Matilda Caroline Higginson
Matilda Caroline Higginson, daughter of Reverend John Higginson and Mary Maria Hester Wynyard, was born at Thormanby, Easingwold, Yorkshire, England, 27 August 18411,2,3,4 and baptized there, 2 November 1841.2 She died at Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado, 1 April 1909,5,6,7 and was buried at the Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Arapahoe Co., Colorado, 3 April 1909.5
Matilda married, as his 2nd wife, William Leonard Robinson, son of William Robinson and Elizabeth Manfield, at Hillingdon, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, 30 April 1864.8,6,7,9
Matilda had enough by 1883, and apparently at the invitation of some relatives (perhaps Higginsons), took her ten children (ranging in age from 4 to 18) and left England bound for America from Liverpool, arriving in Philadelphia, 13 March 1883, on the American Line steamer, S.S. Lord Gough.10
Matilda married, as his 2nd wife, William Leonard Robinson, son of William Robinson and Elizabeth Manfield, at Hillingdon, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, 30 April 1864.8,6,7,9
Matilda had enough by 1883, and apparently at the invitation of some relatives (perhaps Higginsons), took her ten children (ranging in age from 4 to 18) and left England bound for America from Liverpool, arriving in Philadelphia, 13 March 1883, on the American Line steamer, S.S. Lord Gough.10
Family | William Leonard Robinson b. 3 May 1831, d. 26 Mar 1902 |
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This person was last edited on | 26 Mar 2019 |
Citations
- [S1351] General Registry Office, Southport, England, birth certificate for Matilda Caroline Higginson, 1841, 24/346, Easingwold registration district, further cited as GRO Births.
- [S756] Thormanby, Yorkshire, England, Parish Registers of Thormanby, 1658-1993, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:17, FHL microfilm 2103950, items 8 & 9, further cited as Thormanby Parish Registers.
- [S268] Yorkshire, England, Thormanby, Yorkshire Census, 1851; FHL microfilm/fiche 87653.
- [S461] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Census [on-line database and images] (http://www.ancestry.com), Denver City, 9th precinct, Arapahoe Co., Colorado, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 64, sheet 2B, dwelling 44, family 50, Caroline Robinson household, age 58, born August 1841 in England. Mother of 12, 9 living. Immigrated in 1882, having lived in the US 18 years. Not naturalized. Owned her home with mortgage at 1640 Humbolt; original data: NARA micropublication T623, Twelfth Census of the United States, , 1854 rolls, roll #118.
- [S1018] Matilda Caroline Robinson, Death Certificates, File No. 3281 (1909), Colorado Department of Health, Denver, Colorado.
- [S1962] William & Matilda Robinson Family Bible, Cassell's Illustrated Family Bible (London and New York: Cassell, Petter and Galpin); Current owner: Photocopy of Family Record pages from Joanne Pence, Columbia City, Oregon. Bible is believed to have been destroyed.
- [S270] Family Record of the Robinson Family of Thormanby England, Family register hand copied from a Bible, Compiler's genealogy files, Clarkdale, Arizona.
- [S1350] General Registry Office, Southport, England, marriage certificate for William Leonard Robinson and Matilda Caroline Higginson, 1864, 03a/30, Uxbridge registration district, further cited as GRO Marriages.
- [S1673] Gregory Don Cooke, "Historic Ancestors: Major Stede Bonnet, Pirate of the Caribbean," The Genealogist 25 (Spring 2011): 31-33, at 33, further cited as Cooke, "Major Stede Bonnet."
- [S1823] Ancestry.com, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945, online database, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, 2006, Roll: T840_1; Image: 9, original data: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1883-1945 ( Washington, D.C.: National Archives), micropublication T840. RG085.
- [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:30; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
- [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:31; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
- [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:32; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
- [S1351] GRO Births, Mary Elizabeth Robinson, 1869, 9d/341, Easingwold/Coxwold.
- [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:33; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
- [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:34; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
- [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:35; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
- [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:36; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.
- [S756] Thormanby Parish Registers, Baptisms & Burials, 1813-1991:37; FHL #2103950, items 8 & 9.