William Dinsmore Higgason

Is your surname Higgason?

Connect to 213 Higgason profiles on Geni

William Dinsmore Higgason's Geni Profile

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

William Dinsmore Higgason

Birthdate:
Death: March 04, 1931 (46)
Huntington Park, Los Angeles, CA, United States (Tuberculosis)
Place of Burial: 950 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, Plot: 78, 13 R
Immediate Family:

Son of Wallace B. Higgason and Josephine Higgason
Husband of Genevieve Higgason
Brother of Ina Leona Higgason; Walter Bruce Higgason; Orpha Avis Ruxton and Hazel M. Higgason

Managed by: Robert Fahey
Last Updated:

About William Dinsmore Higgason

William: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3717246
Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California
Wife Genevieve: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38484334
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/273M-27L

He married Genevive D Oneil Felt August 27, 1921, in Cherokee, Iowa.
William and Genevieve had two children.

WILLIAM DINSMORE HIGGASON, b. May 30, 1884, d. March 4, 1931 of tuberculosis in Huntington Park, Los Angeles Co., Calif., survived by wife Genevieve, whom he married Aug. 27 1921 in Cherokee, Iowa. She was born Feb 2 1885 in Wisconsin and died Dec 20 1971 in Los Angeles County, Calif., daughter of John M. O'Neil and Mary E. Conley. William is buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Genevieve is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, Calif.
Twin brother of Walter
Nickname: Billy; "Uncle Willy" to Avonelle Higgason Rash & siblings
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Marriage record of William D. Higgason and Jenevieve Felt:
Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934
Name W.D. Higgason
Event Type Marriage
Event Date 27 Aug 1921
Event Place Cherokee, Iowa, United States
Age 36
Birth Year (Estimated) 1885
Father's Name Wallace Bruce Higgason
Mother's Name Josephine Dinsmore
Spouse's Name Jenevieve Felt [Speculation: could be traditional spelling of Genevieve, records sometimes get it wrong]
Spouse's Age 35
Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1886
Spouse's Father's Name John M. O'Neil
Spouse's Mother's Name Mary E. Conley
Reference ID it 3 v 8 p 531
GS Film Number 001415959
Digital Folder Number 004312758
Image Number 00733
Citing this Record: "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJJS-X86 : 27 September 2017), Wallace Bruce Higgason in entry for W.D. Higgason and Jenevieve Felt, 27 Aug 1921, Cherokee, Iowa, United States; citing reference it 3 v 8 p 531, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,415,959.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Applications for Headstones for U.S. Military Veterans:
Name: William D Higgason
Event Type: Burial
Event Place: West Los Angeles, , California, United States
Death Date: 04 Mar 1931
Affiliate Publication Number: M1916
Affiliate Film Number: 53
GS Film Number: 1878202
Digital Folder Number: 004832220
Image Number: 00199
Citing this Record: "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZZ-32W : accessed 15 February 2016), William D Higgason.

http://iagenweb.org/story/ZearingHist/
https://iagenweb.org/story/ZearingHist/browse.php?pagearg=146&searc...
Community History Zearing Iowa
Published in 1956, written by Donald H. Grimm.
Page 146:
HIGGASON
The Higgason family was a prominent Zearing family in the early 1900's. Wallace B. Higgason was a veterinarian in our community.
Wallace Bruce Higgason and Josephine Dinsmore were married at Fremont, Iowa, on June 25, 1880.
Wallace and Josephine were the parents of five children. They were Ina, Orpha, William, Walter, and Hazel
Ina Higgason Allen is living at Marion, Iowa, in 1955. Orpha Higgason Ruxton is a resident of our community. William is deceased. Walter lives at Amarillo, Texas. Hazel Higgason Seubert is a resident of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994
Name William D Higgason
Birth Year (Estimated) 1887
Father's Name Wallace Higgason
Spouse's Name Genevieve Higgason
Event Type Death
Event Date 4 March 1931
Place of Death: County of Los Angeles, Town of Huntington Park, Calif.
Cause of Death: Pernicious Anemia following operation for ulcer of Stomach & General defletion
Occupation: Carpenter
Document Number 1591
Wallace Higgason Father
Genevieve Higgason Spouse
Digital Folder Number 005588002
Image Number 1721
Place of Burial: Soldiers Home Cemetery Mar. 6 1931
Cite This Record:
"California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLT9-NN2C : Sat Mar 09 20:12:14 UTC 2024), Entry for William D Higgason and Wallace Higgason, 4 March 1931.

view all

William Dinsmore Higgason's Timeline

1884
May 30, 1884
1931
March 4, 1931
Age 46
Huntington Park, Los Angeles, CA, United States
March 6, 1931
Age 46
Los Angeles National Cemetery, 950 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, Plot: 78, 13 R