Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameKeziah Jane DUCKERING 
, 2949
, 2949Census4 April 1881, Maryborough, Wellington, Ontario, Canada3572 Age: 3
BurialSeptember 1952, Mount Lawn Cemetery, Oshawa, Canada
Death10 September 1952, Canada3628 Age: 74
FatherCharles DUCKERING , 1339 (1842-1901)
MotherAnn ROWLEY , 2942 (1847-1934)
Spouses
1Joseph Benjamin HIGGINS , 2951
, 2951Birth24 May 1879, St Lukes Workhouse, City Road, London, England6002
Emigration17 March 1892, Liverpool, England To Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada6003 Age: 12
BurialAugust 1955, Mount Lawn Cemetery, Oshawa, Canada3628
Death7 August 1955, Canada3628 Age: 76
FatherJoseph Benjamin HIGGINS , 3630 (1852-1879)
MotherAnn WILLIS , 3629
ChildrenEdwin George , 2953 (1913-)
(Living) , 2952
Notes for Keziah Jane DUCKERING
They moved to Oshwaw Ontario Canada. (9.6.97)
Keziah had been to California with her brother Ezra and she eventually moved to Toronto, where she worked for Dr Starr and his wife.
Keziah had been to California with her brother Ezra and she eventually moved to Toronto, where she worked for Dr Starr and his wife.
Notes for Joseph Benjamin (Spouse 1)
Joseph Benjamin Higgins was born in London at St Lukes workhouse on the City Road on 24th May 1879. He moved to Canada as 'HomeBoy' under the auspices of Barnados Homes, who are based in the Barkingside, just a little way from East London. He was assigned to the Duckering farm and married Keziah Jane Duckering in the 1910's. They eventaully moved to Oshawa Ontario where he workedf or Cooper Smith Grain and Feed. They had two children, Helen and Edwin. (John Higgins 9.6.97)
'Following her husbands death, Ann HIGGINS and her infant son moved in with a Joseph THWAITES and during this time Annie and Albert THWAITES were born. Joseph was taken into Barnado's on the 5th May 1887. Ann HIGGINS and Joseph THWAITES were married some time after Mary Ann was born. They lived in Stepney, East End of London. Joseph stayed at Kinnaird House in London's East End, was boarded out for a time in a private home, and then returned to Barnado's Leopold House in the East End of London prior to sailing to Canada on the S.S. Carthagenian arriving at Halifax on the 28th March 1892. He was 12 years old.
He arrived with his Barnado belt and inscribed buckle, all his belongings (including his shoe last, for Barnado's had trained him in the art of shoe making) in a metal suitcase. He also had his bible, given to him by Barnado's. (The bible is John Higgins possession)
He initially worked for a Mr Cowen of Bosworth Ontario and in 1896 went ot the employ of Mr S P Brown at Arthur Ontario.
In 1908, Joseph was again requested to change employers and was sent to Lot 8, Concession 13, Maryboro Township, Wellington County, Province of Ontario. His employer was Mr Charles DUCKERING, who was alone on the farm with his daughter Drusilla Elizabeth who in later years we all came to know as 'Aunt Lizzie'.
Joseph worked for the Duckering's until the sale of the farm in 1910, when he was dismissed. (John Higgins letter 4th September 2001)
In 1914 Joseph starting working for Cooper-Smith Grain and Feeds where he remained until his death - 7th August 1955, by which time he had partial ownership of the business.
'Following her husbands death, Ann HIGGINS and her infant son moved in with a Joseph THWAITES and during this time Annie and Albert THWAITES were born. Joseph was taken into Barnado's on the 5th May 1887. Ann HIGGINS and Joseph THWAITES were married some time after Mary Ann was born. They lived in Stepney, East End of London. Joseph stayed at Kinnaird House in London's East End, was boarded out for a time in a private home, and then returned to Barnado's Leopold House in the East End of London prior to sailing to Canada on the S.S. Carthagenian arriving at Halifax on the 28th March 1892. He was 12 years old.
He arrived with his Barnado belt and inscribed buckle, all his belongings (including his shoe last, for Barnado's had trained him in the art of shoe making) in a metal suitcase. He also had his bible, given to him by Barnado's. (The bible is John Higgins possession)
He initially worked for a Mr Cowen of Bosworth Ontario and in 1896 went ot the employ of Mr S P Brown at Arthur Ontario.
In 1908, Joseph was again requested to change employers and was sent to Lot 8, Concession 13, Maryboro Township, Wellington County, Province of Ontario. His employer was Mr Charles DUCKERING, who was alone on the farm with his daughter Drusilla Elizabeth who in later years we all came to know as 'Aunt Lizzie'.
Joseph worked for the Duckering's until the sale of the farm in 1910, when he was dismissed. (John Higgins letter 4th September 2001)
In 1914 Joseph starting working for Cooper-Smith Grain and Feeds where he remained until his death - 7th August 1955, by which time he had partial ownership of the business.
Notes for Joseph Benjamin & Keziah Jane (Family)
Marriage. Province of Ontario, Joseph Benjamin Higgins of the town of Oshawa, county of Ontario and Keziah Duckering of the city of Toronto, county of York are determined to enter into the holy estate of matrimony etc.. 13th April 1918. Husband, Higgins, Joseph Benjamin, wife Duckering, Keziah on th 19 April 1911 at the City of Toronta in the County of York. Husband Jos. Benj. Higgins, mechanic, bachelor age 30, Church of England, residing Oshawa, Ont. father Joseph B Higgins, deceased, mother Anne (maiden name not known). Wife Keziah Duckering, spinster, age 32, Church of England, residence Toronto, Ont., fatherCharles Duckering, farmer, mother Anne Rowley. Witnesses A Campbell 436 Markhak S, Toronto & Jane Rowley 394 Givens Street Toronto, marriage solemnised by James S Bronghall 99 Bellevue Ave, Toronto. See copy on file.