So here's the Higgins Family and there are quite a few stories behind this bunch. Did you hear about the time .....
The Higgins Family
This page includes stories of the Higgins Family ( Nana and Grampa raising 7 kids) from the 1940's and later in Medford, Woburn, Burlington and Billerica
Grampa Higgins (who was a school teacher) worked a lot of part-time jobs after school. Sometime in the late 1950's/ early 1960's he was working for the A&P ( a grocery store company) taking inventories. Well one winter day he went to Cambridge to take an inventory. We the rest of the family were suppose to pick him up about 5:00 PM. Well it started to snow and ended up like a blizzard. When we got to the store all the lights were off and no one was there. We LOST Grampa!! Oh there was alot of crying and worrying but all we could do is go home and wait. Hours later Grampa came in the back door at Wicklow Ave. He was frozen since he walked all the way home. It turned out that they had gone to a different store and he forgot to call Nana. Ohhh - we were just glad Grampa was back safe at home. I don't know this for a fact but I suspect Nana beat the heck out of him later. - UB
I was heading home from Ipswich recently and as I passed the Christmas Tree Shop, it reminded me of Nana Higgins' brother, Uncle Bill Donovan. Every Christmas he would give all us kids a box of chocholates. Although they were only "seconds" in a plain grey cardboard box, we all thought they were great. We would hide our stash, but every so often we would find that someone had been at our treasure and had left a clue as to who the culprit was. Their technique of squashing the choclates to identify the ones they liked was a give away. Now I won't name any names but she has a big family party at her house every Christmas Eve.
Here is another story about Grampa Higgins. I had to check with Fr John to make sure I had my facts straight. This was in the 1950's and Jerry was in Children's Hospital in Boston for another operation. Well Nana and Grampa H would go in to visit him at least a few times per week. Well this day we had a Blizzard" the roads were closed and not even the buses were running. That didn't stop Grampa - he "Walked In and Back Out". He was gone a long time and we were all very worried. He finally came in the backdoor and was buried with hugs from all of us. Nana spent the rest of the night rubbing and soaking his "Frozen" feet in warm water. Our Dad was quite a remarkable guy!!
Auntie Mary just reminded me that all the kids in Children's Hospital were very disappointed when the nurses told them all that there probably wouldn't be any visitors because of the blizzard. Well Uncle Jerry couldn't accept that. He kept telling everybody that his dad told him that he would be there so he was sure that a "little" blizzard wouldn't stop him and that he would be in. Can you imagine how proud he was when his dad walked in ???
Grampa Higgins (who was a school teacher) worked a lot of part-time jobs after school. Sometime in the late 1950's/ early 1960's he was working for the A&P ( a grocery store company) taking inventories. Well one winter day he went to Cambridge to take an inventory. We the rest of the family were suppose to pick him up about 5:00 PM. Well it started to snow and ended up like a blizzard. When we got to the store all the lights were off and no one was there. We LOST Grampa!! Oh there was alot of crying and worrying but all we could do is go home and wait. Hours later Grampa came in the back door at Wicklow Ave. He was frozen since he walked all the way home. It turned out that they had gone to a different store and he forgot to call Nana. Ohhh - we were just glad Grampa was back safe at home. I don't know this for a fact but I suspect Nana beat the heck out of him later. - UB
ReplyDeleteI was heading home from Ipswich recently and as I passed the Christmas Tree Shop, it reminded me of Nana Higgins' brother, Uncle Bill Donovan. Every Christmas he would give all us kids a box of chocholates. Although they were only "seconds" in a plain grey cardboard box, we all thought they were great. We would hide our stash, but every so often we would find that someone had been at our treasure and had left a clue as to who the culprit was. Their technique of squashing the choclates to identify the ones they liked was a give away. Now I won't name any names but she has a big family party at her house every Christmas Eve.
ReplyDeleteHere is another story about Grampa Higgins. I had to check with Fr John to make sure I had my facts straight. This was in the 1950's and Jerry was in Children's Hospital in Boston for another operation. Well Nana and Grampa H would go in to visit him at least a few times per week. Well this day we had a Blizzard" the roads were closed and not even the buses were running. That didn't stop Grampa - he "Walked In and Back Out". He was gone a long time and we were all very worried. He finally came in the backdoor and was buried with hugs from all of us. Nana spent the rest of the night rubbing and soaking his "Frozen" feet in warm water. Our Dad was quite a remarkable guy!!
ReplyDeleteAuntie Mary just reminded me that all the kids in Children's Hospital were very disappointed when the nurses told them all that there probably wouldn't be any visitors because of the blizzard. Well Uncle Jerry couldn't accept that. He kept telling everybody that his dad told him that he would be there so he was sure that a "little" blizzard wouldn't stop him and that he would be in. Can you imagine how proud he was when his dad walked in ???
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