Phone Mt. Auburn and ask who else is buried with Eliz Parsons Higgs. She died about the time the child died ... not many rules as to how many in graves in those days. Mount Auburn, 4101 Oak Park AVe., Stickney IL 60402 ( 708 749 2033) 1920 Census Address: 1235 W. Madison Street, Chicago, IL - Fred is a painter at a foundry. So must have lost a child between 1917-1920 .... ? Only two candidates in that timeframe in Cook Co: HIGGS MARIA F/N UNK 6015446 1919-05-18 COOK CHICAGO 19-05-20 HIGGS MARY A F/W UNK 6018557 1917-06-05 COOK CHICAGO 17-06-05 Name: Fred Nicks [Fred Hicks] Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 18, Cook (Chicago), Illinois Age: 30 Estimated birth year: abt 1890 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Lodger Spouse's name: Irene Father's Birth Place: Illinois Mother's Birth Place: England Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Male Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Name: Irene Nicks [Irene Hicks] Home in 1920: Chicago Ward 18, Cook (Chicago), Illinois Age: 34 Estimated birth year: abt 1886 Birthplace: Illinois Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's name: Fred Father's Birth Place: Kentucky Mother's Birth Place: Kentucky Marital Status: Married Race: White Sex: Female Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Jos Levenson 36 Dorthy Levenson 26 Fred Nicks 30 Irene Nicks 34 Subject: [COOK-CO-IL] HIGGS FREDERICK GEORGE b 1888 To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi everyone, from a wet Somerset UK. (at long last, some welcome rain.....) My Father's aunt Elizabeth Parsons emigrated to Chicago in 1906. Other very kind seekers have given me much valuable assistance in providing the details shown below. The WW1 Draft registration shows that her son FREDERICK GEORGE HIGGS had at least one child. Sadly no one has been able to find the family in the 1920, so I have no identity for that child or even if he/she survived infancy. My son-in-law is obtaining the 3 death certificates to see if they help. Can any one else please help in identifying this child (who would be my second cousin) and if he/she survived to possibly have a family of their own? Many thanks, Fred Boulton 6. Elizabeth Parsons was born in Dec 1867 in Clifton. She died on 19 Aug 1915 in Chicago, USA. She was buried on 22 Aug 1915 in Chicago, USA. Probable death entry Illinois death records as Lily Elizabeth Higgs; Informant F. T. Higgs. Gives dob as 22 Aug 1868 (possibly 1 year out) and father as William Parsons. Address at time 1447, West Madison st, Chicago, buried at Mt Auburn. Elizabeth married Frederick Thomas Higgs in Sep 1886 in Barton Regis. Frederick was born in 1862 in Weston-s-mare. He died on 29 Oct 1929 in Chicago, USA. 1905 Probably the Higgs family travelling 11 April Liverpool to St John's New Brunswick, aboard SS Lake Manitoba. Fred. T. Higgs, 42, Decorator, Mrs T. Higgs, 36, Fred G. Higgs, 16. 1906 May 31st Detroit Border Crossings shows Fred aged 43, accompanied by wife Elizabeth, son F. George, having landed St John, 25 Apr, 1905 aboard SS Lake Manitoba, en route for Chicago; last permanent address, Weston-s-mare. He is a Painter-Decorator. Census 1920 At 1320, Jackson Blvd, Chicago. [Fred Sr.] Lodging with a Kathrine Hart. He is a widower, employed on own account as a Painter, keeping a shop. Arrived US 1904, naturalised 1910. 1929 Death entry Illinois death index 6030494. He died on the 3rd day of the infamous 1929 Wall Street Crash, Black Tuesday (see Wikipedia), very possibly through suicide or shock. Son Frederick died the following March. Frederick and Elizabeth had the following children: 11 M i. Frederick George Higgs was born on 3 Oct 1888 in Bristol. He died on 24 Mar 1930 in Chicago, USA. 1906 May 31st. Entered USA via Detroit, having landed St John, 25 Apr 1905 aboard SS Lake Manitoba, en route for Chicago. Gives last permanent address as Weston-s-mare, England. Marriage entry Illinois Cook County marriages, 1030, ref 639661. ~World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 about Frederick George Higgs Name: Frederick George Higgs City: Chicago County: Cook State: Illinois 329 S.Wineherter?, Chicago, IL Birthplace: Bristol, England alien Birth Date: 3 Oct 1888 Race: Caucasian (White) FHL Roll Number: 1613516 DraftBoard: 41 Age: 29 Occupation: painter for Wm. T. Batdorfe, 2000 W. Monroe St. Married with wife and child Height/Build: short/slender Color of Eyes/Hair: brown, dark Signature: View image Source Citation: Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll 1613516; Draft Board: 41. June 5, 1917 Probable death entry Illinois Death Index, entry 0160691 Frederick married Irene Hoffman on 29 Aug 1913 in Chicago, USA. Irene was born in 1891 in Illinois. She died on 20 Sep 1936 in Chicago, USA. Census 1930 At Chicago, lodging with Ollie Solna, a Cashier in restaurant, still married, but no husband listed. Father born Ohio, Mother born Kentucky, Gives age as 36.