Brief Life History of Frances Josephine
When Frances Josephine Higgins was born about June 1897, in Nebraska, United States, her father, John P Higgins, was 42 and her mother, Harriet Janette Greenfield, was 33. She married James Deward White about 1917. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years.
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Sources (15)
- Frances J White, "United States Census, 1930"
- U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999
- Frances White, "Nebraska, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
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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