Cassandra was the daughter of John and Eliza (Gillespie) Higgins. She first married David Williams. They had four children: Clara, Ada, Ida, and Sylvia. She then married Hosbrook Berger. They had several children.
Fact: Residence (1860) Cypress Township, Harrison, Missouri, United States
Fact: Residence (1870) Evans, Weld, Colorado Territory, United States
Fact: Residence (1880) Precinct 7, Weld, Colorado, United States
Fact: Residence (1900) South Township, Madison, Iowa, United States
Fact: Residence (1910) South Township, Madison, Iowa, United States
Sources
1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZF-W7S : 6 March 2020), Casander M Higgins in entry for John Higgins, 1860.
1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LV-YMP : 5 March 2020), Casanda Higgins in entry for John Higgins, 1870.
1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFDK-VHS : 29 July 2017), Miram Williams in household of David H Williams, Precinct 7, Weld, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district ED 109, sheet 474A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,093.
1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M92P-C4T : accessed 15 March 2020), Casandra Burger in household of Hosbrook Burger, South Township St. Charles town, Madison, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 34, sheet 1A, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,446.
1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGMV-VM3 : accessed 14 March 2020), Cassandra M Burger in household of Hosbrook Burger, South, Madison, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 1A, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 412; FHL microfilm 1,374,425.
Marriage to Daveid Williams: "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJFP-9L8 : 3 November 2017), David H. Williams and Cassandra M. Higgins, 27 Apr 1865, Warren, Iowa, United States; citing reference Vol A, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,011,010.
Marriage to Hosbrook Berger: "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJFG-LTP : 10 February 2018), H. Burger and Casander M. Higgins Williams, 12 Nov 1885, Indianola, Warren, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 65, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,011,009.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Cassandra by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Cassandra: