Henry Johnson
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Henry Edwin Higgs Johnson (1817 - 1896)

Henry Edwin Higgs Johnson
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Husband of — married 2 Feb 1843 in Nassau, Bahamasmap
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Died at age 79 in Nassau, New Providence, Bahamasmap
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Biography

Henry Edwin Higgs Johnson was born to Henry Johnson and Charlotte Higgs Johnson 9 September 1817 in the Bahamas. He was baptized 31 December 1817 by Reverend William Hepworth, Rector, Christ Church, Nassau.

He married Henrietta Longley, daughter of Ritter Longley and Ann Catherine Fisher Longley, at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Nassau 2 February 1843. The couple had children - among them Edwin Henry Johnson, Francis Ritter Johnson, Emily Lavinia Johnson, Louisa Johnson, and Ida Sarah Johnson.

Henry Edwin Higgs Johnson, auctioneer and commission agent, died 14 September 1896 in Nassau, Bahamas at 79 years of age. He was buried in the Western Cemetery, Nassau.

Sources

Christ Church, Nassau, Bahamas, Birth & Baptism Records, Higgs, 1817.

St. Matthew's Anglican Church, Nassau, Bahamas, Marriage Records, 1843.

"Bahamas Births, 1850-1891", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLLR-S4B : 16 December 2019), Henry E. Johnson in entry for Louisa Johnson, 1852. Birth of daughter Louisa.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9RQK-9R8G?cc=1922411&wc=Q4ZP-FM3%3A216280401 : 20 May 2014), Births 1854-1855 > image 141 of 328; Registrar General, Nassau. Birth of a daughter - likely Ida Sarah Johnson.

"Bahamas Civil Registration, 1850-1959," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRSP-S3CZ?cc=1922411&wc=Q4ZG-GP6%3A216292401 : 20 May 2014), Deaths 1896-1899 > image 147 of 690; Registrar General, Nassau.

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