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I have been unable to find when and where in 1917 George Higgins died. Also was he buried at Trent. I think it very likely. However he was a policeman and lived for many years at Tatworth, Somerset where his wife and a couple of their children were buried.

Thank you for any help. It appears the OPC for Trent has retired.

Mark

Charles Paul Higgins was born in Crewkerne, Somerset, England in 1863. He was baptised at Tatworth, Somerset on the Ist November 1866 with my great grandmother Bessie Higgins. Their father, George Higgins was a policeman at Tatworth, Somerset, where the family lived. Their mother was Charlotte (nee Ring).

Charles worked as a solicitors clerk at near by Chard and witnessed a will on the 16th July 1883.

Then it appears he vanishes. My grandmother told me when I was young that he drowned but being a child I did not ask any more.

One of his siblings Mary Jane Higgins (a ladys maid) later married a Mr Brown and lived in the Seattle region. A postcard gives the address as Route3, 145 Seattle.

The siblings had an older brother named George Higgins who died in 1889. At the inquest it mentioned that some 4 years earlier he was visited by a brother who came from America. If accurate I feel this would have to be Charles.

I have photographs and other bits and pieces regarding the Higgins family but nothing on Charles. I think it highly likely that he drowned when he was a young man. I have checked parish records at Tatworth, newspaper and death records and have had no joy. I haven't found him on a ship. It is possible he worked his passage.

I can not find anything else about Charles and any ideas would be greatly appreciated.  Mark   

A distant relative George Higgins committed a murder and died at the scene of the crime near Tredegar in May 1889. I am trying to discover where he was buried. Although the inquest found him guilty he probably was buried locally. As he killed himself he is unlikely at that time to be buried in a church. Any help greatly appreciated.

Mark

In Bradford Abbas there have been a number of George Higgins from the same family. I believe I have the children of George married to Jane but would welcome an experts opinion.
Eliza 1835
Charles 1840
Mary Ann 1844
James 1847
William 1853-1853
Ellen 1851?
William 1854
Elizabeth 1857-1857?
John 1861
Jane 1858
With such a large family and with some early deaths, I may be missing some others? Also some of the dates may be baptism or census estimates. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I have always been pleasantly surprised with the enthusiasm and knowledge and skill of your researchers.
Many thanks

Mark

I have previously been advised that Emily Foot was married in 1844. I am finding further info difficult and I am hoping for some help to discover the following:-
Her mother was Susan(nah) Foot
When and where she was born, baptised and died, plus her husbands name and place of marriage.
Many thanks Mark