Ione Amanda Higgins

Ione Amanda Higgins

• Father: John Leonard Higgins b. 6 April 1860, d. 7 July 1940
• Mother: Caroline Martha Dunklee b. 9 November 1864, d. 4 November 1942

• Ione Amanda Higgins was born on 2 March 1890 in Minnesota.
• John Leonard Higgins and Caroline Martha Dunklee appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Thief River Falls, Red River County, Minnesota, at Kendall Avenue. Other members of the household included Ione Amanda Higgins. Also in the household were children "Lawrantz" (age 12), "Herrald (8) and "Hellen" (1).
• John Leonard Higgins and Caroline Martha Dunklee appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Beltrami County, Minnesota. Other members of the household included Ione Amanda Higgins. Also in the household were children "Lawrenz? Hollister" (age 21), Harold Chester (17), Helen Louise (11), John Horace (8), Amie Elizabeth (6) and Donald Harington (2).
• John Leonard Higgins and Caroline Martha Dunklee appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in O'Brien Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota, at Black Duck Nebish Road. Other members of the household included Ione Amanda Higgins. Also in the household were children John H. (age 18), Amie E. (16) and Donald H. (12).
• She was a graded school teacher, according to the 1920 census.
• She married Herbert Arnold Nordstrom, son of Alfred Nordstrom and Mathilda Hanson.
• Ione Amanda Higgins became a widow at the 15 June 1924 death of her husband Herbert Arnold Nordstrom.
• She married William John Peterson, son of Aage Peterson and Hansine Marie Koefod, on 15 October 1927.
• The following appeared on 20 October 1927 in the Pope County Tribune: A pretty wedding took place Saturday afternoon, October 15, at 3:30 p.m. when Ione Higgins Nordstrom of Nebiah and William J. Peterson of Starbuck were united in marriage by Dr. Stout at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Higgins. The bride wore a becoming gown of rose beige georgette with a corsage boquet of roses and lilies of the vlley. Olivia Peterson, a sister of the groom, was bridesmaid and wore a corsage of roses. The groom was attended by Horace Higgins, a brother of the bride. [:CR;]      Little Betty Higgins, dressed in blue, carried a colonial boquet and was flower girl and Richard Dietel was ring bearer. Miss Astrid Flack of Starbuck played Lohengren's wedding march. Miss Flack played softly during the ceremony. As a recessional she played Mendelsohn's march. Before the ceremony, Miss Magna Peterson, a sister of the groom, accompanied by Miss Flack, sang "Oh Promise Me." [:CR;]      After the ceremony a three course wedding dinner was served the guests, numbering about twenty-five. A beautiful wedding cake, a gift from our local bakeryman, Mr. Arthur Lundeen and wife, to the groom before he left for the wedding, graced the table. [:CR;]      The rooms were tasatefully decorated in pink and white streamers, autumn leaves, gladioli and crysanthemums. [:CR;]      The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Higgins of Nebiah. For a number of years she taught school here. Her pleasing personality has won her many friends. The groom is the son of Aage Peterson, our beloved pioneer merchant of Starbuck. [:CR;]      For several years the groom together with his brother Harold have had charge of the Aage Peterson store and following and carrying out the splendid principals of their father in their business. He is a splendid young man and his jovial manner together with his courteous and accommodating ways have won him a host of friends. [:CR;]      Mr. and Mrs. Peterson will spend a week in the northern part of the state, after which they will make their home in Starbuck. Their many friends extend congratulations and best wishes. Those who attended the wedding from here are: Magna Peterson, Astrid Flack, Alfred Nordstrom and Bertha and Olivia Peterson of Minneapolis.
• William John Peterson and Ione Amanda Higgins appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Starbuck, Pope County, Minnesota. Other members of the household included Herbert Arnold Nordstrom Jr. and Helen Margaret Peterson.
• William John Peterson and Ione Amanda Higgins appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Starbuck, Pope County, Minnesota, at Seventh Street. Other members of the household included Helen Margaret Peterson and Herbert Arnold Nordstrom Jr. Also in the household was housekeeper Mabel Moe.
• The following appeared on 10 October 1947 in The St. Cloud Daily Times: The first ship bearing the remains of American war dead from the Pacific zone has arrived in San Francisco, the war department announced today.
       . . . Following is a list of Minnesota men, killed in the war with Japan, whose bodies were returned to this country on the Honda Knot; (Next of kin in parenthesis) . . .
       . . . From outside the Twin cities and Duluth: . . . 2nd Lt. Herbert A. Nordstrom, army air corps (Mrs. Ione E. Peterson, Starbuck). . . .
• Ione Amanda Higgins became a widow at the 16 April 1975 death of her husband William John Peterson.
• Ione Amanda Higgins died on 8 June 1979 at age 89 in Pope County, Minnesota.
• She was interred at Indherred Lutheran Church Cemetery, Starbuck, Pope County, Minnesota.

• Last Edited: 12 Dec 2016