Laurence Gordon HIGGINS

(b. 31 March 1899 , Chelsea, Maine, USA d. 27 May 1962 , Jacksonville, Florida, USA )

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Laurence Gordon HIGGINS was born 31 March 1899 in Chelsea, Maine, USA

Laurence Gordon HIGGINS was the child of John Palmer HIGGINS and Henrietta CLOUGH

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Laurence Gordon married Bernice Dorothea THOMADSEN 8 September 1920 in Ohio, USA . Bernice Dorothea THOMADSEN was born 30 August 1903 in Pennsylvania, USA. Bernice Dorothea died 18 July 1989 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Bernice Dorothea was the child of Soren Christian THOMADSON and Katherine Eunice MCKENZIE.

Laurence Gordon HIGGINS died 27 May 1962 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
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Laurence Gordon HIGGINS married

Bernice Dorothea THOMADSEN-- Date: 8 September 1920 Place: , Ohio, USA
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Bernice Dorothea THOMADSEN was the child of Soren Christian THOMADSON and Katherine Eunice MCKENZIE

Name: Lawrence G. Higgins
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 08 Sep 1920
Event Place: Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Age: 21
Birth Date:
Birth Year (Estimated): 1899
Birthplace: Gardner, Me.
Father's Name: John P. Higgins
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Mother's Name: Henrietta Clow
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Spouse's Name: Bernice D. Thomadsen
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Spouse's Age: 17
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1903
Spouse's Birthplace: Golenza, Pa.
Spouse's Father's Name: Christian Thomadsen
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Spouse's Mother's Name: Eunice Mckenzie
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Reference ID: p204 151016
GS Film Number: 1888834
Digital Folder Number: 004030158
Image Number: 00854

"Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1994," index and images, FamilySearch.org : accessed 25 Oct 2013), Lawrence G. Higgins and Bernice D. Thomadsen, 08 Sep 1920; citing Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, reference p204 151016; FHL microfilm 1888834.

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1899 Birth

Name: Laurence Gordon Higgins
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 31 Mar 1899
Event Place: Togus,,Maine
Gender: Male
Age:
Birth Year (Estimated):
Father's Name: John Palmer Higgins
Mother's Name: Henrietta Clough
Spouse's Name:
Spouse's Father's Name:
Spouse's Mother's Name:
GS Film number: 9963
Digital Folder Number: 4544474
Image Number: 01036

'Maine, Vital Records, 1670-1907 ,' index and images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ VZQX-7XQ : accessed 24 Oct 2013), Laurence Gordon Higgins, 1899.
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1901 - King Camp Gillette and William Emery Nickerson invented the world's first disposable razor blade in 1901. (Boston, Massachusetts, USA)

1901 - William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.

1902 - July 17 - Willis Haviland Carrier designed the first modern air-conditioning system. (Buffalo, New York, USA)

1903 - The first engine-powered airplane is invented (Wilbur & Orville Wright, United States)

1904 - June 28 - U.S. begins construction of Panama Canal.

1906 - August 22 – The first Victor Victrola, a phonographic record player, was manufactured, revolutionizing the way people listened to music at home.

In 1906, Reginald Fessenden made the first AM radio broadcast on December 24th. This event marked a significant advancement in radio technology, paving the way for the modern broadcasting industry.

1907-1908 - The electric washing machine is invented (Alva J. Fisher, United States)

1908 - First Model-T car is produced by Henry Ford (United States)

1909 - William Howard Taft becomes President of the United States

1912 - April 15 - Titanic sinks in the North Atlantic

1913 - The assembly line is invented (Henry Ford, United States)

The bra is invented (Mary Phelps Jacob, United States)

1913 - Woodrow Wilson becomes President of the United States

1913 - October 31 – The Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across the United States, is dedicated

1915 - January 25 - First United States coast-to-coast long-distance telephone call

1917 - March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship.

1917 - April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany

1918 Army Enlistment
Name: Laurence Higgins
Birth Date: 31 Mar 1899
Death Date: 27 May 1962
SSN: 374037392
Branch 1: ARMY
Enlistment Date 1: 27 Jan 1918
Release Date 1: 11 Feb 1919

Ancestry.com. U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
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1918 - March 19 – The United States Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time

1919 - June 4 – Women's rights: The United States Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which would guarantee suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification

1920 Marriage / Partner
Laurence Gordon HIGGINS and Bernice Dorothea THOMADSEN 8 September 1920, , Ohio, USA

He was 21 years old.

1920 - January 17 - Prohibition goes into effect on January 17, 1920, under the provisions of the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution

1921 - Warren G. Harding becomes President of the United States

1921 - Charles Strite of Minnesota patents the pop-up toaster.

1923 to 1927 - Television is invented (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (Russia), Philo Taylor Farnsworth (United States))

1923 - Calvin Coolidge becomes President of the United States

1927 - The aerosol can is invented (Erik Rotheim, Norway)

1927 - April 7 – Bell Telephone Co. transmits an image of Herbert Hoover (then the Secretary of Commerce), which becomes the first successful long distance demonstration of television

1928 - Sliced bread (bread slicing machine) is invented by Otto Frederick Rohwedder (United States)

1929 - Herbert Hoover becomes President of the United States

1929 - October 29 - Black Tuesday - Stock market crash - The Great Depression Begins - It lasted until 1941 (WW2)

1930 - Scotch tape is invented (Richard Drew (3M), United States)

In 1930, on February 18, Pluto was discovered by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, marking a significant milestone in the study of our solar system.

1931 - The paper towel is invented (Arthur Scott, United States)

1931 - March 3 – The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the United States National anthem.

1933 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes President of the United States

1933 - December 5 – The 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution is passed, repealing Prohibition

1934 - The metal beverage can is invented (American Can Co., United States)

1935 - The snowmobile was invented by Joseph Bombardier (Quebec, Canada)

1935 - August 14 – United States President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law

1938 - The ballpoint pen is invented (Lazlo Biro, Hungary)

1938-1944 - Sunscreen is invented (Franz Greiter, Switzerland and Benjamin Green, United States)

1938 - October 27 - Du Pont announces a name for its new synthetic yarn: nylon.

1940 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
Name: Laurence Higgins
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Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Ward 16, Detroit, Detroit City, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Maine
Birth Year (Estimated): 1899
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 84-959
Family Number: 113
Sheet Number and Letter: 5A
Line Number: 13
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 1868
Digital Folder Number: 005461818
Image Number: 00722
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Laurence Higgins M 41 Maine
Wife Bernice Higgins F 36 Pennsylvania
Daughter Dorothea Higgins F 18 Ohio
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1940 - April - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

1941 - December 8 - (the day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor) United States declares war on Japan (WW2)

1944 - D-Day, which occurred on June 6, 1944, was a pivotal World War II operation where Allied forces launched a massive invasion on the beaches of Normandy, France. Known as Operation Overlord, it involved over 156,000 troops from the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other Allied nations. The operation aimed to liberate Western Europe from Nazi German control. The landings marked the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany, leading to the eventual Allied victory in Europe.

1945 - The atomic bomb is invented (J. Robert Oppenheimer, et al., United States)

The microwave oven was invented accidentally in 1945 by Percy Spencer, a Raytheon engineer. While testing a magnetron, he noticed microwaves melted a candy bar in his pocket. Experimenting further, he discovered microwaves could cook food quickly. Raytheon patented the process, and by 1947, they built the first commercial microwave oven, called the 'Radarange.' Initially used in commercial settings, microwaves becomes affordable for home use by the 1960s and 1970s, revolutionizing cooking.

1945 - Harry S. Truman becomes President of the United States

1945 - On September 2, 1945, World War II officially ended with the formal surrender of Japan. The surrender ceremony took place aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, where Japanese officials signed the Instrument of Surrender in the presence of Allied representatives, including General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz.

1948 - Velcro is invented (George de Mestral, Switzerland)

1950 - June 25 - Korean War begins when North Korean forces invade South Korea.

1953 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes President of the United States

1953 - On July 27, 1953, the Korean War ended with the signing of an armistice agreement at Panmunjom. This ceasefire halted the conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by United Nations forces primarily from the United States. The agreement established the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) near the 38th parallel, effectively maintaining the pre-war boundary and creating a buffer zone between the two Koreas.

1961 - John F. Kennedy becomes President of the United States

1961 - Vietnam War officially begins with 900 military advisors landing in Saigon.

Death
Died in Duval County, Florida

Given Name: Laurence
Middle Name:
Surname: Higgins
Name Suffix:
Birth Date: 31 March 1899
Social Security Number: 374-03-7392
State: Michigan
Last Place of Residence:
Previous Residence Postal Code:
Event Date: May 1962
Age: 63

'United States Social Security Death Index,' index, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ pal:/ MM9.1.1/ JKCS-KW1 : accessed 25 Oct 2013), Laurence Higgins, May 1962; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

Name: Laurence Gordon Higgins
Death Date: May 1962
County of Death: Duval
State of Death: Florida
Race: White
Gender: Male

Ancestry.com. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
Original data: State of Florida. Florida Death Index, 1877-1998. Florida: Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, 1998.

Died
Jacksonville, Florida USA