Avis Elaine (Currier) Smith (1918 - 2011)

Born 14 Jul 1918 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Donald George Higdon — married 22 Nov 1940 (to 4 Feb 1959) in Highland Park, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Died 17 Oct 2011 at age 93 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Avis was born in 1918 to Herbert M. Currier and Florence M. Floss ^[1]

She married Donald Higdon in 1940. Their son Jack was born in 1941.

She died in 2011.

Census

1920 at 3 Goodell Street, Salem ^[2]

Herbert W Currier Head Male 34 Massachusetts "R.R. Yard Conductor"

Florence Currier Wife Female 32 Massachusetts

Herbert W Currier Son Male 12 Massachusetts

Wilma Currier Daughter Female 8 Massachusetts

Ester Currier Daughter Female 5 Massachusetts

Avis Currier Daughter Female 1 Massachusetts

1930 at 68 Hobart St. Danvers^[3]

Herbert W Currier Head Male 44 Massachusetts "Yard Conductor for Boston and Maine RR"

Florence M Currier Wife Female 42 Massachusetts "Telephone Operator"

Herbert W Currier Jr. Son Male 22 Massachusetts "Engineering Dept for Telphone Company"

Esther M Currier Daughter Female 15 Massachusetts

Avis E Currier Daughter Female 11 Massachusetts

1940 at 1603 Balmoral Drive, Detroit^[4]

Lee M Denton Head Male 35 Michigan "Construction Contractor"

Isabelle H Denton Wife Female 37 Michigan

Edward Denton Son Male 7 Michigan

Dennie Denton Daughter Female 4 Michigan

Linda Denton Daughter Female 0 Michigan

Avis E Currier Servant Female 21 Massachusetts "Nurse Maind"

Ann Ojanpera Servant Female 30 Michigan "Maid"

Obituary

Beverly, MA^[5]

Spouse and Children

Donna Murphy Daughter Female

George Higdon Husband Male

Claude Burgin Husband Male

Ron Smith Husband Male

Jack Higdon Son Male

Extended Family

Jack C Higdon Grandson Male

Steven Higdon Grandson Male

Thomas Higdon Grandson Male

Kimberly Nepa Granddaughter Female

Allison Croot Granddaughter Female

Kendra Toleos Niece Female

Elaine Blake Niece Female

Paul Sidmore Nephew Male

Dwight Sidmore Nephew Male

Charles Currier Nephew Male

Find A Grave

Avis Elaine Currier Smith

Birth: unknown

Death: 17 Oct 2011 Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA

Burial: Unknown

Memorial #: 78872847

Bio: wife of George Higdon,was manager of Higdon Plumbing & Heating.

Maintained by: Ace (49862805) Originally Created by: john gibney (46859312) Added: 21 Oct 2011 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78872847/avis-elaine-smith^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLKG-CWVW : 22 February 2021), Evis Elaine Currier, 1918.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9R6L-2KH?cc=1488411&wc=QZJP-RVV%3A1036470801%2C1036978101%2C1037347201%2C1589335454 : 11 September 2019), Massachusetts > Essex > Salem Ward 6 > ED 279 > image 24 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RHS-LSC?cc=1810731&wc=QZF3-HCZ%3A648804401%2C648859101%2C649586301%2C1589282463 : 8 December 2015), Massachusetts > Essex > Danvers > ED 32 > image 7 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9M1-KKRJ?cc=2000219&wc=QZX1-VM8%3A790103601%2C796947201%2C801591201%2C801644401 : accessed 30 August 2021), Michigan > Wayne > Detroit City, Detroit, Ward 2 > 84-107 Detroit City Ward 2 (Tract 307 - part) > image 60 of 65; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
5. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKWK-5VNG : accessed 30 August 2021), Avis Elaine Currier Smith, Beverly, Massachusetts, United States, 21 Oct 2011; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Salem News, The, born-digital text.
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78872847/avis-elaine-smith : accessed 30 August 2021), memorial page for Avis Elaine Currier Smith (unknown–17 Oct 2011), Find a Grave Memorial ID 78872847, ; Maintained by Ace (contributor 49862805) Unknown.

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