Billy Celebrates His 100th And Still Fit As A Fiddle
- Publication
- Chronicle-Journal (Thunder Bay), 15 Jun 1974
Description
- Media Type
- Newspaper
- Description
- William O'Higgins, Bill Higgins ; visited by Hon. Bob Andras, Mayor Walter Assef ; came to Canada in 1884 ; lived with Uncle in Stratford ; helped build Stratford City Hall at age 15 ; learned trade, ornamental structural iron worker and rigger ; traveled, worked out West ; accompanied herd of cows on vessel to England ; made 14 trips across Atlantic ; came back to Fort William ; met wife Minnie Dupraw, married 1906 ; served overseas seeing action at Vimy Ridge ; photo
- Notes
- Fullll text available in Newspaper Clipping File
File subject: LF - Thunder Bay - Biography - Higgins, William (O'Higgins)
Full text available on microfilm - Date of Publication
- 15 Jun 1974
- Subject(s)
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 48.4001 Longitude: -89.31683
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