Higgins
Policeman James Philippe Higgins in about 1898
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Origins of surname
Meaning a descendant of 'Uiginn', this name has its orgins in very early Gaelic words for Vikings. There is also a suggestion that the name developed separately in England from the personal name Riichard, a link we find unlikely
Early records
The first appearance of this surname in Jersey records was the baptism of Mary, daughter of Andrew and Mary Higgins in St Ouen in 1806
Variations
- Higgins
- Higgins
- Higgin
- Higgens
- Higgen
- Higginson
- Higginbottom
Family records
Church records
- Higgins baptisms in Jersey
- Higgins marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Higgins marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Higgins burials in Jersey
Family trees
- John Higginbottom: 18th-20th centuries: Name changed to Higgins
Great War service
- Graham Ross Higginson, OV, Indian Police
- Guy St George Higgonson, OV, 2nd Lieut Indian Army
Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc
Occupation records
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Higgins family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
Higgins
- Higgins : Catherine Frances , wife of Peter Ernest Fosse, of 32, Columbus Street, St Helier - 17/Feb/1969 , 17/Feb/1969 , D/Y/B1/129/13
- Higgins : David Thomas , of Shelbourne, Manor Park Road, St Helier - 30/Jul/1963 , 1/Apr/1965 , D/Y/B1/85/33
- Higgins : Frederick Adolphus , of The Anchorage, Maufant, St Saviour - 23/Aug/1957 , 18/Apr/1961 , D/Y/B1/64/2
- Higgins : Hugh Arthur , St Aubin - 31/Jul/1905 , 9/May/1906 , D/Y/A/65/47
- Higgins : Patrick Joseph , of 18th Depot Battalion - 13/Dec/1864 , 8/Mar/1871 , D/Y/A/35/102
- Higgins : Sonia Millicent , nee Landa - , 2/Apr/1980 , D/Y/B1/320/5
Higginson
- Higginson : Charles , of Club Chambers, Regent Street, Co Middlesex, - 29/Jun/1875 , 20/Nov/1878 , D/Y/A/40/70
- Higginson : Frederick William , FRCS, Civil Surgeon, Hardoi - 7/Feb/1885 , 15/Mar/1917 , D/Y/A/76/44
Burial records
Family album
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Havre des Pas bathing belle Rosemary Higgins in 1949 - Picture Evening Post -
The Higgens family in about 1915. Maurice James Higgens was born in Surrey in 1883, the son of Eliza Ann Drake, and took his stepfather James Higgens' name. He married Lilian Beatrice Moon (1883-1875) in Jersey in 1904 and they are pictured here with their eldest daughter Lilian May Clara (1905-1978) and sons Maurice and Ronald. Lilian married Francis Walter Le Quesne in St Helier in 1922 and they had 16 children
Family gravestones
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