John Henry Higgins

Brief Life History of John Henry

When John Henry Higgins was born on 9 November 1914, in Greene, Iowa, United States, his father, Thomas Luke Higgins, was 27 and his mother, Laura Agnus Kersey, was 21. He lived in Murray Township, Murray, Minnesota, United States in 1920 and Hardin Township, Greene, Iowa, United States in 1930. He died on 6 November 1989, at the age of 74, and was buried in Grand Junction, Greene, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Luke Higgins
1887–1966
Laura Agnus Kersey
1892–1974
John Henry Higgins
1914–1989
Catherine Agnes Higgins
1917–1921
Thomas Ambrose Higgins
1920–1990
Robert Leo Higgins
1925–2011
Richard Joseph Higgins
1931–2020

Sources (6)

  • Henry Higgins, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • John H. Higgins, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • John Henry Higgins, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1915 · Home of the Federal Reserve Bank for the Ninth District

The first building for the Federal Reserve bank in Minneapolis was completed in 1915 and was a peculiar structure. It had no windows on the lower walls close to the street and later, a small skyscraper was added to the top. It was created to serve the states of Montana, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, and the northern parts of Wisconsin and Michigan. Even though it covers a wide area, it serves the smallest population base of the entire reserve system. Today the Federal Reserve is housed in three buildings that are housed a few blocks away from each other.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1934 · The Grout Museum

The museum started as a private collection given to the city by Henry W. Grout. Today it is still a nonprofit educational museum that helps engage students and all people from the surrounding communities.

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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