Re: William Basford (or Bassford)
BASFORD, PARKS, COOP, CAMPBELL, HIGGINS
Posted By: Roxie (email) In Response To: Re: William Basford (or Bassford) (Roxie)
Date: 3/8/2006 at 22:38:25
Additional information for child # 11: Violet Veronica Higgins.
This info. came from "Birth Records, 3, Wapello County, Iowa, 1881-1898" at Wapello Co. Genealogical Society in Ottumwa.
*Violet Campbell (recorded as "Cambell"). Born in Sigourney, Iowa, on 8 July 1897. Father: Samuel "Cambell" (as recorded). Mother: Belle Parks.
These are copied from St. Mary's Catholic Church Baptismal and Birth Records (1894-1917)found at the Wapello County Genealogical Society in Ottumwa, IA.
*Higgins, Violet Veronica b. 08 July 1897
f. James Higgins m. Isabella Parks
Sponsors: Tom O'Brien and Elizabeth Wagner
Rev. F. W. Hoppman baptismal date: 25 May 1913
y-i.# 1913 (610)St. Mary's Catholic Church Marriage Records Brides Index (Wapello Co., Iowa at Ottumwa, 1878-1949.
*Higgins, Violet V. to McNamara, Charles H. on 24 April 1919
Information for a daughter of Emma Elizabeth (Campbell) Quinn Robertson:
From Wapello County, Iowa, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Confirmation Index, 1935-1975, in Ottumwa.
*Quinn, Dorothy Beatrice. Confirmation name: Beatrice. Age: ? Date: 28 April 1935 (confirmation). f. Quinn, John S. (deceased) m. Campbell, Emma. Sponsor: Bushman, Mrs. Lloyd.
(By the way, Sister Dorothy Quinn was present at the funeral of my grandfather, Scottie Samuel Stevens, in September of 1965. She was Grandpa Scottie's first cousin and according to my dad, Grandpa Scottie used to live for a period of time with some Quinn cousins in his youth and early adulthood [as well as some of his Stevens cousins]. Her signature was there in the funeral guest book now in my aunt's possession.)
Information on child #12: William Edward Higgins.
Copied from "Birth Records, 4, Wapello County, Iowa, 1899-1911" (page 13) at Wapello Co. Genealogical Society in Ottumwa.
*Wm Campbell, male, born on 24 Nov. 1899 in Mystic, Iowa. Mother: Bell Park. Father: Sam Campbell.
Information on another daughter of John Quinn and Emma Campbell Quinn Robertson found at the Wapello Co. Courthouse in Ottumwa.
*Catharine Quinn
Last address: 309 S. Iowa Ave., Ottumwa, Iowa.
Died at St. Joseph's Hospital in Ottumwa.
Female, white, and single.
Born 2nd February 1902.
Died 1st December 1918 of peritonitis, appendictis and flu (My note: the famous 1918 flu epidemic, probably)
Aged 16 years 9 months 29 days.
Father: John Quinn
Mother: Emma Campbell
Burial: Calvery Cemetery in Ottumwa.
Occupation: student
Born in Iowa. Both folks born in Iowa.(Interestingly, my great-great-grandmother [Grandpa Scottie's paternal grandma], Mrs. Sarah Ellen Stevens, also died on this same day from pneumonia, but she was then 65 years old. So Grandpa lost both his grandmother and first cousin that day).
Information on "Belle" Higgins and daughter Mary Alice (Campbell) Kuhns and their family:
From 1910 Census of Kansas (Sedgwick Co. in the township of Wichita) dated 23rd of April 1910 (sup. dist. #8, ed # 146, sheet #5A (0351):
*Kuhns, Henry A. Male White 27 years old (married 4 years) Born Ia. F: IND M: IA Occupation: packing house. Had education.
*Kuhns, Mary A. (wife) f w 22 yrs (married 4 years and had 2 kids) IA USA IA Had education.
*Kuhns, Arnold T. (son) m w 3 yrs IA IA IA.
*Kuhns, Frank E. (son) m w 1 year KS IA IA.
Kechi Cemetery, Sedgwick Co., Kansas (located E1/2 section 10 twp 26S, R1E, Kechi Twp. 1/2 mile N. of intersection of Hillside and 61st st. North.
*Higgins, James Joseph 1859-1932 Blk 5 Row 4 Grv 21.
*Higgins, Nancy Belle 1858-1925 Blk 5 Row 4 Grv 20
*Kuhns, Mary Alice 09 June 1887-24 May 1926 Blk 5 Row 4 Grv 22.
Information on "Della Roberts, wife of William Roberts" (Daughter of Belle Higgins and her 1st husband, William Basford) which was obtained from "Marriage Records of Wapello Co (Iowa)" scrapbooks at the public library in Ottumwa.
*Roberts, J.W. and Myrtle Eva Bassford
7-22-1899 by J.A. Ballard, J.P.(Actually, she was already known to me as Eva, wife of J.W. Roberts, through her Columbia Cemetery [near Chillicothe] gravestone and was "Della Roberts... Daughter of Belle Higgins" through her newspaper obituary at the local library) So it seems she was known by these first names of Eva, Myrtle, Della, and Nancy Dells.
*Mrs. Eva Roberts..buried Columbia Cemetery...(Ottumwa Courier) obituary notices dated Sept. 23, 1901 (p. 1, col 4) and as Mrs. Wm Roberts aged 21 years, dated on Sept. 23, p. 8 col. 6.
Now on the complex and chaotic information on Isabell Nancy "Belle" Parks Basford Campbell Higgins herself!! Copied from "Marriage Records of Wapello County, Iowa" scrapbooks at the local library in Ottumwa.
*Higgins, James and Belle Brown
8-24-1905 by W.J. Berry, J.P.Again from the same source, but earlier....
*Brown, Harry and Nancy Parks
6-6-1903 by G. L. FlowersSo from this, it appears that she had been married 4 times so far.....(1) William Basford; (2) Samuel Campbell; (3) Harry Brown; and (4) James Joseph Higgins. So that is one of the main reasons why I believe Belle's last three children were actually Samuel Campbell's children, not James Higgins'. Belle's life is a landmine to combine through carefully!
THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. I HAVE SOME MORE TO ADD AT A LATER DATE.
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