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Elsie HIGGINSON
Cotton heald knitter of Blackburn, Lancashire
Alternative names
Elsie HARGREAVES (Married)
Ancestors
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James HIGGINSON
1868 - ~1940
Brick maker of Blackburn, Lancashire
John HIGGINSON
1901 - 1973
Postman driver of Blackburn, Lancashire
 
Placeholder PARKES
~1567 - ~1617
(D) Sampson PARKES
~1626 - 1684
Husbandman of Waterfall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
 
(D2) Sampson PARKES
~1648 - bur.1746
Husbandman of Mayfield, Ashbourne, Staffordshire
 
Ann [PARKES]
~1626 - ~1726
Sampson PARKES
~1717 - ~1780
 
Elizabeth PARKS
~1681 - bur.1738
of Cauldon, Waterfall, Staffordshire
John PARKES
bap.1755 - 1836
of Cauldon, Waterfall, Staffordshire
 
Ann GOLD
~1707 - ~1782
John PARKES
1795 - 1854
Potter of Hanley, Staffordshire
 
Sarah CARR
~1763 - ~1829
John PARKES
1822 - 1882
Manager of Brick & Tile Works of Hanley, Staffordshire
 
John TAYLOR
~1749 - ~1830
of Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire
Susannah TAYLOR
1792 - 1833
of Hanley, Staffordshire
 
Elizabeth [TAYLOR]
~1762 - ~1812
Henry John PARKES
1844 - 1901
Potter of Hanley, Staffordshire
 
John KNIGHT
~1723 - ~1808
Blacksmith
Samuel KNIGHT
1764 - 1839
Blackmith of Newcastle under Lyme, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
 
James KNIGHT
1790 - 1863
Engine driver of Bagnall, Staffordshire
 
John BARNETT
~1687 - ~1762
of Leek, Staffordshire
William BARNETT
bap.1723 - bur.1774
of Leek, Staffordshire
 
Jane WHITON
~1687 - ~1762
of Leek, Staffordshire
Thomison BARNETT
bap.1764 - bur.1811
of Leek, Staffordshire
 
Jane [BARNETT]
~1719 - ~1769
Mary Ann KNIGHT
~1823 - 1875
Painter of Hanley, Staffordshire
 
Mary DEAKIN
~1795 - 1864
of Burton On Trent, Staffordshire
Fanny Elizabeth 'Annie' PARKES
1869 - 1918
Cotton card room hand of Tamworth, Staffordshire
 
Thomas MILES
~1644 - 1694
Yeoman of Shenton, Leicestershire
Thomas MILES
bap.1675 - bur.1730
Yeoman of Shenton, Leicestershire
 
Mary [MILES]
~1633 - ~1733
Thomas MILES
bap.1704 - ~1762
Yeoman of Shenton, Leicestershire
 
Thomas MASON
~1680 - 1730
Yeoman of Dadlington, Leicestershire
Anne MASON
~1666 - ~1718
of Barlestone, Leicestershire
 
Ann [MASON]
~1691 - 1741
of Shenton, Leicestershire
John MILES
bap.1721 - 1773
of Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicestershire
 
Mary LANGLEY
~1687 - ~1762
of Norton Juxta Twycross, Leicestershire
Edward MILES
bap.1755 - 1839
Agricultural labourer of Clifton Campville, Staffordshire
 
Edward GODDARD
~1605 - ~1680
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
Thomas GOTHARD
bap.1655 - ~1716
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
Andree BEECH
~1576 - ~1661
of Audley, Staffordshire
Dorothia BEECH
bap.1614 - ~1676
of Audley, Staffordshire
 
Thomas GOTHARD
bap.1682 - ~1748
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
Anne CREES
~1644 - bur.1727
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
Mary GOSSARD
bap.1717 - ~1782
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
Mary HOWELL
~1681 - ~1756
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
John MILES
bap.1791 - 1867
Agricultural labourer of Clifton Campville, Staffordshire
 
Elizabeth WARDLE
~1757 - 1844
Agricultural labourer of Clifton Campville, Staffordshire
Edward MILES
bap.1816 - 1873
Brewery labourer of Clifton Campville, Staffordshire
 
Thomas HUGHES
~1745 - ~1828
of Netherseal, Leicestershire
Mary HUGHES
1786 - 1871
Labourer's wife of Netherseal, Leicestershire
 
Mary [HUGHES]
~1757 - ~1807
Alice MILES
1849 - 1902
Machinist of Tamworth, Staffordshire
 
John TILL
~1711 - ~1796
of Whitgreave, Stafford, Staffordshire
Christopher TILL
bap.1759 - 1838
Labourer of Mavesyn Ridware, Staffordshire
 
Richard ABERLEY
~1675 - 1725
Shoemaker of Blithfield, Staffordshire
Walter ABERLEY
bap.1690 - bur.1780
of Blithfield, Staffordshire
 
Mary [ABERLEY]
~1651 - ~1701
Elizabeth ABERLEY
bap.1722 - ~1783
of Blithfield, Staffordshire
 
William WORRAL
~1651 - ~1736
of Great Hayword, Colwich, Staffordshire
Ann WORRAL
bap.1692 - bur.1747
of Colwich, Staffordshire
 
Christopher TILL
1787 - 1859
Agricultural labourer of Elford, Staffordshire
 
Thomas HACKET
1719 - bur.1794
of Orgreave, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Sarah HACKET
bap.1753 - ~1819
of Alrewas, Staffordshire
 
Margaret BANKS
~1725 - 1805
of Alrewas, Staffordshire
Mary TILL
1814 - 1879
Labourer's wife of Swinfen Or Whittington, Staffordshire
 
Edward CHEADLE
~1601 - bur.1684
of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
Edward CHEADLE
bap.1646 - bur.1714
of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
 
Idith PERSALL
~1600 - ~1675
of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
Moore CHEADLE
bap.1670 - bur.1724
Drummer - 1st Foot Guards of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
 
Anne [CHEADLE]
~1632 - ~1682
Edward CHEADLE
1699 - ~1749
of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
 
Mary [CHEADLE]
~1670 - bur.1702
of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
Walter CHEADLE
bap.1730 - ~1792
of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
John CHEADLE
1756 - 1816
of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
Robert DEAKIN
~1653 - ~1730
of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire
Joseph DEAKIN
bap.1687 - bur.1769
Farmer of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
Sarah MOORE
1653 - ~1713
of Amington, Tamworth, Staffordshire
Mary DEAKIN
bap.1733 - bur.1780
of Shenstone, Staffordshire
 
Henry BROWN
~1622 - bur.1705
Husbandman of Bentley, Warwickshire
Edward BROWN
bap.1662 - 1722
of Shustoke, Warkwickshire
 
Unknown HIGHAM
~1543 - ~1593
Edward HIGHAM
~1584 - bur.1663
of Mancetter, Warwickshire
 
Hannah HIGHAM
bap.1631 - ~1693
of Mancetter, Warwickshire
 
John WOOD
~1547 - bur.1625
of Mancetter, Warwickshire
Elizabeth WOOD
bap.1597 - ~1657
of Mancetter, Warwickshire
 
Elizabeth HEAWARD
~1547 - ~1622
of Sibson, Leicestershire
Elizabeth BROWN
1696 - bur.1746
of Comberford, Tamworth, Staffordshire
 
Susanna BALEMAN
~1662 - ~1732
of Tamworth, Staffordshire
Alice CHEADLE
1796 - 1828
of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
Francis NEVILL
bap.1696 - bur.1766
Farmer of Alcester, Warwickshire
Thomas NEVILL
1722 - bur.1761
of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
Joseph COTTERILL
~1652 - bur.1738
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
Mary COTTERILL
bap.1700 - bur.1782
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
John WALTHOE
~1619 - bur.1703
of Amerton, Staffordshire
Grace WALTHOE
bap.1662 - bur.1729
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
George GRYME
bap.1581 - ~1631
of Stowe by Chartley, Staffordshire
James GRYME
bap.1599 - bur.1654
of Stowe by Chartley, Staffordshire
 
Mary GRYME
bap.1629 - bur.1702
of Stowe by Chartley, Staffordshire
 
Anne [GRYME]
~1589 - ~1639
Elizabeth NEVILL
1757 - 1817
of Whittington, Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
Richard DEAKIN
~1599 - ~1684
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
Richard DEAKIN
bap.1640 - bur.1706
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
William DEAKIN
bap.1661 - ~1711
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
Joan KENDRICKS
bap.1630 - bur.1717
of Rugeley, Staffordshire
Richard DEAKIN
bap.1695 - ~1769
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
Alice [DEAKIN]
~1656 - ~1706
Alice DEAKIN
bap.1730 - bur.1789
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
 
Sarah HEAWOOD
~1690 - bur.1743
of Lichfield, Staffordshire
Elsie HIGGINSON
1920 - 1994
Cotton heald knitter of Blackburn, Lancashire
 
Alice BATESON
1895 - 1975
Cotton weaver of Blackburn, Lancashire
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Elsie HIGGINSON
1920 - 1994
Cotton heald knitter of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. John 'Jack' HARGREAVES (1921 - 2008)
 
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Narrative and Notes

A heald knitter made 'healds' - lengths of cord with an eye in the middle through which the warp threads on a loom ran so that they could alternately be raised and lowered for the shuttle to pass through with the weft thread.

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Personal Family World
Date
Age*
Event
Place
20 Feb 1920
0
Birth 
12
Blackburn, Lancashire
29 Sep 1939
19
Census 
3
2 River Street, Blackburn, Lancashire
29 Sep 1939
19
Occupation: Cotton heald knitter 
4
 
Q2 1942
22
Marriage to husband John 'Jack' HARGREAVES 
5
Blackburn, Lancashire
Q4 1973
53
Death of father John HIGGINSON 
6
Blackburn, Lancashire
Q1 1975
54
Death of mother Alice BATESON 
7
Blackburn, Lancashire
Q3 1994
74
Death 
8
Blackburn, Lancashire
26 May 2008
88
Death of husband John 'Jack' HARGREAVES 
9
Blackburn, Lancashire
Documented age, Calculated age, Estimated age
Citations
1 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index 1837-1915

First name(s)

Elsie

Last name

Higginson

Birth quarter

1

Birth year

1920

Mother's maiden name

Bateson

District

Blackburn

County

Lancashire

Country

England

Volume

8E

Page

786

Record set

England & Wales Births 1837-2006

2 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)

Elsie

Last name

Hargreaves

Gender

Female

Birth day

20

Birth month

2

Birth year

1920

Age

-

Death quarter

3

Death year

1994

District

Blackburn

District number

5801C

Register number

C54B

Entry number

081

Date of registration mm/yy

0994

County

Lancashire

Country

England

Record set

England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

3 - 1939 England and Wales Register - 29th September 1939
Citation image

2 River Street,Blackburn,Lancashire

First name(s)

Last name(s)

DOB

Sex

Occupation

Marital status

Schedule

Schedule Sub Number |

John

Higginson

11 Jul 1901

Male

Postman Driver

Single

190

1

Alice

Higginson

07 Feb 1895

Female

Cotton Weaver

Married

190

2

Elsie

Margrenes (Higginson)

21 Feb 1920

Female

Cotton ? Knitter

Single

190

3

Ref: RG101/4224A/014/29 Letter Code: NBBQ

4 - 1939 England and Wales Register - 29th September 1939
Citation image

2 River Street,Blackburn,Lancashire

First name(s)

Last name(s)

DOB

Sex

Occupation

Marital status

Schedule

Schedule Sub Number |

John

Higginson

11 Jul 1901

Male

Postman Driver

Single

190

1

Alice

Higginson

07 Feb 1895

Female

Cotton Weaver

Married

190

2

Elsie

Margrenes (Higginson)

21 Feb 1920

Female

Cotton ? Knitter

Single

190

3

Ref: RG101/4224A/014/29 Letter Code: NBBQ

5 - England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005

First name(s)

Elsie

Last name

Higginson

Marriage quarter

2

Marriage year

1942

Registration month

-

MarriageFinder ™

Elsie Higginson married one of these people

John Hargreaves

Spouse's last name

Hargreaves

District

Blackburn

District number

-

County

Lancashire

Country

England

Volume

8E

Volume as transcribed

8E

Page number

756

Record set

England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

6 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)

John

Last name

Higginson

Gender

Male

Birth day

11

Birth month

7

Birth year

1901

Age

-

Death quarter

4

Death year

1973

District

Blackburn

County

Lancashire

Volume

10B

Page

1204

Country

England

Record set

England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

7 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)

Alice

Last name

Higginson

Gender

Female

Birth day

7

Birth month

2

Birth year

1895

Age

-

Death quarter

1

Death year

1975

District

Blackburn

County

Lancashire

Volume

40

Page

0292

Country

England

Record set

England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

8 - England & Wales, Death Registration Index 1837-2007 and United Kingdom Deaths 2007-2017

First name(s)

Elsie

Last name

Hargreaves

Gender

Female

Birth day

20

Birth month

2

Birth year

1920

Age

-

Death quarter

3

Death year

1994

District

Blackburn

District number

5801C

Register number

C54B

Entry number

081

Date of registration mm/yy

0994

County

Lancashire

Country

England

Record set

England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007

9 - Lancashire Telegraph

John (Jack) HARGREAVES 28th May 2008 Suddenly on May 26, 2008, and of Hawkhurst Care Centre and formerly, Queens Road, Blackburn, Jack Hargreaves aged 87 years. Beloved husband of the late Elsie Hargreaves, a much loved mother of Tony, Arlene, Shirley and Lee, a dear father-in-law of Janet, Barry and Nicola, a devoted and loving grandad and great-grandad and also a dear brother of the late Billy. A service and cremation will take place at Pleasington on Monday, June 2, 2008, at 11.00 a.m. Reposing in the Chapel of Rest, Broomfield Place, Witton. Family flowers only or if desired donations may be made in memory of Jack to Hawkhurst Care Centre, 16-18 Shear Bank Road, Blackburn, BB1 8AZ. Inquiries The Alty Funeral Service, Broomfield Place, Witton, Blackburn, BB2 1XF. Tel. 01254 503240 http://funerals.alty s.info (see daily schedule)

Published in the Lancashire Telegraph on 28th May 2008