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Personal data Harris (Harrison) Higgins 

  • He was born on November 12, 1809 in somewhere in NY.
  • He died on November 14, 1882 in Juniata Twp., Tuscola Co., MI, he was 73 years old.
  • He is buried after November 14, 1882 in Watrousville Cem., Juniata Twp., Tuscola Co., MI.
  • This information was last updated on October 29, 2010.

Household of Harris (Harrison) Higgins

He is married to Spede (Speedy) Sharp.

They got married at fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten.

Harris Higgins oo Spede Sharp

Marriage source: Hanna, Jackie, The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants, (Portage MI, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I14776, xv Nov MMVIII)

"... Harris HIGGINS Name: Harrison HIGGINS Sex: M Change Date: 15 NOV 2008 Birth: 21 NOV 1809 in New York ... Marriage 1 Speda SHARP b: 10 NOV 1819 in New York Married:

Children

1. Ella C. HIGGINS b: NOV 1854 in Ohio" <>

Child(ren):

  1. Ella C. Higgins  1853-1924 


Notes about Harris (Harrison) Higgins

Harris Higgins

Source: The following source provided by Gwen Hammond of Norcross GA. History of TN Illustrated, (Pub. place unknown, Goodspeed Pub. Co., MDCCCLXXXVII)

'William Alwood ... of Manchester, Tenn ... In 1873 he married Ella Higgins, born September 27, 1853, in Ashtabula County, Ohio, the daughter of Harris Higgins. ...'

Hubbard, Charlene, e-mail to David A. Navorska, (California, C.H., xxvi May MMIV)

'... I ran across some additional information on Harrison Higgins. I have found he and Speedie are buried in Watrousville Cemetery there in Tuscola County, Michigan. I am trying to get further back to Ohio and New York to find morefamily on that line. I know that Speedie's maiden name was Sharp and her parents are Andrew and Jane Sharp, but I know nothing of Harrison's parents yet.'

Hubbard, Charlene, GEDCOM attached to e-mail to David A. Navorska, (California, CHHH., xxx May MMIV) changes the first name back to Harris

Hanna, Jackie, The Alwood Family Tree -- William Allwood (Alwood) descendants, (Portage MI, http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=alwoodtree&id=I14776, xv Nov MMVIII)

"... Harris HIGGINS Name: Harrison HIGGINS Sex: M Change Date: 15 NOV 2008 Birth: 21 NOV 1809 in New York

Occupation: laborer Census: 1880 Juniata Twp, Tuscola Co, Michigan

Death: 14 NOV 1882 in Juniata Twp, Tuscola Co, Michigan Burial: Juniata Twp (Watrousville) Cem, Juniata Twp, Tuscola Co, Michigan

Marriage 1 Speda SHARP b: 10 NOV 1819 in New York Married:

Children

1. Ella C. HIGGINS b: NOV 1854 in Ohio" <>

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Harris (Harrison) Higgins

Harris (Harrison) Higgins
1809-1882


Spede (Speedy) Sharp
1819-1896

Ella C. Higgins
1853-1924

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Birthday November 12, 1809

  • The temperature on November 12, 1809 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east. Weather type: betrokken mist. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1809: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 3 » The Territory of Illinois is created by the 10th United States Congress.
    • April 20 » Two Austrian army corps in Bavaria are defeated by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon at the Battle of Abensberg on the second day of a four-day campaign that ended in a French victory.
    • July 5 » The largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Wagram is fought between the French and Austrian Empires.
    • July 6 » The second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeats the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars.
    • July 28 » Peninsular War: Battle of Talavera: Sir Arthur Wellesley's British, Portuguese and Spanish army defeats a French force led by Joseph Bonaparte.
    • September 17 » Peace between Sweden and Russia in the Finnish War; the territory that will become Finland is ceded to Russia by the Treaty of Fredrikshamn.

Day of death November 14, 1882

  • The temperature on November 14, 1882 was about -1.4 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 25 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1882: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • March 2 » Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
    • June 28 » The Anglo-French Convention of 1882 marks the territorial boundaries between Guinea and Sierra Leone.
    • July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chile suffers its last military defeat in the Battle of La Concepción when a garrison of 77 men is annihilated by a 1,300-strong Peruvian force, many of them armed with spears.
    • September 13 » Anglo-Egyptian War: The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought.
    • September 18 » The Pacific Stock Exchange opens.
    • September 30 » Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.


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