Brief Life History of William Lewis
When William Lewis Higgins was born on 9 August 1832, in Brown, Ohio, United States, his father, James Shannon Higgins, was 43 and his mother, Elenor Ellis, was 37. He married Drucilla Sarah Abbott on 5 August 1858, in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Oregon, United States in 1870 and Smith River Judicial Township, Del Norte, California, United States in 1900. He died on 17 May 1914, in Del Norte, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Smith River, Del Norte, California, United States.
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- Lenis L Higgins in household of James Higgins, "United States Census, 1850"
- William Lewis Higgins, "BillionGraves Index"
- William Lewis Higgins, "California Great Registers, 1866-1910"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1857 · 7.9 Earthquake In Fort Tejon
The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
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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