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Francis Higgin

(1846 - ?)

Father:	Joseph Higgin (? - 1888)
Mother:	Elizabeth Buck (1817 - 1891)

Siblings:

Children:

None

Timeline

Date	Event	Information	Sources
1846	Birth		lancashirebmd: T1
1851-03-30	Census	Abode: Wheatley Lane, Lancashire Age: 4 Birthplace: Old Laund, Lancashire	Census record HO107-2254-761-16: F1 F2 T2
1861-04-07	Census	Abode: Park Lane, Burnley, Lancashire Age: 14 Occupation: Cotton factory worker Birthplace: Wheatley Lane, Lancashire Note: Recorded as Thomas	Census record RG09-3068-13-20 and RG09-3068-14-21: F3 F4 F5 T3
1870	Marriage Alice Ann Wilkinson (abt.1852 - ?)		lancashirebmd: T4
1871-04-02	Census	Abode: 51 Standish Street, Burnley, Lancashire Age: 24 Occupation: Mule spinner Birthplace: Wheatley Lane, Lancashire	Census record RG10-4147-148-14: F6 F7 T5
?	Death		Assumed; date not known

Transcripts of sources

Ref.	Transcript
T1	Birth: HIGGIN Francis BUCK 1846 Pendle Lancashire Preston PE/2/95
T2	1851 Census HO107 Piece 2254 Folio 761 Page 17 Township of Old Laund Booth Ecclesiastical District of St Ann's Fence Village of Wheatley Lane Schedule 62 Wheatley Lane Joseph Higgin Head Mar 32 Labourer Yorkshire Carlton Joseph Buck Son in law U 13 Creeler [Yorkshire] Keighley Maryann Higgin Daur 8 Lancashire ; Old Laund Lucy [Higgin] Daur 6 [Lancashire] ; [Old Laund] Francis [Higgin] Son 4 [Lancashire] ; [Old Laund] Alice [Higgin] Daur 2 [Lancashire] ; [Old Laund] [Elizabeth (Joseph Higgin's wife) and daughter Sarah Jane were not recorded] Transcribed from LANHO107_2254_2254-1542.jpg by dh
T3	1861 census RG09 Piece 3068 Folio 13 Page 20 and Folio 14 Page 21 Township of Burnley Town of Burnley Ecclesiastical District of St Peters Schedule 106 Park Lane Page 20 Joseph Higgin Head Mar 43 Masons Labourer Yorkshire Bowling Head Elizabeth [Higgin] Wife Mar 44 Lancashire Marsden Mary Ann [Higgin] Daur Un 18 Cotton Factory Worker [Lancashire] Wheatley Lane Lucy [Higgin] Daur 16 [Cotton Factory Worker] [Lancashire Wheatley Lane] Page 21 Thomas Higgin Son 14 Cotton Factory Worker Lancashire Wheatley Lane Alice [Higgin] Daur 12 [Cotton Factory Worker] [Lancashire Wheatley Lane] Sarah Jane [Higgin] Daur 10 [Cotton Factory Worker] [Lancashire Wheatley Lane] George [Higgin] Son 9 [Cotton Factory Worker] [Lancashire Wheatley Lane] David [Higgin] Son 6 Scholar [Lancashire Wheatley Lane] ["Thomas Higgin" must be an enumerator's error - should be Francis] Transcribed from Census-1861-RG09-3068-13-20.jpg and Census-1861-RG09-3068-14-21.jpg by dh
T4	Marriage: HIGGIN Francis WILKINSON Alice Ann 1870 Burnley Register Office or Registrar Attended Lancashire Preston RM/29/16
T5	1871 census RG10 Piece 4147 Folio 148 Page 14 Township of Burnley Municipal Borough of Burnley Municipal Ward of St James Parliamentary Borough of Burnley Town of Burnley Ecclesiastical District of St Peter's Schedule 68 51 Standish St Joseph Higgins HeadZ Mar 52 Quarry Man Yorkshire, Cornshaw Elizabeth [Higgins] WifeZ Mar 53 Lancashire Brierfield Francis [Higgins] Son Mar 24 Mule Spinner [Lancashire] Wheatley Lane Alice Ann [Higgins] Daur in Law Mar 19 Throstle [Spinner] [Lancashire] Burnley Sarah J. [Higgins] Daur Unm 20 Rover [Lancashire] Wheatley Lane George [Higgins] Son [Unm] 18 Mule [Spinner] [Lancashire Wheatley Lane] David [Higgins] [Son] [Unm] 16 Piecer [Lancashire Wheatley Lane] Transcribed from Census-1871-RG10-4147-148-14.jpg by dh

File sources

Ref.	Type	File name
F1	Image	LANHO107_2254_2254-1542.jpg
F2	Transcript	Census-1851-HO107-2254-761-16-Higgin.text
F3	Image	Census-1861-RG09-3068-13-20.jpg
F4	Image	Census-1861-RG09-3068-14-21.jpg
F5	Transcript	Census-1861-RG09-3068-13-20-Higgin.text
F6	Image	Census-1871-RG10-4147-148-14.jpg
F7	Transcript	Census-1871-RG10-4147-148-14-Higgin.text

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