George HIGGIN (1916-1994)
1 George Harold HIGGIN1,2 (1916-1994) [1553]. Born 28 Feb 1916, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.2 Marr Eileen Freda LOCKETT 31 May 1941.2 Died 25 Mar 1994.2
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3776617/person/-1683757255 (George Harold Higgin).
2 Harold HIGGIN1,3,4,5 (1892- ) [417]. Born 9 Mar 1892, England.3,5,6 Christened 4 May 1892, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England.5 Marr Annie May WILSON 18 Feb 1915, Toronto, Ontario (York County).2,4
4 Jonathan HIGGIN3,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 (c. 1861-1935) [1105]. Born c. 1861, Rochdale, Lancashire.8,12 Marr Catherine Jane SHARPLES 18 Feb 1886, Preston, Lancashire, England.8 Died 29 Jun 1935, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.13 Cause: Carcinoma of stomach.
Frederick worked on a small ferry that went from Toronto to Toronto Island. Perhaps he was the Captain. Margaret Wright reports that her grandfather Frederick lived into his 70's. He lived at 38 Elmer Ave., Toronto. Margaret remembers visiting their house often as a child, going down a long hall to the dining room where everyone always played some kind of board game. She recalls her Aunt Blanche was often there with her son Lennie. Also there was Cecil, husband of Marion, with their pet ferret.
His death certificate reports that he had been in Canada for 35 years and worked for the Royal Canadian Yacht Club for 30 years as a special messenger.
It appears from the England and Wales marriage record that Frederick was actually named Jonathan. It is not known if Frederick was a middle name or an assumed name.
Excerpt from The Preston Chronicle and Lancashire Advertiser (Preston, Lancashire, england).
21 August 1880 - "Jonathan Higgin and Thomas Harrison were summoned for riding bicycles on the footway, on the Preston and Wiggon road, in Walton, on the 3rd and 5th inst. respectively - Each was ordered to pay costs. - Thomas Dewhurst and Wm. Sharples, of Preston, were summoned for trespassing in pursuit of conies on land in Walton, in the occupation of John Margison - Abraham Harper proved seeing the defendants on the land with nets in their possession - Dewhurst was fined 10s and costs and Sharples 5s and costs.".
8 Edwin HIGGIN8,14,15,16 (c. 1838-1868) [2301]. Born c. 1838, Chesterton, Lancashire.14 Marr Sarah Jane NAYLOR 15 Aug 1858, St. John's Preston, Lancashire, England.17,18 Died 26 Jun 1868, Preston, Lancashire.19,20 Cause: Drowning.
9 Sarah Jane NAYLOR7,10,11,14,16,18,21 (1837- ) [1107]. Born 5 Jun 1837, Preston, Lancashire, England.14,16,22 Marr Robert WALTON aft 1868.17
5 Catherine Jane SHARPLES3,7,8,9,12,23,24 (1865-1926) [1106]. Born 29 Jan 1865, Penwortham, Lancashire, England.1,8,9,12 Died 21 Mar 1926, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.9 Buried St. John's cemetery.9
Margaret Wright reports that she was a very young girl, possibly 9 or 10 (she was actually 13), when her grandmother Catherine died. Margaret said her grandmother was the first dead person she ever saw. The body laid in state at their home on 38 Elmer Avenue, Toronto.
10 John Bamber SHARPLES8,24 (c. 1792-1875) [12672]. Born c. 1792, England.9,24,25 Died May 1875.25,26 Buried 13 May 1875, St. Mary, Penwortham, Lancashire.26
11 Catherine SMITH9 (c. 1826-1880) [12673]. Born c. 1826, England.9,24,26 Died 1880.26 Buried 28 Sep 1880, St. Mary, Penwortham, Lancashire.26
The Lancashire Online Parish Clerk Project shows Catherine at being 54 at the time of her burial, giving a birth year of 1826 rather than the 1821 of the 1871 census. We give more credence to this burial record.
3 Annie May WILSON1,2,4,27 (1895-1965) [1552]. Born 9 Mar 1895, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.27 Died 1965, Halifax NS.2
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/3776617/person/-1686181453 (Annie May Wilson).
6 Joseph WILSON4 ( - ) [13759].
7 Sidney GOTHARD4 ( - ) [13760].
Sources
| 1 | "Memories of Margaret Wright". |
| 2 | "Wilson Family Tree on Ancestry.com". |
| 3 | "1911, Ontario, Toronto census". |
| 4 | "Ontario Marriage record of Anna May Wilson and Harold Higgin". |
| 5 | "England & Wales Christening Record for Harold Higgin". |
| 6 | "Ontario Christening Records, 1530-1906 for Harold Higgin". |
| 7 | "Family tree in book written by Jean Higgin Thompson, provided by Patti Thompson Mayes". |
| 8 | "England and Wales Marriages (1538-1940), record of Jonathan Higgin and Catherine Jane Sharples.". |
| 9 | "Ontario Death record of Catherine Jane Higgin". |
| 10 | "1871 Lancashire, Preston, District 68 census". |
| 11 | "1881 Lancashire, Preston, St. John census". |
| 12 | "1891 Lancashire, Oswaldtwistle census". |
| 13 | "Ontario Canada Death record for Johathan Higgin". |
| 14 | "1861 Lancashire, Castleton, Castleton Within census". |
| 15 | "1851 England, Lancashire, Preston census". |
| 16 | "1861 England, Lancashire, Castleton census". |
| 17 | "Estimated based on related dates and information". |
| 18 | "England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for Sarah Jane Naylor and Edwin Higgin (shown as Edward Higgins)". |
| 19 | "England and Wales Death Index for April, May and June 1868". |
| 20 | "Reports on the drowning deaths of Edwin and Henry Higgin in the Lancashire Advertiser (Preston), of June 27, 1868 and again on August 29, 1868, The Weekly Standard and Express (Blackburn) of July 1, 1868". |
| 21 | "Information provided by David Gustner". |
| 22 | "England and Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers". |
| 23 | "Information provided by Greg Mander". |
| 24 | "1871 Lancashire, Penwortham census". |
| 25 | "England and Wales Death Index for April, May and June 1875". |
| 26 | "Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk Project". |
| 27 | "Ontario Canada Birth record for Annie May Wilson". |
