Clara M Burd

FemaleDecember 1883–

Brief Life History of Clara M

Clara M Burd was born in December 1883, in New Jersey, United States. She had at least 3 sons with William Bishop Higgins. She lived in Hamilton Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States for about 10 years and Greenwood - Hamilton, Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States in 1950.

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Family Time Line

William Bishop Higgins
1878–1963
Clara M Burd
1883–
Lester Higgins
1903–
William C Higgins
1906–1982
Alvin R Higgins
1908–2009

Sources (9)

  • Clara M Higgins, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Mrs Clara M Higgins in entry for William B Higgins, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
  • Clara Higgens in household of William Higgens, "United States Census, 1940"

Spouse and Children

Children (3)

World Events (8)

1886

Age 3

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1894

Age 11

Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.

1916

Age 33

"During a deadly heat wave, thousands of residents were at the seaside resorts of Jersey Shore. Between July 1 and July 2 of 1916, five different people were attacked by sharks, and four of them ultimately died. Scientific knowledge about sharks was limited at this time, so these tragic incidents started a wave of ""shark panic"" that was spread by telephone calls, letters, newspapers, and other media."

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bird .

Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): nickname for a man with a notable beard, from a southern Yiddish pronunciation of Yiddish bord ‘beard’.

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

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