SON OF JOHN HIGGINS AND MARY SHELTON

JOHN HIGGINS...........=......ELLEN
b.1827 Coaley,Glos.....|......b.1835 Coaley, Glos
occ.Farm Labr
of Tickshill,Coaley

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DEBORAH....b.c.1857 Coaley
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OLIVER.....b.c.1861 Coaley
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HUBERT.....b.c.1862 Coaley / occ.Farm Labourer
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CYRIL......b.c.1867 Coaley
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CLIFFORD...b.c.1869 Coaley / married / descent
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HILDA......b.c.1866 Coaley
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BEATRICE...b.c.1872 Coaley
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BLANCH.....b.c.1874 Coaley

grandson ALFRED b.1875 Coaley living with the family in 1881
SON OF JOHN HIGGINS AND MARY SHELTON

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ERNEST ARTHUR HOPTON HIGGINS..b.2 July 1855 Coaley/
|.............................married MARY STOTESBURY-descent
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OSWALD....b.c.1858 Coaley
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JULIA.....b.c.1859 Coaley /unmarried/
|.........occ.Spulling Machinist & Machine Minder
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AUGUSTA...b.c.1860 Coaley
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MATILDA...b.c.1863 Coaley / Vest Maker-Tailor
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FELIX.....b.c.1868 Coaley
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SARAH.....b.c.1871
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MARGARET..b.c.1872 Selsley
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KATE......b.c.1873 Selsley /unmarried /occ.Dressmaker at home
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LILLIAN...b.c.1877 Rodborough/unmarried/occ.Tailoress at home
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EDITH.....b.c.1880 Rodborough
HENRY HIGGINS..............=......SARAH SPENCER
b.1835 Coaley,Glos.........|......b.1836 Coaley,Glos.
occ. Road Labr.............|......occ. Laundress/Clothworker
of Laggar,Rodborough..............married in Rodborough
d.1 June 1910 aged 78yrs..........d. 9 Oct.1908 aged 75 yrs
Workhouse Infirmary,Stroud........at Ebley,Stonehouse,Glos.
SON OF JOHN HIGGINS AND MARY SHELTON

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JEPTHAN.........b.1861 Coaley /married / descendents
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OLIVER..........b.1862 Coaley /married / descendents
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ADA MARINDA.....d.1864 aged 2 years
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FRANCIS.........d.1869 aged 7 years
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ELI GILBERT.....b.1864 Falfield / d.1888 age 22 yrs.
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MARY............b.1865 Falfield /unmarried / occ.working at home
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ADA EMILY.......b.1868 Falfield /unmarried /occ.Cook Domestic in Devon
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BLANCHE (twin)..b.1870 Falfield /unmarried / occ.Parlour Maid in Devon
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PHILLIS (twin)..b.1870 Falfield /unmarried /occ.Dressmaker *
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FLORA...........b.1872 Falfield /unmarried /occ.Housekeeper *
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KATE............b.1874 Falfield
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LUTHER..........b.1877 Falfield
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ETHEL...........b.1880 Falfield /unmarried /occ.Packer of Chocolate *
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ADELINE.........b.1881 Falfield /unmarried /occ.Bag Maker *
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CHARLOTTE.......b.1883 Falfield /unmarried /occ.Dressmaker *


* These five sisters shared a home in Bristol in 1901
JEPTHAH HIGGINS............=........CHARLOTTE
b.1841 Coaley,Glos.........|........b.1837 Coaley
occ.Blacksmith
of Falfield, Thornbury
CLIFFORD HIGGINS........=.......ANNIE FIELD
b.1869 Coaley,Glos......|.......b.1869 Stroud, Glos
occ.Tailors Cutter..............married 1893 Stroud

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WINNIE...........HORACE..........GILBERT
b.c.1894.........b.c.1895........b.c.1897
Stroud...........Stroud..........Woodchester


JEPHTHAN HIGGINS.......=....EMILY HUGHES
b.1861 Coaley,Glos...........|........b.c.1859
Stroud,Glos
occ. Blacksmith

........................EVELYN HIGGINS
........................b.1892
........................Wootten under Edge
OLIVER HIGGINS........=......1) (POLLY) MARY ANN KING
b.1863 Coaley,Glos....|......b.c.1859 Avening, Glos
d.1942 Thornbury,Glos........married 15 Nov. 1886
occ.Blacksmith...............Congregational Church,Thornbury
.............................2) EMILY WINIFRED CHAMPION
................................married 1916
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EDITH BLANCHE.....CLAUDE WILFRED.....HAROLD OLIVER........NELSON SPENCER........JOAN DOROTHY
b.c.1887..........b.c.1892...........b.c.1894.............b.c.1896..............b.1917
Thornbury.........Thornbury..........Thornbury............Thornbury.............Thornbury
occ.Nurse.........married 1916.......occ.Railway worker...married widow.........occ.Teacher
d.1980............d.1917.............married..............ELLA LILIAN BURNS.....d.Mar.2008
..................drowned...............|.......................................aged 90 yrs.
.....................................DOUGLAS HIGGINS
.....................................1927-1998
.....................................married
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.....................................MARTIN HIGGINS

SON OF JEPTHAH HIGGINS AND CHARLOTTE

SON OF JEPTHAH HIGGINS AND CHARLOTTE

SON OF JOHN HIGGINS AND ELLEN

BLANCHE PHYLLIS
PHYLLIS BLANCHE
With many thanks to Martin and Liz Higgins for sharing their research
and for the link to further information about the Higgins of Thornbury.
The
Blacksmith
Rural World of
Oliver Higgins

The children of
Oliver Higgins
OLIVER HIGGINS
1863-1942
Woodchester Parish Church
1863
It was estimated that since 1563, 3,000 burials took place in the
churchyard (including 169 Brownings and many Walkleys)
click for the favourite
'Under the spreading
Chestnut Tree.............>
HENRY HIGGINS

JEPTHAH HIGGINS

ERNEST ARTHUR HOPTON HIGGINS.....=.....MARY ELIZABETH STOTESBURY (ROSE)
b.c.1855 Coaley,Glos...................b.c.1864
d.5 Dec.1929 aged 74yrs................d.25 Aug.1921 age 57yrs
Brockley, Deptford,London..............Brockley,Deptford,London
occ. Carpenter.........................married 12 Feb.1883
Journeyman/Timber Merchant.............St.James, Bermondsey
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NELLIE HIGGINS......b.c.1884 Yarmouth, Norfolk / married PERCY GIBBS...issue...descent
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FLORAHIGGINS.......b.c.1885 Yarmouth, Norfolk
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EDWIN (TED)HIGGINS..b.c.1886 Yarmouth, Norfolk / occ.Comm.Clerk
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MABEL HIGGINS.......b.c.1887 New Cross, London / occ.Appr.Dressmaker
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ADA HIGGINS.........b.c.1889 New Cross, London / married GEORGE DAVIES
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HILDA (JILL)HIGGINS.b.c.1896 New Cross, London/
|.................. married ARTHUR PINNACLE
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GRACE HIGGINS
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MAJORIE HIGGINS
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CLARICE HIGGINS
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ERNEST HIGGINS
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ALICE HIGGINS......=....FREDERICK COATES
b.25 Sept,1890..........1892 - 1985
St,Paul Deptford
d.1970
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JACK...........CONSTANCE.........JACQUELINE.......NICHOLAS
married........married
AUDREY BACON...LEN ROGERS
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LESLEY........PAULINE.........JACQUELINE.......NICHOLAS


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IAN COATES............EVELYN COATES.....=.....MICHAEL HARRIS
b.1927................b.5 Dec.1928............b.1929
d.1927................Lewisham,London
......................d.2001

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DAVID HARRIS.....=.....CLAIR KENT.............ANDREW HARRIS....=....KAREN ADAMS
b.1964.................b.1965.................b.1966................b.1965

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BENJAMIN.............SAMUEL....................STEPHEN............ALEXANDER
b.2000...............b.2003....................b.1997.............b.1999

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MARY......KATHLEEN...=...MICK INNES
.....................|...(Leonard)
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..............JEAN......ROGER


With many thanks to David Harris for his
additonal research into his family
SON OF JOHN HIGGINS AND SARAH SPENCER

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