Joseph LaVerne HIGGINS ^{2 3 4}

  General Notes:

IA, BIRTHS & CHRISTENINGS INDEX, 1800-1999:
Name: Jos Lavern Higgins
Birth Date: 18 Sep 1909
Birth Place: Crawford, Iowa
Father: John William Higgins
Mother:Pearl Ball
FHL Film Number: 1035128

IA, MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1880-1951:
Name: Laverne Higgins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 22
Birth Date: abt 1906
Birth Place: Ute, Iowa
Father: John Higgins
Mother: Pearl Ball
Residence Place:Ute, Iowa
Marriage Date: 6 Dec 1928
Marriage Place: Sioux City, Iowa, USA
Spouse:Esther Adams
Spouse's Gender: Female
Spouse's Race: White
Spouse's Age: 19
Spouse's Birth Date: abt 1909
Spouse's Birth Place: Smithland, Iowa
Spouse's Father: Will Adams
Spouse's Mother:Pearl Ruthroff

1930 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Little Sioux Twp:
Lavern J. Higgins, 20, 1st marriage age 19, b. IA, parents b. IA, laborer, gen. farm;
Esther M., wife, 18, 1st marriage age 17, b. NE, parents b. IA.
(Listed next to William & Pearl Adams.)

1940 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Smithland town:
Laverne Higgins, 30, 8th, b. IA, 1935: Obrien Co, IA, laid off W.P.A., common lab.;
Esther, wife, 28, 8th, b. NE, 1935: Obrien Co, IA;
Duane, son, 8, attended school, 2nd, b. IA, 1935: Obrien Co, IA;
Billy, son, 7, attended school, 0, b. IA, 1935: Obrien Co, IA;
Jerry, son, 4, b. IA.

WWII DRAFT CARDS YOUNG MEN, 1940-1947:
Name: Laverne Joseph Higgins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 31
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1909
Birth Place: Ute-Monona, Iowa
Residence Place:Smithland, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Iowa, USA
Employer: Henry Maudlin Constrc Co
Weight: 140
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 8
Next of Kin: Mrs. Esther Higgins (wife)

1950 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Smithland:
LaVern J. Higgins, 40, b. IA, trucker, gravel truck;
Esther M., wife, 38, b. IA;
William L., son, 17, b. IA;
Jerry G., son, 14, b. IA.

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: LaVerne Joseph Higgins
Birth Date: 1909
Birth Place: Iowa, United States of America
Death Date: 3 Sep 1958
Death Place:Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, United States of America
Cemetery: Glendale Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, United States of America
Has Bio?: N
Father: John William Higgins
Mother: Pearl K Higgins
Spouse:Margaret Esther Higgins
Children:
Duane Edmund Higgins
William Laverne Higgins
Jerry Gene Higgins

Joseph married Margaret Esther ADAMS on 6 Dec 1928 in Sioux City, Woodbury Co, IA.¹ (Margaret Esther ADAMS was born on 28 Dec 1911 in Walthill, Thurston Co, NE,⁶ died on 28 Jun 1992 in Des Moines, Polk Co, IA ^{5 6} and was buried in Glendale Cem, Des Moines, Polk Co, IA ⁵.)