John
Bernard
Higgins
Born in Balaklava, South Australia, Australia
Ancestors 
Son of Michael Thomas Higgins
and Jane (Giles) Higgins
Brother of
Kathleen Mary (Higgins) Clune, Wiliam Thomas Higgins, Eileen Veronica (Higgins) Edwards, Dolly (Higgins) Bates and Moira Higgins
Husband of
Margaret Elizabeth (Harris) Higgins
— married
1950 in South Australia, Australia
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 68
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Nov 2015
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Biography
John was born in 1921 to Michael Higgins and Jane Giles[1]
He enlisted & served in WW2. [2]
John Higgins is an Anzac who served in World War Two.
Sources
- ↑ Birth - 76A/248 South Aust BDM
- ↑ https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au/explore/people/553579
- https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-databases.html
- http://www.peterborough.sa.gov.au/CemeterySearch
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Sue Giles
As newly weds, John & his wife lived next door to my maternal grandparents. She remembered very fondly the help & kindness shown to them by my grandmother as new parents of a newborn.
posted 7 Nov 2015 by Sue Giles
[thank Sue]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~6.25%
Sue Giles
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A056076 [compare], Ancestry member thegilesgirl
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Beverly (Sanders) Rice :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mayor99
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~3.12%
~12.50%
Emma Drobnjak :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Elaine (Hargreaves) Palmer :
AncestryDNA
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Categories: Peterborough Cemetery, Peterborough, South Australia | Anzacs, World War II