In Loving Memory of Fred R. Higgins...
When he was born, Anaheim was in Los Angeles County. Now it's in Orange County. His birthplace is based on his family's 1880 census in Anaheim and his sister's birthplace from 1878 in her funeral records.
Last Updated: 9/7/2016
Obituary
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 31 Aug 1909, page 2.
FRED R. HIGGINS DIES HERE ON SUNDAY
Fred R. Higgins passed away on Sunday after a long illness, the last weeks of which were spent in a hospital. He was twenty-seven years of age, and leaves a number of relatives. He was a barber by trade, and had many friends here. The funeral will take place at two o'clock this afternoon from Moke & Ward's Chapel. The Rev. Peter Colvin will officiate.
Death certificate info:
Sonoma County 1 Deaths 2505
State of California #9-021295
Buried 8-31-1909 in "Santa Rosa" by Moke & Ward ***
Born 4-22-1882
Marital status: divorced
Cause of death: TB
Father: b. IL, Mother: b. IL (not correct)
Comment: Moke was a mortician who had his own cemetery. "Moke's Cemetery" is now part of Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery.
Note: Daniels Chapel of the Roses is the current name of the funeral home that used to be Moke & Ward's Chapel. Request 10/18/19.
Info from the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Book (revised 2007 edition):
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Fred R. Higgins
b. 22 Apr 1882 CA
d. 29 Aug 1909; 27 yrs, 4 mos, 7 d.
Father: William Higgins, IL
Mother: Ada M. Stone, IL
Inf. Sonoma County Records
Location: Stanley Outer Circle near II. 5/96
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It appears that he shares the same wooden marker with his mother Ada and maternal half brother Walter Willis Wells. Despite its deterioration you can still see GGNS 09 and WELLS 1940 inscribed. Both Ada and Fred's burials are listed in the same section according to the cemetery book. In the book, it says "no marker 9/96" for Fred Higgins which is an error. His half brother Samuel Ellis Wells is buried in Rural Cemetery, but we do not know for sure his location. It's likely it's with his family, but no source to prove that.
For Genealogy Purposes Only.
When he was born, Anaheim was in Los Angeles County. Now it's in Orange County. His birthplace is based on his family's 1880 census in Anaheim and his sister's birthplace from 1878 in her funeral records.
Last Updated: 9/7/2016
Obituary
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 31 Aug 1909, page 2.
FRED R. HIGGINS DIES HERE ON SUNDAY
Fred R. Higgins passed away on Sunday after a long illness, the last weeks of which were spent in a hospital. He was twenty-seven years of age, and leaves a number of relatives. He was a barber by trade, and had many friends here. The funeral will take place at two o'clock this afternoon from Moke & Ward's Chapel. The Rev. Peter Colvin will officiate.
Death certificate info:
Sonoma County 1 Deaths 2505
State of California #9-021295
Buried 8-31-1909 in "Santa Rosa" by Moke & Ward ***
Born 4-22-1882
Marital status: divorced
Cause of death: TB
Father: b. IL, Mother: b. IL (not correct)
Comment: Moke was a mortician who had his own cemetery. "Moke's Cemetery" is now part of Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery.
Note: Daniels Chapel of the Roses is the current name of the funeral home that used to be Moke & Ward's Chapel. Request 10/18/19.
Info from the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Book (revised 2007 edition):
----------------------------------
Fred R. Higgins
b. 22 Apr 1882 CA
d. 29 Aug 1909; 27 yrs, 4 mos, 7 d.
Father: William Higgins, IL
Mother: Ada M. Stone, IL
Inf. Sonoma County Records
Location: Stanley Outer Circle near II. 5/96
-----------------------------------
It appears that he shares the same wooden marker with his mother Ada and maternal half brother Walter Willis Wells. Despite its deterioration you can still see GGNS 09 and WELLS 1940 inscribed. Both Ada and Fred's burials are listed in the same section according to the cemetery book. In the book, it says "no marker 9/96" for Fred Higgins which is an error. His half brother Samuel Ellis Wells is buried in Rural Cemetery, but we do not know for sure his location. It's likely it's with his family, but no source to prove that.
For Genealogy Purposes Only.
In Loving Memory of Fred R. Higgins...
When he was born, Anaheim was in Los Angeles County. Now it's in Orange County. His birthplace is based on his family's 1880 census in Anaheim and his sister's birthplace from 1878 in her funeral records.
Last Updated: 9/7/2016
Obituary
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 31 Aug 1909, page 2.
FRED R. HIGGINS DIES HERE ON SUNDAY
Fred R. Higgins passed away on Sunday after a long illness, the last weeks of which were spent in a hospital. He was twenty-seven years of age, and leaves a number of relatives. He was a barber by trade, and had many friends here. The funeral will take place at two o'clock this afternoon from Moke & Ward's Chapel. The Rev. Peter Colvin will officiate.
Death certificate info:
Sonoma County 1 Deaths 2505
State of California #9-021295
Buried 8-31-1909 in "Santa Rosa" by Moke & Ward ***
Born 4-22-1882
Marital status: divorced
Cause of death: TB
Father: b. IL, Mother: b. IL (not correct)
Comment: Moke was a mortician who had his own cemetery. "Moke's Cemetery" is now part of Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery.
Note: Daniels Chapel of the Roses is the current name of the funeral home that used to be Moke & Ward's Chapel. Request 10/18/19.
Info from the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Book (revised 2007 edition):
----------------------------------
Fred R. Higgins
b. 22 Apr 1882 CA
d. 29 Aug 1909; 27 yrs, 4 mos, 7 d.
Father: William Higgins, IL
Mother: Ada M. Stone, IL
Inf. Sonoma County Records
Location: Stanley Outer Circle near II. 5/96
-----------------------------------
It appears that he shares the same wooden marker with his mother Ada and maternal half brother Walter Willis Wells. Despite its deterioration you can still see GGNS 09 and WELLS 1940 inscribed. Both Ada and Fred's burials are listed in the same section according to the cemetery book. In the book, it says "no marker 9/96" for Fred Higgins which is an error. His half brother Samuel Ellis Wells is buried in Rural Cemetery, but we do not know for sure his location. It's likely it's with his family, but no source to prove that.
For Genealogy Purposes Only.
When he was born, Anaheim was in Los Angeles County. Now it's in Orange County. His birthplace is based on his family's 1880 census in Anaheim and his sister's birthplace from 1878 in her funeral records.
Last Updated: 9/7/2016
Obituary
Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 31 Aug 1909, page 2.
FRED R. HIGGINS DIES HERE ON SUNDAY
Fred R. Higgins passed away on Sunday after a long illness, the last weeks of which were spent in a hospital. He was twenty-seven years of age, and leaves a number of relatives. He was a barber by trade, and had many friends here. The funeral will take place at two o'clock this afternoon from Moke & Ward's Chapel. The Rev. Peter Colvin will officiate.
Death certificate info:
Sonoma County 1 Deaths 2505
State of California #9-021295
Buried 8-31-1909 in "Santa Rosa" by Moke & Ward ***
Born 4-22-1882
Marital status: divorced
Cause of death: TB
Father: b. IL, Mother: b. IL (not correct)
Comment: Moke was a mortician who had his own cemetery. "Moke's Cemetery" is now part of Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery.
Note: Daniels Chapel of the Roses is the current name of the funeral home that used to be Moke & Ward's Chapel. Request 10/18/19.
Info from the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Book (revised 2007 edition):
----------------------------------
Fred R. Higgins
b. 22 Apr 1882 CA
d. 29 Aug 1909; 27 yrs, 4 mos, 7 d.
Father: William Higgins, IL
Mother: Ada M. Stone, IL
Inf. Sonoma County Records
Location: Stanley Outer Circle near II. 5/96
-----------------------------------
It appears that he shares the same wooden marker with his mother Ada and maternal half brother Walter Willis Wells. Despite its deterioration you can still see GGNS 09 and WELLS 1940 inscribed. Both Ada and Fred's burials are listed in the same section according to the cemetery book. In the book, it says "no marker 9/96" for Fred Higgins which is an error. His half brother Samuel Ellis Wells is buried in Rural Cemetery, but we do not know for sure his location. It's likely it's with his family, but no source to prove that.
For Genealogy Purposes Only.
Inscription
Transcription is to the left and what it means is in ( ):
...GGINS (Fred HIGGINS)
...09 (d. 1909)
...WELLS
1939?
...M. WELLS (ADA M. WELLS)
...1940 (d. 1940)
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