Henry Lee Higgins

1886 - 1972  (86 years)

• Name	Henry Lee Higgins  [1]
  Birth	29 Sep 1886	Clarinda, Page, Iowa   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Nov 1972  [1, 2]
  Burial	Clarinda Cemetery, Clarinda, Page, Iowa
  Person ID	I76782	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2019

  
  

  Father	Byron Higgins
  Mother	Ella Cassidy
  Family ID	F95579	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bertha Belle Hascall,   b. 6 Oct 1890, Washington township, Montgomery, Iowa d. 6 Dec 1987, Clarinda, Page, Iowa (Age 97 years)
  Marriage	20 Mar 1909	Clarinda, Page, Iowa   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Children	1. Rae W. Higgins,   b. 8 Apr 1910, Clarinda, Page, Iowa d. Jan 1979 (Age 68 years)   2. Laurence Byron Higgins,   b. 23 Oct 1911, Clarinda, Page, Iowa d. 30 Oct 1991, Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska (Age 80 years)   3. Lee Edward Higgins,   b. 3 Oct 1913, Clarinda, Page, Iowa d. 6 Jan 1975, Pearland, Brazoria, Texas (Age 61 years)   4. Florence Irene Higgins,   b. 2 Sep 1915, Clarinda, Page, Iowa d. 10 Nov 1990, Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming (Age 75 years)   5. Irmal Grace Higgins,   b. 28 Sep 1917, Clarinda, Page, Iowa d. 10 Dec 1996, Decatur, Macon, Illinois (Age 79 years)   6. Alma May Higgins,   b. 28 Sep 1917, Clarinda, Page, Iowa d. 31 Mar 2005, Clarinda, Page, Iowa (Age 87 years)
  Family ID	F1680	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Page County History Henry Lee Higgins, born September 29, 1886, near Clarinda, Page County, Io wa. Died November 12, 1972, at Clarinda, age eighty-six years. Henry was the son of Byron Higgins and Ella Mae (Cassidy) Higgins. Henry married March 20, 1909, to Bertha Belle (Hascall), born October 6, 1890, near Villisca, Montgomery County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Howell Safford Hascall and Mary Elizabeth (Price) Hascall. Henry attended rural schools in Page County, then he attended the Western Normal College, in Shenandoah, Iowa. He earned a degree in accounting. Henry and Bertha met at college; she was also a student there. Henry and Bertha taught school for a while. She taught at Memory School, and Henry taught in Missouri. After their marriage they resided in Clarinda. They are the parents of six children: Rae, Laurence, Lee, Florence, Irmal, and Alma. (Irmal and Alma are twins). The Higgins children all attended school in Clarinda. Rae married C.R. "Bill" Kelley, Laurence married Alice Manson, Lee married Maxine McInerney, Florence married Robert Greenlee, Alma married Mack Conn Harrell, and Irmal married (1) J. Ren Lee, (2) Irmal Hamm. Laurence, Rae, and Alma remained in Clarinda and raised families there. Lee Florence, and Irmal moved out of state. Laurence and Alma still reside in Clarinda, and Mrs. Higgins is now ninety-three years of age. She is residing at the Bethesda Care Center. Mrs. Higgins has twenty-four grandchildren, and several great grandchildren, (submitted by Florence Higgins Greenlee)

  
  

• Sources

  [S22707] Descendants of Joseph Hascall and Catherine Green, (provided by Richard K. Hascall to the Haskell Family Association). [S53585] SSDI: Social Security Death Index, SS# : 479-03-5737 (Reliability: 0). [S51578] Abstracted Newspaper Index of Page and Taylor Counties, Iowa: 1858 - 1979, (copyright ©1998-2003 by Pat O'Dell), Shenandoah Sentinel Post, Shenandoah, Iowa (Reliability: 0). [S39228] Obituary, The Clarinda Herald Journal for Bertha B. Higgins, (December 7, 1987). [S54193] Marriage record, Iowa (Reliability: 3). Name: Henry Lu Higgins Gender: Male Race: White Age: 23 Birth Year: abt 1886 Birth Place: Clarinda Iowa Marriage Date: 20 Mar 1909 Marriage Place: Page, Iowa, USA Father: Byron Higgins Mother: Ella Cassidy Spouse: Bertha Belle Hascall