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Facts and Events
| Name |
Edith Dorothy Higgins |
| Alt Name |
Dora Higgins |
| Gender |
Female |
| Birth[1] |
18 Jun 1888 |
Walthamstow, Essex, England |
| Census[2] |
5 Apr 1891 |
Walthamstow, Essex, England55 Clarendon Road |
| Census[3] |
31 Mar 1901 |
Farnborough, Hampshire, EnglandRamillies Barracks, North Camp |
| Census[4] |
2 Apr 1911 |
Paddington, London, England87 Sutherland Avenue |
| Marriage |
17 Sep 1918 |
Farnborough, Hampshire, EnglandOur Lady Help of Christians
to Stephen Michael Sweeney |
| Census[5] |
29 Sep 1939 |
Willesden, Middlesex, England72 Hanover Road |
| Death[6][7] |
16 Oct 1954 |
Reading, Berkshire, England |
Edith Dorothy Higgins was born on 18th June 1888 at Walthamstow in Essex, daughter of a caterer named Daniel Higgins and his wife Sarah. Edith Dorothy was generally known as Dora. She appears in the 1891 census living with her parents and siblings at 55 Clarendon Road in Walthamstow. By 1901 the family had moved to Farnborough in Hampshire, where they lived in the grounds of the Ramillies Barracks and her father was described as a 'messman', presumably catering to the army there.
By 1911 Dora was working as a teacher in London, and she was lodging at 87 Sutherland Avenue in Paddington. Her landlady there was Margaret Sweeney, who had a son called Stephen, who worked as a railway clerk. Dora and Stephen were married in 1918 back in Farnborough. They had one daughter, Margaret Mary, in 1920.
At the outbreak of the Second World War the family was living at 72 Hanover Road in Willesden.
By the mid 1950s the family had moved to Caversham in Reading, living at 2 Matlock Road. They were living there when Dora died on 16th October 1954, aged 66. Stephen survived her by just over eleven years.
References
- ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
b. Edith Dorothy HIGGINS, September Quarter 1888, West Ham Registration District, Volume 4a, page 244, mother's maiden name Draine
- ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG12; Piece 1355; Folio 18; Page 30, 5 Apr 1891.
Address: 55 Clarendon Road, Walthamstow, Essex
5 or more rooms occupied
Daniel Higgins, head, married, male, 28 [1862/3], Cook & Caterer, neither employer nor employed, b. York, Yorkshire
Sarah Higgins, wife, married, female, 28 [1862/3], b. Colchester, Essex
Ethel Higgins, daughter, female, 4 [1886/7], b. Walthamstow, Essex
Dorah Higgins, daughter, female, 2 [1888/9], b. Walthamstow, Essex
Daniel Higgins, son, male, 7 months [1890], b. Walthamstow, Essex
- ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
Class RG13; Piece 1105; Folio 71; Page 41, 31 Mar 1901.
Address: Ramillies Barracks and adjoining buildings, North Camp, Farnborough, Hampshire
Daniel Higgins, head of family, married, male, 38 [1862/3], Messman, employer, working at home, b. York, Yorkshire
Sarah Higgins, wife, married, female, 38 [1862/3], b. Colchester, Essex
Dora Higgins, daughter, single, female, 12 [1888/9], b. Walthamstow, Essex
Daniel Higgins, son, single, male, 10 [1890/1], b. Walthamstow, Essex
William Drinkwater, servant, single, male, 18 [1882/3], Horseman domestic, b. Farnborough, Hampshire
- ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.))
Class RG14; Piece 36; Schedule 87, 2 Apr 1911.
Class RG14; Piece 36; Schedule 87
Address: 87 Sutherland Avenue, Paddington, London
Ten rooms occupied
Margaret Sweeney, head, female, 58 [1852/3], widow, Boarding house keeper, employer, b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
Mary Sweeney, daughter, female, 28 [1882/3], single, Assistant to above, b. Brixton, London
Margaret Sweeney, daughter, female, 23 [1887/8], single, Assistant to above, b. Paddington, London
Stephen Sweeney, son, male, 21 [1889/90], single, Railway clerk, worker, b. Paddington, London
Bride Connolly, boarder, female, 30 [1880/1], single, Elementary school teacher - L.C.C., worker, b. Moher, Roscommon
Dora Higgins, boarder, female, 22 [1888/9], single, Elementary school teacher - L.C.C., worker, b. Walthamstow, London
Bryan G. O'Donnell, boarder, male, 21 [1889/90], single, Insurance clerk, worker, b. Kilmallock, Limerick
Mary Phippen, visitor, female, 50 [1860/1], widow, Housekeeper (domestic), b. Whithorn, Wigtownshire
- ↑ General Register Office. 1939 Register
Willesden Municipal Borough, 29 Sep 1939.
Address: 72 Hanover Road, Willesden, Middlesex
Sweeney, Stephen / male / 11 Aug 1889 / married / Railway Clerk
Sweeney, Edith D. / female / 18 Jun 1888 / married / Unpaid Domestic Duties
[one record closed]
- ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).
d. Edith Dorothy SWEENEY, December Quarter 1954, Reading Registration District, Volume 6a, page 94, aged 66 [1887/8]
- ↑ England. National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858 onwards. (Ancestry.com).
1955
SWEENEY Edith Dorothy of 2 Matlock-road Caversham Reading (wife of Stephen Michael Sweeney) died 16 October 1954 Administration Oxford 18 January to the said Stephen Michael Sweeney wine and spirit buyer. Effects £547 0s. 11d.
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