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hi everyone. i was wondering if you could please help in finding info on my g.grandads parents. his name was walter higham born 1866, i know he married elizabeth lawton born 1866. any information would really help. thanks a lot.

Name: Walter Higham
Age: 25
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Relation: Son
Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Warrington, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Warrington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Warrington
Sub-registration district: Warrington
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
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Household Members: Name Age
John Higham 44
Mary Higham 44
Walter Higham 25
George Higham 21
Margaret Higham 19
Elizabeth E Higham 17
Reuben Higham 15
Harry Higham 10
Jonathan Higham 7
Benjamin Higham 4
Mary Higham 3
Frederick Higham 1


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Name: Walter Higham
Age: 35
Estimated birth year: abt 1866
Relation: Son-in-law
Spouse's name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Warrington, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Warrington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
Town: Warrington
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Warrington
Sub-registration district: Warrington
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 29
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Lawton 72
Walter Higham 35
Ernest Higham 5
John Higham 2
Elsie Higham 4 months
Harry Grice 10
Elizabeth Higham 35

sorry guys i should of said place of birth was warrington. thanks.

1901 England Census
about Henry Lawton
Name: Henry Lawton
Age: 72
Estimated birth year: abt 1829
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Warrington, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Warrington
Ecclesiastical parish: St Peter
Town: Warrington
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Warrington
Sub-registration district: Warrington
ED, institution, or vessel: 14
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 29
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Lawton 72
Walter Higham 35
Ernest Higham 5
John Higham 2
Elsie Higham 4 months
Harry Grice 10
Elizabeth Higham 35

census 1891 lived at 9 lavia street john higham walters father the father was born 1847 warrington wife mary born 1847 warrington

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Marriages Dec 1865 (>99%)
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Higham John Stockport 8a 30
Rycroft Mary Stockport 8a 30

poss marriage

jax and starr1 thanks very much, what a help..xx

Was Elizabeth previously married to a Grice?

HIGHAM, Walter Age: 31 Marriage
Wife: Elizabeth GRICE Age: 32
Marriage Date: 31 Jul 1898 Recorded in: Warrington, Lancashire, England
Collection: St Peter
Husband's Father: John HIGHAM
Wife's Father: Henry FENTON
Source: FHL Film 1655858 Dates: 1891 - 1901

Edit: I think a mistake was made here and Elizabeth's father was Henry Lawton not Fenton.

Elizabeth and son Henry Grice:
1891 census
23 Oxford Lane, Warrington
Henry Lawton, head, widower, 62, file cutter
Mary Ella Wilcock, dau, widow, 32, fustian cutter
***Elizabeth Grice, dau, married, 24, fustian cutter
Sarah Ann Lawton, dau, single, 21, fustian cutter
Thomas Wells, lodger. 43. hammer driver
***Henry Grice, grandson, 3 months
All born Warrington.

Elizabeth's first marriage:

Marriages Dec 1886 (>99%)
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GRICE William Warrington 8c 244
LAWTON Elizabeth Warrington 8c 244

Elizabeth's second marriage:

Marriages Sep 1898 (>99%)
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Grice Elizabeth Warrington 8c 292
Higham Walter Warrington 8c 292

thanks for that margaret, so elizabeth was married before she married higham.xx

I believe so, Wendy.

that explains where henry comes in then. thanks margaret ..wend.xx