Brief Life History of Helen Muriel
When Helen Muriel Briggs was born on 27 December 1916, in Kansas, United States, her father, Robert Burford Briggs, was 46 and her mother, Alice Willson, was 42. She lived in Ohio Township, Ness, Kansas, United States in 1920 and Ordway, Crowley, Colorado, United States in 1930. She died in Meadview, Mohave, Arizona, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Helen Briggs in household of Alice Briggs, "United States Census, 1930"
- Helen Briggs Poff, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Helen Briggs in household of R B Briggs, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
Parents and Siblings
1870–1935 Male
1874–1937 Female
Siblings (12)
1893–1948 Male
1895–1895 Male
1896–1990 Female
1898–1930 Male
1900–1973 Male
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1917
Age 1
1917 · Buffalo Bill Dies in Denver
Age 1
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
Age 31
Name Meaning
English: variant of Brigg, with post-medieval excrescent -s, from Middle English brig(g) (Old Norse bryggja), the northern and Scottish word for bridge, for someone who lived by a bridge or who came from any of the places called from the word.
History: The surname Briggs is found chiefly in West Yorkshire. A family of gentry have held lands at Keighley in West Yorkshire continuously for 500 years. The mathematician Henry Briggs (1561–1631), who invented logarithms, was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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