Born in Southam, Gloucestershire, England
Ancestors 
and Sister of
Keziah (Hawker) Udolloress, William Higgins, John Henry Higgins, Mary Elizabeth (Higgins) Burfoot, Harriet Elizabeth Higgins, Albert Edward Higgins and Neighbour George Arthur Higgins
Wife of
Alfred George Earl Hopcraft
— married
1920 in Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Mother of
Alfred George William Hopcraft and [private daughter (1920s - unknown)]
Died
at about age 65
in Ealing, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Nov 2015
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Biography
Emily Jane Higgins was born on 29 September 1887 in Southam, Gloucestershire, the daughter of Neighbour Higgins and Emily Jane (Hawker) Higgins[1][2]
1891 Census: aged 4 years (b. Southam, Gloucestershire) with her parents in Southam, Gloucestershire[3]
1901 Census: aged 13 years (b. Southam, Gloucestershire) with her parents in Southam, Gloucestershire[4]
1911 Census: aged 22 years (b. Southam, Gloucestershire), a domestic servant at the residence of John George Clark at 17 Ladbroke Gardens West, Kensington, London[5]
In 1920 Emily Jane Higgins married Alfred George Earl Hopcraft in Chelsea, London[6]
1939 Census: Emily Jane (Higgins) Hopcraft (b. 29 September 1887) and her husband Alfred George Earl Hopcraft (b.27 January 1890) are residing at 64 Milton Road, Ealing, Middlesex
Emily Jane (Higgins) Hopcraft died in 1953 in Ealing, Middlesex[7]
DNA
- Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Peter Hopcraft and David Baker, his 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are Neighbour Higgins and Emily Hawker, the great grandparents of Peter Hopcraft and great great grandparents of David Baker. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 3rd Cousins, based on sharing 126.3 cM across 6 segments.
Sources
- ↑ 1939 Census
- ↑ GRO Reference: 1887, D, Winchcombe, 6A/390: Mother's Maiden Name: HAWKER
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W1LL-X6Z : 22 February 2021), Emily Higgins in household of Keighbour Higgins, Brockhampton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Gloucestershire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSDP-3KN : 20 May 2019), Emily J Higgins in household of Neighbour Higgins, Brockhampton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Cleeve subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW2F-N51 : 16 May 2019), Emily Jane Higgins in household of John George Clark, Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey
- ↑ GRO Reference: 1920, J, Chelsea, 1A/1097
- ↑ GRO Reference: 1953, D, Ealing, 5E/83; 66 years
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emily by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emily:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Emily by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Emily:
-
~6.25%
David Baker
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dave_baker55
-
~0.78%
Raelee Chambers :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Raelee22
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