California Marriages
The Fresno Weekly Republican 11/21/1890
Henry T. Higginbotham & Lillian Keagle
On Monday Henry T. Higginbotham, of Fresno, was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Miss Lillian Keagle, of Stockton. Shortly after the ceremony the couple departed for this city and in future will make their home here. Mr. Higginbotham is highly esteemed by his many friends. The bride is the daughter of John Keagle, a capitalist of Lodi. She was prominent in society and will be greatly missed by a large acquaintance, and he an addition to the society of Fresno.
Oakland Tribune 07/07/1917
Hugh Poland Higginbotham & Flora Marshall
Miss Flora Marshall added her name to the list of "war brides," when on Saturday she and Hugh Poland Higginbotham slipped across to San Rafael and were married. The ceremony was read by Rev. Cutting, rector of the Episcopal Church. Higginbotham, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Higginbotham, is in the training camp at the Presidle, and the uncertainty of the future hurried the plans of the young couple. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Archibald Marshall.
The Fresno Bee 11/02/1924
James Alva Higginbotham & Luella Thomas
Miss Luella Thomas of Parlier, who has announced her engagement to J. A. Higginbotham, was honored at a miscellaneous shower last night.
Oakland Tribune 12/28/1927
Shirley Higginbotham & Fern R. Luce
Oakland License Issued
Higginbotham, Shirley-28. Luce, Fern R-22, both of Oakland.
The Fresno Bee 06/22/1930
Elzie Blanch Higginbotham & Mauda J. Myers
Fresnan Is Wed To High School Teacher
PARLIER (Fresno Co.), June 21.
At a pretty wedding last Monday evening at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Higginbotham, E. B. Higginbotham of
The ceremony was performed in front of an improvised altar of greenery and flowers. To the strains of Mendelssohn’s wedding march, played by H. P. Higginbotham, Jr., nephew of the groom, the couple wed at the altar.
A wedding supper was served on the lawn after the ceremony.
Mrs. Higginbotham arrived last Thursday from
her home in
Higginbotham is well known to many Parlier
people, having been a frequent visitor at the home of his brother, H. P.
Higginbotham. He is employed at the First National Bank, at
The guests and relatives at the wedding and
wedding supper were: Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Etter of
Oakland Tribune 02/13/1932
Vivienne Higginbotham & Jay Warner Nickels
Miss Higginbotham’s Wedding Announced
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Toland Higginbotham of
The bride is a graduate of the Anna Head
school and was a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority at the
Mr. Nickels represents a large importing
firm in the East in their
Oakland Tribune 01/22/1937
Joseph Cameron Hickingbotham & Diana Dollar
The Modesto Bee 08/09/1937
Ray S. Higginbotham & Ella Ord
Completed arrangements for the wedding of
Miss Ella Ord of
Miss Ord is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J.
Ord, who reside on the
Higginbotham is a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Higginbotham. He was graduated with high honors from
Miss Wanda Ord, sister of the bride elect,
and Robert Higginbotham, brother of the bridegroom elect, will attend the
couple.
Miss Ord will be given in marriage by her
father. Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. C. H. Zerbe of
The couple will spend their honeymoon at coastal and bay region points and later establish their home in the Oakdale district.
The Fresno Bee 08/15/1937
Marion Helene Higginbotham & Max Waterfield Caldwell
Miss Higginbotham and Max Caldwell Will Wed Tonight
Miss Marion Higginbotham and Max Caldwell, both of Fowler and former students at the Fresno State College, will be married at 8 o’clock this evening in the country home of the E. M. Higginbotham’s at McFarland.
Rev. J. M. Hamilton, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Fowler, will officiate at the garden ceremony when the
couple will be attended by her sister, Mrs. Lozan Lampton, of
More than seventy five guests will witness the nuptial ceremony which will be performed at an improvised altar set against a background of trees and fern in the garden. Higginbotham will give his daughter in marriage.
She will be gowned in a wedding ensemble of white lace, floor length, designed along princess lines with long fitted sleeves. The tulla veil, which will be fingertip length, will cascade from a halo of orange blossoms worn upon her couture. Miss Higginbotham will carry a bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley.
The honor attendant will wear a pink lace frock with a fitted bodice, flared skirt and short puffed sleeves. She will carry a bouquet of harmonizing roses.
Following the service, a reception will be
held in the patio where the table will be appointed with bouquets of white
flowers and white tapers set in low candle sticks. The couple will leave on a
month’s honeymoon to be spent in
For her going away ensemble she will wear a navy blue and rose two-piece tailored frock with navy blue accessories.
The bride elect is a graduate of
Included among the invited out-of-town guests are the following: Messrs. And Mesdames Lloyd Macawlay, of San Mateo; Herbert McBraidey, San Luis Obispo; Robert Edwards, Berkeley; Dean March, Everett Dean, both of Vallejo; Leon Libeau, Santa Maria; Harold D. Caldwell, Charles Caldwell, Watsonville; Harold Taylor, Ventura; Dale Northrup, Hollywood; Francis White, Woodlake; Alfred Navarett, Stockton; W. T. Hawk and R. S. Higginbotham, Jenny Lind, Calif.; Lyle Smith, Bakersfield.
Mesdames Garnet Martin, Santa Monica; Carolyn Cook, Vinetta Stevens and Henrietta Stevens, Stockton; Misses Madeline Ridburg and Frances Ridburg of Oakdale; Katherine Godward of Berkeley; Elizabeth Smith of Los Angeles; Messrs. George Davis of Berkeley; Lee Dean, Hayden Juneilon, Ariz.; Earl Smith, Hollywood.
The Oakland Tribune 01/10/1939
Robert H. Higginbotham & Florene Freeland
Wedding Climax To 'Blind Date' Escort to
Formal
Becomes Husband of
A "blind date" at a college dance started a
romance which led to a
They were married at
Higginbotham, a
Mrs. Higginbotham has made her home for the
past several years with Mrs. R. O. Richards, at
Friends disclosed that the couple met when
Higginbotham was assigned as a "blind date" to escort Miss Freeland to a formal
dance at Dominican Convent and the couple's romance began at that time.
They will make their home in
Oakland Tribune 06/27/1940
Howard J. Hickingbotham & Helen Elizabeth Dyer
Betty Dyer Is Married In
Young Matrons of Bay Society Present at
Church Ceremony
A perfect June day, a lovely bride
surrounded by her attendants and the beautiful interior of St. Matthew's
Episcopal Church in
Shortly before 4 o'clock the wedding party
entered the church proceeding slowly to the altar, where the bridegroom with his
best man, Mr. Jack Bates, awaited the bride. The center aisle was marked with
wrought iron candelabra in which while tapers were used and at the bases there
were Madonna lilies and maiden hair fern. The wrought iron candelabra were also
used on both sides of the chancel combined with dwarfed Japanese maple and
Eugenia trees.
BRIDESMAIDS LEAD
As the wedding party approached the chancel,
in the lead were two bridesmaids, who represented the younger matrons and girls
from exclusive society circles in the Bay cities. In the group were Mrs. Joseph
Hickingbotham Jr, the former Miss Diana Dollar of
The bridesmaids were gowned alike in
aquamarine blue organza and lace made with heart-shaped necks, bouffant skirts
and bishop sleeves. Their bouquets were of blue delphinium and water lilies.
They wore garden hats of horsehair braid, matching the color of the gowns. Long
velvet streamers and bows were used in the hat trimmings.
Miss Jane Spielker, the maid of honor,
immediately preceding the bride, wore a gown similar to those worn by the
bridesmaids.
WEARS LONG VEIL
The bride's gown was a French creation of
white organza made princess style with a full-gored skirt and a shirred bodice A
Juliet cap of orange blossoms held the extremely long bridal veil of tulle in
place. She carried a shower bouquet of white orchids and stephanotis.
Mrs. Alexander wore a gown of china blue
lace and chiffon and a matching hat.
The bridegroom's mother, Mrs. Joseph
Hickingbotham Sr. was attired in light gray chiffon and her hat was a creation
of gray marline. Her corsage was of orchids.
A reception at the Alexander home in
The (Huntingdon, PA) Daily News 03/21/1944
Vesta Adele Higginbotham & Robert Cecil Cornelius
ROBERT C.
CORNELIUS WED IN
In
The bridegroom is the youngest son of Mrs.
Ida Cornelius of
The bride was given in marriage by her
brother, Mr. Robert Higginbotham. The candlelight service was performed by the
Rev. Edwin S. Johnson of
The bride wore a light blue costume suit
with navy accessories. She carried a white Bible on which orchids and freesias
were mounted.
Miss Victoria Johnson of
The best man was Mr. James Shannahan, USN,
who, like the bridegroom, is stationed at
Unable to be present for the wedding was Staff Sergeant Wallace Higginbotham, U. S. Army Air Corps, brother of the bride, who is in the South Pacific as a turret nose gunner on a Liberator bomber. The young sergeant has received the Air Medal, Oak Leaf Cluster, and other decorations for his part in sinking several Japanese ships and shooting down a Jap Zero.
The bride is a
The bridegroom is expecting sailing orders
in the near future, after having been stationed in
Oakland Tribune 06/16/1944
Wallace Higginbotham & Marjorie Olsen
Miss Marjorie
Olsen to Become Bride of Soldier
With Dr.
Ralph Marshal Davis officiating at 8 o'clock this evening at the home of the
bride on
Miss Olsen is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Olsen, and is a graduate of
Since leaving
college, she has been a secretary at the Fourth Air Force.
Lieut. Perry
Olsen, brother of the bride, is in the Army Air Forces, stationed at
Sergeant
Higginbotham is a son of Mrs. Ora Higginbotham of
Mrs. Donald
F. Graham, sister of the bride, will be matron of honor; her daughters Marilyn
and Gloria, flower girls.
Mr. Robert
Higginbotham will be best man.
The Fresno Bee 04/01/1945
Harry W. Higginbotham & Gunhild Andersen
Couple Are
Wed In Church Rites
Many Fresnans
were among the guests who assembled in the
Escorted down
the aisle on the arm of her cousin, Arthur Mortensen, the bride was attired in a
white satin gown fashioned with long sleeves. It was buttoned in the back and
had a full skirt and long train. Her train length veil fell from a beaded
coronet. She carried a bouquet of gardenias centered with orchids and tied with
white satin ribbon.
Miss Carol
Bjerregaard, the maid of honor, wore a gown of dusty pink net and carried a
colonial bouquet of Spring blossoms. She wore flowers in her hair.
The flower
girl, Alice Andersen, a sister of the bride, wore along gown of white satin and
net and carried a small colonial bouquet.
The bride’s
mother wore a gold shaded suit. She chose black accessories and wore a corsage
of lavender hued iris.
The
bridegroom’s mother wore a aqua blue suit with black accessories and a corsage
of white gardenias and pink rosebuds.
Jerry
Higginbotham of
Mrs. Hershell
H. Cook played piano solos before the wedding ceremony. Mrs. Carl E. Walker sang
Because and I Love You Truly. Miss Jeanetta Milton sand Always.
Seven branch
floor candelabra holding burning white tapers, and large white baskets filled
with white gladiolas, calla lilies and stock, banked the altar before which the
couple exchanged their vows. The candles were lighted by Miss Margaret
Zaninovich and Miss Barbara Jepsen.
Seating the
guests were Frank Dick, Alvin Andersen, a brother of the bride; Kenneth
Henriksen, Milton Andersen and Richard Andersen.
A reception
immediately following the ceremony was staged in the church parlors. Mrs. Robert
McKinney and Miss June Jepsen served coffee at a table which was covered with a
handmade ace cloth and centered by the traditional three tiered wedding cake,
topped with figurines of a bride and bridegroom.
On either
side of the cake were crystal candlesticks holding burning ivory tapers. The
reception room was decorated with tall white baskets of pink flowering peach
blossoms.
At the
reception Miss Phyllis Haehr sang And Then My Heart Stood Still, accompanied at
the piano by Miss Barbara Jepsen. Assisting in serving were Misses Virginia Lee
Milton, Lorraine Tabler and Evelyn Madsen.
The bride
changed to a lime green traveling suit with hat and veil to match. She chose
brown accessories and wore an orchid corsage. The couple left by train for
Mrs.
Higginbotham is a daughter of Mrs. Anne K. Andersen of Parlier. She was
graduated from the
Higginbotham
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Higginbotham of Parlier. He was graduated from
the
Among the out
of town guests who attended the wedding were Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Parlier of
Berkeley, Miss Mary Parlier, Santa Cruz; Mrs. A. Martensen, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Christensen, Carl Mortensen and Miss Elaine Mortensen, all of Salinas; Messrs.
And Mesdames Thomas M. Robinson, Jr., J. H. Herring, J. M. McKinney, E. E.
Frasher, J. A. Higginbotham and W. B. Flint; Mesdames J. F. Hayhurst, Ruby Plewe
and Mary Gregory and Miss Laverne Gregory, all of Fresno.
The Fresno Bee 12/09/1945
Henry Preston Higginbotham & Evelyn Roth
Oxnard Press-Courier 08/23/1950
Robert L. Higginbotham & Marion Louise Price
Oxnard Press-Courier 02/26/1952
Joan Aileen Higginbotham & Thomas Pritchard
(License application)
The Modesto Bee 09/25/1952
James David Higginbotham & Ruby Maxine Whitfield
The Fresno Bee 10/19/1952
Eugene Kent Higginbotham & June Marie Ellis
The Fresno Bee 10/26/1952
Melva J. Higginbotham & James T. Marshall
(License application)
The Fresno Bee 11/24/1952
Leonard Higginbotham & Marilyn Armstrong
Fresno Bee 02/22/1953
Mrs. Luella Esther Higginbotham & William J. Bratton
The Fresno Bee 04/02/1954
Eugene K. Higginbotham & Joan Sylvies
The Fresno Bee 03/27/1955
Warren B. Higginbotham & Nettie Ruth Zediker
The Fresno Bee 05/26/1955
Palmer R. Hickingbottom & Barbara Louise Smith
The Fresno Bee 07/31/1955
Robert M. Higginbotham & Delphina Cotta
The Fresno Bee 02/27/1957
Geraldean Higginbotham & Frank A. Dostalik
Oxnard Press-Courier 06/27/1957
Eugene G. Higginbotham & Barbara E. McMillen
The Fresno Bee 10/04/1957
Patsy Hickingbottom & Fred Mechelke
Press-Telegram 01/17/1958
Richard E. Higginbotham & Patricia Joanne Ledbetter
Tell Betrothal of Daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Ledbetter of Compton have announced the engagement of their daughter, Patricia Joanne, to Richard E. Higginbotham, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Higginbotham. In traditional ceremony bride-elect also revealed the news to Delta Kappa Phi Sorority Sisters. Both young persons have been prominent in activities at Compton High School and Compton College, where he is doing post-graduate work. He is majoring in business administration at Long Beach State College and will complete his education there.
The Fresno Bee 08/10/1958
Sylvilla Hickingbottom & Robert E. Stoops
Reno Evening Gazette 08/30/1958
Judy Higginbotham & Robert Jones
The Fresno Bee Republican 10/25/1959
Yvonne Hicinbotham & John Wayne Holston
Oakland Tribune 12/17/1959
Joseph Cameron Hickingbotham & Catherine Abbott Moretti
The Fresno Bee 09/25/1960
Norman Higginbotham & Pattie Wells
The Modesto Bee 10/11/1961
Sharley Virginia Higginbotham & Richard James Leonard
Arcadia (CA) Tribune 02/12/1962
Leslie Higginbotham & William Black
Oakland Tribune 09/19/1962
Joyce Higginbotham & Royal Stewart Campbell
Oakland Tribune 11/19/1962
Robert Higginbotham & Lucile Lytle
The Oakland Tribune 04/16/1963
Robert George Higginbotham & Margaret Elizabeth Studarus
Oakland Tribune 06/15/1963
(License application)
Gary Lane Higginbotham & Roberta Donna Boynton
The Fresno Bee 06/17/1963
Linda Joyce Higginbotham & John Edward Young Jr.
Pasadena Star-News 03/11/1964
Susan Hanson Higginbotham & Lynn Paul Rehm
Oakland Tribune 07/02/1965
Heidi Dollar Hickingbotham & Robert Todd Cary
The Modesto Bee 03/21/1966
Norma Jean Higginbotham & Melvin Ryan Bowerbank
(License application)
Independent 07/07/1966
Louis R. Higginbotham & Sharon L. Stoll
11/09/1967
Dian Higginbotham & John Denny Webber
The Fresno Bee 01/02/1968
Ron Hickingbottom & Diane Pallesi
Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram 02/16/1968
Helen Kay Hickenbottom & Mario Andres Morales Reyna
Independent 07/07/1968
Earl Higginbotham & Gail Crystal Harris
Oakland Tribune 09/23/1968
Phoebe Diane Hickingbotham & James Emerson Hotle
Oakland Tribune 10/31/1968
Diana Dollar Hickingbotham & Gorham Knowles
Star News 11/05/1969
Cherylene Lanee' Higginbotham & Steven William Hunt
The Modesto Bee 05/07/1970
Grant S. Higginbotham & Diane Stark
The Fresno Bee 03/14/1971
Teena Louise Higginbotham & Thomas Mark Chrismer
Reno Evening Gazette 06/24/1971
Mary Lee Higginbotham & John Olsen Lear
Lear's Son Wed in California
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The son of industrialist William Lear and his new wife have returned home following a honeymoon.
John Olsen Lear and the former Mary Lee Higginbotham were wed at Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church.
The bride's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Higginbotham of Philadelphia, Miss. She attended Mississippi State University.
Lear attended Wichita State University and was graduated from Le Rosey College in Rolle, Switzerland.
Oakland Tribune 08/30/1971
(License application)
Winnwood Hickinbotham & Laurel L. Perona
HICKINBOTHAM-PERONA - Wennwood Hickinbotham, 22, Richmond, and Laurel L. Perona, 22, El Cerrito.
San Mateo Times 03/06/1972
Til Higginbotham & Atillo Albert Macchi
Marriage Licenses
MACCHI-HIGGINBOTHAM — Attilio Albert Macchi,
64,
06/25/1972
Harry David Higginbotham & Ruth Dianna Anderson
11/21/1972
Ronald R. Higginbotham & Ann Hartkamp
The San Mateo Times 01/02/1973
Pamela Joyce Higginbotham & John Milton Weingarten
The San Mateo Times 01/02/1973
Kelvin Wade Hickenbottom & Kim Marie Harris
The (San Mateo) Times 07/17/1973
Glenn Alan Higginbotham & Eileen Elizabeth Sharp
The Fresno Bee 08/26/1973
Joan Lucille Higginbotham & Frederick D. Hopkins
The Modesto Bee 12/19/1973
Gerald Ernest Higginbotham & Sherry Lynne Hanlon
The (Van Nuys) News 01/10/1974
Jeffrey Brian Hickenbottom & Darlene Frances Laughlin
Redlands Daily Facts 06/24/1975
Nancy Ann Higginbotham & Vincent Gerald Frainee
The Fresno Bee 02/12/1976
(License application )
Ronald Allen Higginbotham & Catherine Lynn Turner
The Fresno Bee 07/11/1976
David Richard Hickingbottom & Kathryn Rose Scrivner
03/06/1977
Linda Shirley Higginbotham & Joel Porter Jr.
The (Jefferson City, MO) News Tribune 12/25/1977
Angela Yvonne Higginbotham & Frederick Allen Gearheart
Mountain Democrat and Placerville Times 01/03/1986
Debra K. Higginbotham & Daniel H. Martin
The Mountain Democrat 06/22/2005
Melinda Faith Higginbotham & Ty Lawrence Barker
Enterprise-Record 03/18/2007
Lillian Jane Higginbotham & Thomas Christopher Prosser