Elizabeth (Berry) Higgins (1818 - 1893)

Born 1818 in Swinton, Lancashire, England

Wife of Thomas Slate — married 1847 in Stockport, Cheshire, England

Wife of John Higgins — married 6 Feb 1860 in Manchester, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died 1893 at about age 75 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Elizabeth Berry was born in 1818.

1840 - Hyde, Cheshire - birth of illegitimate son James Berry

1847 Stockport, Cheshire - marriage of Thomas Slate and Elizabeth Berry ^[1]

1851 Hyde, Cheshire - Thomas Slate, 30, cotton weaver, wife Betty Slate, 31, daughter Ann Slate (10 mths), Betty's on James Berry (11) + lodger Alice McDingle, 23, single ^[2] Daughter Ann Slate died in 1851

6 Feb 1860 Manchester Cathedral - marriage of John Higgins, 48, widower, tailor, son of Patrick Higgins, salesman, and Elizabeth Slate, 42, widow, daughter of Peter Berry, size maker ^[3]

1861 Hyde, Cheshire - John Higgins, 49, wife Elizabeth Higgins, 44, daughter Ann Higgins (10 mths) + Elizabeth's sons William Slate (9), John Henry Slate (3)^[4]

1871 Hyde, Cheshire - Elizabeth Slate, 53, (unmarried), children William Slate (19), John Harry Slate 916), Ann Slate (11), Mary Slate (6), nephew Peter Berry (15) + boarder George Hudson ^[5] Ann and Mary are both surname Higgins

1881 Hyde, Cheshire - Elizabeth Higgins, 62, son John H Slate (26), daughter Mary Higgins (17), daughter Ann Middleton (20), husband Joseph Middleton (21) and son Samuel Middleton (17) ^[6]

1891 Hyde, Cheshire - Robert Morrison, 28, wife Mary Morrison, 27, daughter Martha (6) + mother in law Elizabeth Higgins, 72, widow ^[7]

Elizabeth Higgins died in 1893 age 73 ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index
2. ↑ 1851 England Census Class: HO107; Piece: 2154; Folio: 572; Page: 39; GSU roll: 87128-87129
3. ↑ Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 (Cathedral)
4. ↑ 1861 England Census Class: RG 9; Piece: 2557; Folio: 129; Page: 11; GSU roll: 542989
5. ↑ 1871 England Census FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBX2-CCH : 11 December 2017),
6. ↑ 1881 England Census Class: RG11; Piece: 3467; Folio: 23; Page: 40; GSU roll: 1341830
7. ↑ 1891 England Census Class: RG12; Piece: 2789; Folio: 128; Page: 32; GSU roll: 6097899
8. ↑ GRO Death Index

• "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBX2-CCH : 11 December 2017), William Slate in entry for Elizabeth Slate, 1871.