William Claude Higgins (1874 - 1953)

Born 15 Jun 1874 in Palestine, Crawford, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1953 at age 79 in Ventura, Ventura, California, United States

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Biography

William was born in 1874. He died in 1953 at the age of 79.

Spouse: Oakie Estella (Harpold) Higgins 1885 - 1952. Findagrave #127851274

Railroad bridge carpenter.

Sources

William is buried at the Ivy Lawn Memorial Park in Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA. His page lists and has links to his spouse, 2 children. There is a picture of his headstone. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139710945/william-claude-higgins#add-to-vc

William: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9MK3-M2T Lists his parents, 5 siblings, spouse, 9 children, 16 sources/notes.

1900 US Census Billings, Montana. Address: Laurel Canyon Creek. Age 25 single, farm laborer. bp Illinois, father’s bp Ireland, mother’s bp France. "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM56-K7K : accessed 6 January 2016), W C Higgins in household of John H Harriman, Laurel, Canyon Creek, South Billings Precincts Billings city (pt.) Ward 1-3, Yellowstone, Montana, United States; citing sheet 6B, family 87, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,915.

1905 Wyoming Census

1908 Montana Census

1910 US Census Forsythe School Dist., Rosebud, Montana

1917 address RFD #2 Billings, Yellowstone Co., Mont, employer W. J. Scott, place of employment Shephard, Montana. Medium height, medium build, hazel eyes, black (slightly gray) hair. "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8QK-GLJ : accessed 6 January 2016), William Claude Higgins, 1917-1918; citing Yellowstone County, Montana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,711,532.

1920 US Census School Dist. 2 (near Billings), Yellowstone, Wyoming. William C Higgins, head of household age 45 bp Illinois, father’s bp Ireland; mother’s bp France. Date of enumeration :13 Jan 1920.

1930 US Census Kern Mesa (Twp 3), Kern, California William C age 56, Oakie age 44, Jessilee B 16, Harold C 14, Chester G 12, Fae O age 8, Rodney Key (Gollmyer) age 4 1/2 grandson. 1940 US Census Ward 7, Bakersfield, Judicial Township 15, Kern, California