BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

Lydia Alice Higgins

Female 1839 - 1889  (50 years)


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  • Name Lydia Alice Higgins 
    Born 1839  Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Baptism 19 May 1839  Christ Church, Fenton Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 1889  Wolverhampton Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 10 Jan 1889  Holy Trinity, Heath Town, Wolverhampton Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I67198  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 

    Father John Higgins,   b. 1807, Oxford Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Maria Jeffreys,   b. 1810, Stoke-on-Trent Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 24 Jan 1832  St Peter ad Vincula, Stoke-on-Trent Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F16718  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edward Boswell,   b. 1838, Wolverhampton Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1900, Ellesmere Port Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 31 Jul 1860  St James, Wolverhampton Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Margaret Maria Boswell,   b. Abt Aug 1861, Tipton, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Feb 1863, Stoke-on-Trent Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     2. Edward William Boswell,   b. 19 Jan 1863, Tipton, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jan 1943, Chester Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. Margaret Alice Boswell,   b. Abt Feb 1867, Tipton, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. John Boswell,   b. Abt Nov 1869, West Bromwich Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Annie Boswell,   b. 1872, Tipton, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Thomas Boswell,   b. Abt Nov 1874, Tipton, Staffordshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Ellen Boswell,   b. Abt Feb 1877, Rickmansworth, nr Watford Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 6 Oct 2025 
    Family ID F21591  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Plain Alice in 1841 census, 'Alas' in 1851. Lydia Ellis in burial record.

  • Sources 
    1. [S451796] Staffordshire Baptisms (Findmypast).

    2. [S501302] Staffordshire Deaths and Burials (Ancestry).

    3. [S494313] Staffordshire Marriages (Ancestry).




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