FAMILY HISTORY: BOOCOCK
THE FAMILY OF HAROLD TURNER AND ELIZABETH MINNIE HIGSON
FURTHER INFORMATION:
| On the night of the 1881 Census Harold Turner Higson and his elder sister Ellen Elizabeth were staying with his aunt and uncle, Thomas Dyson and Ellen Elizabeth (Higson) Dyson: |
| 1881 CENSUS OF BURY, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| Thomas Dyson | Head | Married | M | 37 | Publican | Castleton, Lancashire |
| Ellen Elizabeth Dyson | Wife | Married | F | 38 | - | Heywood, Lancashire |
| Joseph Dyson | Son | - | M | 9 | - | Halifax, Yorkshire |
| Lena Dyson | Daughter | - | F | 7 | - | Halifax, Yorkshire |
| Ellen Elizabeth Higson | Niece | Unmarried | F | 21 | - | Heywood, Lancashire |
| Harold Higson | Nephew | - | M | 7 | - | Heywood, Lancashire |
| NOTE: | |
| 1: | Living at 18 Fleet Street, Bury, Lancashire. (RG11-3859, folio 106 page 29) |
| He emigrated to Australia with his parents in June 1885, when he was 11 years old. Harold Turner Higson died on 21 February 1950 at the age of 75 years. His cremated remains were buried on 22 February 1950 in the Tristania Rose Garden, G4, Bed 3, Rose 14 at Springvale Cemetery, Victoria, Australia. His wife, Elizabeth Minnie (Hodgkins) Higson died in June 1954 at the age of 70 years. Her cremated remains were buried on 29 June 1954 with those of her husband at Springvale Cemetery. |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | The above information was kindly supplied by Joy Seamons. |
| 2: | The Census information is taken from copies on microfiche held at the Lancashire Archives. |