- Son of Alvah Plaisted Huckins and second wife Ruby Plaisted. He had siblings Gracie T., Ada L., Madeline who died as a baby, and a half-sister Nellie Maud born 1881.
Herman was married at least three times. He first married Ethel Leavitt on Aug 17, 1917, she the daughter of Henry "Harry" and Jennie (Sargent) Leavitt. They had a son Quinton Herman on Sept 19, 1919.
Herman and Ethel separated by 1925 and were divorced in June of 1932. Ethel and Herman both remarried. In the 1930 census he was living with his widowed mother Ruby on River Street and had his son Quinton then age 10 residing with him. His sister Ada Haines and husband were also living in the household.
Herman married Emma Brockway Nov 3, 1932, she the daughter of Henry and Mary (Park) Brockway and had been born in Newfoundland. It was his second and her first marriage. They had a daughter Verna C. who died of a brain hemmorhage as an infant at the Plymouth hospital where she had been born 8 days earlier. By 1935 Herman had purchased a piece of land on Thompson Street and had a small house.
Herman and Emma were divorced or separated some time after 1940.
Herman did a bit of farming and odd jobs and also worked for the town of Ashland on the road crew. Later he was a patrolman on the Ashland section of the state highway. He lived between the family homestead, a home on North Ashland Road and a camp in Holderness. After his parent's death Herman and his siblings Ada Haines and Grace Eastman owned the family home on River Street and after their deaths Herman sold the home and most of the land around the early 1960's, retaining his land and home on Thompson Street in Ashland.
Herman was married on Nov 10, 1965 to Annie C. Wadley of Ashland.
Herman died at 98 years of age and was buried in the Alvah P. Huckins lot.
Source: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/220923663/herman-alvah-huckins
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West & Park Family History
1896 - 1995 (98 years)
