Thomas Higgins was the pioneer operator. Mr. Higgins is a man of half a century of experience, has been through all the ups and downs of the profession, and some years ago he came to Los Angeles to invest his means, and is owner of some of the city's most conspicuous property.

Mr. Higgins was born at Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland, July 12, 1844, a son of Patrick Higgins. Up to the age of fourteen he attended national schools and then contented himself with the quiet routine of his father's farm until he came to America. After coming to this country he lived in Troy, New York, and was employed in iron works a short time. He then invaded the wilderness of the middle west and became a woodsman and lumberman at Mosinee, Wisconsin. Two years later he went south along the lower Mississippi, and for several years was foreman in the construction of river levees. Later he worked on construction for the Iron Mountain Railway.

The next change in scene and occupation took him to the far northwest, and through the territories of Washington and Oregon he prospected for gold until the Indians became so troublesome as to drive him out. Going to San Francisco he continued his journeys through the locality known as Tombstone, Arizona, and was probably one of the first white men to prospect in that mining district. Sometime later he went on to the Mule Pass Mountains, close to the Mexican line, where Bisbee is now located, and was also one of the pioneers in that locality. In these and other districts of Arizona Mr. Higgins continued his work as a miner and mine developer until long after his fortune had been assured. He still retains extensive interests at Bisbee, but since 1900 has been a resident of Los Angeles.

At Los Angeles and vicinity he has invested heavily in real estate and other properties. In 1910 he erected the ten story office building, 120x160 feet, at the corner of Second and Main streets, known as the Higgins Building. In 1914 he organized the Higgins Estate, and became its president. Mr. Higgins has never married, and has generously dispensed his means for various charitable causes and institutions. He is a member of the Catholic church and is a republican in politics.

- Webmaster's Findings -

1880 - Census
Thomas HIGGINS Household Male
Other Information:
Birth Year <1843> Birthplace IRE Age 37
Occupation Laborer Marital Status S <Single> Race W <White>
Head of Household N. PALMER Relation Other
Father's Birthplace IRE Mother's Birthplace IRE
Source Information:
Census Place Miami, Pinal, Arizona
Family History Library Film 1254036
NA Film Number T9-0036 Page Number 387B

HIGGINS THOMAS 53 M W IREL AZ COCHISE BISBEE DIST 1900
Name Age
Thomas Higgins 53
Lucca Micovitch 27
Andy Micovitch 30
Dave Micovitch 33
Christopher Medigovich 40

HIGGINS THOMAS 65 M W IREL CA LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES 1910
Name Age
Thomas Riggins 65
James O Sword 35
Theresa Sword 31
Maria Sword 6/12
Edwin Sword 22
Julius Johnson 28
Sally Bradford 46

HIGGINS THOMAS 76 M W IREL CA LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES 1920
Name Age
Thomas Higgins 76
James O Secord (or Sword) 40
Teressa Secord 39
Thomas H Secord 8
Lessa Secord 6
James Secord 4
Charles Smith 32
Frank Finsky 52
Anna Higgins 12
Patricia Higgins 9

Thomas Higgins Building

http://www.you-are-here.com/downtown/higgins.html
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30 Mar 2009

Source: City of San Diego and San Diego County By Clarence Alan McGrew
Copyright 1922 - The American Historical Society

Shelley J. Higgins. The high standard of service which Mr. Higgins is giving as the incumbent of the office of city attorney of San Diego is in itself sufficient to mark him as one of the able and representative members of the bar of San Diego County. He was born in the City of Burlington, Iowa, on the 2d of June, 1886, and is a son of Willard J. and Martha D. (Hill) Higgins, both of whom remained at the old homestead in Burlington until the close of their lives, their marriage having been solemnized in that city, though both claimed Illinois as the place of their nativity, the father having been born in the City of Chicago and the mother near Galesburg, that state. Mrs. Higgins died at the age of fifty years, and her husband passed away at the age of sixty-four years, he having been for forty years in the express messenger service of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and having been for many years a prominent and highly honored citizen of Burlington, Iowa. The genealogy of the Higgins family traces back to Scotch and Welsh stock, and representatives early settled in the State of New York. Mrs. Martha D. (Hill) Higgins was a member of a family that was founded in Virginia, prior to the War of the Revolution. The subject of this sketch is the only son in a family of five children, all of whom are living. The eldest sister, Lillian, is the wife of Joseph Allerdice, of Sheridan, Wyoming; Shelley J. was the next in order of birth; Gladys Lucy is the wife of Perry Richardson and they reside in the City of Chicago; Henrietta is the wife of Arthur A. Breuer, of Burlington, Iowa, and Miss Marjory May is, in 1921, a student in the University of California.

The excellent public schools of his native city afforded to Shelley J. Higgins his early educational advantages, and there he was graduated in the high school, as a member of the class of 1906. In the autumn of the same year he entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he pursued his studies in both the literary and law departments, in the latter of which he was graduated in 1910. His reception of the degree of Bachelor of Laws was virtually coincident with his admission to the Michigan bar, but immediately after his graduation he came to California and established his residence in San Diego, his admission to the California bar having been recorded in August, 1910. His ability and close application soon gained to him a due share of the law business in his chosen field of endeavor, and he had developed at San Diego a substantial general practice at the time when, in January, 1914, he was appointed deputy city attorney, under the regime of T.
B. Cosgrove. fie continued the incumbent of this position until December 1, 1919, when he was appointed city attorney, for a term of two years, this preferment indicating the high estimate placed upon his previous service in the legal department of the city government. In politics he is a vigorous and effective advocate of the cause of the republican party, and in a fraternal way he is affiliated with Blackmere Lodge No. 442, Free and Accepted Masons, of San Diego, and with the local organization, No. 508, of the Loyal Order of Moose, in which he has passed the various official chairs. He was presiding officer of the lodge of this order during the Panama-California Exposition in 1915, in the summer of which year the international convention of the order was held in San Diego. In the Masonic fraternity his affiliations likewise include membership in Ionic Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, and by reason of his service in connection with the great World war he is a member of San Diego Post of the American Legion.

The original military experience of Mr. Higgins was gained through three years active membership in the Iowa National Guard, in which he attained to the office of corporal. When the nation became involved in the World war he attended the first officers' training camp at the Presidio, in San Francisco, where he remained three months. He was commissioned a lieutenant in the Reserve Corps, but he was not called into active service until about ten days prior to the signing of the historic armistice, the result of which was that he did not proceed to Camp Pike, Arkansas, as he had anticipated.

At San Diego, on the 4th of August, 1910, was recorded the marriage of Mr. Higgins to Miss Minnie T. Drum, who was born and reared in Burlington, Iowa, a daughter of the late William Drum, a member of one of the oldest and best known families of Burlington, where his death occurred, his widow passing a portion of her time in that city and the remainder in California. Mrs. Higgins received her higher education in James Milliken University, at Decatur, Illinois, and her culture and gracious personality make her a popular factor in the representative social affairs of San Diego. She is a niece of John Held, who is a member of the City Council of San Diego. She. like her husband, holds membership in Ionic Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. They have one son, Lawrence W., who was born January 8, 1912.

1930; Census Place: San Diego, San Diego, California; Roll: 191; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 59; Image: 287 (No Image Available)
Name Age
Shelley J Higgins 42
Minnie T Higgins 40
Lawrence W Higgins 18

HIGGINS SHELLEY J 33 M W IA CA SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO 1920
Name Age
Shelley J Higgins 33
Minnie S Higgins 31
Lawrence Higgins 8

World War I Draft Registration Card
Registered Sept. 12, 1918
Name Birth Date Race Birthplace Registration Place (City, County, State)
Shelley Judson Higgins 2 Jun 1886 White San Diego, San Diego, CA
Medium Height/Slender Build/Blue Eyes/Brown Hair Age:32
Occupation: Attorney for City of San Diego

Not Located in 1910 Census

1900; Census Place: Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa; Roll: T623_429 Page: 26A; Enumeration District: 17 (No Image Available)
Name Age
William* Higgins 44
Mattie Higgins 34
Lilian M Higgins 15
Shelley J Higgins 13
Gladys L Higgins 12
Henrietta B Higgins 9
Marjorie W Higgins 8/12
Henrietta A Hill 66
* Indexed as William not Willard

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28 Apr 2008

http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=6720
Sacramento Evening Bee - November 14 1904
DIED -  HIGGINS - In this city, November 13, 1904, William Higgins, son of Patrick J. and Mary Higgins, brother of Thomas and Alice Higgins, a native of Pennsylvania, aged 18 years, 8 months and 7 days. Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to attend the funeral to-morrow (Tuesday) at 2 o'clock form the mortuary parlors of W.F. Gormley, 914 Eighth Street, thence to the Cathedral, where funeral services will be held, commencing at 2:30 o'clock. Interment City Cemetery.

Related Census Scan
HIGGINS PATRICK J 38 M W PA CA SACRAMENTO 2-WD SACRAMENTO 1900
Name               Age
Patrick J Higgins  38
Mary Higgins       38
Thomas F Higgins 14
William A Higgins  16
Alice Higgins        11
Samuel H Jungst  38

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 26 Apr 2008

HIGGINS & JOHNSON
     Partnership of Thomas J. Higgins and George Howard Johnson.
     Gallery at 659 Clay Street, San Francisco
     View Advertisement.

04 Dec 2007
http://www.amarillo.com/stories/022803/obi_rhiggins.shtml
STOCKTON, Calif. - Randall R. Higgins, 80, died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2003.
No services are scheduled. Arrangements are by P.L.Fry and Son Funeral Home.

Mr. Higgins was born to Daniel A. and Brightie P.
Higgins on Sept. 8, 1922. He passed peacefully after a
short illness at Dameron Hospital in Stockton with his
niece, Joan Risner by his side. Randall was an avid
sportsman, and loved to metal detect for pleasure.

He was a retired printer with the Fresno Bee, where he
worked for a number of years. He was a veteran of
World War II, and he served in the Air Force during
that time. He recently moved to the valley from Carson
City, Nev., to be near family.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers,
Al Higgins and Charles Higgins of Amarillo, Texas; and
a sister, Mara Baldwin of Manteca.

Survivors include a daughter, Jane Rachford of
Sacramento; a son, Wallace Higgins of Tahoe; a
granddaughter of Sacramento; a brother, Dan Higgins
Jr. of Tulia, Texas; and a sister, Sally Boswell of
Tulia.

The family suggests memorials be to a favorite charity.

Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 28, 2003

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U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records
Name: Randall R L Higgins
Birth Year: 1922 Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Texas
State: Texas County or City: Tom Green
Enlistment Date: 15 Oct 1942 Enlistment State: Texas
Enlistment City: San Antonio Branch: Air Corps

Social Security Death Index
Name: Randall R. Higgins
Last Residence: 89702 Carson City, Carson City,
Nevada, United States of America
Born: 8 Sep 1922 Died: 25 Feb 2003
State (Year) SSN issued: Texas (Before 1951 )

HIGGINS DANIEL A 29 M W TX TX DEAF SMITH 1-PCT 1920
Name Age
Daniel A Higgins 29
Britie P Higgins 26
Alfred S Higgins 10
Mary L Higgins 8
Sallie E Higgins 5
Daniel N Higgins 3 2/12

HIGGINS DAN 20 M W TX TX GRAYSON 7 J-PCT 1910
Name Age
Dan Higgins 20
Britie Higgins 17
Alfred Higgins 7/12

HIGGINS J W 45 M W TN TX GRAYSON 7 J-PCT 1900
Name Age
J W Higgins 44
Mary Higgins 45
Albert Higgins 19
Eulah Higgins 16
Edgar Higgins 14
Daniel Higgins 11
May Higgins 6

Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's
Birthplace
John W. HIGGINS Self M Male W 23 TN Laborer TN TN
Mary E. HIGGINS Wife M Female W 23 TN Keeping House
KY KY
Charles HIGGINS Son S Male W 2 TX --- ---
Source Information:
Census Place Precinct 7, Grayson, Texas
Family History Library Film 1255307
NA Film Number T9-1307 Page Number 382C
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http://ca-files.biofiles.us/Mendo1880-509-531.html  
Mendocino County, California Biographies -1880

James Preston Higgins. Was born in Jackson county, Missouri, March 23, 1842. When quite young he, with parents, moved to Tennessee, and after residing there for a short time moved to Illinois and remained till the summer of 1849, when they settled in Madison county, Iowa, and in the spring of 1850 they started across the plains to California, and after a tedious journey of seven months they reached Sacramento. After a few weeks� residence in Sacramento they proceeded to the mines and began operations at Angel Camp, and continued for two years. In 1852 they returned East via Panama to New Orleans, and from there they traveled through the State of Texas, and finally brought up in Jackson county, Missouri, where they spent the winter of 1853-4. Again in the spring of 1854 they recrossed the plains to California, and settled at Mount Diablo, where they resided till the spring of 1855, when they moved to Sanel valley, Mendocino county, where his parents still reside. In 1877 the subject of this sketch moved to his present ranch of three hundred and twenty acres, and is now engaged in getting out logs and fencing. Married Clarissa D. Andrews, January 15, 1868, who was born at Guerneville, Sonoma county, California, October 6, 1854. Their children are as follows: Sarah J., born March 6, 1870; Mary L., born October 14, 1872; Estella, born January 7, 1875; Clara, born March 2, 1877; and Carl P., born March 28, 1879. 

SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 510 (Originally) Transcribed by Pat Howard

-Census Findings-
   HIGGINS WM 36 M W IL CA MENDOCINO SANEL TWP 1870 
        J.P. & Clarissa Higgins living at this residence.)

Household 1880:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
 
James P. HIGGINS Self M Male W 38 MO Woodsman TN TN 
Clarissa HIGGINS Wife M Female W 26 CA Keeping House RI CA 
Sarah Jane HIGGINS Dau S Female W 11 CA At Home MO CA
Mary Lucinda HIGGINS Dau S Female W 9 CA At Home MO CA 
Estella HIGGINS Dau S Female W 6 CA At Home MO CA 
Clara HIGGINS Dau S Female W 4 CA MO CA 
Carl Preston HIGGINS Son S Male W 1 CA MO CA 

Source Information:
Census Place Ukiah, Mendocino, California Family History Library Film 1254068 
NA Film Number T9-0068 Page Number 205B 

HIGGINS JAMES P 60 M W MO CA MENDOCINO LITTLE LAKE TWP 1900 

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http://www.calarchives4u.com/Biographies/mendocino/mendo-higg2.htm 
Mendocino County Biographies

John Higgins. Born in Knox county, Tennessee, February, 8, 1830. When a mere child his parents moved to Illinois. In 1840 they took up their abode in Missouri. In 1845 they returned to Illinois, and there lived until 1849, when they took up their residence in Iowa. In 1850 they immigrated to California, crossing the plains with ox-teams, arriving in Hangtown (Placerville) in September. After mining for some time they returned East in 1852 via Panama. In 1854 they again crossed the plains to California and settled in Contra Costa county, and one year later were residents of San Joaquin county. In 1856 they came to this county and located about two and one-half miles below Hopland. In 1865 he left his father and settled on his present ranch, comprising eight hundred and sixteen acres, located about six miles from Hopland. He married, September 22, 1865, Rebecca W. Neece, a native of Missouri. Lee, George W., and Wiley are the names of their living children. 

SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 611, 612 (Originally) Transcribed by Pat Howard

Higgins, John 
  (appears on same census image as William Higgins noted above)
    HIGGINS JOHN 39 M W TN CA MENDOCINO SANEL TWP 1870 

Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace 

John HIGGINS Self M Male W 50 TN Farmer KY TN 
Rebecca HIGGINS Wife M Female W 29 MO Keeps House TN TN 
Lee HIGGINS Son S Male W 13 CA At School TN TN 
George E. HIGGINS Son S Male W 11 CA At School TN TN
Wiley HIGGINS Son S Male W 2 CA TN TN 

Source Information:
Census Place Sanel, Mendocino, California Family History Library Film 1254068 
NA Film Number T9-0068 Page Number 329D 

HIGGINS JOHN 70 M W TN CA MENDOCINO SANEL TWP 1900 
         a George Higgins(son?)is living next door

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http://www.calarchives4u.com/Biographies/mendocino/mendo-gill.htm Higgins, William 
William Higgins. Was born in Illinois, May 4, 1833. He went to Missouri when quite young and spent five years. In the fall of 1845, he went to Nauvoo City, Hancock county, Illinois, and spent three years; thence to Iowa in the spring of 1849, and in the spring of 1850, crossed the plains with ox-teams, in company with his father�s family; remained two years in the mines and then returned to the Atlantic States, and spent the summer in Texas. Then went to Jackson county, Missouri, to spend the winter. In the spring of 1854, crossed the plains a second time, bringing a drove of cattle. He spent two years on the San Joaquin plains, and thence to Russian river, locating three miles south of Sanel, arriving there October 16, 1856. Here he remained ten years, and in 1866, moved six miles above Sanel, and 1872, to Ukiah valley, where he has since resided, engaged in farming. Mr. Higgins married, August 31, 1870, Miss Clarica Jane Brown, a native of Oregon. Their children are: Rosalie, Jane Adaline, Ida May and William.

SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 642 (Originally) Transcribed by Pat Howard

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  13 Jan 2007

Source: An Illustrated History of Southern California : embracing the counties of San Diego, San Bernardino, Los Angeles and Orange, and the peninsula of lower California: Lew Publishing Company-1890

---Dr. William M. Higgins, Pharmacist, on Central Avenue, Anaheim, was born in Monmouth County, New Jersey, June 18,1826. He was educated at Princeton College, at which he graduated in 1845,with the degree of A. B. He read medicine for a period of two years, and February 22,1849, headed for California on the bark St. Mary. He remained in Rio De Janiero ten months, then went aboard the ship William Brandt, bound for San Francisco, at which place he arrived July 1850,having been ships Doctor for the voyage. After his arrival in San Francisco he was appointed apothecary and bookkeeper in the City Hospital, after which he engaged in mining for a few years. In 1869 he moved to Anaheim and established the drug store on the corner of Center and Lemon Streets and has ever since given his attention to the drug business. In December 1870, he was appointed Postmaster, which office he filled with great acceptability for a continuous term of thirteen years. He has been connected with the educational interests of the city for a number of years, having been clerk of the district for six years, and now is chairman of the school board. He is charter member of the Masonic Lodge, which was organized in 1869. He is also a member of the I.O.O.F. fraternity, Anaheim lodge # 199. He is a charter member of the Abou Bem Adhem lodge in San Francisco, which lodge he had the honor of naming in 1863.
In 1858 he was married in San Francisco to Miss Alice Boyle, a native of Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Michael Boyle, an Irishman and pioneer to this coast of '49. Miss Alice Boyle was the first graduate of the Cooper Medical College. She then practiced medicine four years, and subsequently took a course at Philadelphia at the Women's Medical College, and was elected an honorary member of the alumni. She was a woman of more than ordinary ability, and had made an enviable reputation as a Physician.
Four years ago she became paralyzed and has since been almost helpless. Dr and Mrs. Higgins have three children, two daughters at home, and a son, Charles C.; a graduate of the California College of Pharmacy, now a prominent druggist in San Francisco.

http://www.calarchives4u.com/Biographies/orange/oran-gran.htm 

http://www.calarchives4u.com/schools/uoc/uoc140-154.htm 
University of California-Directory of Graduates
1864 - 1905-November, 1905 Published by UC Berkeley
CATALOGUE OF GRADUATES. III. GRADUATES OF THE CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY. 1888: 
   Higgins, Charles C. 2525 Fillmore st, S F

http://mednews.stanford.edu/stanmed/2000fall/woman.html 
Soon West Coast medical schools began accepting women as well. The University of California was the first, with Stanford's precursor just a few years behind. In 1873, UC acquired the Toland School in San Francisco and, as UC was already co-educational, Toland accepted Maria Field Wanzer that year as its first female medical student. Three years later, Wanzer became the first woman graduate of a West Coast medical school.
The same year, in 1876, Alice Boyle Higgins became the first woman to enter the Medical College of the Pacific, at age 40. Married since the age of 16 to William Morris Higgins, who was a registered pharmacist, Alice Higgins had three children. In 1877 she graduated from Medical College of the Pacific, and in 1881 and 1882 she went to the Women's Medical
College of Pennsylvania, where she took a postgraduate course and was made an honorary member of the College's alumnae association. Offered to chair the anatomy department, she declined and returned to her family and opened an office in California. 

Higgins became the pioneer woman doctor in Orange County, successful and with a large practice. Writing about Higgins in the Gazette after her death, a friend noted, "Impecunious patients were never refused medical advice; medicine was also supplied, and often the means to live until the patient was restored to health. Nor could the ingratitude of one or more of her patients harden her heart toward the next applicant for aid. She was too large-minded for that. For every fault she found an excuse, and thereby kept her sympathies always fresh and green." The writer further commented that "from early childhood she evinced a taste for the medical profession. As she grew into womanhood, she developed rare talents in that line." 

Higgins was soon followed by other female medical students at Stanford's precursors. In 1877, Anabel McGaughey Stuart was admitted to the Medical School of the Pacific; in 1878 she became its second woman graduate in 1878. In 1882, the school was renamed Cooper Medical College, and by 1884 four out of the 16 members of the graduating class were female. In the 1880s and 1890s, the percentage of women in the medical school class ranged between 5 and 25 percent, and by the turn of the century women had established a
lasting presence. The Cooper Medical College Class of 1899 boasted 10 women and 34 men in its graduating class (23 percent). 

1876
San Francisco Medical College of the Pacific accepts its first female student, Alice Boyle Higgins, who graduates in 1877 and goes to Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania from 1881 to 1882 for postgraduate training before returning to practice in Orange County. Dr. Higgins wanted to be a physician since childhood but was married at 16 to a pharmacist. She was the mother of three children before she began her medical training at age 40.

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  HIGGINS WM M 34 M W NJ CA SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO 1860 

  HIGGINS WILLIAM M 44 M W NJ CA LOS ANGELES SANTA ANA TWP 1870 

  Household:1880
  Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
  Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
 
  William M. HIGGINS Self M Male W 53 NJ Druggist & Apothecary NJ NJ 
  Alice HIGGINS Wife M Female W 44 MA Physician IRE IRE
  Fannie E. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 17 CA Atn. School NJ MA 
  Charles HIGGINS Son S Male W 16 CA Atn. School NJ MA 
  Margaret HIGGINS Dau S Female W 10 CA Atn. School NJ MA 

  Source Information:
  Census Place Anaheim, Los Angeles, California  Family History Library Film 1254067 
  NA Film Number T9-0067 Page Number 279D 

  HIGGINS WILLIAM M 74 M W NJ CA ORANGE ANAHEIM 1900

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Also See: 

                  California Resources Part 1
                  CALIFORNIA Resources Part 2 
                  1850 Census of Napa County, California 

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