George Alfred Higgins, Jr.

1917 - 1994  (77 years)

• Name	George Alfred Higgins
  Suffix	Jr.
  Birth	30 Mar 1917	Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	3 Sep 1994	King County, Washington   [3, 6, 7, 8]
  Burial	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia   [9]
  Person ID	I27531	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP
  Last Modified	9 May 2020

  
  

  Father	George Alfred Higgins, Sr.,   b. 31 Jul 1885
  Mother	Dora Haley,   b. 2 Jan 1886, Iowa d. Aug 1965, Aztec, San Juan, New Mexico (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	23 Dec 1908	Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas   [10]
  Family ID	F16551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isabelle Jeanette Heck,   b. 13 Dec 1919, Evanston, Cook, Illinois d. 12 Jun 2012, Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	23 Jan 1945	Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota   [11]
  Children	+ 1. (Private)
  Family ID	F16441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 May 2020

  
  

• Notes

  According to a biographical questionnaire for New Mexicans serving in the armed forces that he filled out in 1947, he graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico in 1938, and from Harvard Medical School with an MD in 1942. He was inducted into the Army Medical Corps in 1943 in Boston, with the rank of captain, and served at Camp Hood, Texas; Camp Haan in Riverside County, California; and at the office of the Surgeon General in Washington, DC. He was discharged in 1946. As of 1947 he was a physician practicing in Washington, DC. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File (citation details below), he enlisted on 3 Jul 1943 and was discharged 30 Jun 1946. According to the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 (citation details below), in 1961-62 he was living in Santa Barbara, California. According to the I.S. Public Records Index, 1950-93, on ancestry.com, he was still living there in 1993.

  
  

• Sources

  [S15] 1940 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com., year and state only. [S22] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, on ancestry.com. [S2785] U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, on ancestry.com., date only. [S1336] U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, on ancestry.com. [S4132] New Mexico, World War II Records, 1941-45, on ancestry.com. [S4133] U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS [Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem] Death File, 1850-2010, on ancestry.com., date only. [S22] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, on ancestry.com., date only. [S4134] Washington, Death Index, 1940-2017, on ancestry.com. [S4135] Find a Grave page for Capt George A Higgins, Jr. [S4143] Kansas, County Marriage Records, 1811-1911, on ancestry.com. [S4128] Minnesota Official Marriage System, state-maintained online marriage certificate lookup facility., date and county only.