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William Thomas Higginson 1835–1914 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 November 1835

Birth Location: Shropshire, England

Death Date: 29 November 1914

Death Location: Chesterfield, Caribou County, Idaho, United States of America

Father: Charles (SMITH)

Mother: Sarah Higginson

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William Thomas Higginson was born in 1835 in Shropshire, England, the child of Charles Wood Higginson Smith And Sarah Higginson. William Thomas Higginson passed away in 1914 in Chesterfield, Caribou County, Idaho, United States of America.

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Biography

  • William Thomas Higginson was born in 1835 in Shropshire, England, the child of Charles Wood Higginson Smith And Sarah Higginson.
  • William Thomas Higginson passed away in 1914 in Chesterfield, Caribou County, Idaho, United States of America.

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William Higginson's Ancestors

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William Higginson
1835–1914
Birth Place: Shropshire, England
Parents
Charles Wood HIGGINSON (SMITH)
1807–1886
Shifnall, , Shrpsh, England
Sarah Higginson
1819–1885
England
Grandparents
Robert Smith
1767–1825
Coppice, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Mary Higginson
1779–1839
Shifnal, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
William Higginson
1754–1793
Elizabeth Barnet
1758–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Higginson
1706–1775
John Barnet
1728–1800

William Higginson's Timeline

4 Records

1835
1 November 1835
Birth of William Thomas Higginson in Shifnal, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Shifnal, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
1835
1 November 1835
Birth of William Thomas Higginson in Shropshire, England
Shropshire, England
1914
29 November 1914
Age 79
Death of William Thomas Higginson in Chesterfield, Caribou, Idaho, USA
Chesterfield, Caribou, Idaho, USA
1914
29 November 1914
Age 79
Death of William Thomas Higginson in Bannock County, Idaho, United States of America
Bannock County, Idaho, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 November 1835
    Event Place: Shifnal, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 November 1835
    Event Place: Shropshire, England
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 November 1914
    Event Place: Chesterfield, Caribou, Idaho, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 November 1914
    Event Place: Bannock County, Idaho, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chesterfield, Caribou County, Idaho, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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