occupation

Basket maker and chair caner,
journeyman, later worked at Christ
Church until his death

dates

Born: 26 Aug 1845, St Ebbes, Oxford

Married: Elizabeth Lavina NOYES, 13 Apr 1873, St Peter in the East, Oxford

Died: 27 May 1932, St Clements, Oxford

residence

George Street, St Clement’s, Oxford all his married life

submitted by

Ann RYDER (great-granddaughter)

related faces

Elizabeth Lavina NOYES (wife)

Charles Alfred HIGGINS (son)

Annie Sarah HIGGINS (daughter)

Elizabeth Mary HIGGINS (daughter)

Florence May HIGGINS (daughter)

Ann Sarah NOYES (sister-in-law)

Mary Ann TAGG (mother-in-law)

William Thomas SAMMONS (brother-in-law)

Frederick SAMMONS (step father-in-law)

Ann WALE (grandmother)

Henry SAMMONS (uncle)

Background information

Alfred HIGGINS was the third son of nine children of Denial Gray HIGGINS and Jane HIGGINS, née COWLEY.
He married Elizabeth Lavina NOYES and they lived in a tied cottage at 30a George Street, St Clement’s, owned by his employer, Christ Church. When he died his basket of tools was given to the Blind Association.

Alfred was a member of the Oxford district of the Independent Order of Odd-fellows and appears in the picture shown here of  his local pub’s social club.