Michael H. Higgins

Male27 July 1927–10 February 2003

Brief Life History of Michael H.

Michael H. Higgins was born on 27 July 1927, in North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. He died on 10 February 2003, in his hometown, at the age of 75, and was buried in Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.

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Michael H. Higgins
1927–2003
Elaine O. Boardman
1928–2007

Sources (4)

  • Michael H Higgins, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Michael Higgins in entry for Elaine O Higgins Hall, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
  • Michael H Higgins, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (3)

1929

Age 2

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.

1931

Age 4

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

1944 · Congress Passes the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Project

Age 17

The Flood Control Act of 1944 was passed and would later be called the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. It was named after the authors of the program Lewis A. Pick and William Glenn Sloan. It began as two separate plans but they both had the idea for an irrigation system that would help with the flooding of the Missouri River.

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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