Hettie M. Biggio
Hettie M. Biggio
1885-1954
Photo Credit: Rosa G. Gonzales
- Photograph 1
Provenance: Mrs. Willie Lee Biggio Jones and Rebecca Lee Jones
- Photograph 2
Provenance: Mrs. Willie Lee Biggio Jones and Rebecca Lee Jones
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Mr. Crossley and Hettie
Provenance: Mrs. Willie Lee Biggio Jones and Rebecca Lee Jones - Photograph 4
Hettie and William J. Biggio
Provenance: Mrs. Willie Lee Biggio Jones and Rebecca Lee Jones - Obituary
Hettie M. Biggio
Mrs. Biggio, Kin of Pioneer Family, Dies
Mrs. Hettie M. Biggio, 69, of 912 Chaparral, daughter of a pioneer Corpus Christi family died at the home of her son, R. A. Corssley, 4214 Naples, at 1:45 p.m. yesterday.
She was a lifelong resident of the city and the daughter of Capt. and Mrs. William Anderson, pioneer residents.
Mrs. Biggio’s great-grandparents, Annie and John Woesner, German immigrants, settled here and were the night white family in the city. Her grandfather Anderson operated a salt mill at the present site of the Nueces hotel.
She was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and several Catholic study groups.
Survivors include her son, one daughter, Mrs. Ben c. Jones, and four grandchildren.
A rosary will be conducted at the Dunne Funeral Service chapel at 8 p.m. today. Mass will be said at corpus Christi Cathedral at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow. Burial will follows in Old Bayview Cemetery.
Source: Corpus Christi Caller, September 16, 1954, p. 1, col. 3
Mrs. Hettie M. Biggio
Funeral services for Mrs. Hettie M. Biggio, 69, of 912 Chaparral, will be held at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at Corpus Christi Cathedral. Burial will be in Old Bayview Cemetery. Rosary will be said at Dunne Chapel at 8 p.m. today.
Daughter of a pioneer Corpus Christi family, Mrs. Biggio died at the home of her son, R. A. Crossley, 4214 Naples, at 1:45 p.m. yesterday. She was a lifelong resident of the city. Her great-grandparents, who were German immigrants, were the ninth with family in the city. Her grandfather operated a salt mill at the present site of the Nueces Hotel.
She was a member of the united Daughters of the confederacy and several Catholic study groups.
Survivors, besides her son, are a daughter, Mrs. Ben C. Jones and four grandchildren.
Source: Corpus Christi Caller-Times, September 16, 1954, p. 24, col. 6
Mrs. Hettie M. Biggio
Funeral services for Mrs. Hettie M. Biggio, 69, of 912 Chaparral, will be held at 9:30 a.m. tomorrow at Corpus Christi Cathedral. Burial will be in Old Bayview Cemetery.
Daughter of a pioneer Corpus Christi family, Mrs. Biggio died at the home of her son, R. A. Crossley, 4214 Naples, at 1:45 p.m. Wednesday.
Pallbearers will be S. C. Calvert, F. M. Brown, George Waters, W. W. Chapman, Jr., Joe Mireur and Eugene Bartlett.
Source: Corpus Christi Caller-Times, September 17, 1954, p. 12 D
Research by: Msgr. Michael A. Howell
Transcription by: Geraldine D. McGloin, Nueces County Historical Commission
