Adelaide was Willie’s mother. Along with Willie she had eight other children according to John Hood’s tree. Her maiden name shows where Willie’s middle name comes from.
In the 1851 census we see Adelaide at 20, living in New Church St. Westminster.
In the 1881 Census we see Adelaide, a 49-year old Dressmaker and her son Herbert, age 10. They are living at 143-144 Drury Lane. The three other children seen on the 1871 Census do not appear. Her husband Edward Higgs died in 1881.
The 1891 Census shows Herbert & Beatrice at 7 Denzell St Archive 314
Adelaide’s marriage certificate is showing as no profession though her father was a plumber.
Go to her husband Edward Higgs’s entry in this document to see their marriage certificate
Her third child was Elizabeth
“Edward Higgs was born 23.03.1829 in Bristol and died in Lambeth in 1849. His wife Adelaide Hull was baptised 13.03.1831 and died in 1889.” John Hood
