The Rev. Charles A. Higgins, Mrs Higgins and their son who had returned on the Gripsholm were the only members of the American Mission to witness the shelling and bombing of the city….. Further reading Living Church, Volume 105 and St-Louis-Post-Dispatch 14 February 1943
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Charles Ashley Higgins 8 Sep 1912 - 2 August 1985
Passenger List Gripsholm arriving 28 August 1942
Charles Ashley Higgins age 30 Married Born 8 September 1912 McAlpin Raleigh County West Virginia USA
Mary Higgins age 29 born 20 April 1913 Hankow China
Charles Tyng Higgins born 29 June 1940 Hong Kong
Charles Ashley Higgins May 1937 Virginia Theological Seminary, Arlington, VA
Preparation for Ministry in the Episcopal Church Ordained 1937
Marriage 29 August 1939 St John's Cathedral Hong Kong to Mary Atkinson Tyng (1913 - 2004)
Birth of son Alexander Griswold Higgins 25 October 1943 25 Oct 1943 Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA
Death Charles Ashley Higgins 2 Aug 1985 Helena, Phillips, Arkansas, USA
Charles A. Higgins & Family
(Updated 3 January 2026)
The Rev. Charles A. Higgins, Mrs Higgins and their son who had returned on the Gripsholm were the only members of the American Mission to witness the shelling and bombing of the city….. Further reading Living Church, Volume 105 and St-Louis-Post-Dispatch 14 February 1943