Sarah (Shovlar) Higgins (1861 - 1947)

Born 1 May 1861 in Shorne, Kent, England

Ancestors

Wife of Henry Higgins — married 12 Jan 1879 in Shorne, Kent, England

Died 1947 at about age 85 in Maidstone, Kent, England

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Biography

Sarah Shovlar was born in Shorne, Kent in 1861, she was the daughter of Daniel Shovlar and Charlotte Buggs ^[1]

She was baptised in Shorne on 28 July 1861^[2]

Sarah married Henry Higgins in Shorne on 12 January 1879 ^[3]

She passed away in Maidstone, Kent in 1947, age 85 ^[4]

Census

1871 Gothic Cottages, Shorne, Kent^[5]

• Daniel Shoveller Head M 39 Meopham, Kent
• Charlotte Shoveller Wife F 35 Shorne, Kent
• Rosa Shoveller Daughter F 14 Shorne, Kent
• Daniel Shoveller Son M 12 Shorne, Kent
• Sarah Shoveller Daughter F 10 Shorne, Kent
• Charlotte Shoveller Daughter F 8 Shorne, Kent
• William Shoveller Son M 4 Shorne, Kent
• Jabez Shoveller Son M 0 Shorne, Kent

1881 back of Rose Cottage, Shorne ^[6]

• Henry Higgins Head Male 37 Ryarsh, Kent, England, ag lab
• Sarah Higgins Wife Female 21 Shorne, Kent, England, field worker
• Walter Higgins Son Male 1 Shorne, Kent, England

1891 The Ridgeway, Shorne, Strood, Kent ^[7]

• Henry Higgings Head Married Male 36 1855 Farm Labourer Kent, England
• Sarah Higgings Wife Married Female 30 1861 - Kent, England
• Walter Higgings Son - Male 11 1880 Scholar Kent, England
• Henry Higgings Son - Male 9 1882 Scholar Kent, England
• William Higgings Son - Male 7 1884 Scholar Kent, England
• Frederick Higgings Son - Male 4 1887 - Kent, England
• Alice M Higgings Daughter - Female 1 1890 - East Malling, Kent, England

1901 Platt, St Mary Platt, Wrotham, Malling, Kent ^[8]

• Sarah Higgens Head Widow Female 45 1856 - Wrotham, Kent, England
• Henry Higgens Son Single Male 20 1881 Ordinary Agr Labourer Gravesend, Kent, England
• William Higgens Son Single Male 18 1883 Ordinary Agr Labourer Gravesend, Kent, England
• Frederick Higgens Son Single Male 13 1888 Ordinary Agr Labourer Gravesend, Kent, England
• Alice Higgens Daughter Single Female 11 1890 - Kent, England
• Annie Higgens Daughter Single Female 8 1893 - Gravesend, Kent, England

1911 Wrotham, Kent ^[9]

• Sarah Higgins Head Female 51 Shorne, Kent
• Frederick Higgins Son Male 23 Shorne, Kent
• Alice Higgins Daughter Female 22 East Malling, Kent
• Annie Higgins Daughter Female 19 Chalk, Kent

1939 Register

undefined, Malling R.D., Kent, ^[10]

• Frederick J Higgins 08 Jun 1886 Male Builders Labourer Married 172 1
• Ellen F Higgins 31 Jul 1886 Female Charwoman Married 172 2
• The record for this person is officially closed. Can I get around this?
• Mary I M Haves (Higgins) 06 Nov 1926 Female At School Single 172 4
• Sarah Higgins 01 May 1861 Female Independent Old Age Pensioner Widowed 172 5

Sources

1. ↑ (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp) GRO index Q2 1861 North Aylesford vol 2a page 319 mothers maiden name BUGGS
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWSW-KBY : 11 February 2018, Sarah Shovelor, 28 Jul 1861); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,469,564.
3. ↑ (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q1 1879 North Aylesford vol 2a page 543
4. ↑ (https://www.freebmd.org.uk) GRO index Q1 1947 Maidstone vol 5b page 983
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFX6-G9B : 11 December 2017), RG10 0897 f60 p3
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27W-7WTK : 11 December 2017), RG11 0878 f114 p13
7. ↑ Findmypast 1891 census [1]
8. ↑ Findmypast 1901 census [2]
9. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWD2-XHM : 28 June 2019),
10. ↑ Findmypast 1939 Register [3]