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Published: Tuesday, May 18,
2010
Francis L. Higgins, 85, of Phoenixville (Pa.) (1925 - 2010)
Francis L. Higgins, 85, loving husband of Winifred (Quinn)
Higgins of Phoenixville, died on Sunday, May 16, 2010, in his
home surrounded by family.
Born in Phoenixville (Pa.), he was a son of the late William
and Margaret Higgins.
He attended West Catholic High School for Boys where he was a
champion swimmer. He then studied metallurgy at Temple University.
He was a well known softball pitcher throughout the Phoenixville
area.
Francis worked at the former Phoenix Steel Corp. for 40 years
starting in the lab, working his way up to manager of the open
hearth.
He was a lifelong member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Phoenixville.
In addition to his wife of 57 years, he is survived by five children
and their spouses, sons, Francis P. and Susan Higgins,
Thomas J. and Lori Higgins, Patrick F. Higgins
and James T. and Kristin Higgins, and daughter,
Maryanne and Donald Elly. Additionally he is survived by
nine grandchildren, Katie, Jenny, Maggie,
Erica, Danny, Stephanie, Ryan, Hailie
and Aidan
He was preceded in death by brothers, John Higgins and
William Higgins, and sisters, Connie McGinnis and
Grace McCaffrey.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his Funeral Mass in St.
Ann Catholic Church, Main Street at Third Avenue, Phoenixville, on
Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 11 a.m. with Rev. John J. Newns
officiating.
Burial will follow in St. Ann Cemetery.
Relatives and friends may call at the Church on Thursday from 9 to
10:45 a.m.
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U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: John Francis Higgins Birth Date: 11 Dec 1877
Birth Place: Phoenixville Residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: William Moore Higgins Birth Date: 24 May 1884
Birth Place: Phoenixville Residence: Chester, Pennsylvania
Address: 235 Washington Ave, Phoenixville, Pa.
Employed by Reading Railroad
Notes his wife Margaret M. Higgins as nearest contact person
1930; Census Place:
Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll 2020; Page: 10A;
Enumeration District: 62; Image: 656 (No Image Available)
Name Age
William M Heggins 45 b. Pa.. Parents b. Pa. Occ: Railroad Conductor
Margaret M Heggins 41 b. N. Ireland Parents b. N. Ireland
William J Heggins 11
John T Heggins 10
Cornelia T Heggins 9
Francis Heggins 5
Grace Heggins 3 1/12
HIGGINS WILLIAM D 35 M W PA PA CHESTER 6-WD PHOENIXVILLE 1920
Image
1 &
2
Name Age
William Higgins 35 Occ: Railroad
Margaret M Higgins 29
William J Higgins 1
John D Higgins 0/12
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: John Frances Higgins County: Chester State: Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 11 Dec 1877 Race: White
World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: William Moore Higgins
County: Chester State: Pennsylvania
Birth Date: 24 May 1884 Race: White
HIGGINS MARY E 53 F W PA PA CHESTER 5-WD PHOENIXVILLE 1910
Name Age
Mary E Higgins 53
William M Higgins 25
Joseph A Higgins 23
Helen C Higgins 17
Robert Higgins 15
Mildred Higgins 13
Francis Higgins 10
HIGGINS JOHN A 45 M W PA PA CHESTER PHOENIXVILLE BORO 1900
Name Age
John A Higgins 45 b. Pa. parents b. Ireland Occ: Station Agent
Mary E Higgins 44 b. Pa. parents b. Ireland
John F Higgins 20
Annie G F Higgins 20
William ? Higgins 16
Joseph H Higgins 13
Margarite H Higgins 11
Helen Higgins 7
Robert E Higgins 5
Mildred Higgins 3
Francis H Higgins 1
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John HIGGINS Self M Male W 28 PA Employed R. R. IRE IRE
Mary HIGGINS Wife M Female W 24 PA Keeping House IRE IRE
John HIGGINS Son S Male W 2 PA At Home PA PA
Annie HIGGINS Dau S Female W 5M PA At Home PA PA
Margaret HIGGINS Mother W Female W 58 IRE At Home IRE IRE
Source Information:
Census Place North Ward, Phoenixville, Chester, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255115
NA Film Number T9-1115 Page Number 275C
HIGGINS MARGRET 50 F W IREL PA CHESTER PHOENIXVILLE 1870
Name Age
Marget Heggins 50
Margeret Heggins 13
John Heggins 18
HAGANS MARGARET 40 F W IREL PA CHESTER PHOENIXVILLE 1860
Name Age
Margaret Hagans 40
John Hagans 8
Margaret Hagans 5
Rosanna Hagans 3
Jane Hagans 1
HIGGINS JOHN 35 M W PA PA CHESTER PHOENIXVILLE BORO 1850
Name Age
John Higgins 35
Margaret Higgins 30
Jane Higgins 11
Thos Higgins 3
Mary Higgins 0
Cornelia "Connie McGinnis - Times Leader, The - (Mar/1/2007)
Cornelia "Connie" McGinnis (23 Feb 1921 - 25 Feb 2007)
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio - Cornelia "Connie" McGinnis, 86, of
Steubenville, died Sunday, Feb. 25, 2007, in Trinity Medical Center
West.
She was born Feb. 23, 1921, in Phoenixville, Pa., daughter of the
late William and Margaret McNally Higgins. She is also
preceded in death by her husband, Fred "Pots" McGinnis; two
brothers, Williams Higgins and John Higgins; and one
sister, Grace McCaffrey.
Surviving are one son, Daniel (Nora) McGinnis of Egg Harbor
City, N.J.; four daughters, Peggy Clark of Toronto, Ohio,
Patty (Reno) Saccoccia, Nanci (Robert) Antil and
Marijane (Rocky) Zinno, all of Steubenville; one brother,
Francis (Winnie) Higgins of Phoenixville; 10 grandchildren,
Rena Koski White, Brian Koski, Michele (Jason)
Kernahan, Gina (John) Arlesic, JoJo (Tricia) Saccoccia,
Natalie Zinno, Timothy Featner, Maggie Antill,
Matt and Patt McGinnis; 10 great-grandchildren; and
many nieces and nephews.
Cornelia, also fondly known as Connie, Connie Mac, Gram and MomMom,
was a member of St. Peter Catholic Church, its C.W.C. and for 45
years was a member of the Steubenville Women?s Bowling Association.
Calling hours are Tuesday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Mosti Funeral
Home, Sunset Chapel, 4435 Sunset Blvd., Steubenville.
Funeral Liturgy with Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday
at St. Peter Catholic Church with Monsignor George Yontz, celebrant.
Burial will follow in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Valley Hospice, 380 Summit
Ave., Steubenville, OH 43952.
Copyright © 2007 - The
Herald-Star
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08 Jan 2010
Source: Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: genealogy--family history -
Volume 2 By J.H. Beers & Co - Published 1916
PATRICK THOMAS HIGGINS,
an old-time resident of the borough of Shenandoah, has been a miner
from boyhood, having been employed in active work about the mines
for the last fifty-two years. He is a man of high character and
honorable reputation, gained by his industrious habits and
uprightness in his dealings with all. Mr. Higgins was born at the
city of Droghrty, County Louth, Ireland, March 17, 1850, son of
Thomas and Mary (Hardiman) Higgins.
Thomas Higgins, the father, was a native of Strokestown, in County
Roscommon, Ireland, and lived in that country until after his
marriage. Eventually he moved with his family to England, settling
in Staffordshire, where he died, at Wolverhampton, when forty years
old. By trade he was a stonemason. He and his wife were strict
Catholics in religious faith. Of the children born to them two
lived, Patrick and Mary. Mrs. Higgins remarried in England, in 1855,
becoming the wife of John Monaghan, by whom she had one
child, Margaret. The family came to America in the summer ,of 1862.
Mrs. Mary (Hardiman) Monaghan, died at the age of seventy-six
years in Shenandoah, Pa. Her eldest daughter. Mary, married
Michael Reilly, a miner, and they lived and died at Lannigans
Patch, which is in the vicinity of Shenandoah, Schuylkill county.
They had a large family, viz.: Margaret, born at St. Clair,
this county, married Patrick White, an engineer, of New York
City, and they
have two children, Harry and Marguerite. Thomas, whose home
is at Gallitzin, Pa., is a traveling salesman for an insurance
company; he is married. David, also an insurance agent,
residing at Hazleton, Pa., married Ellen Clancey, and they
have five daughters, Mary, Helen, Anna,
Margaret and Catherine. Mary A. married Dr.
Marsden, of Camden, N. J.; they have no children. Catherine
married Otto Rueh, who is a lithographer in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
and they have one child, Frank. Elizabeth was burned
to death in childhood. Harry, who is employed as a bartender
in New York City, married Anna Gilroy, and they have two
sons, William and Harry. Michael (deceased) was a barber by trade;
he married and had one son. Agnes, who is unmarried, resides
in New York City, following dressmaking. John, a lawyer, in
New York City, is also unmarried. Patrick, who travels for
the Prudential Life Insurance Company, is unmarried. Elizabeth
is married and lives in Philadelphia, where her husband is a
plain-clothes officer; they have one daughter. Two children died in
infancy.
Margaret Monaghan, the only child of the second marriage, was
born in 1856 in Staffordshire, England. She has been married twice,
but had no children by her first husband, James Leonard, who
died in Shenandoah. On July 16, 1878, she married Edward J. Coyle,
who died Oct. 5, 1900. They had a family of nine children, seven
sons and two daughters, namely: Edward T., a traveling
salesman, of Chicago, unmarried; Mary, wife of John Dalton,
shipping clerk and general foreman of the Columbia Brewing Company,
Shenandoah; John, an employee of the DuPont Powder Company at
Pennsgrove, Pa., unmarried; Bernard P., a miner, unmarried; Alice,
wife of Joseph J. Schmicker, one of the proprietors of Schmicker
Brothers' hotel, at Reading, Pa. (they have two children,
Margaret E. and Wilhelmina M.); James J., living
at Reading, who is married and has two children, Alice and
Margaret; Joseph D., a photographer of Philadelphia,
unmarried; Philip A., who is with the DuPont Powder Company
at Pennsgrove, Pa.; and Arthur J., a clerk in Philadelphia,
unmarried.
Patrick Thomas Higgins came to the United States in the
summer of 1862 with his mother and stepfather and sister, the family
sailing from Liverpool on the steamship "Columbia," which
landed them at New York City. Thence they continued to Pottsville,
Schuylkill Co., Pa., and soon afterwards located at Lannigans Patch,
now known as Ellangowan, one mile from Shenandoah, this county,
which latter town was then a very small place, with little to
forecast its present condition and appearance. It was not long
before Patrick T. Higgins began work there as a slate picker at
Ellangowan, later being employed as driver, laborer and miner. In
the year 1867 the family removed to Youngstown, Ohio, and he
accompanied them to that place, where he remained two years,
employed as puddler's helper at the rolling mills and blast
furnaces. Returning alone to Lannigans Patch, he resumed mine work,
driving gangways, sinking shafts, etc. In 1874 the family settled at
Shenandoah,
but meantime, in 1873, he had gone to Shamokin, Northumberland Co.,
Pa., where he worked for a few years at the Enterprise colliery,
robbing pillars. After his marriage, which took place at Shamokin,
Oct. 16, 1876, he came to Shenandoah, where he has since maintained
his home. For twenty-four years he was engaged at the Shenandoah
City colliery under Fred Carl, was subsequently at Indian Ridge,
mining and repairing, and at the Plank Ridge, St. Nicholas, Suffolk,
Bear Run, Knickerbocker, Kohinoor and West Shenandoah collieries, at
the latter doing timbering, or construction work. In every
connection he has been considered a dependable man, and one of the
steadiest character.
On Oct. 16, 1876, Mr. Higgins married Mary Ann Dowd, the
ceremony being performed in St. Edward's Catholic Church at
Shamokin, by Rev. Father Joseph Koch. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins live at
No. 231 East Coal street, Shenandoah. The following children have
been born to them: Thomas, born May 27, 1878, died unmarried
May 19, 1908; he was a freight conductor on the Pennsylvania
railroad, and was killed drilling cars on the railroad. John,
born Sept. 19, 1879, died Friday Aug. 13, 1880. William, born
May 15, 1881, attended school in Shenandoah, has worked in nearly
all the local collieries in the various capacities from slate picker
up, and is now a miner at No. 3 colliery of the Lehigh Company; he
is a member of the T. A. B. Society of the Church of the
Annunciation, of Division No. 2, A. O. H., Shenandoah Court, No.
244, Foresters of America, and of Local No. 1,509, United Mine
Workers, Shenandoah. Mary, born April 26, 1883, died Aug. 3,
1884. Katherine, born
Feb. 18, 1886, died in March, 1889. Margaretta, born March
19, 1890, married John Gibbons, of Schenectady, N. Y., and
they have one daughter, Mary Patricia; Mr. Gibbons is a
bricklayer by occupation. Henry, born March 25, 1892, died
April 3, 1897. James, born March 9, 1894, died May 30, 1895.
All of this family were baptized by the popular Father O'Reilly
except Thomas, who was baptized by Father Koch in Shamokin. Mr. and
Mrs. Higgins were members of the old Church of the Annunciation at
Shenandoah, of which he was a charter member, and he helped to build
the church. He and his family belong to the Church of the
Annunciation, and for thirty-two years Mr. Higgins has held
membership in the T. A. B. Society. He is a member of the local
lodge of the United Mine Workers, No. 1,509, in which he has held
various offices, and for twenty-nine years has been a member of the
Phoenix Fire Company of Shenandoah. On political questions he is a
Democrat.
Mrs. Mary Ann (Dowd) Higgins was born July 4, 1856, at five
o'clock in the morning, in Wadesville, near St. Clair, this county,
daughter of John and Catherine (Gallagher) Dowd, who
were both from County Sligo, Ireland. They did not become
acquainted, however, until after they came to America. John Dowd
came to this country when young with his uncle, Thomas Dowd,
whom he accompanied to Pottsville, Pa., about 1845. His parents,
Patrick and Nora Dowd, were farming people. Patrick
Dowd, father of John, came to America a widower, settled at
Cincinnati, Ohio, remarried, and had two daughters by the second
union. He owned a large farm there. Mrs. Catherine (Gallagher)
Dowd is still living, now (1916) in her seventy-sixth year,
making her home with her daughter, Mrs. Patrick T. Higgins,
at Shenandoah. She was one of a family of ten children, seven sons
and three daughters, her brothers being: Owen, William,
Thomas, James, Patrick, John (who was
killed in the mines at Pottsville) and Anthony (who was
killed while serving as a soldier in the Civil war).
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HIGGINS PATRICK 21 M W IREL PA SCHUYLKILL MAHANOY TWP 1870
Name Age
John Monaghan 55
Mary Monaghan 50
Mary Monaghan 15
Patrick Higgins 21
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status
Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's
Birthplace
P. T. HIGGINS Self M Male W 29 IRE Coal Miner IRE IRE
Mary Ann HIGGINS Wife M Female W 23 PA Keeping House IRE IRE
Thomas HIGGINS Son S Male W 2 PA Home IRE PA
John HIGGINS Son S Male W 8M PA Home IRE PA
Source Information:
Census Place Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255192
NA Film Number T9-1192 Page Number 485B
HIGGINS PAT 49 M W ENGL PA SCHUYLKILL 4-WD SHENANDOAH 1900
Name Age
Pat Higgins 49
Mary Higgins 43
Thomas Higgins 22
William Higgins 19
Margherite Higgins 10
HIGGINS PATRICK T 60 M W IREL PA SCHUYLKILL 1-WD SHENANDOAH BORO
1910
Name Age
Patrick T Higgins 60
Mary Ann Higgins 54
William Higgins 27
Margaret Higgins 19
Catharine Kilcoyne 72
HIGGINS PATRICK 69 M W IREL PA SCHUYLKILL 5-WD SHENANDOAH 1920
Name Age
Patrick Higgens 69
Mary A Higgens 62
William F Higgens 36
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04 Oct 2009
http://www.interment.net/data/us/pa/montgomery/riverside/riverside.htm
Riverside Cemetery - Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
200 South Montgomery Ave - Norristown, PA 19403
Higgins, Frederick William, b. 9/23/1918, Norristown, PA, d.
6/14/1983 Bristol, PA, s/o William A. and Sadie (Hennings), h/o
Florence, WWII,
Social Security Death Index
Name: Frederick Higgins
Last Residence: 19054 Levittown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Born: 23 Sep 1918 Died: Jun 1983
Last Benefit: 19047 Langhorne, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
Higgins, Sadie, b. 8/5/1892, d. 11/18/1966, Philadelphia, PA., w/o
William A., (nee Hennings),
Social Security Death Index
Name: Sadie Higgins
Born: 22 Jan 1892 Died: Jun 1989
State (Year) SSN issued: Pennsylvania (Before 1951)
Higgins, William A., b. 6/21/1893, PA, d. 5/28/1946, Philadelphia,
PA, s/o John and Mary (Burns) Higgins, h/o Sadie,
1930; Census Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Roll 2136; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 1096; Image: 999 (No
Image Available)
Name Age
William Higgins 37
Sadie Higgins 36
Beatrice Higgins 16
Lillian Higgins 14
Frederick Higgins 11
William Higgins 8
HIGGINS WILLIAM 26 M W PA PA MONTGOMERY 6-WD NORRISTOWN 1920
Name Age
William Higgins 26
Sadie Higgins 26
Beatrice Higgins 5 11/12
Lillian Higgins 4 1/12
Fred Higgins 1 3/12
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11 Jul 2009
Source: History of Schuylkill County,
Pa By W.W. Munsell & Co
NEW YORK: W. W. MUNSELL & CO., 36 Vesey Street. 1881.
PRESS OF GEORGE MACNAMARA, 38 VESEY STREET, N. Y.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL RECORD. SHENANDOAH AND VICINITY
Hon. Thomas J. Higgins was born in Cass township, Schuylkill
county, February 25th, 1853, and in 1863 removed to Shenandoah. He
studied at Villenova College, Delaware county, Pa. In 1878, after
spending several years as clerk, he opened his store on Main street
south. He was married October 28th, 1879, to Elizabeth P. Reilly,
of Philadelphia. He was the Democratic nominee for member of
Assembly in 1880, but was defeated by a small majority. In the fall
of 1880 he was re-nominated and was elected.
- Webmaster's Findings -
HIGGINS CHARLES 40 M W IREL PA SCHUYLKILL CASS TWP 1860
Name Age
Charles Higgins 40
Catherin Higgins 30
John Higgins 12
Thomas Higgins 8
Catherine Higgins 4
Ellen Higgins 4
Honor Higgins 2
HIGGINS CHAS 55 M W IREL PA SCHUYLKILL SHENANDOAH 1870
Name Age
Chas Higgins 55
Catharine Higgins 44
Thomas Higgins 16
Catharine Higgins 14
Ellen Higgins 12
Honora Higgins 10
Micheal Higgins 6
Margaret Higgins 4
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Thos. J. HIGGINS Self M Male W 27 PA. Wine And Liquer Store IRE.
IRE.
Elizabeth HIGGINS Wife M Female W 23 PENN Keeping House IRE. IRE.
Source Information:
Census Place Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255192
NA Film Number T9-1192
Page Number 503B
HIGGINS THOMAS J 44 M W PA PA SCHUYLKILL 3-WD SHENANDOAH 1900
Name Age
Thomas J Higgins 44
Elizabeth P Higgins 41
Ellen M Higgins 14
John C Higgins 12
Anna Higgins 3
HIGGINS THOMAS J 57 M W PA PA SCHUYLKILL 3-WD SHENANDOAH BORO 1910
Name Age
Thomas J Higgins 59
Elizabeth B Higgins 50
Ella V Higgins 22
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added 14 Apr 2012
Source: Genealogical and Biographical Annals of Northumberland
County, Pennsylvania - Published 1911
WILLIAM J. HIGGINS, of Mount Carmel, where he has been
engaged in the furniture, undertaking and livery business for almost
thirty years, is undoubtedly one of the best known citizens of his
section of Northumberland county. During his long residence in the
borough he has become interested in other lines of business, having
since 1905 been a director of the' Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit
Company, and he has numerous social connections.
Mr. Higgins is a grandson of William Higgins, a native of
Ireland, who came to America when a. young man, some ninety years
ago and settled in Schuylkill county, Pa. He was one of the pioneer
settlers at Tamaqua; that region being in its primitive condition
when he first made his home there.
John F. Higgins, son of William, was born in 1837 in Tamaqua,
and was long a well known resident of Shenandoah, Schuylkill county,
where he died in 1893. He learned the trade of molder, which he
followed for some years, later, however, engaging in the shoe
business. He served as tax collector of Shenandoah in 1891 and 1892,
and was quite active in the work of the Democratic party in his
locality. He married Margaret Franey, and to them were born
the following named children: Alice, wife of Edward
Ratchford, of Shenandoah, Pa. ; William J .; John F.
Jr., of Shenandoah, who served as State senator from the
Thirtieth Senatorial district; George J ., of Shamokin, local
agent of the Philadelphia & Reading road and also agent of the
United States Express Company; Melissa M. ; James C.
(see bio below)
; Nellie E. ; Kate M. ; Charles ; and Julia
A. Most of this family live in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. .
William J. Higgins was born Dec. 11, 1861, a Tamaqua, Schuylkill
county, where he received his early education. He then entered
Villanova College, near Philadelphia, and in 1881 came to Mount
Carmel, where he has since been located. He embarked in the
furniture, undertaking and livery business, being .one of the first
in the borough to engage in undertaking , which has to the present
been his specialty. He did not long continue the furniture line.
During the thirty years he has been located in Mount Carmel he has
conducted about thirty-five hundred funerals. He built his place of
busness, at No. 40 South Market street, in 1882, and his residence
is next door. Mr. Higgins’s business has brought him into contact
wit many citizens of this vicinity, in all the walks of life, and
his efficient services and progressive methods, no less than his
estimable personality , have won him the respect of all with whom he
has had dealings in any of the relations of life‘. He is a director
of the Anthracite Building and Loan Association, the oldest
institution of its kind in Mount Carmel, and since 1905 has been
connected with the Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit Company in the
same capacity. He has served in the council as representative from
the Third ward, having been elected on the Democratic ticket. Mr.
Higgins is treasurer of the local organization of the foresters;
treasurer of Aerie No. 644, F. O. E.; member of the Eagles Home
Association ; of the A. O. H.; the Sons of Veterans; and the
Knights of Columbus. He is a Catholic in religious faith and a
member of the Catholic Total Abstinence Society.
On Sept. 14, 1887, Mr. Higgins married Mary McGailay, and to
them have been born seven children: Margaret, William,
Aloysius, Ignatius, John, Mary and
Sarah.
26 Apr 2009
Source; History of Schuylkill County,
Pennsylvania
By Adolf W. Schalck, David C.
Henning - Published by State Historical Association, 1907
Higgins, James C., M. D., one of the younger and most
promising members of the medical profession in Schuylkill county,
and a resident of Shenandoah, was born at Tamaqua on Sept. 27, 1875,
a son of John F. and Margaret (Franey) Higgins. The
paternal grandfather, William Higgins, was a railroad worker
in the early days of transportation in this county, having assisted
in the construction of the railroads about Tamaqua, and had the
unique distinction of firing the first locomotive ever operated in
the county. The father was an iron molder by vocation, and although
he followed that occupation during the larger part of his career he
was for a time engaged in the shoe business in Shenandoah. He was
one of the constructors of the engine which hoisted the stone of
which the Philadelphia city hall is built. The mother was born in
Ireland and was a daughter of Martin Franey, for many years a
prominent merchant in Shenandoah. Both parents are deceased, the
father
departing this life in 1893 and the mother in 1901. Dr. Higgins is
the fifth son in order of birth of the ten children born to his
parents. The names of the others are Alice; William,
an undertaker at Mount Carmel; George, station agent for the
Philadelphia & Reading railroad at Shamokin; Melissa; John
F., who served four years as a member of the state senate;
Nellie; Catherine; Charles, a medical student at
Philadelphia; and Julia. Of the total six are married. The
subject of this sketch received his preliminary education in the
public schools of Shenandoah and attended the high school until he
reached his junior year. He then took a course in the state normal
school at Lock Haven and studied tinder private tutors for a number
of years until he took up the study of medicine at the
Medico-Chirurgical college at Philadelphia in 1900. Just prior to
his entering the latter institution, however, he was a clerk in the
Shenandoah city colliery for several
months. He was granted his degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1904 and
for the following year was employed as an interne in the
Medico-Chirurgical hospital at Philadelphia. He then returned to
Shenandoah and established himself in his professional practice, and
although he has been located there but a short time he has met with
a cordial and exceptional reception and has laid the basis of an
excellent practice. He is professionally identified as a member of
the Shenandoah medical society. On March 7, 1905, Dr. Higgins
married Miss Stella M. Hinch, of Philadelphia, a daughter of
the late William E. Hinch, who for many years was one of the
most prominent business men of the Quaker City. Mrs. Hinch is a lady
of broad culture and many accomplishments, having received her
training in the Notre Dame seminary of Philadelphia. Both the doctor
and his wife are members of the Church of the Annunciation, under
the pastorate of Rev. Father O'Reilly. Fraternally Dr. Higgins is
associated with the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He is a young man
of enthusiasm and ambition, and his many friends predict for him a
magnificent future.
- Webmaster's Findings -
HIGGINS JOHN 22 M W PA PA SCHUYLKILL E-WD TAMAQUA BORO 1860
Name Age
John Higgins 22
Margaret Higgins 20
HIGGINS JOHN 32 M W PA PA SCHUYLKILL TAMAQUA BORO 1870
Name Age
John Higgins 32
Margaret Higgins 30
Alice Higgins 10
William J Higgins 8
Martin Higgins 6
William J Higgins 3
Margaret M Higgins 2
John F Higgins 6/12
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
John F. HIGGINS Self M Male W 42 PA Shoe Dealer IRE.IRE.
Margret E. HIGGINS Wife M Female W 40 IRE Keeping House IRE.IRE.
Alice Mary HIGGINS Dau S Female W 19 PA. At Home PA.IRE.
William J. HIGGINS Son S Male W 18 PA.Driver PA.IRE.
George Joseph HIGGINS Son S Male W 14 PA. Messenger Boy PA. IRE.
Margret M. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 12 PA.At School PA. IRE.
John Francis HIGGINS Son S Male W 10 PA. PA. IRE.
Ellen Elizabeth HIGGINS Dau S Female W 8 PA.PA. IRE.
James C. HIGGINS Son S Male W 5 PA. PA. IRE.
Kate HIGGINS Dau S Female W 2 PA. PA. IRE.
Edward A. HIGGINS Son S Male W 2M PA.PA. IRE.
Source Information:
Census Place Shenandoah, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255192
NA Film Number T9-1192
Page Number 9C
HIGGINS JAMES C 34 M W PA PA PHILADELPHIA 10-WD PHILADELPHIA 1910
Name Age
James C Higgins 34
Stella M Higgins 32
James C Higgins Jr. 4
Mary J Higgins 2
Walter S Higgins 5/12
HIGGINS JAMES C SR 44 M W PA PA PHILADELPHIA 10-WD PHILADELPHIA
1920
Image
1 & Image
2
Name Age
John C Higgins 44
Stella M Higgins 40
James C Higgins 14
Mary J Higgins 12 4/12
Walter Higgins 10 2/12
Edgar J Higgins 8 2/12
John F Higgins 6 2/12
William E Higgins 3 4/12
1930; Census Place:
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: 2112; Page: 36B;
Enumeration District: 417; Image: 305 (No Image Available)
Name Age
Estelle M Higgins 52
James C Higgins 24
Walter J Higgins 20
Edgar J Higgins 18
John F Higgins 16
William E Higgins 13
George Higgins 8
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Jan 2009
Source: HISTORY OF THE COUNTIES OF MCKEAN,ELK,AND
FOREST,PENNSYLVANIA, by M A Leeson, CHICAGO: J. H: BEERS & CO.,
PUBLISHERS, 1880 ,
LEROY L. HIGGINS, hotel proprietor, Bradford, was born in Beaver
county, Penn., June 21, 1849, a son of Richard L. and Elizabeth J.
(Hammond) Higgins, former a native of the Eastern States, and latter
of Pennsylvania. LeRoy L. was given a business education, attending
Duff's College, at Pittsburgh, where he graduated in 1869. His
father being a merchant, his spare time had from a boy been spent in
the store, and he acquired a practical knowledge of business. After
leaving school, he obtained a situation as bookkeeper, which he
retained until 1872, when he removed to Oil City and worked in the
oil fields. The same year he changed his location to Rouseville,
where he carried on a hotel until 1879, and then removed to
Bradford, where he was again employed as book-keeper and clerk until
1882, in which year he established the Higgins Hotel. This structure
was destroyed by fire November 11, 1889, but Mr. Higgins immediately
set to work to erect a new
building, to be opened to the public March 1, 1890. Mr. Higgins was
married in Ohio, in 1871, to Miss Laura Carrollton, a native of
"Vermont. She died in 1886, leaving one child, Richard L. In
politics Mr. Higgins is a Democrat. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Red Men. also of the A. O. U. W.
and the Equitable League of America.
- Webmaster's Findings -
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Leroy HIGGINS Self M Male W 34 PA Book Keeper PA PA
Laura HIGGINS Wife M Female W 28 OH Keeping House OH CT
Richard HIGGINS Son S Male W 7 PA PA OH
Source Information:
Census Place 4th Ward, Bradford, Mckean, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255154
NA Film Number T9-1154
Page Number 180B
HIGGINS RICHARD L 44
M W NY PA BEAVER ROCHESTER BORO 1860
Name Age
Richard L Higgins 44
Elizabeth Higgins 33
Cordelia Higgins 15
Laroy Higgins 14
Louis Higgins 12
James A Higgins 9
Caroline Higgins 6
HIGGINS LEROY L 74 M W PA PA MCKEAN 5-WD BRADFORD 1920
Name Age
Leroy L Higgins 74
Richard L Higgins 55
Higgins Hotel Fire
The Wellsboro Agitator -
Wellsboro, Pa-1893 Apr 5
also
http://www.gendisasters.com/data1/pa/fires/bradford-fire-apr1893.htm
Bradford, Pennsylvania Fire
April 1, 1893
HOTEL IN FLAMES
Early Morning Disaster in Bradford, Pa.
SIX PERSONS BURN TO DEATH
Twenty Five or Thirty People Injured,
Some of Them Fatally-
Elmira Man and Child Among the Missing
BRADFORD, Pa., April 1. ---Early this morning the Higgins Hotel, the
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Station, the Higgins Cigar Factory
and the grocery store and building of J. Leroy were destroyed by
fire. The bodies of six persons have already been taken from the
ruins of the hotel and as one hundred and twenty-five persons went
to sleep in the building last night it is feared that many others
besides the six already found perished in the flames. Many persons
jumped from the second and third story windows into the creek, and
it is feared that some of them were drowned.
The list of the injured is a long one.
The fire broke out shortly after 4 o’clock and the inmates of the
hotel were awakened from their sleep by a man who rushed through the
hallways, kicking at the doors and shouting fire at the top of his
voice. Rudely awakened from their slumbers, the men and women rushed
from their rooms into the halls, which were already filled with
smoke and flames, and the general cry was: “Jump from the windows
and save yourselves.”
Jumped From the Windows
Many did so, but the jump was a bad one to risk. From the upper
story it was thirty feet on the west side, with a plank roadway on
which to land. On the other side was the creek, which made the jump
forty feet. Several persons made the leap for life into the stream
and were rescued. As stated, however, it is feared that some who
jumped were either killed by the shock or drowned in the water of
the creek.
Nearly all the inmates were in a state of panic, and many were
injured in the rush down the stairways and through the halls.
The Dead
The list of the dead, as nearly as can be obtained, is as follows:
-------TUCKER, Elmira, N.Y
-------TUCKER, a child of the above.
-------PARKS, machinist, B.R. & P. shops.
H. HAVELIN, engineer, P&E Railroad.
THOMAS CULLEN, a painter.
Unknown Woman, suppose to be a MISS C. or possibly BOND.
The Injured
HAL RHODES, ankle sprained
JAMES BRYSER, face, hands and feet badly cut.
WD DRYSDALE of Johnsonburgh injured internally.
JD CADY, Jamestown hurt about head.
J.J. CAMPBELL, Hellwood, Pa. arm broken and hip dislocated.
HARRY JONES, cut about face, head and hands.
JAMES BRISSON, carpenter, head cut.
W.J. HOLLIDAY, traveling salesman, ankle broken.
MRS. WEAVER, burned about head and arms, her baby missing.
JUBY HANNON, glassblower, cut about hands and head, injured
internally.
J. CODY, clerk, badly burned and injured from jumping.
W.J. OSBORNE, Buffalo, injured about back; feared his backbone is
broken;
considered fatal.
MRS. HIGGINS, hurt internally and badly burned.
J.W. NEUMEYER, leg broken.
MRS. E. TUCKER, and baby, Elmira, NY, badly burned about heads,
hands and bodies.
WD DRISCOLL, injured internally.
TED BURNS, fireman, badly hurt by falling walls.
RICHARD HIGGINS, hand broken and burned.
J. PICARD, night clerk, leg broken, hurt internally.
COOK MCNABE, head and face cut.
MICHAEL COLLINS, hand and shoulder injured.
W.J. HASTED, injured internally.
It Was A Dark Night
A large force of fireman and engines was summoned to the scene
immediately after the first alarm was given, but owing to the
darkness and the capability with which the fire burned it was
difficult to do much in the way of help for the inmates. The
proprietors of the Riddle House, nearly, offered the use of the
hotel for a temporary hospital and the injured were taken there. The
scenes were pitiful in the extreme. The cries and lamentations of
MRS TUCKER of Elmira were heart rendering.
She lost both her husband and one of her children in the fiery
furnace. JOHN JOHNSON, a boy, was found wandering through the
streets with a two-year-old baby in his arms. The infant’s face,
arms and hands were burned and blistered. It was properly cared for.
The loss on Higgins Hotel is $15,000; light insurance. The loss to
the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad is about $50,000;
insured. The cause of the fire is unknown, but it is supposed to
have caught from a gas stove.
The Evening Herald, Syracuse, NY Apr 1 1893
Small notice about the Higgins Hotel
New Castle News -New Castle Pa-1906 Dec 29
Obituary of Leroy L. Higgins
New Castle News -New Castle, Pa-1921 Sept 29 Leroy Higgins obit
..........................
20 Nov 2008 (Revised 04 Mar 2009) Inquiry : Ireland to Pennsylvania
Michael Higgins married to Sarah Callaghan, I don't know where in
Ireland they
lived, I don't
believe they left Ireland. Son, Martin Higgins born about 1835,
married to Ellen Burns about 1865. Immigrated to U.S. about 1848 or
in 1860's, dates change in several census
records. I'm pretty sure they married in the U.S. Children, Mary
1867, born in North Carolina, all children after born in Pa. Ellen
1869, Maggie 1872, Martin 1874, Patrick S. 1877,
Sarah 1884, Thomas 1885. Martin and Ellen lived in
the Pittsburgh, Pa.
area. Patrick is my grandfather, he married Mary Bick in 1904 and
settled in Washington, Pa. . Martin died Mar. 13, 1913, Ellen died
Sep. 20, 1923, both in
Crafton, Pa. I would love to know where our Higgins
originated from in Ireland or any information.
Thanks, Thomas Martin Higgins Thiggins2 AT cox.net
- Webmaster's Findings -
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation
Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Martin HIGGINS Self M Male W 35 IRE Baker IRE IRE
Ellen HIGGINS Wife M Female W 37 IRE Keeping House IRE IRE
Mary HIGGINS Dau S Female W 13 NC IRE IRE
Ellen HIGGINS Dau S Female W 11 PA IRE IRE
Maggie HIGGINS Dau S Female W 8 PA IRE IRE
Martin HIGGINS Son S Male W 7 PA IRE IRE
Thomas HIGGINS Son S Male W 5 PA IRE IRE
Patrick HIGGINS Son S Male W 2 PA IRE IRE
Source Information:
Census Place Texas, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255203
NA Film Number T9-1203
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04 Mar 2008
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19312219&BRD=1306&PAG=740&dept_id=624456&rfi=6
News-Herald - Owen P Higgins
Owen P. Higgins, 100, formerly of East Smithfield and
Hilltown, died at St. Mary's Manor in Lansdale
on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. He was the husband of the late Mary
Elizabeth (McGinley) Higgins. Born in Meiltriam, Ireland, he was a
son of the late Michael J. and Elizabeth (Kelly) Higgins and
immigrated to the U.S. in 1929.
He worked as a Philadelphia police officer and owned taverns in
Bristol and Philadelphia.
Mr. Higgins was a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church in Bentley
Creek and the Fraternal Order of Police.
He enjoyed fishing, gardening, farming and dancing, and built his own
stone house.
He is survived by four children; Elizabeth Graham, and her husband
Douglas of Venice, Fla.; Owen P. Higgins Jr., and his wife
Mary
Roberta Dunn of Collegeville; Mary Catherine Armstrong, and her
husband Joseph J. of Hollywood, Md., and Therese Conley, and her
husband William of North Wales; a sister, Ann Higgins of Ireland; 11
grandchildren, and 14 great grandchildren.
In addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by seven siblings:
John Dennis, James Paul, Michael, Joseph,
Thomas, Mary and
Katherine.
A funeral Mass was held Friday, Feb. 15 at St. Mary Manor Chapel,
Lansdale. Interment was private at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Cemetery in Ridgebury. Memorial contributions may be made to St.
Mary Manor,
701 Lansdale Ave., Lansdale, Pa. 19446. Arrangements were by R.L.
Williams Jr. Funeral Home Inc., Skippack.
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03 Mar 2008
http://www.interment.net/data/us/pa/delaware/holycross/h/holy_h03.htm
Higgins, Anna C., b. Nov 19, 1909, d. Jul. 10, 1978,
Sec. 10 Range 2, [CB]
Higgins, Bella, d. Jan. 1925, bur. Sec 1 R-4, [CB]
Higgins, Ellen H., b. 1864, d. 1940, Sec-36 R-24, [JK]
Higgins, John J., b. 1893, d. 1952, bur. Sec 3 R-13,[CB]
Higgins, John, d. 1901, Sec 11 R-3, [CB]
Higgins, Joseph I., b. Jul 31, 1891, d. Feb 28, 1948,
Sgt MTG WWI, Sec 12 R-2, [CB]
Higgins, Margaret, b. 1893, d. 1950, Sec K R-9, [CB]
Higgins, Mary A., b. Feb 2, 1905, d. Aug 17, 1935,
Sec. 5 Range 10, [CB]
Higgins, Mary, b. 1891, d. 1894, bur. Sec 3 R-13, [CB]
Higgins, Mary, b. 1902, d. 1976, bur. Sec 1 R-7, [CB]
Higgins, Mary, d. 1937, bur. Sec 11 R-12, [CB]
Higgins, Matilda M., b. 1897, d. 1977, bur. Sec 3
R-13, [CB]
Higgins, Matilda, b. 1865, d. 1934, bur. Sec 3 R-13,
[CB]
Higgins, Michael J., b. May 7, 1919, d. Sep 4, 1971,
HA1 US Navy WWII, Sec K R-9, [CB]
Higgins, Michael, b. 1894, d. 1930, Sec K R-9, [CB]
Higgins, Stella Hinch, b. 1877, d. 1958, Sec 11 R-3,
[CB]
Higgins, T, no dates, Sec. 8 Range 9, [CB]
Higgins, Thomas, Sr., b. 1865, d. 1940, bur. Sec 3
R-13, [CB]
Higgins, William J., b. Jan 20, 1910, d. Aug 6, 1949,
Sec. 10 Range 2, [CB]
Higgins, William J., d. 10/31/1927, Pennsylvania
Cprl.
515 Inf. 70 Div., Sec. 5 Range 10, [CB]
Higgins, William, d. 1918, Sec 11 R-3, [CB]
Higgins, Winifred, b. 1900, d. 1947, bur. Sec 3 R-13,
[CB]
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01 Jun 2007
http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/cemb/ulster03.htm
Ulster Cemetery Ulster Township, Bradford County PA
Last Name-First Name- DOB-DOD- Notes
Higgins Patrick -- Dec.20.1865 68-10-0
Higgins Mary -- Nov.13.1870 70 yr w/o Patrick Higgins
Higgins David Apr.10.1828 Dec.11.1904
Higgins Sevilla A. May 26.1847 May 26.1923
Higgins James H. -- Jun.16.1891 64 yr GAR Marker
Higgins Henry G. -- Jul.29.1895 33-3-25 s/o J.H. Higgins & I.P.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/bradford/census/1850/pg0326a.txt
CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: PA COUNTY:
Bradford County DIVISION: Ulster Township
5 148 149 Higgins Patrick 52 M Farmer 800 N. Brunswick
6 148 149 Higgins Mary 50 F England
7 148 149 Higgins Charles 20 M Farmer PA
8 148 149 Higgins Margaret 17 F PA
9 148 149 Higgins Mary J. 16 F PA
10 148 149 Higgins David 23 M Farmer PA
HIGGINS JAMES 43 M W PA PA BRADFORD ULSTER TWP 1870
Image includes Mary Higgins,70,living next door.
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
David HIGGINS Self M Male W 52 PA Farmer RI ENG
Sirilia HIGGINS Wife M Female W 33 PA Keeping House PA NY
Source Information:
Census Place Ulster, Bradford, Pennsylvania Family History Library Film 1255105
NA Film Number T9-1105 Page Number 530C
and living next door
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Jane HIGGINS Self M Female W 34 PA Keeping House CT NY
Henry HIGGINS Son S Male W 18 CA Farmer PA PA
Delmer HIGGINS Son S Male W 16 CA PA PA
Ida HIGGINS Dau S Female W 14 CA PA PA
Edmund HIGGINS Son S Male W 13 PA PA PA
Source Information:
Census Place
Ulster, Bradford, Pennsylvania Family History Library Film 1255105
NA Film Number T9-1105 Page Number 530C
HIGGINS DAVID 72 M W PA PA BRADFORD ULSTER 1900
. . . .
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Herald of Truth Obituaries
Herald of Truth , Vol. XXV, Number 20, October 15, 1888 - page 319
HIGGINS. - On the - of September, near Blooming Glen, Bucks Co., Pa., of consumption,
John Higgins aged 21 years, he was buried on the 24th at the Presbyterian
M. H. near Deep Run.
. . . . . . .
03 Feb 2006
CLARK'S ALTOONA DIRECTORY, PENNSYLVANIA 1893
NAMES, OCCUPATIONS, ETC.
Higgens Celia Miss, home 17I9 Fourth ave
Higgens Darby. laborer, o h I7I9 Fourth ave
Higgens Martin. helper blacksmith P R R, bds 1019 7th
av
Higgens John, laborer. home 1719 Fourth ave
Higgens Thomas, telegrapher, home 1719 Fourth ave
Higgens Thomas R. tel operator P R R, bds ioi9 7thave
Higgins Ann M., widow, r h 906 Chestnut ave
Higgins Blair, laborer, r h 906 Eleventh ave
Higgins D. E., machinist, o h 46 Third ave
Higgins James W., car builder, home 906 Chestnut ave
Higgins Joseph C., boiler maker, home 906 Eleventh ave
Higgins Mary, widow Thomas, r h 9I I Eleventh ave
. . . . . . .
02
Feb 2006
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/clearfield/cemeteries/alexcem01.txt
Alexander Cemetery: Madera, Clearfield Co, PA
# Row Name, Date, Inscription
339 A14 Higgens, Joseph G. 1839 1919 None
340 A14 Higgens, Mary J. 1845 1927 None
341 A14 Higgens, Stell G. 1874 1906 None
1880 Census Household:
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Joseph G. HIGGINS Self M Male W 40 ME Coal & Iron Police ME ME
Mary J. HIGGINS Wife M Female W 35 PA Keeping House PA PA
Josephine HIGGINS Dau S Female W 11 PA ME PA
Luella HIGGINS Dau S Female W 8 PA ME PA
Stella G. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 6 PA ME PA
Bertha HIGGINS Dau S Female W 8M PA ME PA
Gertrude HIGGINS Dau S Female W 3 PA ME PA
David Liby Other S Male W 38 ME Picture Painter ME ME
Source Information:
Census Place Woodward, Clearfield, Pennsylvania Family History Library Film 1255116
NA Film Number T9-1116 Page Number 316A
HIGGINS JOSEPH 61 M W ME PA CLEARFIELD BIGLER TWP 1900
HIGGINS JOSEPH G 70 M W ME PA CLEARFIELD BIGLER TWP 1910
HIGGINS MARY 74 F W PA PA CLEARFIELD BIGLER 1920
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Posted at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~scrapbook/index.html
is a collection of newspaper clippings gathered between the years
1870 to 1910.
The Higgins entries are at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~scrapbook/data_pages/p003b.gif
and http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~scrapbook/data_pages/p008b.gif
of an unmentioned newspaper from the area of Spring City, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.
-Transcription of the Higgins entries-
HIGGINS-In Newark N.J., on June 20 1888,Helen Pauline, daughter of C. Walter
and Anna M. Higgins and
granddaughter of George M. Bishop, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, Where she was
buried, aged 7 months 1 days.
HIGGINS-(No Date Given) Suddenly in Bayonne N.J., Anna M. Higgins, wife of
C. Walter, aged 25 years 9 months
7 days. Interment Morris Cemetery, Phoenixville.
The double funeral of Anna M. Higgins and her brother Harry H. Bishop, took place Tuesday from the residence
of their father, George M. Bishop, Phoenixville. From 10 A.M. when the parlors of Mr. Bishops residence
were thrown open to his friends, a constant stream of visitors passed around the
caskets, which were placed side by side amid a profusion of flowers. Reverend Henry
Wheeler, pastor of the M. E. Church, officiated, assisted by Rev. Dr. Parker of the
Baptist Church of Wayne. The train of carriages was very long and the crowd the largest ever assembled at
a funeral in Phoenixville.
The interment was at Morris Cemetery. Mrs. Higgins was Killed at Bayonne N.J. by an engine which was driven
at high speed past the station where she was in the act of taking a train to New York to buy a wedding
present for her sister, Mrs. Clara L. Bishop, The brother, a consumptive, in a few hours after the
body of his dead sister was brought to Phoenixville, died of hemorrhages
. . . . . .
25
Nov 2005
http://www.interment.net/data/us/pa/philadelphia/greenwood%5Fpythias/green%5Fhj.htm
Greenwood Cemetery (Knights of Pythias Cemetery)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Higgins, J. Mitchell MD, b. 3/8/1839,
d. 12/15/1899
Higgins, Josephine V., b. 3/8/1852,
d/3/18/1891, w/o J. Mitchell Higgins
Higgins, Mitchell,
b. 11/21/1887, d. 11/26/1887
Census findings
Household:1880
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
J. M. HIGGINS Self M Male
W 40 NJ Druggist NJ NJ
Josephine HIGGINS Wife M Female W 28 PA Housekeeper PA PA
Nettie HIGGINS Dau S Female W 3 PA NJ PA
Annie M. HIGGINS Dau S Female W 1 PA NJ PA
S.Beach 'j.' STRATH Other S Male W 23 NJ Druggist NJ PA
Ellen MARSHALL Other S Female W 24 IRE Servant IRE IRE
Wm. WINKLE Husband S Male W 26 PA --- ---
Source Information:
Census Place Philadelphia, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255178 NA Film Number T9-1178 Page Number 115D
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16 Oct 2005
http://www.lowermerionhistory.org/burial/merion/h.html
The Lower Marion Historical SocietyLower Merion, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Last name First name Date born Date died Age Comments
Sources
Higgins Francis February 4, 1813 Revolutionary War veteran. Roberts Company, Blockley militia. Died of
typhus fever - The Incompleted Records of Merion Burial Grave-yard 1682-1848, by Margaret Harvey. 1912.
manuscript
Higgins Hannah February 22, 1833 #1 in old ground, Lewis Jones row, in old gateway. #42, Row B. - Records
of Merion Graveyard, by Thomas Wynn and C.E. Hires, 1702-1808
- The Incompleted Records of Merion Burial Grave-yard 1682-1848, by Margaret Harvey. 1912. manuscript
- Grave Book by P.R. Latch. 1829-1832
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http://www.lowermerionhistory.org/burial/merion/h.html Posted 27 October 2005
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pavenang/directory3.htm
Franklin City Directory 1896
1896 Directory of the Inhabitants of Franklin, Venango Co., PA
Transcribed from the Titusville Directory,1896
Higgins, Andrew, marble works, 319 Liberty
Higgins, James, barber, 1221 Liberty, h 924 Buffalo
Higgins, Joseph, blacksmith, h 1156 Otter
Higgins, L.H. and F. E., clerks, h 1304 Elk
Higgins, Mary Mrs., h 319 Liberty
Higgins, Mary Mrs., h 1304 Elk
Higgins, M. A. Miss, fruit, vegetables, 1247 Liberty,
h 1304 Elk
Higgins, Ned, coachman, bds McCrea House
Higgins, Rose, h 31 Eagle
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26 Sep
2005
Using information posted at
http://home.earthlink.net/~eghiggins/
The Webmaster has gathered the following data
View 1870 PA Census Scan
Daniel Higgins age 25
Household: 1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Daniel HIGGINS Self M Male
W 35 PA Brakeman On R.R. IRE IRE
Annie HIGGINS Wife M Female W 34 PA Keeping House
IRE IRE
Cathrine HIGGINS Dau S Female W 14 PA At School PA PA
Daniel HIGGINS Son S Male
W 9 PA At School PA PA
Joseph HIGGINS Son S Male
W 7 PA At School PA PA
Source Information:
Census Place 2nd Ward, Shamokin, Northumberland,
Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255163
NA Film Number T9-1163 Page Number 113C
View 1900
PA Census Scan Daniel F Higgins age 29
View 1910 PA Census Scan
Daniel F Higgins age 40
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http://www.hsconnect.com/obit/story/07102003_obt01obit071003.asp
Florence A Higgins
PARIS, Pa. - Florence A. Higgins, 87, of Paris, Pa., died Wednesday, July 9, 2003, at the Weirton Medical
Center. She was a homemaker. She was born March 15, 1916, in Youngstown, Ohio, a daughter of the late
Edward W. and Florence Horm. She also was preceded in
death by her husband, Winfred A. Higgins, whom she married in Wellsburg, W.Va., and who died March 29,
1961; one son, Edward Higgins; two brothers, Edward and John
Horm; and one sister, Violet Walsh. She was a member of Paris Presbyterian Church, Paris, Pa.
Surviving are one daughter, Mary (Harold) Poplawski,
of Glen Dale, W.Va.; daughter-in-law, Lesa Higgins, of Burgettstown, Pa.; two sons,
Winfred (Sheila) Higgins, of Paris, Pa., and David
Higgins, of Paris, Pa.; one sister, Ruth Crotty, of Portage, Ind.; four
grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter. Visitation is from 7-9 p.m.
Thursday, July 10, at the Steel & Wolfe Funeral Home, 380 Penco Road, Weirton, W.Va. Services will be held
at 10 a.m. Friday, July 11, at the funeral home. Interment will be at Chapel Hill Memorial
Gardens, Weirton. James J. Gilmore Sr. STEUBENVILLE - James J. Gilmore Sr., 87, of
Steubenville passed away today, July 10, 2003, at Trinity Medical Center West.
Arrangements are pending at Mosti Funeral Home, Sunset Chapel. (740) 282-2541.
. . . . . . . . . .
Higgins Marchand & Co
Arch Street Philadelphia
. . . . . . . . . . .
Edgewood Cemetery, Lycoming Co, PA
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/pa/county/lycoming/cemeteries/edgewood.html
Higgins Lucy S. 1848
1922
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Directory of Titusville, Penn., 1887-88
unknown: unknown, 1887
-Franklin-
Daniel Higgins, Barber,1261 Liberty, home 13th
James Higgins, Barber,1261 Liberty, home 924 Buffalo
Michael Higgins, Stone
Mason, home 201 Liberty
Mrs. Michael Higgins,
home 319 Liberty
. . . . . . . .
Source:
Boyd's City Directory of Chester Delaware County, Pennsylvania 1899
Higgins, Annie E., home 218 Morton
Higgins, Bridget, Widow of Timothy, home 107 Franklin
Household 1880 Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age
Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Timothy HIGGINS Self M Male W 29 IRE Cott. Mill IRE IRE
Bridget HIGGINS Wife M Female W 28 PA Keeping House IRE IRE
Thomas HIGGINS Son S Male W 10 PA Cott. Mill IRE PA
John HIGGINS Son S Male W 8 PA
Cott. Mill IRE PA
Mary HIGGINS Dau S Female W 6 PA IRE PA
Thadeus HIGGINS Son S Male W 4 PA IRE PA
Margaret HIGGINS Dau S Female W 2 PA IRE PA
John MC CABE Other S Male W 21 PA Laborer IRE IRE
Source Information:
Census Place Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania
Family History Library Film 1255126
NA Film Number T9-1126 Page Number 324D
View 1900 PA Census Scan
for the above family
Higgins, Catherine, Widow of Patrick,604 Grape
Higgins, Edward M., Clerk, home 8th corner of Butler
Higgins, George, Laborer, home 116 Montgomery
Higgins, John J. Molder, home 617 West 5th
Higgins, Thomas H., President Delaware County Republican
Publishing Company and Postmaster
home 720 West 8th
View 1900
PA Census Scan
Higgins, Walter, Laborer, home 2109 West Front
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http://heritagepursuit.com/Morrow/MorCong.htm
H I S T 0 R Y OF MORROW COUNTY AND OHIO.
(was born in Pennsylvania)
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
CURTIS HIGGINS, farmer; P. O., Pulaskiville. There
were ten children in the Higgins family, of whom
Curtis was the third; all of them are living, born of Elias and Mary (Hart) Higgins, both of whom were
natives of Pennsylvania-- Mrs. Higgins came out with
her parents prior to the war of 1812, and settled in
what is now Perry Tp. Elias, the father of Curtis,
came out shortly after the war, and was married about
the year 1820, and settled in Franklin Tp.; made one
move, being absent five years, but returning, located
on the farm adjoining his first. purchase, where he
lived until his death, which occurred Jan., 1880, in
his 85th year, being the first death which has
occurred in the Higgins family. Curtis made his
father's house his home, until he reached his
majority; March 27, 1849, was married to Mary
McCracken, born in Harmony Tp. in 1827; she was a
daughter of' Charles McCracken; she died March, 1866,
leaving five children; seven were born-Mary J. died in
infancy; Sarah E., now Mrs. A. J. Hathaway, of
Franklin Tp.; Charles died when 20 years of age; Enoch, now living in Franklin; George died when a
babe; Ida and Frank at home. Mr. Higgins was married
the second time to Mary Nimox; born in Pennsylvania
the year 1827, and came West when she was 10 years of
age. After his marriage, located on the farm he now
owns. His early life was not surrounded with
advantages of a literary or financial character, and
he has succeeded without these. He and wife are
members of the M. E. Church. He was born near
Frederickton, Knox Co., March 4, 1825.
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Where Higgins Family was found at 6th and German Erie PA
Terry at the Reference Desk at Erie County Public Library responded to an inquiry by the webmaster.
The reply was received January 4.2002
It stated
.........
The date in question is the date of the Millcreek
Flood, which occurred on August 3, 1915.
There is a tube that runs from near the Erie Zoo to
the bay east of State Street, the main street in
Erie. The tube plugged up and when the plug let go,
a wall of water rushed down the channel of Mill Creek,
flooding streets near the Creek. 25 people died due
to the flood and there was over 2 million (in 1915)
dollars worth of damage
Postcard courtesy M J Higgins, Webmaster
Map courtesy of Mapquest http://maps.yahoo.com/
13 October 2003
Source: The Washington Post, August 5,1915
ERIE DEATH LIST 27
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Many Unidentified Bodies at Morgue, Others in Debris
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Property Loss is at $3.000,000
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300 Houses and 50 Stores Demolished by Waters-Wreckage
Piled 100 Feet in Places
-Work of Recovery will be Slow-Seek to Prevent
Outbreak of Disease
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[see scan of this section of article]
Erie, Pa, Aug 4
Erie has listed 37 dead tonite in the mile- long
wreckage strewn path through the heart of the city
swept by last nights flood. But little impression was
made on the vast amount of wreckage, piled in places 100 feet high
and believed by the coroner and others to contain as
many more victims.
The work of recovery will be slow. It may take a week
to turn over the debris.
List of the Dead
The identified dead are:
KATHERINE E. CARROLL
THOMAS LANGDON
JAMES HIGGINS -17 Years Old-
MRS. JOHN HIGGINS AND INFANT
MRS CORA ANDERSON MAIN -28 Years Old-
EMMA OSBOURNE -44 Years Old-
JOHN DONAVAN -City Fireman
SWEENEY ANDERSON -60 Years Old-
JOHN HIGGINS -40 Years Old-
DAD ALLEN
[see scan of this section of article]
MRS MARGARET REUSE
ANNA WEISBAUR
MRS EMMA AUSTIN-Of Second and Parade Streets
MRS ANNA STORZIER
There are 8 unidentified bodies at the morgue.
THOUSANDS AT MORGUE
Three morgue in widely separated sections of the flood
scene were besieged by thousands throughout the
day. Men Woman and Children watched the searchers, and
when they saw a body uncovered would rush to the
morgue where it was taken to learn if it was that of a
missing one.
[see scan of this section of article]
The early estimate of property loss was estimated at
$3,000,000 was not changed today by Fire Chief McMahan
after he received reports from big manufacturing
plants in the flood zone.
He said that 300 houses and 50 store buildings were
demolished by the waters of Mill Creek, sent out its
banks by a cloudburst and the bursting of the Glenwood
dam. The city's loss on damaged culverts, bridges and
water supply will be heavy.
[see scan of this
section of article]
Twenty arrests were made in the flood area tonight, two
for looting and the others for disorderly conduct.
To guard against fires the gas supply has been turned
off and inspectors of the local health department
are cooperating with State heath inspectors from
Harrisburg to prevent an outbreak of disease in the devastated district.
DAMAGE IN NEW YORK CITY
New York Aug 4 - Streets in New York City and its
suburbs were turned into yellow rivers, surface and elevated
traffic was badly crippled, wire were blown into a tangled network
trees uprooted and hundreds of cellars flooded in a torrential
downpour
that broke over the city this forenoon to the accompaniment of
a 40 mile gale.
[ See scan of this
section of the article]
also
Source: International bookbinder, Volumes 16-17 edited by James L.
Feeney, James W. Dougherty - Published 1915
JOHN P. HIGGINS AND FAMILY.
(Local Union No. 201, Erie, Pa.) Having learned with profound regret of
the death of our highly esteemed and beloved brother, John P. Higgins,
his wife, Winifred Agnes, and two beloved children, James and Marion,
who departed this life in the terrible flood disaster on August 3, 1915,
we, the officers and members of Local 201, B. of B., do hereby express
our deepest sorrow at the loss our local has suffered. By his kind and
genial disposition and manly virtues he endeared himself to us all; and
it is a source of great sorrow to us to be called upon to record his
death. But in this, our time of grief, we most humbly and devoutly
resign ourselves to the will of our Heavenly Father, who doeth all
things well, and while we fully realize the irreparable loss our local
has sustained we find consolation in the belief that our friend and
brother and his beloved wife and children are glorified and happy in the
imperishable kingdom of God.
To the relatives and friends of our late Brother John P. Higgins we
desire to say that our sorrow is but less intense than theirs, and we
can only extend to them our deepest and most heartfelt sympathy in the
hour of their untold anguish.
. . . . . . . . . .
Bentley Creek Cemetery
Ridgebury Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
Added 25 February 2002
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabradfo/cemetery/bentcrk3.htm
Higgins Edward H.
1867 1938
Higgins Ruella
1870 19-
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This
information compiled by Michael James
Higgins Your
Webmaster
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