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Sarah Higgs 1775–1863 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Jan 1775

Birth Location: Newent, Gloucestershire, England

Death Date: MAR 1863

Death Location: Hereford, Herefordshire

Father: Samuel Higgs

Mother: Mary Warder

Spouse(s): James Layton

Children(s): Sarah 🧬, George Layton\Leighton, Susanna Layton, Samuel Layton, Samuel Layton, Anne Layton, Thomas Layton, John Layton, William Layton, James Layton

Sarah Higgs was born in 1775 in Newent, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Samuel Higgs And Mary Warder. In 1861, Sarah Higgs resided in Hereford, Vowchurch, Herefordshire, England. Sarah Higgs married James Layton, and had children including Anne Layton, George Layton Leighton, James Layton, John Leighton Layton, Samuel Layton, Sarah Layton, Susanna Layton, Thomas Layton, William Layton. Sarah Higgs passed away in 1863 in Hereford, Herefordshire.

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Biography

  • Sarah Higgs was born in 1775 in Newent, Gloucestershire, England, the child of Samuel Higgs And Mary Warder.
  • In 1861, Sarah Higgs resided in Hereford, Vowchurch, Herefordshire, England.
  • Sarah Higgs married James Layton, and had children including Anne Layton, George Layton Leighton, James Layton, John Leighton Layton, Samuel Layton, Sarah Layton, Susanna Layton, Thomas Layton, William Layton.
  • Sarah Higgs passed away in 1863 in Hereford, Herefordshire.

Immediate Family

Parents

Samuel Higgs
1753–1800
Birth Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
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Mary Warder
1749–1793
Birth Location: Hayles, Gloucestershire, England
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Spouses(s)

James Layton
1776–1859
Birth Location: Newent, Gloucestershire, England
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Children(s)

Sarah 🧬
1817–1889
Birth Location: Peterchurch, Hereford
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George Layton\Leighton
1814–1867
Birth Location: Peterchurch, Herefordshire, England
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Susanna Layton
1799–1847
Birth Location: Gloucestershire, England
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Samuel Layton
1811–
Birth Location: –
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Samuel Layton
1811–1869
Birth Location: Peterchurch, Herefordshire, England
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Anne Layton
1819–1878
Birth Location: Peterchurch, Hereford
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Thomas Layton
1807–1871
Birth Location: Saul, Gloucestershire, England
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John Layton
1801–1854
Birth Location: Saul, Gloucestershire, England
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William Layton
1809–1891
Birth Location: Peterchurch, Herefordshire
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James Layton
1799–1866
Birth Location: Saul, Gloucestershire, England
JL

Sarah Higgs's Ancestors

Self
Sarah Higgs
1775–1863
Birth Place: Newent, Gloucestershire, England
Parents
Samuel Higgs
1753–1800
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Mary Warder
1749–1793
Hayles, Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sarah Higgs's Descendants

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Sarah Higgs (6 Jan 1775–MAR 1863) m. James Layton (12 Jan 1776–April 1859)
  1. 1. Sarah (Layton) 🧬 1817–1889 m. John (Gwilliam) 🧬 1818–1899
    1. 1. Samuel (William Gwilliam) 🧬 1858–1945 m. Emily (S Davies) 🧬 1859–1910
      1. 1. Agnes (Gwilliam) 🧬 1879–1958 m. William (James) Cooke 1855–1936
        1. 1. Alfred (P) Cooke 1911–1975 m. Enid underhill 1916–1982
        2. 2. Edward (George) Cooke 1911–1981 m. Enid Duenas 1915–1982
        3. 3. Walter (James) Cooke 1905–1998 m. Mary (Ann) Jones 1897–1974
        4. 4. Alice (Daisy) Gwilliam 1896–1988 m. William (Thomas Parker -) Turner 1891–1962
        5. 5. Arthur (Ernest) Cooke 1899–1971 m. Mary (A.) Hardwick 1902–1982
        6. 6. Robert (John) Cooke 1902–1982 m. Mabel (W) Batterton 1907–
        7. 7. Frederick (Harold) Cooke 1906–1989
        8. 8. Phyllis (Elizabeth Rose) Cooke 1917–2003
        9. 9. Winifred (Eleanor Beryl) Cooke 1908–1996 m. George (William) Morris 1897–
        10. 10. Leonard (Samuel Charles) Cooke 1912–1979
        11. 11. Lavinia (Elsie Grace) Cooke 1914–
        12. 12. William (Henry) Gwilliam 1885–1973
        13. 13. Florence (Vinnie) Cooke 1914–
        14. 14. Martin (T D) Cooke 1919–
        15. 15. Rosie Cooke 1901–1902
      2. 2. Samuel Gwilliam 1886–1973 m. Elizabeth (Annie) Hatch 1890–1974
        1. 1. Albert (Henry) Gwilliam 1911–1997
        2. 2. Malcolm (Kenneth) Gwilliam 1932–2017
        3. 3. Elizabeth (Doris) Gwilliam 1923–2019
        4. 4. Eleanor (Agnes) Gwilliam 1925–1926
        5. 5. Elsie (May) Gwilliam 1914–2004
        6. 6. Iris Gwilliam 1917–2012
        7. 7. William (John) Gwilliam 1910–1995
        8. 8. Edgar (George) Gwilliam 1919–1994
      3. 3. John (Jack) Gwilliam 1880–1979 m. Ann Beavan 1885–1923 m. Elsie (Maud) Green 1898–1978
        1. 1. John (Albert) Gwilliam 1925–2002 m. Ruth (Mary) Dyer 1929–1988
      4. 4. Emily (Jane) Gwilliam 1882–1943 m. George (Allen) Griffiths 1883–1938
        1. 1. Florence (Emily) Griffiths 1910–1914
        2. 2. John (Samuel 'Joey') Griffiths 1909–1986
        3. 3. Herbert (George) Griffiths 1908–
        4. 4. Alfred (Walter) Griffiths 1914–
      5. 5. Sarah (Ann) Gwilliam 1883–1968 m. John Wall 1873–1946
        1. 1. Evelyn (Doris) Wall 1906–
        2. 2. Ernest (Thomas) Gwilliam 1902–1902
        3. 3. Sarah (Elizabeth) Wall 1915–1999
        4. 4. George (James) Wall 1911–1994
        5. 5. Edgar Wall 1909–1996
        6. 6. Kathleen (Kitty) Wall 1908–1982 m. Cecil (Albert) Macklin 1915–2006
        7. 7. Roland (John) Wall 1905–1907
        8. 8. Gladys (Mary) Wall 1911–1986
        9. 9. Helena (May) Wall 1912–2000
        10. 10. Margaret (Ella) Wall 1916–1995
      6. 6. George Gwilliam 1887–1962 m. Frances Preece 1886–1977
        1. 1. Constance (Emily) Gwilliam 1909–2008
        2. 2. Doris Gwilliam 1914–2005 m. William (Robert) Silvester 1919–1966
        3. 3. William (Alfred) Gwilliam 1923–1981 m. Joyce (Margaret) Edenborough 1928–2021
        4. 4. Reginald (George) Gwilliam 1905–1941 m. Nellie (G) Gwilliam 1899–1952
        5. 5. Lilian (Frances) Gwilliam 1907–2003
        6. 6. Dorothy Gwilliam 1925–1925
      7. 7. Elizabeth Rawlings 1892–1981 m. George Rawlings 1889–1958
        1. 1. Albert Rawlings 1922–
        2. 2. Wilfred Rawlings 1924–
        3. 3. Joyce Rawlings 1925–
        4. 4. Albert (Leslie) Rawlings 1922–
        5. 5. Wilfred (Samuel) Rawlings 1924–1992 m. Rhona (Doreen) Darby 1926–2002
        6. 6. Elsie (Joyce) Rawlings 1925–2002
      8. 8. Charles (Henry) Gwilliam 1893–1915
      9. 9. Alfred Gwilliam 1895–1973 m. Emily (Elizabeth Caroline) How 1897–1977
        1. 1. Alfred (John Charles) Gwilliam 1918–1967
        2. 2. Nellie (Eleanor Emily) Gwilliam 1916–1997
      10. 10. Annie Mumford 1898–1992 m. Archie Mumford 1898–1976
        1. 1. Arthur Mumford 1917–1942
        2. 2. Alfred (Henry) Mumford 1920–2004 m. Lilian (J) Sexton 1924–2017
        3. 3. Leslie MUMFORD 1931–1989 m. Wendy CARTER 1933–2007
      11. 11. James Gwilliam 1889–1890
      12. 12. Alice (Louisa) Gwilliam 1890–1890
      13. 13. Nellie Wood 1905–1997 m. Reginald (William) Wood 1905–1976
        1. 1. Leslie (Melwyn) Wood 1924–1979
        2. 2. Reginald (F) Wood 1928–2004
    2. 2. Esther Gwilliam 1842–1925 m. Thomas Hopkins 1841–
      1. 1. John Hopkins 1867–
      2. 2. Carraline Hopkins 1872–
      3. 3. Arthur Hopkins 1874–
      4. 4. Allice Hopkins 1877–
      5. 5. Charles (T) Hopkins 1878–
      6. 6. Bertha Hopkins 1886–
    3. 3. Sarah Gwilliam 1844–1884 m. Ebenezer Randell 1841–1909
      1. 1. Fanny Randell 1871–1949
        1. 1. William (Randell Castree) Mr 1910–1983
      2. 2. Charles Randell 1867–1937
      3. 3. Ebenezer Randell 1876–1921
      4. 4. Caroline*** Randell 1865–1918
      5. 5. James (Randell) Randall 1868–
    4. 4. Anne Gwilliam 1845–1906 m. Moses Portman 1843–1910
      1. 1. Rosa Portman 1883–1957 m. John (Maurice) Roberts 1873–1919
        1. 1. Mary Roberts 1918–1988 m. James (Andrew) Little 1916–1983
        2. 2. Kathleen (Florence) Roberts 1915–2006
        3. 3. Wilfred (Thomas) Portman 1907–1918
        4. 4. Ellen (Louisa) Portman 1909–
      2. 2. James Portman 1872–1939
        1. 1. Francis Portman 1919–1986
      3. 3. Arthur (James) Portman 1868–1937
        1. 1. James (Thomas) Portman 1904–1972
      4. 4. Samuel (John) Portman 1879–1966
      5. 5. Thomas Portman 1887–1951
      6. 6. Emma Portman 1874–1953
      7. 7. Sarah (A) Portman 1866–1887
      8. 8. Ellen Portman 1886–1966
      9. 9. Edith Portman 1885–1957
      10. 10. Charles Portman 1876–1956
    5. 5. John Gwilliam 1849–1922
      1. 1. Thomas Gwilliam 1875–1950
        1. 1. Alice (Margaret) Nash 1898–1992
    6. 6. Frances ("Fanny") Gwilliam 1850–1916
      1. 1. Ellen (Susan) Dutson 1882–1973
      2. 2. Rosa (Alice) Dutson 1880–
        1. 1. Leonard (Leslie) Smith 1913–
    7. 7. Eliza Gwilliam 1862–1953
    8. 8. William Gwilliam 1863–1947
    9. 9. William Gwilliam 1848–1849
    10. 10. James Gwillim 1856–1937
      1. 1. Sarah (Catharine) Gwilliam 1879–1964
        1. 1. Edith (Frances Ruth) Kimball 1899–1991 m. Rufus (Lee) Burnett 1890–1962
    11. 11. Lucy Gwilliam 1852–1856
    12. 12. Eliza Gwillim 1854–1855
    13. 13. Susan Gwilliam 1860–1860
  2. 2. George Layton\Leighton 1814–1867
    1. 1. Charles Leighton 1866–
      1. 1. Elsie (Ada Gladys) Leighton 1905–
        1. 1. Edward (Ivor Harris) Mr 1928–2012
  3. 3. Susanna Layton 1799–1847
    1. 1. George Leighton 1829–1898
      1. 1. Anne (Elizabeth) Leighton 1865–1922
        1. 1. Wilfred (George) Fisher 1896–1967
  4. 4. Samuel Layton 1811–
  5. 5. Samuel Layton 1811–1869
  6. 6. Anne Layton 1819–1878
  7. 7. Thomas Layton 1807–1871
  8. 8. John ((Leighton)) Layton 1801–1854
  9. 9. William Layton 1809–1891
  10. 10. James Layton 1799–1866

Sarah Higgs's Timeline

3 Records

1775
6 Jan 1775
Birth of Sarah Higgs in Newent, Gloucestershire, England
Newent, Gloucestershire, England
1861
1861
Age 86
Sarah Higgs resided here in Hereford, Vowchurch, Herefordshire, England
Hereford, Vowchurch, Herefordshire, England
1863
MAR 1863
Age 88
Death of Sarah Higgs in Hereford, Herefordshire
Hereford, Herefordshire

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Jan 1775
    Event Place: Newent, Gloucestershire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
    [2] 1861 England Census, Class: Rg 9; Piece: 1822; Folio: 59; Page: 4; GSU roll: 542873

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Hereford, Vowchurch, Herefordshire, England
    Record Source: 1861 England Census, Class: Rg 9; Piece: 1822; Folio: 59; Page: 4; GSU roll: 542873

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: MAR 1863
    Event Place: Hereford, Herefordshire
    Record Source: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
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