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Source: Commemorative biographical record of Tolland and Windham
counties, Connecticut. Volume 1 - By J.H. Beers & Co - Published
1903
WILLIAM L. HIGGINS, M. D., a noted physician of South
Coventry, Tolland county, comes of an old family of the state of
Massachusetts.
Jacob Higgins, the grandfather of Dr. William L., was born in
Chesterfield, Mass., Dec. 1, 1811, and died May 6, 1894, at
Cummington, Mass. He was twice married, first to Eliza Moore,
and afterward to Miss Julia Prentice. He was a tanner by
trade, and owned a farm property near the William Cullen Bryant
place, in Cummington, Mass. His children were: Orlando, of
Illinois; Lorenzo, of Kansas; Judson A., deceased, who
was a prominent member of the Baptist Church. and a very devout man;
Martin L., the Doctor's father; and Nelson, Amy
and Eugene, all three deceased.
Martin L. Higgins was born
in Chesterfield, Mass., June I5, 1845, and was married there to
Elizabeth S. Hayden, a native of Westhampton, Mass., who was
born Sept. 3, 1843, daughter of John and Eliza (Wetherell)
Hayden. Mr. Higgins has always remained in his native town,
where he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits up to the present
time, having farmed on his present place for thirty years. He is a
careful, conservative man, and has met with deserved success. A
Republican in politics, he has taken a leading part in local
improvements, serving as selectman for three years and town
treasurer for four years. He
attends the Congregational Church. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins have had the
following children: William L., whose name appears above;
Minnie L., now the wife of George I. Blanchard. of
Montpelier, Vt.; Helen Jane, wife of Milo E. Sylvester,
of Springfield, Mass.; and Harry E., M. D., a graduate of the
Medical Department of the University of the City of New York, I896,
and since a practitioner of Norwich, Connecticut.
William L. Higgins was born in
Chesterfield, Mass., March 8, 1867. His education was begun in that
district, and was continued in the city schools of Northampton, and
at Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Mass., where he took an elective
course. He finished his academic work when about eighteen, working
on the farm in summer, and teaching school winters. For three terms
he taught school in Hinsdale, Mass., and for one term in
Westhampton, after which he took up the study of medicine under the
direction of Dr. Charles H. Curran and of Dr. A. M. Belden, at
Holyoke and Chesterfield, respectively. His studies at the Medical
Department of the University of the City of New York were completed
and he was graduated with the class of 1890. At the close of his
course he located at Willington, Conn., where he remained until
September, 1891, when he removed to South Coventry, to take the
place of Dr. E. P. Flint, who at that time was removing to
Rockville. Since his arrival Dr. Higgins has continued steadily at
his work, winning many friends, and making himself recognized as the
leading physician of the town. He has been very successful in
practice, and is called frequently in consultation, considerable for
a young man.
Dr. Higgins was married at
Northampton, Mass., Oct. 8, 1890, to Annah J. Clapp, daughter
of James and Juliette A. (Miller) Clapp, of
Williamsburg, Mass., and they have had two children: Ruth A.,
born Nov. 20, 1891, and Ruby Elizabeth. born March 6, 1894.
Both the Doctor and his wife are members of the Congregational
Church, in the work of which he takes an active part, and he has
been Sunday-school superintendent in both Willington and
Chesterfield. For seven years he has been on the parish committee,
and upon the incorporation of the church, in the fall of 19O1, was
elected to the board of trustees for three years from Jan. 1, 1902.
The Doctor is a stanch Republican, and has been interested in local
politics ever since his removal to South Coventry. However, he has
confined his public services to offices of a professional nature,
having acted seven years as health officer, and for eleven years as
medical examiner for the towns of Coventry and Andover. He was
elected justice of the peace several times, but each time felt that
other duties prevented him from qualifying, though so far as his
professional duties permit he has directly interested himself in
public enterprises and given his fellow townsmen the benefit of his
ability and judgment in such matters. He was one of the original
promoters of the South Coventry Water Supply Company. one of its
largest stockholders, and became a director and vice-president
thereof. In 1897 he organized what is known as the Village
Improvement Society, of which he has been a director ever since, and
has served one term as president. This company has expended about
three thousand dollars in improvements during the five years of its
existence. The Doctor has always been interested in agricultural
matters, is a member of the Grange. and is vice-president and one of
the directors of the Horse Shoe Park Agricultural Association, which
was organized in April, 1902.
In addition to attending to his
private practice the Doctor acts as medical examiner for all of the
old line insurance companies. and for Lodge No. 15, A. O. U. W., at
South Coventry. He was President of the Tolland County Medical
Association in 1897-98, and the same year was vice-president
exofiicio of the State Medical Society. Dr. Higgins is a self—made
man, and enjoys high standing in his community.
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William Lincoln Higgins
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1930; Census Place:
Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut; Roll: 284; Page: 6B; Enumeration
District: 4; Image: 50
Name Age (No image available)
William L Higgins 63 b. Mass. Parents b. Mass. Occ: Medical Doctor
Annah J Higgins 62
HIGGINS-WILLIAM-L-52-M-W-MA-CT-TOLLAND-COVENTRY-COVENTRY-1920
1920; Census Place: Coventry, Tolland,
Connecticut; Roll: T625_198; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 307;
Image: 40.
Name Age
William L Higgins 52
Annah J Higgins 51
Ruby S Higgins 25
HIGGINS-WILLIAM-L-43-M-W-MA-CT-TOLLAND-COVENTRY-1910
1910; Census Place: Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut; Roll: T624_143;
Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0554; Image: 504
Name Age
William L Higgins 43
Annah J Higgins 41
Ruth A Higgins 18
Ruby E Higgins 16
HIGGINS-WILLIAM-L-33-M-W-MA-CT-TOLLAND-COVENTRY-1900
1900; Census Place: Coventry, Tolland, Connecticut; Roll: 150; Page:
13B; Enumeration
District: 494
Name Age
William L Higgins 33
Annah J Higgins 31
Ruth A Higgins 8
Ruby E Higgins 6
HIGGINS-MARTIN-L-34-W-MA-MA-HAMPSHIRE-CHESTERFIELD-1880
1880; Census Place: Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll:
537; Page: 30C; Enumeration District: 323; Image: 0061
Name Age
Martin L. Higgins 34
Elizabeth S. Higgins 37
Willie L. Higgins 13
Minnie L. Higgins 11
Hellen J. Higgins 10
Harry E. Higgins 8
HIGGINS-MARTIN-L-24-M-W-MA-MA-HAMPSHIRE-CHESTERFIELD-1870
1870; Census Place: Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll:
M593_620; Page: 92B; Image: 189
Name Age
Martin L Higgins 24
Elizabeth S Higgins 26
Willie L Higgins 3
Minnie L Higgins 1
Helen Higgins 6/12
HIGGINS-JACOB-49-M-W-MA-MA-HAMPSHIRE-CHESTERFIELD-1860
1860; Census Place: Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll:
M653_505; Page: 413; Image: 419
Name Age
Jacob Higgins 49
Julia Higgins 28
Nelson Higgins 18
Judson Higgins 16
Martin Higgins 14
Eugene Higgins 12
Rosa Higgins 5
Almina Higgins 3
Warner Higgins 6/12
HIGGINS-JACOB-38-M-W-MA-MA-HAMPSHIRE-CHESTERFIELD-1850
1850;
Census Place: Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts; Roll:
M432_320; Page: 11A; Image: 27
Name Age
Jacob G Higgins 38
Eliza A Higgins 40
Orlando L Higgins 13
Lorenzo H Higgins 12
Nelson A Higgins 9
Judson A Higgins 7
Martin L Higgins 5
Eugene L Higgins 3
Munro Bates 23
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Jacob Gershom Higgins
U.S., Sons of the American
Revolution Membership Applications
Name: William Lincoln Higgins SAR Membership: 47507
Birth Date: 8 Mar 1867
Birth Place: Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Father: Martin Luther Higgins Mother: Elizabeth Susan
Hayden
Massachusetts, Town Vital
Collection
Name: William Lincoln Higgins Birth Date: 8 Mar 1867
Event Type: Birth Event City: Chesterfield
Father Name: Martin Luther Higgins Mother Name: Lizzie Hayden
Higgins
Massachusetts, Town Vital
Collections
Name: Jacob G Higgins Birth Date: abt 1811
Event Type: Marriage Event City: Worthington
Marriage Date: 21 Dec 1853 Marriage Age: 42
Father Name: Lewis Higgins Mother Name: Mary Higgins
Spouse Name: Julia E Prestin Spouse Marriage Age: 22
Spouse Father Name: Alphous Pemble
Spouse Mother Name: Sarah Pemble
Massachusetts, Town Vital
Collection
Name: Mr Jacob G Higgins Event Type: Marriage
Event City: Chesterfield Marriage Date: 28 Apr 1835
Spouse Name: Eliza Ann Moore
Source: Richard Higgins - a
resident and pioneer settler at Plymouth and Eastham, Massachusetts,
and at Piscataway, New Jersey, and his descendants by Mrs. Katharine
Chapin Higgins. - Published 1918
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see another biography
of William Lincoln Higgins at
Source: Taylor's legislative history and souvenir of Connecticut,
1906, Volume 6 - By William Harrison Taylor
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http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/registercitizen/obituary.aspx?n=thomas-p-higgins&pid=156617747&fhid=2760
Thomas P. Higgins (1916 - 2012)
TORRINGTON - Thomas P. Higgins, 95, of Torrington, died
Wednesday, March 21, at Vitas Hospice at Saint Mary's Hospital in
Waterbury. He was the husband of Mildred P Higgins. Thomas
was born in New Britain (Connecticut) on Sept. 8, 1916, son of the
late Owen and Mary Davey Higgins.
He graduated from New Britain High School, Trinity College, and
University of Connecticut. He was a teacher and elementary school
principal for 34 years, retiring in 1978. Most of his years as
principal were spent at the East School in Torrington. After
retiring, he served for many years as secretary of the Association
of Retired Teachers of Connecticut. He was an active member of St.
Francis Church, serving as a Lector, CCD teacher, and first
president of the Men's Club. He also worshipped and volunteered at
Lourdes of Litchfield. Besides his wife, he leaves three children,
Rosemary Dill and husband Michael of Rocky Hill,
Thomas Higgins and wife Linda of Brookfield, and
Michael Higgins and companion Marla Bloch of San
Francisco. He also leaves grandchildren Sara (Kris) Lisauskas
of Massachusetts, Jeffrey (Stefanie) Dill of Pennsylvania,
Kate Higgins of New York City, and Peter (Erika) Higgins
of Orange also great grandchildren Julia, Aimee, and
Natalie Dill, Alex, Kyle, and Tyler
Lisauskas, and Owen and Jack Higgins. He was
predeceased by three siblings, John, Owen (see obit
below), and Mary Higgins. The family wishes to extend their
appreciation to Dr. Jerome Takiff for his attentive care. A Mass of
Christian Burial will be celebrated at Saint Francis Church 160 Main
St., Torrington Saturday March 24 at 1 p.m.. Friends may call at
Phalen Funeral Home 285 Migeon Ave Torrington Saturday from 11:30
a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Memorial Contributions can be made to Our Lady of
Lourdes PO Box 667 Litchfield CT 06759.
www.phalenfuneral.com
Published in The Register
Citizen on March 22, 2012
1930; Census Place: New
Britain, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll: 266; Page: 11A; Enumeration
District: 165; Image: 470
Name Age (No Image Available)
Owen Higgins 58 b. Ireland Parents b. Ireland Occ: Polisher in
cutlery shop - Immigrated in 1903 - Naturalized in 1909
Mary Higgins 56 Immigrated in 1893 - Naturalized in 1909
John Higgins 18 b. Massachusetts
Owen Higgins 16 b. Massachusetts
Mary Higgins 15 b. Connecticut
Thomas Higgins 13 b. Connecticut
HIGGINS-OWEN-48-M-W-IREL-CT-HARTFORD-4-WD-NEW_BRITAIN-NEW_BRITAIN-1920
1920; Census Place: New Britain Ward 4, Hartford, Connecticut; Roll:
T625_185; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 161; Image: 507.
Name Age
Owen Higgins 48
Mary Higgins 45
John Higgins 8
Owen Higgins 7
Mary Higgins 5
Thomas Higgins 3 4/12
HIGGINS-OWEN-38-M-W-IREL-MA-ESSEX-AMESBURY-1910
1910; Census Place: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_580;
Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0257; Image: 786
Name Age
Owen Higgins 38
Mary M Higgins 36
See image of declaration of intent to become a United States
citizen
see image of Owen Higgins' naturalization petition
Name: Owen Higgins Event Date: 11 Feb 1911
Immigration Year: 1903 Home Country: Ireland
Court: U.S. District Court
Document Type: Petition for Naturalization
Witness #1: Michael J Burke Witness #2:Thomas McHugh
U.S. Naturalization Record
Name: Owen Higgins Birth Date:15 Jan 1871
Birth Location: County Galway, Ireland
Spouse: Mary A State: Massachusetts
Locality, Court: District of Massachusetts, U.S. Circuit and
District Courts
Boston Passenger and Crew Lists
Name: Owen Higgins Arrival Date:1 May 1892 Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871 Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England and Queenstown, Ireland
Ship Name: Pavonia Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Last Residence: Leitrim
Boston Passenger and Crew Lists
Name: Owen Higgins Arrival Date: 6 Mar 1903
Age: 31 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Gender: Male Ethnic Background: Irish
Port of Departure: Queenstown, Ireland
Ship Name: Saxonia Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Friend's Name: Cuorier Last Residence: Fuam (Taum)
http://articles.courant.com/2000-02-19/news/0002181548_1_mary-m-higgins-john-j-higgins-dennis-higgins
February 19, 2000
HIGGINS, Owen F.
Owen F. Higgins, 86, of New Britain, beloved husband of
Angela (Cavalieri) Higgins, passed away Friday, (February 18,
2000) at New Britain General Hospital after a brief illness. He was
born in Amesbury, MA, and was a resident of New Britain for most of
his life. Mr. Higgins was formerly employed as a tax auditor for the
State of Connecticut Dept. of Revenue until his retirement in 1979.
He was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Church and was active in
the St. Francis of Assisi Church Community. He also was a 45 year
member of the New Britain Lodge of Elks #957. Besides his wife, he
is survived by a son, Dennis Higgins and his wife Marti
Golon of New York, NY; a daughter, Terry Higgins of West
Hartford; three grandchildren, Katherine and Maxwell
Higgins of New York, NY; and Shannon Wine of Manassas,
VA; a brother, Thomas P. Higgins of Torrington; and numerous
nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother and sister,
John J. Higgins and Mary M. Higgins. The rite of
committal will be held on Monday, February 21, 9:15 a.m. at the New
Britain Memorial Funeral Home, 444 Farmington Ave., New Britain,
with the funeral liturgy, 10 a.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Church.
Entombment will be in St. Mary Garden Mausoleum. Relatives and
friends may call on Sunday, February 20, 5-7 p.m. at the funeral
home. Elks Lodge #957 will conduct a ritual Sunday evening, 7 p.m.
at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be
made to the American Lung Assoc., 45 Ash St., East Hartford, CT
06108.
an onsite inquiry of this family
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Source: The National cyclopædia of
American biography: Volume 16 By George Derby, James Terry White
HIGGINS, Charles Houchin,
civil engineer, was born at Southington, Conn., Sept. 21, 1879, son
of Joseph and Catharine (Houchin) Higgins, and
grandson of Michael Higgins, a native of Ireland, who came to
the United States in 1830, and settled at Cheshire, Conn. He was
educated in the public schools and the Episcopal Academy at
Cheshire, Conn., and was graduated at Princeton University with the
degree of CE. in 1903. He subsequently took a course in economics at
Columbia University. After leaving Princeton he became connected
with the F. M. Stillman Co., general contractors, as a draftsman.
Eighteen months later he was made engineer of the company, and in
this capacity had charge of heavy construction about New York
harbor, heavy building operations, foundations, masonry, harbor
improvements and steel bridges. In 1909 he opened offices as
consulting engineer in Jersey City and later in New York and has
since been engaged in private practice. He has specialized
principally in heavy constructions in timber, masonry and steel. He
designed and built in 1905 the first reinforced concrete building
constructed in Newark, N. J.
In 1907 he designed and supervised the
construction of a system of groins or jetties on the seashore at
Asbury Park, N. J., to prevent further erosion of the coast by the
ocean. The effectiveness and success of his groin system was
demonstrated during the unusually severe storms of December, 1913,
and January, 1914, which destroyed many buildings along the New
Jersey coast, but did no damage whatever at Asbury Park. In 1910 Mr.
Higgins designed a group of buildings for W. Ames & Co. in Jersey
City, comprising a large industrial plant for the manufacture of bar
iron, spikes and bolts. He was made a registered architect of the
state of New Jersey in 1911. He was engineer of the transit
commission of Jersey City in 1910-11 and was a member of the city
plan commission of that city for one term (1912). He has under
construction a pier on the New Jersey shore, opposite Eightieth
street, New York, and a skeleton frame steel building in Johnstown,
Pa. He was consulting engineer of the Washington Market Merchants'
Association in 1913, and was architect for the city in planning and
supervising the remodeling of the market in 1914. He served two
terms of enlistment (four years), 1904-08, in the engineer and
signal corps of the National Guard of New Jersey. Mr. Higgins is a
member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American
Society for Testing Materials, the Engineers' Club and the Princeton
Club of New York. Since its incorporation on Apr. 13, 1912, he has
been secretary of the Princeton Engineering Association. He is
unmarried.
Household: 1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Joseph HIGGINS Self M Male W 27
CT Butcher IRELAND IRELAND
Katharine HIGGINS Wife M Female W 24 ENG Keeps House ENG ENG
Charles HIGGINS Son S Male W 9M CT CT ENG
Source Information:
Census Place Southington, Hartford, Connecticut
Family History Library Film 1254099
NA Film Number T9-0099 Page Number 48C
HIGGINS-JOSEPH-47-M-W-CT-CT-NEW_HAVEN-CHESHIRE-1900
1900; Census Place: Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll:
T623_142; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 304.
Name Age
Joseph Higgins 46
Catherine Higgins 43
Charles Higgins 20
Frances Higgins 17
Alice Higgins 14
Ralph Higgins 11
Waldo Higgins 12
U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Charles Houchin Higgins
Birth Date: 21 Sep 1879
Birth Place: Southington, Connecticuit Residence: New York, New York
Race: White
Home Address: 166 East 74th St, NY,NY
Self employed: 101 Park Avenue, NY, NY
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27 Mar 2011
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HIGGINS, RAYMOND T.
Raymond T. Higgins passed away March 16, 2011 surrounded by his
loving family. He was the husband of the late Mary (Coopey)
Higgins. He was born May 1, 1923 in New Haven, son of Thomas
and Mary (Carroll) Higgins. Mr. Higgins proudly served
his country in the US Navy during World War II and the Korean War.
He began his career with the New Haven Railroad in 1942, retiring
from AMTRAK in 1983. He was an avid model railroader and enjoyed
spending time with his family. He was a parishioner of St. Joseph
Church and a volunteer at St. Joseph School. He is survived by his
daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and Geoffrey Adams Sr. of
Willimantic; his sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Mary Jean
Higgins of Meriden and Raymond and Lou Ann Higgins of
Plantsville; six grandchildren, Geoffrey and Michael Adams
of Florida, 2nd Lt. Daniel Higgins USAF of Massachusetts,
Kaitlin Higgins of Plantsville and Christopher and Matthew
Higgins of Meriden and nine great-grandchildren. He is also
survived by his sister, Mary Munzner and his niece
Kathleen Zimmerman, both of North Carolina and his
sister-in-law, Jean Shanahan of New York. He was predeceased
by his brother, Thomas Higgins. The funeral will be held on
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 9:15 from the John J. Ferry & Sons
Funeral Home, 88 East Main Street, Meriden, CT 06450 and at 10 a.m.
at St. Joseph Church, corner of West Main St. and Lewis Ave.,
Meriden, CT 06451 for a Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be in
St. Lawrence Cemetery in West Haven with full Military Honors.
Friends may call at the Funeral Home on Friday, March 18, 2011 from
4 to 7 p.m. Contributions in his memory may be made to St. Joseph
School, 159 West Main Street, Meriden, CT 06450.
Published in the New Haven
Register on March 17, 2011
1930; Census Place: New
Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: 277; Page: 25B; Enumeration
District: 84; Image: 523 (No Image Available)
Name Age
Thomas Higgins 61 b. CT Parents b. Irish Free State
Mary Higgins 45 b. Irish Free State Parents b. Irish Free State
Raymond Higgins 7
Mary Higgins 5
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27 Mar 2011
Source: A modern history of New Haven and eastern New Haven County,
Volume 2 By Everett Gleason Hill - Published 1918
- DAVID HIGGINS -
David Higgins is an active business man and well known public
official who is serving as a selectman of Meriden and as a member of
the board of apportionment. He concentrates his business attention
largely upon the sale of butter, eggs and milk, upon the conduct of
a farm and upon the management of two livery stables which he owns.
His home place is at Meriden and he is numbered among the native
sons of Cheshire, Connecticut, where his birth occurred February 18,
1862, his parents being Michael and Esther (Bennett)
Higgins. He acquired a public school education and spent the
vacation periods in farm work, while after his textbooks were put
aside he continued to assist in the cultivation and further
improvement of the home farm until he attained his majority. He
afterward spent nine months in work upon the farm of James Sanford
at Terryville, Connecticut, and later worked on the State Poor Farm
for a year.
On the expiration of that period he returned to his old home in
Cheshire to visit and his brother induced him to buy a milk wagon
and horse and engage in selling milk in Meriden. This was in 1886.
He worked hard to make the business a success and succeeded in it.
He took over his brother's milk business and worked up a good
patronage. He is now extensively engaged in this line and also in
the sale of butter and eggs. He is today the owner of an excellent
farm property in addition to his other interests. He keeps from
eighty to ninety horses and he has in all twenty employes in his
livery barns, in his butter, egg and milk business and on his farm.
On the 8th of August, 1889, Mr. Higgins was united in marriage in
Yalesville, Connecticut, to Miss Emma Grouse and they have
become the parents of three children. Esther May, who was
educated in the high school and in the New Haven Normal School is
engaged in teaching. Ruth Frances is at home. Arthur John
was graduated from the high school with the class of 1917 and is
attending Dartmouth College. He was very popular as a high school
pupil, was chairman of the junior prom, was manager of the foot ball
team and was otherwise a leader in high school activities.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Higgins are consistent members of the Methodist
Episcopal church. Politically he is a democrat, and although he has
never been an office seeker, his friends have frequently urged him
to become a candidate for positions of public honor and trust and he
was elected to office on the democratic ticket when his ward had a
normal heavy republican majority. He served as councilman from the
third ward for six years and in 1913 was elected a selectman. He was
also a member of the board of apportionment for ten years and his
public duties have been discharged with marked capability and
fidelity.
In fraternal circles he is known as a member of Temple Lodge, No.
16, F. & A. M, of Cheshire, and as a member of the Benevolent
Protective Order of Elks at Meriden, serving on its house committee.
He is also on the membership rolls of the Amaranth, the Colonial and
the Cosmopolitan Clubs. He has a wide and favorable acquaintance
through this section of the state, in which he has always resided,
and his work along business lines and in public office has
constituted a valuable contribution to general progress and
improvement.
HIGGINS-MICHAEL-31-M-W-IREL-CT-NEW_HAVEN-CHESHIRE-1860
Name Age
Michael Higgins 31
Esther Higgins 28
Joseph Higgins 7
John B Higgins 4
Mary E Higgins 2
Mary Higgins 2/12
HIGGINS-MICHAEL-42-M-W-IREL-CT-NEW_HAVEN-CHESHIRE-1870
Name Age
Michael Higgins 42
Esther Higgins 39
Joseph Higgins 16
John Higgins 14
Maria Higgins 12
Catharine Higgins 10
David Higgins 8
Annie Higgins 4
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status
Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's
Birthplace
Michael HIGGINS Self W Male W 50 IRE Keeper IRE IRE
Catharine E. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 20 CT Keep House IRE CT
David HIGGINS Son S Male W 18 CT Home IRE CT
Anna HIGGINS Dau S Female W 13 CT Home IRE CT
Source Information:
Census Place Town Poor House, Cheshire, New Haven, Connecticut
Family History Library Film 1254103
NA Film Number T9-0103 Page Number 324C
HIGGINS-DAVID-38-M-W-CT-CT-NEW_HAVEN-MERIDEN-1900
Name Age
David Higgins 38
Emma Higgins 32
Esther M Higgins 6
Ruth F Higgins 4
Arthur J Higgins 1
HIGGINS-DAVID-48-M-W-CT-CT-NEW_HAVEN-3-WD-MERIDEN-1910
Name Age
David Higgins 48
Emma Higgins 42
Esther Higgins 16
Ruth Higgins 14
Arthur Higgins 11
HIGGINS-DAVID-57-M-W-CT-CT-NEW_HAVEN-3-WD-MERIDEN-1920
Name Age
David Higgins 57
Emma Higgins 51
Esther Higgins 26
Ruth Higgins 28
Arthur Higgins 21
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07 Mar 2010
Source: History of the town of Plymouth, Connecticut: By Francis
Atwater - Published 1895
THOMAS HIGGINS.
Thomas Higgins has been a resident of Terryville for about
forty-three years. He was one of the three Catholics who met in the
Philip C. Ryan residence after Father O'Neill of Waterbury was
engaged to preach there. Mr. Higgins is now about seventy years of
age. One of his sons, Thomas F. Higgins, was appointed
postmaster of Terryville in 1894. When appointed, he bought out the
confectionery and stationery business of W. E. Fogg, and moved it
into the building opposite the hotel.
He graduated from Eastman's College,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sarah A. devotes much of her time to
assisting Mr. Higgins in the post office. James B. is
employed by the Eagle Lock Company. Michael C. is
superintendent of a life insurance company in Norwich, Conn.
Lizzie C. is engaged as school teacher in Thomaston. Joseph
J. is a physician and surgeon in New York City, and graduated
from the Physicians and Surgeons' College of New York.
HIGGINS MICHAEL C 61 M W CT CT NEW LONDON 1-WD; NORWICH NORWICH 1920
Name Age
Michael C Higgins 61
Elizabeth R Higgins 53
Loretta P Higgins 20
HIGGINS MICHAEL C 52 M W CT CT NEW LONDON NORWICH 1910
Name Age
Michael C Higgins 52
Elizabeth R Higgins 44
Raymond Higgins 15
Loretta Higgins 10
HIGGINS MICHAEL 42 M W CT CT NEW LONDON NORWICH 1900
Name Age
Michael C Higgins 42
Elizabeth R Higgins 34
Raymond Higgins 5
Loretta Higgins 11/12
Bridget O'Brien 24
HIGGINS SARAH A 47 F W CT CT LITCHFIELD PLYMOUTH 1900
Name Age
Sarah A Higgins 46
James B Higgins 47 Brother
Elizabeth C Higgins 36
John Higgins 25
Frank Pope 56
HIGGINS THOMAS F 40 M W CT CT LITCHFIELD PLYMOUTH 1900
Name Age
Thomas F Higgins 40
Katharine J Higgins 32
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Thomas HIGGINS Self M Male W 56 IRE Farmer IRE IRE
Lizzie HIGGINS Wife M Female W 51 IRE Keeping House IRE IRE
Sarah HIGGINS Dau S Female W 26 CT Works In Lock Shop IRE IRE
Michael HIGGINS Son Male W 22 CT Works In Lock Shop IRE IRE
Thomas HIGGINS Son Male W 19 CT Works In Lock Shop IRE IRE
Lizzie HIGGINS Dau Female W 17 CT School Teacher IRE IRE
Joseph HIGGINS Son S Male W 11 CT At School IRE IRE
Michael HAYES Other Male W 18 IRE Farm Laborer IRE IRE
Source Information:
Census Place Plymouth, Litchfield, Connecticut
Family History Library Film 1254101
NA Film Number T9-0101 Page Number 408C
HIGGINS THOMAS 47 M W IREL CT LITCHFIELD PLYMOUTH 1870
Name Age
Thomas Higgins 47
Eliza Higgins 42
Sarah Higgins 17
Michael Higgins 12
Thomas Higgins 10
Eliza Higgins 6
Joseph Higgins 1
HIGGINS THOMAS 35 M W IREL CT LITCHFIELD PLYMOUTH 1860
Name Age
Thomas Higgins 35
Eliza Higgins 32
Sarah Higgins 7
James Higgins 5
Michael Higgins 2
Thomas Higgins 3/12
Hartford Courant 17 Jun 1926 - Obituary of Michael C. Higgins
The Bridgeport Telegram 1927 Dec 15 - Obituary of Thomas Higgins
Source: History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut,
Volume 2 edited by William Jamieson Pape
On the 3d of October, 1900. Mr. Harty was married in
Terryville, Connecticut, to Miss Elizabeth C. Higgins, a
daughter of the late Thomas and Elizabeth (Hickey) Higgins
and a sister of Dr. Joseph Higgins, a well known surgeon of
New York city. Mrs. Harty was educated in Terryville, attending the
public and high schools, and afterward became a student in the State
Normal School of New Britain, Connecticut. Later she took up the
profession of teaching, which she followed for several years in
Plymouth and in Thomaston, Connecticut. She is a lady of culture and
marked ability and since her husband's death she has managed the
coal and wood business, displaying sagacity in the conduct of her
affairs. Mr. and Mrs. Harty had one daughter, Mary Elizabeth,
who is now a student in the Torrington high school. Both Mrs. Harty
and her daughter are members of St. Francis' Roman Catholic church
and Mr. Harty was also a communicant of that church.
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11 May 2009
Source: Price & Lee's New Haven (New Haven County, Conn.) City
Directory, Including West Haven, East Haven, and Woodbridge
Published by
Price & Lee Company., 1842
Higgins, James, brass founder, h 10 Ashmun
Higgins, Jesse, saddler, h 56 Sherman av.
Higgins, John, laborer, h 49 Broadway
Higgins, Mrs. Rose, 14 State
Higgins, Mrs. Lois, 25 Wall
Higgins, Miss Hannah M. carpet maker, 25 Wall
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28 Jan 2009
Biography of Richard T. Higgins of Connecticut
with selected census
Source: History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut
by William Jamieson Pape - S.J. Clarke Publishing Company 1918
Richard T Higgins Portrait
HON. RICHARD T. HIGGINS.
Hon. Richard T. Higgins is a well known citizen of Winsted,
Connecticut, whose high position is indicated in the fact that he
has been chosen as president of the public utilities commission. He
was born in Washington, this state, September 24, 1865, the eldest
son of Edward and Mary (Crowley) Higgins, both of whom were natives
of Ireland but have now passed away. They became acquainted and were
married in New Milford, Connecticut. The father, who was born in
County Kilkenny, Ireland, devoted his life to the occupation of
farming and was called to his final rest September 22. 1901, at the
age of sixty-three years. His wife was born in County Westmeath.
Ireland, and passed away January 2, 1908. Both came to the United
States in early life. They became the parents of three children,
Catherine, Richard T. and Bernard E. The daughter became the wife of
Martin Dooley and both have passed away but four children survive
them.
Bernard E. Higgins
is a well known
lawyer of Torrington mentioned elsewhere in this work.
Hon. Richard T. Higgins was but four years of age when his parents
removed to Woodbury, Connecticut, where he was reared on a farm near
the town of Woodbury. He pursued his early education in the public
schools and later became a student in the Parker Academy, in the
town of Woodbury, being there graduated with the class of 1883. He
afterward received his collegiate education in St. Francis' College
of New York city. He studied law in the office of Huntington &
Warner of Woodbury and was admitted to the bar in May, 1890. In
January, 1891, he opened a law office in Winsted, where he has since
actively engaged in practice, occupying a prominent position in
legal circles for a quarter of a century. He is a man of pronounced
ability in handling cases, which he most carefully and
systematically prepares, and is therefore well qualified to meet any
attack of the opposing counsel. He is clear in his reasoning,
logical in his deductions and seldom, if ever, at fault in the
application of a legal principle. He has been accorded a very
extensive clientage and colleagues and contemporaries speak of him
in terms of high regard.
Mr. Higgins has also figured prominently in political circles. He
gives his allegiance to the democratic party and while he has not
sought nor desired office as a reward for party fealty his
public-spirited citizenship and his keen sagacity concerning public
affairs have made his opinions of worth and of weight. He has served
as a member of the lower house of the state legislature, filling
that position during 1909, and was the democratic leader during that
session. Previously he had served as coroner of Litchfield county
from 1892 until 1910, when he resigned to accept a position on the
state railroad commission, to which he was appointed by Governor
Weeks. He was made chairman of the railroad commission in February,
1911, and in September of that year the railroad commission went out
of existence, being superseded by the state public utilities
commission. Mr. Higgins became a member of the latter at its
creation by appointment of Governor Baldwin and
was at once elected its chairman and has continuously served in that
position to the present time, having been reappointed by Governor
Holcomb, a republican governor, during the legislative session of
1917 for another term of six years. Thus his service on the two
commissions already covers seven years. He has undoubtedly acted in
this capacity at great personal sacrifice, giving much attention to
the duties of the position, notwithstanding the fact that his law
practice would be much more worth while. On the 21st of June, 1917,
Mr. Higgins, upon recommendation of the governor of Connecticut, was
appointed by President Woodrow Wilson a member of the local
exemption board for Division No. 19 of Litchfield county and was
later made its chairman, and after the work of the first draft was
practically completed in September, 1917, he resigned owing to the
press of work in his office at the state capitol. He devoted his
entire attention to his duties on the
exemption board for two months. Besides his official service and his
law practice he has in other ways been connected with public
interests, having been one of the incorporators of the Winsted
Savings Bank.
On the 1st of September, 1898, Mr. Higgins was married to Miss
Margaret Rose Bryan, of Winsted, who is a native, however, of
Waterbury. They have an only son, Bryan Edward Higgins. born March
6, 1901, and now a senior in the Gilbert high school.
Mr. Higgins is a member of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church. He is
a past exalted ruler of the Elks lodge, in which he has a life
membership, is a past grand knight of the Knights of Columbus and is
a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He is now a trustee of
the Litchfield County Hospital, is a member of the Winsted Club, of
the Greenwoods Country Club and the Fraternal Benefit League, of the
Litchfield County Bar Association and the American Bar Association,
his identification with all these showing the nature and breadth of
his interests and activities. After all the practice of law is his
real life work and from 1900 until 1912 he was corporation counsel
for the town of Winchester but was obliged to resign because of his
service on the public utilities commission. He also filled the
position of prosecuting attorney of the town of Winchester for two
years or from May, 1902, to April, 1904, and at one time he was
county coroner, corporation
counsel and prosecuting attorney, filling all positions at the same
time. He served as a member of the fourth district school committee
for two years and was chairman of the committee having in charge the
remodeling of the courthouse in Winsted in 1905-6. He has been
prosecuting attorney for the Connecticut Humane Society for nearly a
quarter of a century. He is widely recognized as an able lawyer,
quick-witted and resourceful, thoroughly familiar with the
principles of jurisprudence and able in the application of such a
principle to a point involved.
also
Source: The judicial and civil history of Connecticut By Dwight
Loomis, Joseph Gilbert Calhoun - Published 1895
Richard T. Higgins,
Winsted.
Born at Washington, Conn., September 24, 1865,
the son of Edward and Mary Higgins. Both of his
parents are of Irish birth, and came to this country when quite
young. Was graduated at the St. Francis College, Brooklyn, N. Y., in
1887, studied law in the office of Huntington and Warner, and was
admitted to the bar May 1, 1890, at Litchfield. He now holds the
office of coroner for Litchfield county. Unmarried.
also
Source: The conservative advocate A Book of
Biographies of Connecticut's Successful Men By Earl
Leslie Chadwick - Copyrighted 1909
RICHARD T. HIGGINS one of the most popular and public
spirited
citizens of Winchester, has been and is distinctly a man of affairs
and one who has wielded a wide influence. A strong mentality,
invincible courage, a most determined individuality, have so entered
into his make-up as to' render him a natural leader of men and a
director of benefit. Mr. Higgins was born September 24, 1865, in
Washington, Connecticut, and is the son of Edward and Mary
Higgins. He was educated in the public schools of his native
town, the Parker Academy of Woodbury and St. Francis College of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
He is a Democrat in politics, and has been Coroner for Litchfield
County since 1892, and has also been Prosecuting Attorney of the
local Town Court. He belongs to the Roman Catholic Church and is
fraternally a member of the Knights of Columbus, A. O. H., and the
Elks. He is Representative from Winchester and is a member of the
Committees on Judiciary and House Rules.
Obituary of
Richard Thomas Higgins
September 24, 1865 - September 16, 1934
Source: The Hartford Courant 17 Sep 1934
- Webmaster's Findings -
HIGGINS EDWARD 30 M W IREL CT LITCHFIELD WOODBURY 1870
Name Age
Edward Higgins 30
Mary Higgins 33
Catherine Higgins 8
Richard T Higgins 4
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Edward HIGGINS Self M Male W 42 IRE Farmer IRE IRE
Mary C. HIGGINS Wife M Female W 45 IRE Keeping House IRE IRE
Catharine E. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 18 IRE IRE IRE
Richard F.* HIGGINS Son S Male W 15 IRE IRE IRE
* Middle initial indexed as a "F" instead of a "T"
Bernard E. HIGGINS Son S Male W 8 IRE IRE IRE
Source Information:
Census Place Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
Family History Library Film 1254101
NA Film Number T9-0101
Page Number 513C
* Middle initial indexed as an F, really a T
HIGGINS RICHARD 35 M W CT CT LITCHFIELD WINCHESTER 1900
Name Age
Richard T Higgins 34
Margaret Higgins 29
HIGGINS T RICHARD 43 M W CT CT LITCHFIELD WINCHESTER 1910
Name Age
Richard Higgins 43
Margaret Higgins 37
Bryan Edward Higgins 9
HIGGINS RICHARD T 54 M W CT CT LITCHFIELD WINSTED; WINCHESTER 1920
Name Age
Richard T Higgins 54
Margaret B Higgins 49
Bryan E Higgins 18
Frank H Demars 1 7/12
Not Found in 1930 Census
Obituary of
Richard's son Bryan Edward Higgins March 6, 1901 -
October 1, 1941
Source: The Hartford Courant 3 Oct 1941
Description of Bryan
Higgins extracted from his passport application
5 foot 10 1/2 inches
tall, Dark brown hair, Blue eyes
Image of Bryan E.
Higgins from his passport application dated August 4, 1922
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02 Aug 2010
Source: History of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut,
Volume 2 edited by William Jamieson Pape - Published 1918
HON. BERNARD E. HIGGINS.
Hon. Bernard E. Higgins, attorney of Torrington, was born in
Woodbury, Connecticut, January 31, 1872, his parents being Edward
and Mary (Crowley) Higgins, both of whom were natives of
Ireland. They became acquainted in New Milford, Connecticut,
however, and were there married. It was in 1859 that the father
crossed the Atlantic and after remaining for a time in New Milford
he established his home near the village of Woodbury, where he
engaged in farming until his death. His wife has also passed away.
They were parents of three children, a daughter, Catherine Dooley,
deceased, and two sons, one of whom, the Hon. Richard T. Higgins,
of Winsted, Connecticut, was formerly the democratic leader in the
house of representatives and is the present chairman of the public
utilities committee of the state, becoming the first incumbent in
that office through appointment of Governor Baldwin in 1911, since
which time he has occupied the position. He is recognized as a very
prominent and influential figure in democratic circles, while his
brother, Bernard E. Higgins of this review, is an equally stanch
supporter of republican principles, although not a politician in the
sense of office holding.
Bernard E. Higgins attended the Parker Academy at Woodbury and at
the age of seventeen became a public school teacher, which
profession he followed for a year and a half. At nineteen years of
age he took up the study of law in the office of Huntington &
Warner, attorneys of Woodbury, and was admitted to the bar in June,
1897. On October 20th of that year he entered upon active practice
in Torrington, where he has since followed his profession with
gratifying success. Since 1898 he has been associated in law
practice with Hon. Gideon H. Welch. He is very careful and
painstaking in the preparation of his cases and his ability has
brought him prominently to the front, much important litigation
being entrusted to his care.
On the 11th of May, 1898, Mr. Higgins was married to Miss Rose
Beegan, of Woodbury, who had been his schoolmate, the
acquaintance continuing from their childhood days. Mr. Higgins is a
past exalted ruler of Torrington Lodge, No. 372, B. P. O. E., and he
also belongs to St. Francis Roman Catholic church. His political
endorsement has always been given to the republican party and he has
served as clerk of the borough of Torrington for about five years.
He was afterward prosecuting attorney for the town of Torrington for
ten consecutive years, and in 1912-13 he served as a member of the
state legislature, during which time he was on the judiciary
committee. He was also states attorney of Litchfield county, filling
out the unexpired term of Donald P. Warner from March 17, 1917, to
June 4, 1917. He is at present judge of the borough court of
Torrington, and in his profession he has made a creditable name and
place.
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12 Jan 2008
New London, Connecticut City Directory 1882
Higgins, William ,BlackSmith,114 Bank,h 174 Bank
New London, Connecticut City Directory 1885
Higgins, William ,Carriagemaker.116 Bank,h 174 Bank
New London, Connecticut City Directory 1887
Higgins, William ,Carriagemaker,116 Bank, h 108 Bank
Household:1880
(Address of 174 Bank matches City Directory)
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother'sBirthplace
William HIGGINS Self M Male W 28 IRE Blacksmith IREIRE
Maggie HIGGINS Wife M Female W 26 IRE Keeping House
IRE IRE
John HIGGINS Son S Male W 6 CT IRE IRE
Mary HIGGINS Dau S Female W 4 CT IRE IRE
Willie HIGGINS Son S Male W 2 CT IRE IRE
Lawrence HIGGINS Son S Male W 3M CT IRE IRE
Source Information:
Census Place New London, New London, Connecticut
Family History Library Film 1254107
NA Film Number T9-0107
Page Number 95A
listed next door
Bridget HIGGINS Self W Female W 66 IRE Keeps House
IRE IRE
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20 Dec 2007
http://www.sunjournal.com/story/240650-3/Obituaries/Arthur_E_Higgins/
-Arthur Eugene Higgins -
Sun-Journal - (Nov/28/2007)
Arthur E. Higgins
 BRANFORD, Conn. - Arthur Eugene Higgins, 85, of North
Haven, Conn., a warm and generous-hearted man, died at
Connecticut Hospice on Nov. 18, of complications from
cancer.
He was born Aug. 11, 1922, in Lisbon, the son of Ivory
Ephraim Higgins and Elsie Marion Bowie Higgins. He
graduated from Bates College in 1943. A gifted
musician at an early age, he felt called instead to
the ministry. He enrolled at Yale Divinity School,
where he met Anne Olding Hall of Fairfield, Conn., a
graduate of Smith College. They were married in 1944
and lived happily together for more than 63 years.
Graduating from Yale Divinity School in 1946, the
couple co-pastored two parishes in upstate New York
until he accepted a call to the United Church in
Chester, Conn. in 1951. In 1955, he became pastor of
the Congregational Church in Wilton, Conn., which grew
significantly in every respect during his tenure.
During this time, he and Anne purchased hilltop
property in Braintree, Vt., which they, their children
and grandchildren have enjoyed for more than 50 years.
Success in Wilton placed him in a position of
influence within what became the Connecticut
Conference of the United Church of Christ (UCC). He
was a leader in civil rights and social justice
movements, both within Connecticut and nationally. He
left the Wilton church to serve full time on the UCC
Conference staff, principally working on housing and
other social justice issues. Seeking greater
visibility for the church's social action work among
corporations and government, he created the New
Samaritan Corporation in 1971. New Samaritan and its
affiliated management companies grew to become
Connecticut's largest nonprofit manager of housing for
the aging and families.
He served two years as the acting conference minister
of the UCC, before retiring in 1989. He also served for 11 years during this time on the board of
directors of MacDermid Inc., a specialty chemical
company based in Waterbury, Conn., acting as a
boardroom advocate for corporate social and ethical
responsibility. Among other awards, in 2002 he
received the Benjamin Elijah Mays Award from Bates
College, his alma mater, for "distinguished service to
the larger, worldwide community."
He is survived by his wife, Anne; son, Bartley Richard
Higgins and wife, Charlene Liska; daughter, Lesley
Hall Higgins-Biddle and husband, John Higgins-Biddle;
son, Gerald Arthur Higgins and wife, Kathleen
McRoberts; and daughter, Ethel Anne Higgins-Harris and
husband, Calvin T. Harris Sr.; six grandchildren, Mark
Russell Biddle, Kathleen Biddle Muravnick, Emily
Catherine Higgins, Molly Anne Higgins-Biddle and
Richard Ely Locke Higgins and Richard's mother, Catherine Carr, and Adina Louise Salguero Higgins.
-Closest census match-
HIGGINS EPHRAIM 82 M W ME ME SOMERSET PITTSFIELD 1900
Name Age
Ephraim Higgins 81
Horace E Higgins 45
Alma Higgins 32
Leon Higgins 6
Ira* E Higgins 4
Alma E Higgins 3
Myra Higgins 11.12
*Apparently Ivory is indexed as Ira
HIGGINS HORACE E 54 M W ME ME SOMERSET PITTSFIELD
1910
Name Age
Horace E Higgins 54
Alma Higgins 43
Leon A Higgins 16
Iva E Higgins 14 Indexed as Iva and noted as being
female/daughter
Evelyn A Higgins 13
Myron E Higgins 16
Edward D Higgins 6
HIGGINS HORACE E 62 M W ME ME SOMERSET PITTSFIELD
1920
Ira/Ivory is not living with family in this
census/and can not be located anywhere else in this
census
Name Age
Horace E Higgins 62
Alma Higgins 53
Leon A Higgins 25
Edward Higgins 16
1930; Census Place: Flint, Genesee, Michigan; Roll:
986; Page: 28A; Enumeration District: 45; Image: 806
(No image available)
Name Age
All born in Maine, Ivory & Elsie's parents also born
Maine
Ivory E Higgins 34 Tool & Die Maker/Auto industry
Elsie B Higgins 37 Teaches music at home
Arthur E Higgins 7
Richard I Higgins 6
World War I Draft Registration
Date of registration-June 5,1917
Ivory Ephraim Higgins 3 Oct 1895 Caucasian (White)
Maine Not Stated, Somerset, ME
Native born, Age 21,Resident of Pittsfield, Somerset
County, Maine. Student at Maine Central Institute at
Pittsfield. Medium Height, Medium build,
Brown eyes, Brown hair.
Maine Marriages
Higgins Ivory Pittsfield, ME Bowie Elsie Pittsfield,
ME 22 Oct 1921
U.S. World War II Draft Registration
Name: Ivory e Higgins Birth Date: 3 Oct 1895
Residence: Bristol, Massachusetts Birth: Pittsfield,
Maine Race: White
Address:593 Broadway, Bristol.Mass., Age:46,
Born: Pittsfield, Me.,Oct,3,1895,
Nearest relative: Elsie Higgins, same address
Connecticut Death Index
Name: IVORY E HIGGINS Death Date: 28 May 1977
Death Place: Hartford, Connecticut
Age: 82 Years Birth Date: xxxYOB
Marital Status: Widowed Spouse: ELSI
State File #: 09285 Residence: North Haven, Ct.
Gender: Unknown Race: White
-Census' before 1900-
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's
Birthplace
Ephraim HIGGINS Self M Male W 60 ME Farmer ME ME
Julia L. HIGGINS Wife M Female W 38 ME Housekeeping
ME ME
Horace E. HIGGINS Son S Male W 24 ME Works On The
Farm ME ME
James W. HIGGINS Son S Male W 22 ME Attending School
ME ME
Nellie M. BURTON Other S Female W 13 ME Servant ME ME
Source Information:
Census Place Pittsfield, Somerset, Maine
Family History Library Film 1254487
NA Film Number T9-0487
Page Number 452D
HIGGINS EPHRAIM 51 M W ME ME SOMERSET PITTSFIELD 1870
HIGGINS EPHRAIM JR 40 M W ME ME SOMERSET PITTSFIELD
1860
With parents Ephraim & Phebe Higgins living next
door
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mecpitts/TiltonCemetery.htm
TILTON CORNER CEMETERY, also called Powers Cemetery
ROUTE 2 EAST, PITTSFIELD, MAINE
HIGGINS - (Tomb) *1890*
HIGGINS E. P. Jr. 1819 - 1909
Maria A. wife of E. P. HIGGINS Jr. 1829 - 1865
Julia L 1841 - 1889
HIGGINS Ephraim Feb. 4, 1869 aet 84 yrs 9 mos
Phebe A. wife of Ephraim HIGGINS June 19, 1864 aet
82 yrs
HIGGINS Horace E. Jan. 28, 1856 - Jan. 25, 1939
Alma W. see E. P. HIGGINS, Jr. lot Aug. 26, 1866 -
June 22, 1942
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Jun 2006
Higgins Coal & Mason's Supplies -
Hamden,, New Haven County, Connecticut
Photograph - Circa 1890
Looking for information
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Apr 2006
Source: Illustrated popular biography of Connecticut.
Spalding, J. A.. Hartford, Conn.. J. A. Spalding. 1891
-JOHN E. HIGGINS-
Hartford City Town Clerk & Registrar
John E Higgins has held the position as city clerk in the state capital since 1874,with the exception of
one year, and the office of town clerk and registrar of births, marriages and deaths without interval during
the same period. His career in these offices has been one of marked success and satisfaction. While Mr.
Higgins is a pronounced democrat in politics,his course as a public official has been so characterized
by devotion to the interests of the community, without regard to partisan
lines, that men of all parties politically have given him an enthusiastic support at
the polls, ensuring his retention in office, no matter how popular a competitor might be in the field against
him. The plan of placing his name on both tickets has prevailed for a number of
years. Of course, it is impossible to consider majorities under such
circumstances. A gentleman whose public career attracts all classes of citizens
,irrespective of political affiliations, deserves the heartiest of commendations. It would be a mistake
,however, to presume city clerk Higgins owes his success simply to good fellowship and affable
manners. While he possesses these traits beyond even most public favorites, his reception of popular
suffrage has depended, in the main, on the character and value of his services. There is not a town clerks
office in the state that is more intelligently conducted than the Hartford office. The systematic
classification of town records, the order and precision with which the work of the office is managed, and the
uniform courtesy with which the public has been treated have made the office the model one in
Connecticut. This is not saying a word beyond what the place merits. As city
clerk, Mr. Higgins is Ex Officio clerk of the board of Alderman of Hartford. It is in
this capacity that most of his public work has been accomplished. The journal of the
board, which is prepared and printed under the city clerks hand, is far
superior as an official production to the journals of the State Legislature. The Yearbook, which is also
edited and arranged by Mr. Higgins, is sought for far
and wide by the municipal governments. Great improvements have been made in both the town and city
clerkships during Mr. Higgins incumbency of these offices. The subject of this sketch was born in New London, June
19,1844 and received a public school education. At the out break of the war he was a teacher in the Portland
public schools. The position was resigned for military service of that
period. Mr. Higgins became a member of the 3rd United States Artillery, and was in the army
for three years. He is a proud member of Robert O.
Tyler post of the Grand Army in Hartford, and has taken an active part in the
the noted veteran assemblages and demonstrations that have occurred in the city since
the war. He is also a member of the Green Cross Council, Knights of
Columbus, and of the Hartford Lodge of Elks. City Clerk Higgins is a member of the Roman
Catholic church in this city, being connected at present with the cathedral
parish; but for 25 years he was a member and attendant of St. Peter's. The wife of
Mr. Higgins, who is held in the most thorough esteem in the community, was
Miss Adella E. Collins, prior to
marriage. There are no children if the family. Mr. Higgins removed to Hartford from New London after the
war, and was employed for eight years in the Colt Works. He was first elected
City Clerk in 1874, and from that time until now he has been an occupant of public
office and position.
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John E. HIGGINS Self M Male W 35 CT Clerk IRE IRE
Della HIGGINS Wife M Female W 32 CT Keeps House CT CT
Jane HIGGINS Other S Female W 25 IRE Servant IRE IRE
Source Information:
Census Place Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Family History Library Film 1254097
NA Film Number T9-0097 Page Number 211D
HIGGINS JOHN E 56 M W CT CT HARTFORD 9-WD HARTFORD
1900 Name Age
John E Higgins 55
Adella E Higgins 43
Eugene L Stutiz 36
Ida Gonsin 22
1904 Hartford City Directory
Adella E. Higgins, H. 370 Asylum
Hartford Courant-13 Dec 1900-John
E Higgins Obit
also
Source: The Judicial and Civil History
of Connecticut By Dwight Loomis
The Boston History Company,
Publishers. -1895
John E. Higgins, Hartford.
Born in New London, Conn., June 19, 1844, son of Edmund Higgins
and Mary Higgins. His education was gained in the public
schools. He was clerk of the city of Hartford from 1874 to 1880 and
from 1881 to the present time; and town clerk and registrar of vital
statistics since 1877, still holding both offices. He is a member of
the Hartford Board of Trade.
added 20 Apr 2012
Source: Commemorative biographical record of Hartford County,
Connecticut -Volume 1By Beers, J. H. & Co - Published 1901
JOHN E. HIGGINS (deceased), for many years the capable and
popular city and town clerk, also registrar of vital statistics,
Hartford, was a native of Connecticut, born June 19, 1844, in New
London, where he received a substantial public school education.
Edward Higgins, his father, born in Ireland, was a quarryman
by occupation, and came to Portland, Conn., where he worked for
several years in the quarry there, and passed the rest of his days,
dying at the age of seventy-one years. He married Mary McDoland,
also a native of Ireland, and by her had six children, three of whom
are living: Elizabeth, widow of Patrick Lawler, of
Middletown; Mary, widow of James Murphy, of
Middletown; and Margaret. The mother was called from earth at
the age of sixtysix, and her parents both died at advanced years,
the father at the age of seventy-nine, the mother when
seventy-three.
John E. Higgins was a small
boy when the family moved from New London to Portland, Conn., and he
there received his education at the public schools, the present
State Secretary Clark being his teacher. At the outbreak of the
Civil war Mr. Higgins was a teacher in the Portland public schools,
having received his appointment through Mr. Clark, but this position
he resigned to enlist, in 1862, as musician, in the
3rd United States Artillery,
serving under Maj.-Gen. John A. Dicks and Gen. Burbank. At the
expiration of three years, in August, 1865, he received an honorable
discharge and returned to Portland. In the following month he came
to Hartford, and entered Colt’s Armory as an employee, remaining
until 1874, in which year he was elected to the office of city clerk
and registrar of vital statistics for Hartford, which incumbency he
filled continuously (with exception of the year 1880) until 1895,
when a severe attack of rheumatism compelled him to confine himself
to his room, which he never after left, for the three years
preceding his death being a helpless invalid, unable to take a
single step; although a terrible sufferer, he retained his sunny
disposition to the end, which came Dec. 10, 1900. His career as city
and town clerk and registrar was one of marked success, giving
eminent satisfaction to all concerned. In fact, while a pronounced
Democrat, his career as a public official was so characterized by
devotion to the interests of the community at large, without regard
to party lines, that he received the enthusiastic support of all,
without regard to politics.
Socially Мг. Higgins was a prominent member of Robert O. Tyler Post,
G. A. R., and took an active part in the noted veteran assemblages
and demonstrations that have taken place in Hartford since the war
of the Rebellion. He was also a member of Green Cross Council,
Knights of Columbus, and of the Hartford Lodge of Elks. For several
years he was affiliated with the Sons of St. Patrick. As a musician
he was a member of Colt’s Band, in which he played the euphonium and
slide trombone; was president of the band several years, and at the
time of his death was the oldest living member, having joined in
1868 and played until 1890. During this time, among the scores of
parades in which this band took part, that of the National
Convention of Hand Engine Companies, held in Philadelphia, was the
largest. Colt’s Band in this parade waited for seven hours in their
place before they had an opportunity to fall in line, allowing 210
bands to pass. Of the members of the band present on that occasion,
only two are now living. For twenty-ñv'e years Mr. Higgins was a
member and attendant of St. Peter's Catholic Church, at the time of
his decease being connected with the Cathedral Parish.
On Aug. 16, 1873, Mr. Higgins was married to Adelia E. Collins,
of Springfield, daughter of James D. and Julia Collins,
the former of whom was employed during the Civil war as a barrel
maker, having had a contract with the Sharp’s Gun Co., at Hartford,
later with the Colt Co. He afterward went to England, and after
eighteen months employment there with the firm of F. Firth & Sons
returned to Hartford; he is now a resident of Springfield, Mass.
Mrs. Higgins, who is his only child, is an excellent musician, and a
fine performer on the pianoforte.
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http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ct/county/fairfield/bridged5.htm
Deaths in Bridgeport (CT)- From May 1890 to May 1891
Of persons over eighteen years of Age
Name of Deceased-Date of Death- Age at death
Higgins, Catherine, June 22 59 years
Higgins, Timothy July 4 21 years
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ct/westbrook_ct_cem3.htm
HEADSTONE INSCRIPTIONS, TOWN OF WESTBROOK, MIDDLESEX CO., CT
HIGGINS, Egbert E.,
b. 4 Nov 1837, d. 5 Mar 1901
HIGGINS, Sarah L. Bushnell, wife of Egbert E.,
b. 20 Jun 1842, d. 8 Sep 1928
HILL, Roland E.,
b. 5 Nov 1871, d. 2 Sep 1899
HILL, Hattia Higgins,
wife of Roland E.,
b. 5 May 1872, d. 29 Aug 1896 ;
View 1860 CT Census Scan HIGGINS GEO 25
MIDDLESEX WESTBROOK
View
1870 CT Census Scan
HIGGINS EGBERT E 33 MIDDLESEX WESTBROOK
Household: 1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's
Birthplace
Egbert E. HIGGINS Self M Male W 42 CT CT CT
Sarah L. HIGGINS Wife M Female W 37 CT Keeping House CT CT
Emana E. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 13 CT At School CT CT
Hattie E. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 8 CT At School CT CT
Source Information:
Census Place Westbrook, Middlesex, Connecticut Family History Library Film 1254102
NA Film Number T9-0102 Page Number 386A
View
1900 CT Census Scan
HIGGINS EGARST E 63 MIDDLESEX WESTBROOK
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http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ct/middlesex/history/1887/oldchimn/gideonhi29gms.txt
Book Title: The Old Chimney Stacks Of East Haddam
CHAPTER XVII.
GIDEON HIGGINS.
Gideon Higgins, for over sixty-eight years a highly respected resident of East
Haddam, died in that town on the first day of August, 1878, in the ninety-sixth
year of his age. His prominency in all the civil affairs of the town, during so
lengthy a period of time, entitles him to more than a passing notice in these
pages. He was born in the town of Haddam, Conn., in that portion known as
"Turkey Hill," on the 8th day of September, 1782. His parents, Hawes and
Lucinda (Bushnell) Higgins, were of good repute in the community in which they lived. He
was, from early youth, deeply impressed with the advantages of a good education,
and, although in his boyhood, he saw but few opportunities to gratify his desire
for information, yet those few he zealously improved. About three months at
school each year was spared to him from his labor-at farming, and at his
father's trade of house and shipbuilding, until he arrived at the age of
eighteen years, when he, for a brief time, attended school in Chester, under the
instruction of the Rev. Mr. Mills. He lived in the town of his nativity until
the age of twenty-two, when he went to the city of New York. This was about the
year 1804, when that city numbered only 75,000 inhabitants. He remained there
about two years engaged in ship building. At the expiration of that time he
returned to Haddam, and in 1808 was made an Elector of the State of Connecticut
in that town. He was married June 3d, 1809, to Ann Wright, daughter of
William Wright, of Chatham, Conn., with whom he lived in the happiest relations until
the time of her death, August 2d, 1852. They had five children, William W.,
Lucinda A., wife of Nathan Tyler, Catharine, Eliza M., wife of James M.
Welch, and Mary S. Of these only one is now living
'Catharine' who still lives in the old homestead at East Haddam. Mr. Higgins removed with his wife to East Haddam,
November 10th, 1810, and commenced housekeeping in the house where the late
Richard S. Pratt resided at the time of his decease. He became, during his
residence in his native town, a member of the State Militia, and finally, in
1810, was chosen Captain of the Haddam Town Company, which position, he held for
the three succeeding years. When, during the war of 1812, the British troops
made an attack upon and burnt our vessels at Essex, he, with nine others from
this town volunteered, armed themselves, and took a row-boat for the scene of
destruction, and, for a short time, took part in-the attack upon the invaders,
but soon after their arrival darkness ensued and enabled the Englishmen to make
their escape with two men killed�one of whom was a lieutenant in rank.
In 1813, he removed his family to "Chapman's Landing," or "the Ferry," by both
of which names it was then called, now universally known as "Goodspeed's
Landing" into the house then called the "Dr. Percival House." It stood on the
site of the house where Whitby M. Smith now lives. Here he pursued his trade of
"master ship builder" for many years, having a large force of men in his employ.
In the year 1815 he purchased the land on which he erected the house which was
his place of residence up to the time of his death. It was an unpromising
piece of ground, but persevering industry made it a comfortable and pleasant
home for over sixty-three years.
He, at various times filled responsible positions of public trust. He was a Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex County from October 3d, 1818, to June 1st, 1823. By
the General Assembly of the State, in whom was vested the appointing power at
the time, he was made the Sheriff of the county in 1827, which office he
occupied for three years. In the years 1826 and 1827 he was elected to the lower
House of the General Assembly, and subsequently also represented East Haddam
during three other sessions of that body. From 1838 to 1842 he was a Commissioner of the County Court, and in 1834, one of the Judges of that Court.
He was Judge of Probate for the District of East Haddam during the years 1844
and 1845.
Numerous minor offices of responsibility and public trust in the gift of his fellow townsmen did Judge Higgins fill during his useful existence, covering
nearly a century. It is sufficient to say that he performed the duties connected
with them all creditably to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the
public. He was sought for important private trusts and discharged them with
perfect fidelity. His advice upon business matters and on law questions was
considered valuable and his judgment was universally approved.
Politically, he was with the Whig party, and was a member of the Republican party from its organization. He was always persistent and positive in the support of his political
convictions, and never, except on very isolated occasions, when he was unavoidably prevented, did he omit to express his political faith at the ballot
box in Electors' and Town Meeting. In fact his devotion to this duty of every
citizen was very noteworthy. Being a radical anti-slavery man, he took great
satisfaction in all proper measures looking to the emancipation of the slave,
and was ever prepared to extend such assistance as lay in his power in the
prosecution of that object. He was a man of courage�moral, intellectual and
physical and uncompromising in his convictions of duty. He never waited to
learn the opinions of others in order to modify the expression of his own and
shape them to some private advantage, but spoke as he thought, with a high sense
of right, which always guided his sensibilities.
He was a practical temperance man, in every respect, at no time indulging in any of the physical excesses which impair or destroy health. With an active,
energetic temperament, he possessed remarkable powers of physical strength and
endurance. His arrival at the ripe old age of ninety-six years, in the possession of his mental faculties, and with an extraordinary amount of physical
vigor for that age, was evidence of a healthy constitution, wisely preserved. At
the age of ninety-five he shot a mischievous squirrel upon the top of one of his
pear trees, and one week previous to his death, which resulted from an attack of
dysentery, he was cutting the grass in his orchard with the briskness of a much
younger man.
His private character was without a stain. His integrity was unquestioned. To his excellence as a citizen he added a true Christian character, which he
manifested in profession and practice. Although favoring the Second Adventist doctrine, he was free from the taint of
sectarian bigotry, and cordially welcomed all manifestations of a Christian life.
His old Bible, so long and faithfully used, bears upon each page evidences of how diligently it was perused, and how well it- was loved, and with its
teachings in his heart, he closed his earthly career with great hope and
assurance of eternal life.
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12 Sep 2005
http://www.holycross.edu/departments/publicaffairs/hcm/spring01/in_memoriam/1951.html
James M. Higgins
Jan. 4, 2001
At Middlesex Hospital, Middletown, Conn., at 69. Mr. Higgins had been judge of the Superior Court of the
state of Connecticut in Middletown since 1978; he had also served as a member of the Rules Committee of the
Superior Court for the past five years; and as a member of the Judicial Review Council from 1978 to
1993. At the start of his career, Mr. Higgins maintained a private law practice in Manchester and
Hartford for 10 years; he then served as an assistant attorney general, from 1968 to 1974. Mr. Higgins was
appointed to the bench as a Juvenile Court judge in 1974; he moved to the Superior Court when the courts
were merged in 1978. A Navy veteran, Mr. Higgins served during the Korean War. He is survived by his
wife, Joan; three sons, including James M. Jr. '77; a daughter; nine grandchildren; and several nephews and
nieces.
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July 2005
St. Mary's Cemetery Avon, CT
http://www.rays-place.com/cemeteries/101-2.htm
Higgins, Thomas W., born Dec. 23, 1851, died Mar. 30,
1890
Higgins, Winifred Keaney, wife of Thomas W.,
born 1856, died 1926
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Thomas W. HIGGINS Self M Male W 28 CT Laborer IRE IRE
Winnefred HIGGINS Wife M Female W 26 IRE Works In Paper Mill IRE IRE
Mary E. HIGGINS Dau S Female
W 4 CT At Home IRE IRE
Maggie W. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 2 CT At Home IRE IRE
Source Information:
Census Place Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut
Family History Library Film 1254100
NA Film Number T9-0100 Page Number 675D
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New London County Connecticut
SOURCE: Genealogical and Biographical Record of New London County,
Connecticut.� Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1905. Page 813.
Biography - Michael Higgins
Michael Higgins, a well-known merchant of Pawcatuck, belongs by birth and descent to the Emerald Isle, but
by adoption and affection to this mighty western land. He was born in County Waterford, town of
Knockanure, Ireland, Sept. 26, 1851. His father, Michael Higgins,
was born at the same place, and continued there as a farmer till he was nearing middle age. Then he came to
America and in 1869 settled at Pawcatuck. After coming to this country he did not resume farming, but
was engaged as a laborer. His wife, Margaret (Gray) bore him five children, as follows:
Thomas (Higgins), who married and left one son, -Thomas (Higgins), now a druggist;
William (Higgins), who is a stone polisher by lives in Pawcatuck;
Michael (Higgins), of Pawcatuck; Mary (Higgins), deceased; and
Julia (Higgins), deceased wife of John Deady, and the mother of
five children. Michael and Margaret Higgins both died in Pawcatuck.
Michael Higgins, son of Michael (Higgins), spent his boyhood
days at Knockanure, and was educated in the National School. When he was fifteen he came to Pawcatuck,
where his brother William (Higgins) and a sister his mother had already located, and began working in what is now
known as the Solway Mills. He continued there till 1871, and then learned the trade tool sharpening with
The Smith Granite Company and for four years followed that occupation. By thrift and constancy he was
enabled, in 1875, with his savings, to establish himself in his present mercantile business in
Pawcatuck, which, thanks to his native ability and business enterprise, has by closest application to
business constantly expanded. Michael Higgins was joined in wedlock, Sept. 9, 1879 to Miss
Mary A. Burke, also of Pawcatuck, and to this union ten children have been born, namely:
Joseph (Higgins), a graduate of the high school and now attending Baltimore Medical
College; Mabel (Higgins), a graduate of the high school and from Trinity College, Washington, D.C.;
Margaret (Higgins), another high school graduate; William A.
(Higgins), Leo (Higgins), Cyril (Higgins), Rosalie (Higgins)
and Edwin (Higgins), all attending the parochial school; Walter
(Higgins); and Michael (Higgins), who lived only eleven months.
Mr. Higgins has always maintained an independent stand in politics, and takes a keen interest in all
questions of local import, as well as of broader scope. He is a member of St. Michael's Church, in
Pawcatuck, and is universally looked up to and respected, as a most worthy citizen.
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1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Michal HIGGINS Self M Male W 27 IRELAND Grocery IRELAND IRELAND
Mary HIGGINS Wife M Female W 18 CT Keeping House IRELAND IRELAND
Michal HIGGINS Father W Male W 70 IRELAND Laborer IRELAND IRELAND
Source Information:
Census Place Stonington, New London, Connecticut
Family History Library Film 1254108
NA Film Number T9-0108 Page Number 463D
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1900 CT Census Scan Michael Higgins illegible
View 1910 CT Census Scan
Michael Higgins age 57
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15 Jun 2005
http://www.ct.gov/doc/cwp/view.asp?a=1499&q=265388
Eileen
P Higgins
Warden Higgins began her career in the Connecticut Department of Correction in April of 1980 as a Correctional Services Aide in the Bridgeport Community Services Office. She was promoted to Correctional Counselor in the New Haven Community Services Office in 1982 and remained there until August of 1987. She held various promotional positions from 1987- 1996, such as, the Education and Training Coordinator for the Addiction Services Division in Central Office, Counselor Supervisor at the Maloney Correctional Institution and the New Haven Regional Community Services Office, Deputy Warden at the York Correctional Institution and the Niantic Correctional Institution. As of August 2, 1996, she was promoted to Warden of the York Correctional Institution. Currently, Warden Higgins is the Warden of the Bergin Correctional Institution.
Warden Higgins holds a Bachelor's of Science Degree from the University of Florida and a Master of Science Degree from the University of New Haven, both in the major of Criminal Justice. In May of 1996 she successfully completed the Connecticut Executive Management Program. She has worked in a range of settings from community to maximum-security incarceration. The first seven years of experience were in direct counseling services to inmates on community release with emphasis on drug and alcohol abuse. The three years of training and education were focused on the topics related to substance abuse and included statewide responsibilities. The last eleven years of management have included a community setting, a minimum-security institution for male offenders between the ages of 16-21, an institution for female offenders of all ages from minimum through maximum-security, and currently she is at a high-security jail for males. Warden Higgins has had the opportunity to open new facilities on two occasions and consolidate two facilities into one.
Over the years, Warden Higgins has served in numerous agencies and on statewide committees, attended many training programs, and has been part of various special projects. She was certified as a Trainer by the Narcotic and Drug Research Incorporated in 1989, now called the National Development and Research Institute of New York. She also received certification from the Connecticut Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Certification Board in 1984 as an Alcoholism Counselor. She completed the University of Connecticut Institute of Public Service Program on Leadership for Women in 1992. In 1994, she was selected to participate in the Department of Corrections' Wardens Succession Training. On three occasions Warden Higgins has attended workshops at the National Institute of Corrections Training Center in Longmont, Colorado, on topics of Managing the Female Offenders and Classification. She also served as a training consultant for the National Institute of Correction on the topic of staff sexual misconduct. Currently, Warden Higgins serves as an adjunct professor at the University of New Haven.
Warden Higgins has achieved expertise in organizational management, staff training and development, counseling services, issues on alcoholism and drug abuse, facility management, inmate supervision, dynamics of criminal behavior, communication and leadership skills.
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30 Apr 2005
http://www.rays-place.com/cemeteries/610-9.htm
St. Anthony's Cemetery 610-6 Litchfield, CT
As found in the Hale Collection at the Ct. State Library, Hartford, CT
Copied Nov. 1934
Higgins, Anna V.,
born Dec. 23, 1885, died Jan. 26,
1904
Higgins, Hubert,
born 1851
Higgins, Johanna Dwyer, wife of Hubert, born 1855, died 1921
Higgins, John,
died Nov. 23, 1905, age 98
Higgins, Mary G.,
born Apr. 23, 1888, died Aug. 15,
1916
View 1900 CT Census HIGGINS HUBERT 49
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A.D. Higgins School in Thompsonville Connecticut
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1915 New Britain ,Connecticut
City Directory
NOTE: Connections with Directory & Census are based on
address and or
occupation. As always verify
Higgins,
Ann, Widow of
John, Home 17 LaSalle
Higgins, Annie, Employee R & E
Manufacturing Company,
boards 17 LaSalle
Higgins, Daniel, City
Employee, home at 172 High
View 1920 CT Census Scan
Higgins, Edward, Employee N.B. Machine
Company, boards 28 Church
Higgins, Elizabeth, Housekeeper,115 Clark
Higgins, Elizabeth E., Teacher, boards 17 Cleveland
Higgins,
Ellen, Widow of
Peter, Home 17 Cleveland
View 1910 CT Census Scan
Higgins, James,
Machinist, boards 28 Church
Higgins,
John,
Employee P & F Corbin, boards 10 Board
Higgins, John J., Auctioneer and
Broker, 217 Fairview
Higgins,
Kate, Widow of
John, Home 10 Broad
Higgins, Martin, Home 115 Clark
Higgins, Martin, Jr., Traveling Salesman R.& E. Manufacturing
Company
boards 115 Clark
Higgins, Michael, boards 280 Main
Higgins, Michael T., Employee N & J Manufacturing Company
boards 17 LaSalle
Higgins, Owen,
Buffer, Home 579 Stanley
View 1920 CT Census Scan
Higgins, Patrick, Gardener,
Home 68 Franklin
View 1910 CT Census Scan
Higgins, Peter,
Molder, boards 115 Clark
Higgins, Rosanna, Employee L. F.& C.,
boards 10 Broad
Higgins, Thomas F., Employee T & H Manufacturing Company
boards 115 Clark
Higgins, Thomas F., Lieutenant Hose Company # 5,Home 16 Olive
View 1920 CT Census Scan
Higgins, Thomas J., Employee H.& C. Company, board 17 Cleveland
Higgins, William M., Manager W. M. Higgins Fowarding
Company,
38 Chestnut, home 16 Tremont
View 1920 CT Census Scan
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HIGGINS, Edwin
Werter, 1874-1954
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000578
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February 2002
HIGGINS, Edwin Werter, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Clinton, Middlesex County, Conn., July 2, 1874; attended Norwich Free Academy; was graduated
from Yale Law School in 1897; was admitted to the bar in 1897 and commenced practice in Norwich, Conn.; member of the State house of representatives in 1899 and 1900; member of the Republican State central committee 1900-1905; health officer of New London County 1900-1905; corporation counsel of Norwich 1901, 1902, and 1919-1922; prosecuting attorney of Norwich in 1905; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1904 and 1916; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Frank B. Brandegee; reelected to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses and served from October 2, 1905, to March 3, 1913; was not a candidate for
re-nomination in 1912; resumed the practice of law; served in the Connecticut State National Guard during the First World War; prosecuting attorney, Court of Common Pleas, New London County, Conn., 1932-1946; resumed the general practice of law; died in Norwich, Conn., September 24, 1954;
Interment in Maplewood Cemetery.
Added 3 December
2002
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace
Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Werter C. HIGGINS Self M Male W 43 CT
Stone Foundry MA CT
Grace A. HIGGINS Mother M Female W 44 CT
Housekeeping CT CT
Ada M. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 18 CT
At Home CT CT
Grace T. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 14 CT
At School CT CT
Susan M. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 12 CT
At School CT CT
Henry S. HIGGINS Son S Male W 10 CT
At School CT CT
Edwin W. HIGGINS Son S Male W 6 CT
At School CT CT
John M. HIGGINS Son S Male W 4 CT
At Home CT CT
Source Information:
Census Place Norwich, New London, Connecticut
Family History Library Film 1254107
NA Film Number T9-0107
Page Number 213A
added 19 Jul 2009 Source: Taylor's Souvenir of
the Capitol By William Harrison Taylor 1899-1900
NORWICH
Edwin W. Higgins of Norwich, was born in Clinton, July 2,
1874. Soon after that date his parents moved to Norwich, which has
since been his home. He comes from Puritan stock, his ancestor,
Richard Higgins having landed at Plymouth soon after its
settlement, and a little later holding the office of deputy and
selectman for several terms in Plymouth Colony.
Mr. Higgins was educated in the schools of Norwich and graduated
from Yale Law School in 1897. He opened an office for the practice
of law in Norwich the summer of his graduation and the following
autumn was elected as a republican to represent the town in the
Legislature by a plurality of 374 votes. Although the youngest
member of the House, he received an appointment upon the Judiciary
Committee and subsequently acted as its clerk. His careful and
judicious attention to his duties upon this committee and his
efforts during the session to promote in every way the interests of
the town which he represented, were such as to win for him the
confidence of his constituents.
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New Haven , New Haven, Connecticut Marriages in the
New Haven Second Church 1733 - 1789
1 February 2002
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978/Conn3.html
Rev. David Higgins, married Eunice Gilbert,
Jan. 17, 1788
Source:
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE GRADUATES
OF YALE COLLEGE WITH ANNALS OF THE COLLEGE HISTORY VOL. IV. JULY,
1778—JUNE, 1792 Published 1907
DAVID HIGGINS, a son of Captain Cornelius Higgins, of Eastham,
Massachusetts, and Haddam, Connecticut, and his wife Sarah Hawes, was
born in Haddam on August 6, 1761. At the age of eighteen his interest in
religion was aroused, and in the Spring of 1780 he began to study under
his pastor, the Rev. Eleazar May (Yale 1752), with the object of
entering College and becoming a minister. In November, 1781, he was
admitted to the Freshman Class in Dartmouth College, and in April, 1784,
he transferred his relation to Yale. Soon after graduation he went to
reside with the Rev. Dr. John Smalley (Yale 1756), of New Britain,
Connecticut, to study theology under his tuition, and at the same time,
as a means of support, he taught a district school. Here he continued
until June, 1786, when he was licensed to preach by the Hartford South
Association of Ministers; after which he spent several weeks in further
study with the Rev. Dr. Joseph Lyman (Yale 1767), of Hatfield,
Massachusetts. After preaching for short terms in several places, he was
invited by the people of the North Parish in Lyme, (Hamburg Society) to
preach to them with a view to settlement. He began his labors with them
in April, 1787, and on the 17th of the ensuing October he was ordained
and installed as their pastor. In 1794 he performed a missionary tour of
four months' duration in the service of the Missionary Society of
Connecticut, to the new settlements in New York State. In June, 1801,
the pastoral relation between him and the people of Lyme was dissolved
by mutual consent; and in September following he received an appointment
from the Missionary Society to go on another four months' mission in New
York State. He went as far west as the Genesee River, and subsequently
preached for several months in three or four places, from each of which
he had a call to settle. He finally accepted the call from Aurelius, in
Cayuga County, and in July, 1802, brought thither his family from
Connecticut, and settled them on the site of the present city of Auburn,
which was then included in the military township of Aurelius. On October
6 he was installed pastor of the church by a council of Congregational
and Presbyterian ministers. In 1808 the pastoral relation was dissolved,
though he continued for a season to minister to the church. On December
7, 1812, he received a call from Bath, in Steuben County. In January,
1813, he removed his family to Bath, and on July I was installed there
as pastor. Here he labored with varying success, and latterly amid
considerable dissatisfaction; until in 1831, on June 21, just after a
powerful revival, the pastoral relation was dissolved. The church at his
dismission numbered one hundred and seventeen members. Mr. Higgins
continued in the same vicinity for about four years longer, preaching
regularly for most of the time. In May, 1835, he removed with his family
to Norwalk, in Huron County, Northern Ohio. Being then nearly 74 years
of age, he considered himself too far advanced in life .to take the
charge of a church, but because of the want of ministers in the region,
he continued to preach most of the time for some years longer. For the
last two' years of his life, however, he preached only occasionally. On
Sunday, June 19, 1842, he complained of not feeling well, but attended
church in the forenoon; after dinner, while sitting in his study chair,
he expired without a struggle, being in his 81st year.
He married on January 17, 1788, Eunice, daughter of Deacon James and
Eunice (Nichols) Gilbert of New Haven. She died in Norwalk, on October
2, 1843, in her 82d year.
Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio) 1842 June 28
Bio in Newspaper after his death
Huron Reflector (Norwalk, Ohio)
1842 June 28 image 1
1842 June 28 Image II
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