Wilfred Gaynelle (Halland) Higgins (1909 - 1963)

Born 4 Dec 1909 in McDowell, West Virginia, United States

Wife of Charles Greever Higgins — married 1931 (to 1957) in Tazewell, Virginia, United States

Died 1 Sep 1963 at age 53 in Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Wilfred Gaynelle (Halland) Higgins was a West Virginian.

The Life Summary of Wilfred Gaynelle (Halland) Higgins:

When Wilfred Gaynelle Halland was born on 4 December 1909, in McDowell, West Virginia, United States, her father, James William Halland, was 37 and her mother, Mary Ellen Rose, was 31.^[1]

She lived in Browns Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, United States in 1910 with her parents and siblings.^[2]

In 1920, Wilford, lived in McDowell, West Virginia, United States with her parents and siblings.^[3]

In 1930, Wilford lived in Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, United States with her family.^[4]

She married Charles Greever Higgins about 1931, in Tazewell, Virginia, United States.^[5]

They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters:

Henry Clay Higgins-1933–1996

Goldie Clara Higgins-1935–1993

Myra Ellen Higgins-1940–2010^[6]

She died on 1 September 1963, in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States, at the age of 53,^[7] and was buried in Monte Vista Park Cemetery, Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDTF-JMH
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPNB-QRG : accessed 3 April 2023), Gay Nel Halland in household of J W Halland, Browns Creek, McDowell, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 78, sheet 23B, family 464, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1686; FHL microfilm 1,375,699.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN2Y-SCN : 4 February 2021), Gaynell Halland in entry for James W Halland, 1920.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CJ4T-Q6Z : accessed 3 April 2023), Gaynell Holland in household of James W Holland, Maiden Spring, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 15, sheet 12B, line 75, family 212, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2463; FHL microfilm 2,342,197.
5. ↑ Needs Citation
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDTF-JMH
7. ↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVYG-RVFS : 16 August 2019), Willford Gaynell Holland Higgins, 01 Sep 1963; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Lynchburg, , Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
8. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176589399/wilford-gaynell-higgins