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Rachel Higgins 1846 – 1920 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Sep 1846

Birth Location: Bodiam, Sussex, England

Death Date: 1920

Death Location: Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Father: James Higgins

Mother: Elizabeth Higgins

Spouse(s): Stephen Putland, James Harris

Children(s): Frederick Harris, Henry Harris, James Harris, Thomas Harris

Rachel Higgins was born in 1846 in Bodiam, Sussex, England, the child of James Higgins and Elizabeth Higgins. Rachel Higgins later married Stephen Putland and James Harris, and together they raised children including Frederick Harris, Henry Harris, James William Thomas Harris and Thomas William James Harris. In 1920, Rachel Higgins passed away in Eastbourne, Sussex, England.

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Parents

James Higgins
1807 –
Birth Location: Ewhurst, Sussex, England
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Elizabeth Higgins
1814 –
Birth Location: Brede, Sussex, England
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Spouses(s)

Stephen Putland
Birth Location: –
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James Harris
1839 – 1925
Birth Location: Ramsgate, Kent, England
JH

Children(s)

Frederick Harris
1869 –
Birth Location: Croydon, Surrey, England
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Henry Harris
1873 –
Birth Location: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
HH
James Harris
1881 – 1941
Birth Location: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
JH
Thomas Harris
1883 – 1945
Birth Location: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
TH

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Sep 1846
    Event Place: Bodiam, Sussex, England
    Record Source: 1861 England Census, 1881 England Census, 1891 England Census, 1901 England Census, 1911 England Census, S165406465, S165448362, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 774; Folio: 105; Page: 29; GSU roll: 6095884, Class: RG11; Piece: 1039; Folio: 139; Page: 24; GSU roll: 1341246, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 2b; Page: 103, Class: RG13; Piece: 883; Folio: 101; Page: 41, Class: Rg 9; Piece: 568; Folio: 66; Page: 1; GSU roll: 542663, East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference: PAR 312/1/3/1

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 27 Sep 1846
    Event Place: Bodiam, Sussex, England
    Record Source: S165028777, East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR 250/1/2/1, East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1861
    Event Place: White Ditch Road, Hailsham, Sussex, England
    Record Source: 1861 England Census, Class: Rg 9; Piece: 568; Folio: 66; Page: 1; GSU roll: 542663

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1881
    Event Place: 4 Longstone Terrace East, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
    Record Source: 1881 England Census, Class: RG11; Piece: 1039; Folio: 139; Page: 24; GSU roll: 1341246

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1891
    Event Place: 41 Leslie Street, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
    Record Source: 1891 England Census, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 774; Folio: 105; Page: 29; GSU roll: 6095884

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1901
    Event Place: 41 Leslie Street, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
    Record Source: 1901 England Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 883; Folio: 101; Page: 41

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1911
    Event Place: 5 Beltring Cottages, Seaside, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
    Record Source: 1911 England Census, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1920
    Event Place: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
    Record Source: S165406465, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 2b; Page: 103

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