Emma (Head) Hicks (abt. 1850 - 1923)

Born about 1850 in Orwell, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of John Hicks — married 2 Mar 1869 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Descendants

Died 27 Mar 1923 at about age 73 in Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Emma was born about 1850. She is the daughter of Thomas Head and Elizabeth Pryor. She passed away in 1923.^[1] She is buried at the Emerald Cemetery, Queensland.^[2]

Emma arrived in Australia with her parents Thomas, 35 and Elizabeth 31 on the Genghis Khan on 19 Aug 1854. Thomas was a farm labourer from County Hertford. With them they had two children, William 8 and Emma 4. ^[3]

In 1869, Emma married John Hicks.^[4] At the time of their Marriage, John, aged 24 and born at Morphet, New South Wales to John Hicks, also a labourer and Harriet Hawkins, was living at Seven Mile Creek a locality near Ipswich in Queensland. Emma, then 19 and needing her parents consent to marry, was born in Orwell, Cambridgeshire, England the daughter of Thomas Head, a farmer and Elizbeth Pryor (sic). She was also residing at Seven Mile Creek at the time.^[5] The witnesses to the marriage were John Budd and Sally Moore. Emma and John had sixteen children.

1. Harriet Elizabeth (Hicks) Agnew (1869-1935)
2. Mary Ellen (Hicks) Taylor (1871-1934)
3. Alice Sophia Hicks (1872-1878)
4. George Henry Hicks (1873-1874)
5. Sarah Ann Hicks (1875-1876)
6. Eliza Jane Hicks (1877-1878)
7. Charlotte Emma (Hicks) Chapman (1879-1952)
8. John Thomas Hicks (1880-1964)
9. James Edward Hicks (1881-1952)
10. Charles Tomlinson Hicks (1883-1954)
11. Herbert Spencer Hicks (1884-1946)
12. Bethany Alice Hawkins Hicks (1885-1902)
13. Anna Lindsay Haynes (Hicks) Rumble (1887-1961)
14. Herbert George Hicks (1888-1965)
15. Albert Victor Hicks (1890-1966)
16. Lucy Ann (Hicks) Francis (1891-1948)

Research Notes

Place of birth is on 1851 England Census on father's profile page and on Emma's Certificate of Marriage.

Sources

1. ↑ Queensland Register of Births Deaths and Marriages - Death. Emma Hicks 27/03/1923. Daughter of Elizabeth Pryor and Thomas Head. https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/e24c51e20dd8e1c381381fd3fed60f47ca3e368cf6e434f2cbc8ad82531e6c68. Registration details: 1923/C/880.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182823850/emma-hicks : accessed 11 July 2022), memorial page for Emma Hicks (unknown–27 Mar 1923), Find A Grave: Memorial #182823850, citing Emerald Cemetery, Emerald, Central Highlands Region, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by Richie Wright (contributor 48346415) .
3. ↑ "Assisted Immigration 1848 to 1912 - H". Queensland Government Open Data Portal. Digitised Image accessed at https://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/api/download_file/DR38491.
4. ↑ Marriage. Emma Head to John Hicks 02/03/1869. https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/details/6f2b4dd51ccf1161991362ee51cfe9d175a462e349c307bfcf7b48f1dbfacc2c. Registration details: 1869/C/196.
5. ↑ Additional detail from Certificate of Marriage in the collection of Pat McCallum.