William Highcock (1869)

Born 1869 in Thatto Heath, Prescot, St Helens, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

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Biography

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Birth

Birth: 1869 Dec qtr Prescot 8b 621 HIGHCOCK, WILLIAM mother SANDVIS^[1]

Death

Death: not known; possibly 27 Dec 1920 Shreveport Louisiana aged 57 ie b 1863^[2], or 3 Oct 1909 Cincinatti (no age specified)^[3]

Census & Timeline

1871: Victoria St, Sutton^[4]

Thomas Highcock H M 42 colliery sinker b. St Helens

Jane wife 38 b. Whiston

Ellen daur U 17 glass smoother b. St Helens

Alice daur 13 scholar b. St Helens

Mary daur 10 scholar b. St Helens

Elizabeth daur 8 scholar b. St Helens

William son 1 b. St Helens

1881: Eldon St, Eccleston, St Helens^[5]

Thomas Highcock H M 52 collier b. Parr

Jane wife 47 b. Whiston Lancs

Elizabeth daur 17 bottle washer b. Thatto Heath Lancs

William son 11 scholar b. Thatto Heath

Thomas son 7 scholar b. Thatto Heath

Sailed 27 Aug 1890 Liverpool - New York, age 20, single, glass maker, on the Germanic^[6]

1910: 196 Corner St, Morgantown Ward 2, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA^[7]

Lula H Reece female 28 widowed white head b. Pennsylvania parents b. same

James I Reece male 7 single white son b. West Virginia parents b. Pennsylvania

William R D Reece male 2 single white son b. West Virginia parents b. Pennsylvania

Peter Reece male 76 widowed white father-in-law b. Pennsylvania parents b. same

Edward J Tallon male 32 single white boarder b. Pennsylvania father b. England mother b. Pennsylvania

William Highcock male 41 single white boarder b. England (immigration year not given) parents b. same blower in glass factory (working, total weeks not working previous year 8) can read & write

Not sure if this is the right William - the occupation fits but year of immigration is out 2 years and his mother is said to be Irish? the census taker's writing is pretty bad but both those are clear enough:

1920: East Avenue South Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia^[8]

Frank O'Neil head owner unmortgaged male white literate married b. Illinois parents b. Ireland assistant engine - stationary ?press U.S. naval ordnance

William High(cock?) boarder male white married immigrated 1892 naturalized 1898 literate b. England father b. England mother b. Ireland glass blower - window glass plant

Frank Humphrey boarder

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp Accessed 9 Jan 2018
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F332-1V4
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL8-7WG2
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KD6X-5BQ : 11 December 2017), Thomas Highcock, 1871.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27L-YW8M : 12 November 2017), Thomas Highcock, Eccleston, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 24, Piece/Folio 3736/122, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,076.
6. ↑ "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPF-B4N1 : 15 April 2015), Wm Highcock, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYBM-99QF?i=6&cc=1727033
8. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRVZ-CF2?i=12&cc=1488411