Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameHoward Sydney BRIGGS 26
Birth Date28 Nov 1911
Birth PlaceLindsay, Grady County, Oklahoma
Death Date16 May 1994 Age: 82
Death PlaceRoswell, Chaves County, New Mexico
Burial PlaceNeedles, San Bernardino County, California, Needles Riverview Cemetery
OccupationWWII Soldier
FatherWilliam Walter BRIGGS (1878-1949)
MotherMyrtle Lena FREEMAN (1882-1969)
Spouses
1Elizabeth Virginia “Betty” NORTON 26
Birth Date21 Nov 1910
Birth PlaceGreencastle, Putnam County, Indiana
Death Date10 Mar 1984 Age: 73
Death PlaceNeedles, San Bernardino County, California
Burial PlaceNeedles, San Bernardino County, California, Needles Riverview Cemetery
Family ID3035
2Thelma Lucille TAPLEY 26
Birth Date7 Apr 1910
Death Date5 May 1961 Age: 51
Burial PlaceRoswell, Chaves County, New Mexico
Family ID3036
Marr Dateabt Sep 1934
ChildrenW. N. L. (1936-)
 R. C. (1938-)
 Dale Curtis (1940-2007)
 Howard Eugene (1942-2020)
 Harold Joe (1944-2021)
 Donald Wayne (1947-2013)
Notes for Elizabeth Virginia “Betty” (Spouse 1)
Elizabeth Virginia (maiden name Norton) - (1st marriage to Edgar F. Kern) - (then second and last marriage to Howard S. Briggs)

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