Higbee Family Manuscripts

Date1887 - 1991

Classificationslevel 1: collection

Credit LineCitizen Potawatomi Nation Cultural Heritage Center Archive and Research Division

Object number2005.19.1-65

Description2005.19 Higbee Family Manuscripts
2005.19_1 Allotments [Higbee]
2005.19_2 Family History [Higbee]
2005.19_3 Genealogy [Higbee]
2005.19_4 Government Documents [Higbee]
2005.19_5 Misc. [Higbee]

2005.19_1 Allotments [Higbee]
•Allotment or Estate Record of Elizabith Duribler nee Behan Allottee No. 980. 2 pgs.
•Allotment or Estate Record of Julia M. Louraine Allot. No. 211. 1 pg.
•Report on application for Patent in fee for Arthur Higbee. 2 pgs.
•Report on application for Patent in Fee for Joseph B. Higbee. 4 pgs.
•Report on application for Patent in Fee for Louis Higbee.

2005.19_2 Family History [Higbee]
•Alexander Joseph Richstatter Family History by creator Kevin Ray Roberts, July 18, 1991. 2 pgs.
•Birth and Death Records pages from family bible family name Byrd, and a page of handwritten notes on births. 3 pgs.
•Letter from Gladys Moeller to BIA April 18, 1980, ref Samuel Betrand family. 1 pg.
•Letter from Gladys Moeller to Beverly Hughes March 16, 1981, references family history and blood degree of children of Julia Bertrand and Alva Higbee. 2 pgs.
•Handwritten letter from Joanna Gervais to Beverly Hughes January 28, 1982, referencing thanks for information received. 2 pgs;
•Typed letter from Alta Pearl Fraser to How-Ni-Kan June 12, 1989, providing information on the Robert A. Higbee family. 2 pgs.
•Marriage Records copied from family bible and handwritten notes of marriages for the Byrd family. 3pgs.
•Hand written genealogy & history for Frank Smith descendants, sur names Pecore, Whitehead, Dodson and Black. 4 pgs.
•Hand written ancestor genealogy charts for Julia Bertrand, sur names Bourassa, Higbee, Dulignon, and Lemair.
•Hand written notes taken from Gladys Moeller appeal, received 6-80, references children of Julia Bertrand and Alva Higbee and notes on Smith, Countryman, and McClane family. 4 pgs.
•Handwritten notes on Bertrand/Higbee history other family names mentioned Bourbonnais, Smith, Palmer, Merritt, Wiley, Denton, Fehlig, Moose and Bourassa. 4 pgs.
•Handwritten note on Kenneth Ray Edgar family history. 1 pg.
•Newspaper Articles; Two [2] articles photocopied on one page, Sept. 10, 1938 “Raze Old Landmark” by Earl J. Smith & 1956 “Historic Higbee Inn Burned at Bertrand” by James Miller. 1 pg.
•Obituary Notice Lena B Farley, date of notice unknown. (Note on page not scanned is handwritten note “family history not accurate” author unknown. 1 pg.
•Photocopy of Westmoreland Newspaper 1906 “Pottawatomie County History” unknown author, Pottawatomie County Kansas. 2 pgs.

2005.19_3 Genealogy [Higbee]
•Bertrand descendants genealogy chart, Mulvane, Behan, Grotz, Clardy, Mcfarland, Merritt, Louraine, Easton. 1 pg.
•Ancestor family charts for Earl Edward Morrell, Delma Higbee Morrell, Donna Morrell Gann, Kenneth Ray Edgar, and Willie Bryant Smith. 5 pgs.
•Gladys Moeller Family Group Research charts for Frank Frey, Henry Bryan Farley, Mary Madeline Frey, Ray Nolting, Raymond Shanks, and Walter H Maloney. 6 pgs.

2005.19_4 Government Documents [Higbee]
•Department of Interior: Approval of Heirship on the Estate of Elizabeth Dimbler September 29, 1914. 1 pg.

2005.19_5 Miscellaneous [Higbee]
•Four [4] photocopies of various pictures of Higbee and Bertrand family and landmarks in St. Mary’s Kansas. 4 pgs.

SUBJECT LIST
Higbee, Bertrand, Duribler, allotment, estate, record, allottee, Behan, Louraine, patent, fee, application, report, family, history, Richstatter, creator, Roberts, death, birth, bible, Bryd, note, handwritten, letter, Moeller, BIA, Hughes, blood, degree, children, Gervais, Fraser, How-Ni-Kan, marriage, copy, genealogy, Smith, Pecore, Whitehead, Dodson, Black, ancestor, chart, Bourassa, Dulignon, Lemair, McClane, Countryman, Bourbonnais, Palmer, Merritt, Wiley, Denton, Fehlig, Moos, Edgar, newspaper, article, photocopied, landmark, Bertrand Inn, obituary, Farley, notice, Westmoreland Newspaper, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, descendants, Mulvane, Grotz, Clardy, Mcfarland, Easton, Morrell, Gann, Frey, Farley, Nolting, Shanks, Maloney, Department of the Interior, heirship, heir, Dimbler, photocopies, St. Mary, Kansas

2005.19_1 Allotments [Higbee]
Higbee, Bertrand, Duribler, allotment, estate, record, allottee, Behan, Louraine, patent, fee, application, report
2005.19_2 Family History [Higbee]
Higbee, Bertrand, family, history, Richstatter, creator, Roberts, death, birth, record, bible, Bryd, note, handwritten, letter, Moeller, BIA, Hughes, blood, degree, children, Gervais, Fraser, How-Ni-Kan, marriage, copy, genealogy, Smith, Pecore, Whitehead, Dodson, Black, ancestor, chart, Bourassa, Dulignon, Lemair, McClane, Countryman, Bourbonnais, Palmer, merritt, Wiley, Denton, Fehlig, Moos, Edgar, newspaper, article, photocopied, landmark, Higbee Inn, obituary, Farley, notice, Westmoreland Newspaper, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
2005.19_3 Genealogy [Higbee]
Bertrand, descendants, genealogy, ancestor, chart, Mulvane, Behan, Grotz, Clardy, Mcfarland merritt, Louraine, Easton, Morrell, Higbee, Gann, Edgar, Smith, Moeller, Frey, Farley, Nolting, Shanks, Maloney
2005.19_4 Government Documents [Higbee]
Higbee, Bertrand, Department of the Interior, heirship, heir, estate, Dimbler
2005.19_5 Misc. [Higbee]
Bertrand, Higbee, photocopies, landmark, St. Mary, Kansas

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