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Charles Ashley HIGGINS [1912-1985]

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Submitted by David on Wed, 2017-06-21 21:46
Names
Given: 
Charles Ashley
Family: 
Higgins
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1912-09-08
Birthplace (town, state): 
McAlpin, Raleigh County, West Virginia
Birthplace (country): 
United States
Death
Date: 
1985-08-02

From the mentions in Eric Macnider's Diary, it looks as though Mr Higgins was an American priest.

Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
WW2: repatriated 1942 Asama Maru + Gripsholm
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Submitted by annpake on Mon, 2021-06-21 23:18.

Passenger List Gripsholm arriving 28 August 1942

Charles Ashley Higgins age 30  Married Born 8 September 1912 McAlpin Raleigh County West Virginia USA

Mary Higgins age 29 born 20 April 1913 Hankow China

Charles Tyng Higgins born 29 June 1940 Hong Kong

Charles Ashley Higgins May 1937 Virginia Theological Seminary, Arlington, VA

Preparation for Ministry in the Episcopal Church Ordained 1937

Marriage 29 August 1939 St John's Cathedral Hong Kong to Mary Atkinson Tyng (1913 - 2004)

Birth of son Alexander Griswold Higgins 25 October 1943 25 Oct 1943  Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA

Death Charles Ashley Higgins  2 Aug 1985 Helena, Phillips, Arkansas, USA