Ernest Raymond Briggs Sr.

Male19 June 1895–16 July 1978

Brief Life History of Ernest Raymond

When Ernest Raymond Briggs Sr. was born on 19 June 1895, in Bangall, Stanford, Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, Alexander Monnier, was 14 and his mother, Cora L Mott, was 31. He married Mattie Lorene Hipp on 28 August 1917, in Bexar, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States for about 15 years and Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 16 July 1978, in San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 83.

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Family Time Line

Ernest Raymond Briggs Sr.
1895–1978
Mattie Lorene Hipp
1895–1928
Marriage: 28 August 1917
Ernest Raymond Briggs Jr.
1922–1971
Jamie Lee Briggs
1926–2010

Sources (11)

  • Ernest Briggs in household of Clora Briggs, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Ernest R Briggs, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • Ernest Raymond Briggs, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    28 August 1917Bexar, Texas, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 1

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

    Age 11

    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

    1917

    Age 22

    U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

    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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