Fred Shill Biggs

Brief Life History of Fred Shill

When Fred Shill Biggs was born on 17 November 1898, in Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, his father, Thomas Piercy Biggs, was 39 and his mother, Ella Deseret Shill, was 31. He married Zula Irene Crismon on 11 July 1931, in Lehi, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Utah, United States in 1935 and Supervisorial District 1, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1940. He died on 20 June 1975, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Fred Shill Biggs
1898–1975
Zula Irene Crismon
1907–1969
Marriage: 11 July 1931
Ella Jeanne Biggs
1934–2011
John Thomas Biggs
1944–2008

Sources (33)

  • Fred S Biggs, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Fred Shill Biggs, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
  • Fred S Biggs, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1901 · The Daughters of Utah Pioneers

The Daughters of Utah Pioneers was organized by Annie Taylor Hyde after she invited a group of fifty-four women to her home to find ways to recognize names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers. They followed the lead of other national lineage societies, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution. They were legally incorporated in 1925.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bigg , with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Announcement of the Mesa Arizona Temple

While Fred was serving a mission in the Southern States Mission in October, 1919 - November, 2021, the missionaries received letters periodically from the mission president. This is a copy of one of t …

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