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How's that then?
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Both Titus & Mr Shaw were in the army. If they got to draw pensions, then they would be within WO 97. Okay, not online, but available at Kew. Thes would show when they signed up, names of next of kin and dependents and where they served.
This has to be investigated, as it would at least suggest where the men might have been on census nights. |
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oooooh - Phoenix, Thanks for that. And I'm off work Friday and may be able to fit a quick dash over to Kew in. How long should it take roughly??
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This is the reference for any Higgs discharged post 1882: WO 97/3049
Before that, this is the relevant research guide: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/c...?sLeafletID=14 |
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Not sure for the earlier stuff. The later stuff is very quick: they come in big cardboard boxes, arranged alphabetically. Order in advance (if you have a reader's ticket) and you won't have to wait. Production time otherwise is approx 40 minutes.
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I have just been looking at all the info re Titus Higgs he died about Sept 1892 Jersey
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An awful lot has come online since this thread has started.
Titus is in the army in 1861, and the newspapers state that he comminted suicide, but NO REASON WAS GIVEN. I think we might be able to suggest one.
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I thought Thomas Collis in Hampshire/Berkshire would be fairly uncommon, but several people have him mixed up. The only one you cannot get wrong is Farmborough Collis ! I would say that "Henry Higgs" is far more common and would not be surprised if there were two in the Basingstoke area. *goes off to check database for Higgs connections* |
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Sept 1892 Suicide de Sergent Instructeur Titus Higgs. Enquete verdict -- coup de feu (gunshot) as you say Phoenix we can guess the reason
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Higgs
Birth son of Ellen & Titus
05 July 1879 Edwin Charles Higgs Father Titus Higgs Mother Ellen Emma Higgs formerly Shaw Father's Occupation Sergeant Notts Militia Marriage Charles & Ellen 29 June St Laurence Church Charles Harmston Full Age Widower, Labourer--- Father William Harmston Labourer Ellen Emma Higgs Full Age Widow Father Richard Godden Shoemaker Charles signed X Witnesses Charles W Harmston & Sarah Ann Brown |
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