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Old 17-01-10, 16:39
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*Brightens up considerably now the possibility of parallel families has returned*

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Old 18-01-10, 12:47
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Both Titus & Mr Shaw were in the army. If they got to draw pensions, then they would be within WO 97. Okay, not online, but available at Kew. Thes would show when they signed up, names of next of kin and dependents and where they served.

This has to be investigated, as it would at least suggest where the men might have been on census nights.
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Old 18-01-10, 19:09
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oooooh - Phoenix, Thanks for that. And I'm off work Friday and may be able to fit a quick dash over to Kew in. How long should it take roughly??
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Old 18-01-10, 19:34
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This is the reference for any Higgs discharged post 1882: WO 97/3049

Before that, this is the relevant research guide: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/c...?sLeafletID=14
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Old 18-01-10, 19:37
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oooooh - Phoenix, Thanks for that. And I'm off work Friday and may be able to fit a quick dash over to Kew in. How long should it take roughly??
Not sure for the earlier stuff. The later stuff is very quick: they come in big cardboard boxes, arranged alphabetically. Order in advance (if you have a reader's ticket) and you won't have to wait. Production time otherwise is approx 40 minutes.
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I have just been looking at all the info re Titus Higgs he died about Sept 1892 Jersey
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Old 08-07-14, 22:48
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An awful lot has come online since this thread has started.

Titus is in the army in 1861, and the newspapers state that he comminted suicide, but NO REASON WAS GIVEN.


I think we might be able to suggest one.
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Old 08-07-14, 23:01
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Well I would consider Titus an unusual name but maybe it wasn't.
I have just been reading through - I have to say I have often thought the same about some names, only to find it's not "uncommon" at all.

I thought Thomas Collis in Hampshire/Berkshire would be fairly uncommon, but several people have him mixed up. The only one you cannot get wrong is Farmborough Collis !

I would say that "Henry Higgs" is far more common and would not be surprised if there were two in the Basingstoke area.

*goes off to check database for Higgs connections*
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Old 09-07-14, 14:30
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Sept 1892 Suicide de Sergent Instructeur Titus Higgs. Enquete verdict -- coup de feu (gunshot) as you say Phoenix we can guess the reason
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Old 11-08-14, 17:43
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Birth son of Ellen & Titus

05 July 1879 Edwin Charles Higgs Father Titus Higgs Mother Ellen Emma Higgs formerly Shaw Father's Occupation Sergeant Notts Militia

Marriage Charles & Ellen

29 June St Laurence Church
Charles Harmston Full Age Widower, Labourer--- Father William Harmston Labourer
Ellen Emma Higgs Full Age Widow Father Richard Godden Shoemaker
Charles signed X Witnesses Charles W Harmston & Sarah Ann Brown
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