Ruby Emma Mary Higgins1,2

#21275, (1884 - )
FatherThomas William Higgins1 (c 1848 - 1921)
MotherElizabeth Story1 (1846 - 1919)
Relationship2nd great-granddaughter of Samuel Fernee
Extended Family
ChartsSamuel Fernee & Mary Harris - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart

Child of Ruby Emma Mary Higgins and Bernard Templeman Donson
  • Alison Ruby Donson8 (1923 - 1927)
BirthRuby Emma Mary Higgins was born in 1884 in Hornsey, Middlesex.1,3
 
(with Parents) 1891 CensusRuby E M appeared on the 1891 Census of Hornsey, Middlesex with her parents. She was 6, a Scholar, and born in Hornsey.1 
(with Parents) 1901 CensusRuby E M appeared on the 1901 Census of Hornsey, Middlesex with her parents. She was 16 and born in Hornsey.4 
(Witness) Marriage Ruby Higgins witnessed the marriage of Andrew Ebersold and her sister Lily Nora Higgins on 5 Sep 1909 in Old St Pancras, London.5 
Passenger ListThomas and Eliz Higgins were listed on a manifest dated 14 Apr 1912 for the Corsican arriving in Halifax from Liverpool. The passenger list recorded that Thomas and Eliza were 60 and their daughter Ruby [looks like Ruth in the faint image] was 27 and single. They were all born in England, religion Church of England. Their intended destination via the CPR was Toronto to meet their son and where Thomas intended to continue as a baker.6 
MarriageRuby Emma Mary Higgins married Bernard Templeman Donson on 28 Aug 1913 in Toronto, York County, Ontario.
Information from the license and certificate: Bernard Templeman Donson, 22, residence Toronto, birthplace Tuxford Eng, bachelor, Carpenter, Methodist, father William Donson, mother Annie maiden name unknown;
Ruby Emma Mary Higgins, 29, residence Toronto, birthplace Hornsey Eng, spinster, religion Congregational, father Thomas William Higgins, mother Elizabeth Story;
They were married by Congregational Minister James W Pedley and the witnesses were R Barton and Lily Ebersold, both of Toronto.2 
(Witness) Marriage Mrs Ruby Emma Mary Donson, 206 Ashworth Ave, Toronto, witnessed the marriage of Duncan McLachlan and her sister Lily Nora Higgins on 6 Oct 1928 in Toronto.7 
Last Edited18 Aug 2013

Citations

  1. 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/1060 folio 99.
  2. Ontario Marriage Registration. Bernard Templeman Donson & Ruby Emma Mary Higgins, 1913, #023782.
  3. FreeBMD. Ruby Emma M Higgins, Jun Q 1884, Edmonton RD.
  4. 1901 Census for England & Wales, RG13/1241 folio 117.
  5. Marriages of Old St Pancras parish, London. Register at London Metropolitan Archives. Image viewed at Ancestry. Andrew Ebersold & Lily Nora Higgins, 1909, #324.
  6. Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Library and Archives Canada images, viewed at Ancestry. SS Corsican, arrived in Halifax from Liverpool 14 Apr 1912.
  7. Ontario Marriage Registration. Duncan McLachlan & Lily Nora Higgins, #006721, 1928.
  8. Ontario Death Registration. Alison Ruby Donson, #037941-27.