Lula Ethel Higgins

Brief Life History of Lula Ethel

When Lula Ethel Higgins was born on 26 October 1883, in Michigan, United States, her father, Joseph Daniel Higgins, was 27 and her mother, Wealthy Ann Faurot, was 35. She married George. W. Sears on 28 May 1899, in Coldwater, Branch, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Fabius, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States in 1930 and Park Township, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States in 1940. She died on 4 November 1968, in Centreville, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Three Rivers, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles H Sears
1874–1942
Lula Ethel Higgins
1883–1968
Marriage: 6 February 1902
George W. Sears
1906–1906

Sources (20)

  • Lulu Fitch in household of Edward Fitch, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Lula Ethel Higgins - Government record: Marriage record or certificate: birth-name: Lulu Higgins
  • Lula E. Sears, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

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World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1887 · The Bagley Memorial Fountain

The Bagley Memorial Fountain was erected in 1887 with funds from the estate of John Judson Bagley. Bagley's will ordered the construction of the drinking fountain which would provide the people of Detroit "water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream." H.H. Richards was the architect for the Romanesque-style, pink granite, lionhead fountain. It is engraved with the words, "TESTAMENTARY GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE FROM JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII".

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUiginn ‘descendant of Uiginn’, a byname meaning ‘viking, sea-rover’ (from Old Norse víkingr). Compare McGuigan .

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Higgin, itself either a Lancashire variant of Huggin (from a pet form of Hugh ), or a variant of Hickin (from a pet form of Richard ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. See Hick and compare Higson .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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