Individual Details

Hershel Rinaldo Briggs

(16 Mar 1908 - 28 Dec 1956)

No obituary found in the Oakland Tribune per search by Oakland Public Library, 125 14th St., Oakland, CA 94612, as of December 2005.

Probably from a Northern California newspaper; Lodger Killed in Two-Story Plunge. Herschel Briggs, 40, was killed early today when he fell or jumped from the second floor fire escape of his apartment at 2329 San Pablo Ave., police reported. Briggs was found on the sidewalk below the fire escape shortly before 2 a.m.

Pittsburg Sun, Pittsburg, Kansas, unknown date. Rites in California for Hershel Briggs. Funeral services were held Monday in San Leandro, Calif. for Hershel Briggs, a former resident of Pittsburg and son of Mrs. P. O. Briggs of 105 East Williams, who died Friday, Dec. 28. Briggs was a graduate of Pittsburg high school and the College. He had been living in San Leandro.

Events

Birth16 Mar 1908Pittsburg, Crawford Co., Kansas
Marriage24 Jan 1933Pittsburg, Crawford Co., Kansas - Marjorie Elizabeth Ham
Death28 Dec 1956Berkeley, Alameda Co., California
BurialCremated, buried with father at Mount Olive, Pittsburg, Crawford Co., Kansas

Families

SpouseMarjorie Elizabeth Ham (1909 - 1990)
ChildRoger Philip Briggs (1939 - )
ChildKathleen "Kathy" Marie Briggs (1942 - )
ChildTrevor Haines Briggs (1944 - )
FatherPhilip Orville Briggs Jr. (1879 - 1955)
MotherElizabeth Ann Reese (1881 - 1967)
SiblingEllsworth Reese Briggs (1909 - 1986)
SiblingGlenn Orville Briggs (1913 - 1974)
SiblingRobert Lewis Briggs (1923 - 1972)

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