The Lancashireman's family history

Red rose of Lancashire

Edgar Osborne Highfield

(1881 - 1951)

Father:	not known
Mother:	not known

Siblings:

Children:

With Bertha Bickle

Timeline

Date	Event	Information	Sources
1881-04-21	Birth		lancashirebmd: T1 freebmd: T2 1939 register Note: Incorrect year
1881-07-10	Baptism	Place: St Peter, Preston, Lancashire Abode: 66 Nelson Street, Perston, Lancashire	lan-opc: T3
abt.1904-08	Marriage Bertha Bickle (1881 - 1947)	Place: St Philip, Nelson, Lancashire	lancashirebmd: T4 freebmd: T5
1911-04-02	Census	Abode: 42 Belgrave Street, Nelson, Lancashire Age: 29 Occupation: Bread baker Birthplace: Preston, Lancashire	Census record RG14-PN24894-RD472-SD4-ED14-SN106: F1 F2 F3 T6 familysearch: Link
1939-09-29	1939 register	Birthdate: 1880-04-21 Abode: 102 Walton Lane, Nelson, Lancashire Occupation: Bakery engineer's representative	1939 register RG101-4841E-017-37: F4 F5 T7
1951-06-05	Death	Place: Queen Victoria Hospital, Morecambe and Heysham, Lancashire Age: 70 Abode: 46 Oxcliffe Road, Morecambe and Heysham, Lancashire	freebmd: T8 Probate calendar
1951-09-24	Probate		Probate calendar: F6 T9

Transcripts of sources

Ref.	Transcript
T1	Birth: HIGHFIELD Edgar Osborn VEEVER 1881 St Peters Lancashire Preston ST.P/10/20
T2	Births Jun 1881 HIGHFIELD Edgar Osborn Preston 8e 611
T3	Baptism: 10 Jul 1881 St Peter, Preston, Lancashire Edgar Osborn Highfield - [Child] of George James Highfield & Sarah Jane Abode: 66 Nelson St Occupation: Railway Guard Baptised By: D F Chapman Vicar Register: Baptisms 1870 - 1893, Page 98, Entry 853 Source: LDS Film 1471022
T4	Marriage: HIGHFIELD Edgar Osbourne BICKLE Bertha 1904 Nelson, St Philip Lancashire Preston CE127/1/59
T5	Marriages Sep 1904 Bickle Bertha Burnley 8e 464 Highfield Edgar Osborne Burnley 8e 464
T6	1911 census RG14 PN24894 RD472 SD4 ED14 SN106 Registration District 472 Registration Sub-District 4 Nelson Enumeration District 14 Wm Bickle 42 Belgrave St Nelson Schedule 106 William Bickle Head 54 Married Cotton Power Loom Overlooker Worker Tavistock Devon Alice Bickle Wife 55 Married 32 6 2 4 - Burnley Lanc Edgar Osborne Highfield Son-in-law 29 Married Bread Baker Master working on own account at home Lancashire Preston Bertha Highfield Daughter 29 Married 6 2 2 - - - - Lancashire Burnley Edgar Highfield Grandson 6 - - - - Lancashire Nelson Doris Highfield Granddaughter 2 - - - - Lancashire Nelson Enumerator JW 3 Males 3 Females 6 Persons 5 rooms. Signed William Creber Bickle 42 Belgrave St Nelson Transcribed from rg14_24894_0212_03.jpg and rg14_24894_0211_03.jpg by dh
T7	N.W.G.A. NELSON. B. 472A-2 102. WALTON LANE Schedule 231 37 1. HIGHFIELD Edgar O. - M 21st Apr 80 M Bakery Engineer Representative 38 2. HIGHFIELD Bertha - F 5th Nov 81 M Unpaid Domestic Duties Transcribed from TNA_R39_4841_4841E_017.jpg by dh
T8	Deaths Jun 1951 HIGHFIELD Edgar O 70 Lancaster 10c 577
T9	1951 page 432 HIGHFIELD Edgar Osborne of 46 Oxcliffe-road Morecambe and Heysham Lancashire died 5 June 1951 at The Queen Victoria Hospital Morecambe and Heysham Probate Lancaster 24 September to Esther Highfield widow Doris Wilcock (wife of Cyril Wilcock) and John Robert Slater solicitor. Effects £4399 4s. 7d.

File sources

Ref.	Type	File name
F1	Image	rg14_24894_0212_03.jpg
F2	Image	rg14_24894_0211_03.jpg
F3	Transcript	Census-1911-RG14-PN24894-RD472-SD4-ED14-SN106.text
F4	Image	TNA_R39_4841_4841E_017.jpg
F5	Transcript	R39-4841E-017-Highfield.text
F6	Image	1951-Probate-EdgarOsborneHighfield.pdf

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