FAMILY HISTORY: BOOCOCK
THE MARRIAGE OF JOHN & ELLEN HIGSON:
| GROOM: | |
| Name: John Higson, saddler, of Prestwich | |
| Father: John Higson Sr. | |
| Mother: Betty Parsons | |
| Baptism Date: 8 May 1803 | |
| Birthplace: Giggleswick, Yorkshire, England | |
| BRIDE: | |
| Name: Ellen Boocock, spinster, of Prestwich | |
| Father: Richard Boocock | |
| Mother: Margaret Higson | |
| Birthdate: 18 December 1808 | |
| Birthplace: Bury, Lancashire, England | |
| THEIR WEDDING: | ||
| Date: 18 February 1827, after Banns | ||
| Place: St Mary's Parish Church | ||
| Location: Oldham, Lancashire, England | ||
| Priest: J. Fallowfield | ||
| Witnesses: Ralph Jackson and Jonathan Jackson | ||
| THEIR SEVEN CHILDREN: | ||||||||
| Margaret Ann Higson | Baptized: | 8 | Jun | 1828 | Her Family | |||
| James Higson | Baptized: | 28 | Mar | 1831 | (infant) | |||
| Elizabeth Higson | Born: | 29 | Apr | 1833 | (infant) | |||
| John Richard Higson | Born: | 8 | Dec | 1834 | His Family | |||
| Henry Higson | Born: | Jul | 1839 | (infant) | ||||
| Ellen Elizabeth Higson | Born: | 13 | Nov | 1842 | Her Family | |||
| James Henry Christopher Higson | Born: | 8 | Oct | 1849 | His Short Life | |||
| DEATHS: | ||||||||
| James Higson | [ 1 yr] | Buried: | 4 | Mar | 1832 | |||
| Elizabeth Higson | [7 mos] | Buried: | 13 | Dec | 1833 | |||
| Henry Higson | [6 days] | Buried: | 28 | Jul | 1839 | |||
| James Henry Christopher Higson | [ 7 yrs] | Died: | 20 | Dec | 1855 | |||
| John Higson | [60 yrs] | Died: | 1 | May | 1863 | |||
| Ellen Higson (Mrs) | [69 yrs] | Died: | 30 | Oct | 1878 | |||
| Margaret Ann Hoey (Mrs) | [68 yrs] | Died: | 1896 | |||||
| John Richard Higson | [72 yrs] | Died: | 17 | Feb | 1906 | |||
| Ellen Elizabeth Dyson (Mrs) | [60 yrs] | Died: | 1902 | |||||
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | The witnesses to their wedding were probably church officials as the same two men were witnesses to every wedding at that church in February 1827 except one. |
| 2: | Much of the above information is taken from various records held on microfilm at the Lancashire Archives, with further information about the children of John & Ellen provided by three of their descendants, Joy Seamons, Margaret Shaw and Robert Stock. |