My father-in-law would dearly love to find out why his Uncle Cyril was ostracised from the family after the death of his son Cecil in 1933. He remembers that Uncle Cyril Higgs was married to Rhoda and that there was a connection with Worcester, possibly where he ended up after he was pushed away by the family. He wanted to know if it was because of baby Cecil's death or some other reason. Is it possible to even find out?
I have found Uncle Cyril:
- Frederick Cyril Higgs dob August 1896/1896 Bampton Oxon
- fought in WWI with 1/4 Batt. Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
- married Rhoda Gardner June 1924 Abingdon Oxon
- resided Bromyard Herefordshire 1929
- son Cecil John Higgs 1929-1933
- Cecil died at South Bank Nursing Home, Bath Rd, Worcester. Aged 4.
Cause of death acute pyelitis and acute appendicitis - tragically his father
was the registrar
-Cyril died in Sept 1972 in Malvern Worcestershire
There is a huge gap between Cecil's death and Cyril's and I am not really sure how to go about filling in that information as I am new to this. I'm assuming a good bet would be to find out what happened to Rhoda Higgs nee Gardner but that is where I get stuck! Please would you help or give me some idea where to look next myself?
And to compound matters there is a slight time pressure on this project as my father-in-law is in his 80s and I would like to get some sort of answer for him while it is still meaningful for him (without spelling out the problem
).
Thank you very much