Indiana McCaslins

Helen Higus was born on 28 Feb 1906. Her parents were 45-year-old William and 42-year-old Carrie [Clark] Higus. William's birthplace was Cedar Rapids, Iowa, while Carrie's was Maine. William was an interior painter and Carrie was a housewife. The doctor attending Helen's birth was H A Johnson.

In the 1910 US Federal Census for Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, 49-year-old Iowa-born William Higus and his 46-year-old wife Carrie [Clark] Higus have been married eight years. Carrie is recorded as having borne no children. Also in this household is their "adopted" daughter, 4-year-old Minnesota-born Helen. The family is living in a house at 2937-17th Avenue South that William owns free of mortgage. William is a painter who "works out"; he has had no months out of work in the past year. The adults are literate and speak English. William's parents were born in Iowa; Carrie's parents were born in Maine; Helen's parents were born in Iowa [sic]. This reference to Helen as adopted is contradicted by her birth certificate which gives her parents as William and Carrie Higus.

In the 1920 US Federal Census for Minneapolis (7th Ward), Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Iowa-born William Higus, a 58-year-old furniture painter is living in a house at 2937-17th Avenue South that he owns free of mortgage. In his household are his 55-year-old wife, Carie [sic] [Clark] Higus and their 14-year-old daughter, Helen. Helen has attended school in the past year. Everyone is literate and speaks English. William's parents were born in Iowa; Carrie's parents were born in Maine; Helen's father was born in the United States and her mother in Minnesota [sic].

Clark Allen Bishop married Helen M Higus on 14 Jul 1923 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota. They were divorced on 14 January 1929, with Clark keeping custody of their son, David, born 20 Feb 1924.

In the 1930 US Federal Census for Madison, Maricopa, Arizona, Helen Bishop (a 25-year-old stenographer) is boarding with Ruth Wendell on Lafayette Boulevard..

In Nov 1938, 32-year-old Helen Higus Dines applies for a replacement Social Security card as she had lost the one she received in Mar 1938. She states that she is living at 1349 Brooklyn, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, that she was born 28 Feb 1906 in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, that she is currently unemployed, and that she was employed on Mar 1938 when she initially applied for her Social Security number. Her parents are William Higus and Carrie Clark. She is female and white.

The US Public Records Index, Volume 2 records that Helen M Dines, born 28 Feb 1906, was living at 6919 Penfield Ave, Winnetka, Los Angeles, California 91306-3917. She also is recorded as living at the same address in Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California 91306-3917 (note the zip code is also the same), and at 6740 Wilbur Ave, Reseda, Los Angeles, California 91335-5179. No dates are given for these addresses but Volume 2 contains information from 1950 to 1993.

In the 1940-2000 California Death Index, Helen M Dines, born 28 Feb 1906 in Minnesota, died 14 Sep 1986 in Topanga, Los Angeles, California 90290. Her father's name is listed as Higus and her Social Security Number is 375-12-4527.