occupation

In service, until her marriage
after which she went to live
in Ryde, Isle of Wight. She looked
after the 4 children of her husband’s
previous marriage (he had been twice widowed), then went on to have two of their own.

dates

Born:  16 Aug 1881, St Clements, Oxford

Married: Joseph LACEY, 26 Dec 1914,
                Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
                Cowley Rd, Oxford

Died: 9 Mar 1948, 30 Cross St, Elmfield, Ryde,
                Isle of Wight.

residence

Oxford; Headington; Isle of Wight

submitted by

Ann RYDER (granddaughter)

related faces

Alfred HIGGINS (father)

Elizabeth Lavina NOYES (mother)

Charles Alfred HIGGINS (brother)

Henry James HIGGINS (brother)

Annie Sarah HIGGINS (sister)

Elizabeth Mary HIGGINS (sister)

Ann Sarah NOYES (aunt)

William Thomas SAMMONS (uncle)

Mary Ann TAGG (grandmother)

Ann WALE (great-grandmother)

Frederick SAMMONS (step-grandfather)

Background information

Florence May HIGGINS was a member of the Salvation Army. She used to go to the Isle of Wight on holiday to see her brother who was working there, and while there attending the local citadels, she met her husband. After her marriage, she joined the Ryde branch of the Salvation Army, where her husband, brothers, cousins, her children, step-children and her father-in-law, all played in the band.

She died the 9th of March 1948.