John HIGGS ^{185,212,213,858,39281,39282,39283,39298,39299,39332,39334,39335}

  General Notes:

HIGGS John of Brierley Hill and of Quarry bank both in Staffordshire pawnbroker and clothier died 17 February 1894 Probate London 20 March to Frederick Charles Dain manager Harry Caswell Browning Baker and confectioner and Howard Marsh grocer Effects £3026 18s. 11d.

(Editor's note: Seems he did not trust his children to administer his estate).

  Events

• Registered Christening, 28 May 1826, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England. ²¹²

• England Census, 1841, Dudley, Worcestershire, England. ³⁹³³⁵

• Occupation: Apprentice malster, 1841. ³⁹³³⁵

• England Census, 1851, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England. ³⁹²⁸¹

• England Census, 1861, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England. ³⁹²⁸²

• Occupation: Beer seller, 1861. ³⁹²⁸²

• England Census, 1871, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England. ³⁹²⁸³

• Occupation: Publican & pawnbroker, 1871. ³⁹²⁸³

• Occupation: Publican, 1872. ⁸⁵⁸

• England Census, 1881, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England. ³⁹²⁹⁸

• Occupation: Pawnbroker & clothier, 1881. ³⁹²⁹⁸

• England Census, 1891, Kingswinford, Staffordshire, England. ³⁹²⁹⁹

• Occupation: Pawnbroker, 1891. ³⁹²⁹⁹

• Registered Death, 1894, Stourbridge District, Worcestershire, England. ³⁹³³²

• Registered Burial, 20 Feb 1894, Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England. ²¹³

• Probate, 20 Mar 1894, London, Middlesex, England. ¹⁸⁵

John married Sarah POUNTNEY in 1846 in Wolverhampton District, Staffordshire, England.³⁹³³⁴ (Sarah POUNTNEY was born circa 1828 in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England,^{213,39281,39282,39283,39298,39336} died in Oct 1883 in Stourbridge District, Worcestershire, England ^213,39336 and was buried on 12 Oct 1883 in Brierley Hill, Staffordshire, England ²¹³.)

• Registered Marriage, 1846, Wolverhampton District, Staffordshire, England. ³⁹³³⁴

  Marriage Notes:

Suspect that they had more children but in the absence of baptism records difficult to establish.