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  • Too many Thomas Higgs!!!

    Hi all!

    Wondering if you lovely lot can help me with a new query tonight

    Trying to find Mary Higgs b. 1833, Clewer, Berkshire parent's and therefore her in the right census' before she married Joseph Horton?! I think her father is Thomas but can't identify which Higgs family are Mary's.

    A tree on Ancestry has her mother as Caroline Vickers, a cenus has Thomas and Charlotte Higgs and then there is a Thomas and Mary Higgs - all born Berkshire / around the Clewer, Berkshire area.

    Please can someone help me try and unpick which family is hers?

    Thanks all

  • #2
    This was the only Mary Higgs I could find born Clewer c1833 +/- 2 yrs:

    “Happy Land” 3 Bier Lane, Clewer, New Windsor, Berkshire
    Thomas Higgs, Head, Married, Male, 60, -, born Clewer, Berks
    C. Higgs, Wife, Married, Female, 45, -, born Clewer, Berks
    Mary Higgs, Daughter, -, Female, 19, -, born Clewer, Berks
    Emma Higgs, Daughter, -, Female, 16, -, born Clewer, Berks
    William Higgs, Son, -, Male, 14, -, born Clewer, Berks
    Ezer Higgs, Son, -, Male, 12, -, born Clewer, Berks
    [1851 Census HO107/1695 folio 516 page 14 schedule 50]

    There were a couple of other families/lodgers also at this address.

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    • #3
      Vivian - thanks, I found them too but I can't find them definitively before or after as there seems to be 2 or 3 Thomas Higgs born around the same time in Berkshire. I could assume one born nearest Clewer is the right one but can anyone else see something I'm missing to identify him or his wife before this census?

      Tessie

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      • #4
        Have you seen this one. 1841

        Thomas 46
        Charlotte 29
        Caroline 13
        Mary 7
        Emma 5
        William 3
        Eliza 1 (transcribed as Edvin) but aged in the female column)
        Living in Clewer.

        GRO had Eliza's mmn as Vickers and Williams as Wicken both born Windsor union.

        The marriage cert will give you her fathers name.
        Lin

        Searching Lowe, Everitt, Hurt and Dunns in Nottingham

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        • #5
          This would be them in 1841, also at Bier Lane. Mother is Charlotte in this one.

          https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interacti...107_25_27-0022
          Last edited by ozgirl; 16-01-19, 13:25.
          Linda


          My avatar is my Grandmother Carolina Meulenhoff 1896 - 1955

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          • #6
            Snap Lin! Eliza Vickers, GRO mmn of Vickers. Mar Q 1840 in Windsor Union Vol 06 Page 295.
            Linda


            My avatar is my Grandmother Carolina Meulenhoff 1896 - 1955

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            • #7
              Hi, thanks for this! My problem is that there is a Thomas Higgs born at the same time but in West Hanney, Berkshire (Ancestry births and Christenings) so how do I work out which is the correct Thomas or do I assume the one in the 41 and 51 from Clewer was born in Basilden, Berkshire (I assume now Upper or Lower Basildon) and didn't move to Clewer (IYSWIM)??!!
              Thanks
              Last edited by tessie31082; 16-01-19, 14:40.

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              • #8
                Ah, I've worked it out - thanks Ladies

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                • #9
                  Just need to find them in later census' - I maybe back unless you can spot them before me

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                  • #10
                    Looks like Thomas died 1863 Clewer

                    Burial:- Thomas Higgs aged 70 of Bier Lane buried at St Andrews Clewer of 31 Dec 1863.

                    Can't find Charlotte on 1871 census but will be back if I find anything.
                    Lin

                    Searching Lowe, Everitt, Hurt and Dunns in Nottingham

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                    • #11
                      Thomas's marriage to Caroline is on FMP:

                      Record set Berkshire Marriages Index
                      First name(s) Thomas
                      Last name Higgs
                      Birth year -
                      Marriage year 1828
                      Spouse's first name(s) Caroline
                      Spouse's last name Vickers
                      County Berkshire
                      Country England
                      Place Clewer
                      Marriage date 29 Apr 1828
                      Church St Andrew
                      Licence or banns By Banns
                      Elizabeth
                      Research Interests:
                      England:Purkis, Stilwell, Quintrell, White (Surrey - Guildford), Jeffcoat, Bond, Alexander, Lamb, Newton (Lincolnshire, Stalybridge, London)
                      Scotland:Richardson (Banffshire), Wishart (Kincardineshire), Johnston (Kincardineshire)

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                      • #12
                        1861 Thomas is a pauper in the Union Workhouse at Windsor.


                        Elizabeth
                        Research Interests:
                        England:Purkis, Stilwell, Quintrell, White (Surrey - Guildford), Jeffcoat, Bond, Alexander, Lamb, Newton (Lincolnshire, Stalybridge, London)
                        Scotland:Richardson (Banffshire), Wishart (Kincardineshire), Johnston (Kincardineshire)

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                        • #13
                          Baptisms:

                          Caroline 25 May 1828 at St Andrew, Clewer family living at Bier Lane and Thomas is a Stone Sawyer
                          Thomas 28 November 1830 at St Andrew, Clewer Family living at Bier Lane and Thomas is a Stone Mason
                          Maryann 21 April 1833 at St Andrew, Clewer Family living at Bier Lane and Thomas is a Lab
                          Emma 16 August 1835 at St Andrew, Clewer. Still at Bier Lane and Thomas a labourer.
                          Eliza 1 December 1839 at St Andrew, Clewer. Still at Bier Lane and Thomas a labourer.
                          Jane 2 October 1842 at St Andrew, Clewer. Still at Bier Lane and Thomas a labourer.
                          Elizabeth
                          Research Interests:
                          England:Purkis, Stilwell, Quintrell, White (Surrey - Guildford), Jeffcoat, Bond, Alexander, Lamb, Newton (Lincolnshire, Stalybridge, London)
                          Scotland:Richardson (Banffshire), Wishart (Kincardineshire), Johnston (Kincardineshire)

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                          • #14
                            The daughter Caroline died of cholera:

                            First name(s) Caroline
                            Last name Higgs
                            Age 21
                            Birth year 1828
                            Residence Garden Court
                            Death year 1849
                            Burial year 1849
                            Burial date 09 Oct 1849
                            Church St Andrew
                            Place Clewer
                            Notes died of cholera
                            County Berkshire
                            Country England
                            Record set Berkshire Burial Index
                            Elizabeth
                            Research Interests:
                            England:Purkis, Stilwell, Quintrell, White (Surrey - Guildford), Jeffcoat, Bond, Alexander, Lamb, Newton (Lincolnshire, Stalybridge, London)
                            Scotland:Richardson (Banffshire), Wishart (Kincardineshire), Johnston (Kincardineshire)

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                            • #15
                              Where did you find that Lin?

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                              • #16
                                Where do you find this information Elizabeth?

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                                • #17
                                  FindMyPast, Tessie. See #11.
                                  Elizabeth
                                  Research Interests:
                                  England:Purkis, Stilwell, Quintrell, White (Surrey - Guildford), Jeffcoat, Bond, Alexander, Lamb, Newton (Lincolnshire, Stalybridge, London)
                                  Scotland:Richardson (Banffshire), Wishart (Kincardineshire), Johnston (Kincardineshire)

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                                  • #18
                                    Thanks - off to try and find Caroline / Charlottein 1871 or her death in between!

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                                    • #19
                                      Can anyone find a birth that fits for Thomas - I can only find 2 on Ancestry - one born Basilden, Berkshire and one born West Hanney, Berkshire - neither are mine (I thought earlier the one from Basilden but now realise it isn't him)!?

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                                      • #20
                                        Found her up until her death in 1891 - but can anyone see her birth / christening? Thanks

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