Brief Life History of Claude William
When Claude William Higgins was born on 31 July 1901, in Indiana, United States, his father, Josiah Joseph Higgins, was 38 and his mother, Margaret Alice Grubb, was 41. He lived in Evansville, Knight Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States in 1930 and Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States in 1940. He died on 4 April 1992, in Las Cruces, Doña Ana, New Mexico, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Fort Bliss National Cemetery, El Paso, El Paso, Texas, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Claud Higgins in household of Margaret Higgins, "United States Census, 1910"
- Claude W Higgins, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Claude Higgins in household of William Snurpus, "United States Census, 1930"
Spouse and Children
1901–1992 Male
1906–1987 Female
Parents and Siblings
1863–1907 Male
1860–1929 Female
Siblings (9)
1885–1967 Male
1887–1943 Male
1889–1952 Male
1897– Female
1899–1990 Female
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World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
Age 1
1910 · Boy Scouts of America
Age 9
1927
Age 26
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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