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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Henry (Harry) James Higgs: Birth: 29 JUL 1896 in Wandsworth, London, England. Death: 7 OCT 1965 in St. Helens, Oregon

  2. Edward William Higgs: Birth: 23 AUG 1898 in London, England. Death: 16 MAR 1960 in Plainwell, Michigan

  3. Edith Annie Olive Higgs: Birth: 7 JUN 1900 in Wimbledon, England. Death: 4 JUL 1941 in Battle Creek, MI

  4. Thirza Elizabeth Higgs: Birth: 1 OCT 1902 in Merton, London, England. Death: 30 APR 1974 in St. Joseph, Michigan

  5. Walter Leslie Higgs: Birth: 13 OCT 1906 in Mitcham, Croydon, Surrey, England. Death: 11 MAY 1974 in Venice, Florida

  6. Ida Louise Higgs: Birth: 19 MAR 1923 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Death: 4 JUL 2011 in St. Joseph, Michigan


Sources
1. Title:   Henry James Higgs Handwritten Memo
2. Title:   Obituary, Benton Harbor News Palladium
3. Title:   Obituary
4. Title:   School Record
5. Title:   London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 (Ancestry.com)
Page:   Son, Harry's Baptismal Record
6. Title:   1901 U.K. Census
7. Title:   1911 British Census
8. Title:   Battle Creek City Directory (1914)
9. Title:   1920 Federal Census
10. Title:   1921 Battle Creek City Directory
11. Title:   1930 Federal Census
12. Title:   Marriage Certificate

Notes
a. Note:   From obituary in Benton Harbor News Palladium, 9-6-1963: "...died at 1 AM Friday in Berrien County Hospital, Berrien Center." "Mr. Higgs had been in failing health for the past 10 years and seriously ill for one week." "He was born...in Paddington, England, and came to the United States in 1912. He owned and operated the Higgs Battery Shop on Sixth Street in the Old Bell Opera House from 1921 to 1932." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Played the banjo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------


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