SEVENTH GENERATION

66. "Nan"Alice Nannette Fortenberry was born in 1942 in Rayville La. Richland Parish. Family Home

She was baptized in 1958 in Holly Ridge Baptist Church.
She was educated in 1963 in Ruston, La.. Home Economist , B.S. Louisiana Tech, Ruston,Louiaiana.

She was a 1965 to present in Arlington, Tarrant County, Tx.. Housewife and Mother.

She has reference number 2. She was named after Aunt Alice Elizabeth Fortenberry & Great Grandma Nancy Virginia Cason & Grandpa William Monnette Owe.
She was Evolution of the Fortenberry Name.⁽¹¹⁴⁾ The name Fortenberry has evolved over the generations. The name, Faulkenburg (meaning Falcon’s roost),was first found in Sweden and Northern Germany. The name is spelled many different ways in the various periods of American history. After studying the court records of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and New Jersey, the researcher finds that the name is found in many different forms. Faulkenburough, Fautenberry, Falkinburgh, Falconberry, Folkenberry, Fortenberry and Fortinbury can all be found interchangeably.

Keep in mind, the Fortenberry’s of the earlier generations did not know how to read or write. The Fortenberrys signed these legal documents with an X All the documents were written by a court clerk, therefore, the clerk was spelling the name as they heard it. With the many southern dialects, one can easily understand how the name came to be spelled in so many different ways.

She was married to Jimmie Lee Higgins on Jun 7 1963 in wife's family home (Rayville, La.).
Jimmie Lee Higgins was born in 1942 in Delhi, Richland Parish, La..
He was educated in 1965 in Ruston, La.. B.S. Electrical Engineering ,La. Tech University. Ruston, La.,

He was an Electrical Engineer 1965 to present in Grand Prairie, Dallas Co., Texas. Sr. Systems Engineer,LTV Company , Grand Prairie , Texas.

He has reference number 1. "Nan"Alice Nannette Fortenberry and Jimmie Lee Higgins had the following children:

+89 i. Darin Wayne Higgins.
+90 ii. Shannon Dural Higgins.
91 iii. Anthony Blaine Higgins Tony was born in 1978 in Arlington, Tarrant County, Tx.. "Higgins or O'Higgins is the anglicized form of the Gaelic name O'h-Uigin, which means the Decendant of Uige. The word Uige signifies "knowledge" or "ingenuity".

The family originated as an off shoot of the O'Neills of the midlands of Ireland, and, through them trace their ancestry back to King Nial of the Nine Hostages, A.D. 379. The Higgins clan spread westwards as far as County Sligo where they held large estates until dispossessed by Cromwell.

Historaclly, the most remarkable thing about this family is that they were hereditary brehons, or chief judges, of Ireland and produced a great number of distinguished poets and learned men. The famous Irish historians, known as the "Four Masters", enumerate no fewer than eleven poets of renown of the Higgins clan, one of whom was Maolmuire O'h-Uigin, noted Archbishop of Tuam.

With the destruction of the Gaelic order, the Higgins family lost their pre-eminence in the literary sphere but not their prominence in the world of affairs. Don Ambrosio O'Higgins (1730-1801) is well known as the Liberator of Chile. William O'Higgins (d. 1825) was a chemist of international fame." Author Unknown

The Higgins coat of arms issued in Ireland is a silver shield upon which are black "guttee de poix," the heraldic term for drops of pitch used on an attacking enemy. The center division of the shield is black with three silver towers.

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