FAMILY HISTORY: BOOCOCK
THE FAMILY OF JOHN & ELLEN HIGSON
CENSUS INFORMATION:
| 1841 CENSUS OF HEYWOOD, LANCASHIRE: | ||||
| NAME: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BORN IN THE COUNTY? |
| John Higson | M | 35 | Saddler | Yes |
| Ellen Higson | F | 30 | - | Yes |
| Margaret Higson | F | 13 | - | Yes |
| John Higson | M | 6 | - | Yes |
| Samuel Entwistle | M | 20 | Painter | Yes |
| Margaret Boocock | F | 20 | Dressmaker | Yes |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at Market Place, Heap, Heywood. (H.O.107-539-6, folio 6) |
| 2: | Margaret Boocock's son Richard was staying with her mother Margaret on the night of the Census. |
| 3: | The above information is from microfilmed copies held at the Lancashire Archives in Preston. |
| 1851 CENSUS OF HEAP WITH HEYWOOD, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| John Higson | Head | Married | M | 48 | Saddler | Gigglehurst, Yorkshire |
| Ellen Higson | Wife | Married | F | 42 | - | Bury, Lancashire |
| Margaret Higson | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 22 | - | Pilkington, Lancashire |
| John Richard Higson | Son | Unmarried | M | 16 | Saddler | Heap, Lancashire |
| Ellen E. Higson | Daughter | - | F | 8 | Scholar | Heap, Lancashire |
| James H.C. Higson | Son | - | M | 1 | - | Heap, Lancashire |
| Catherine S. Higson | GrandDau. | - | F | 4 | - | Heap, Lancashire |
| Richard Boocock | Nephew | Unmarried | M | 16 | Saddler | Pilkington, Lancashire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at Market Place, Heywood. (H.O.107-2213, folio 384) |
| 2: | John Richard's full occupation was Saddler, Apprentice. |
| 3: | Richard Boocock was apparently also an apprentice. |
| 4: | Gigglehurst should actually be Giggleswick. |
| 5: | The above information is from microfilmed copies held at the Lancashire Archives in Preston. |
| 1861 CENSUS OF HEAP WITH HEYWOOD, LANCASHIRE: | ||||||
| NAME: | RELATION: | CONDITION: | SEX: | AGE: | OCCUPATION: | BIRTHPLACE: |
| John Higson | Head | Mar. | M | 57 | Master Saddler | Giggleswick, Yorkshire |
| Ellen Higson | Wife | Mar. | F | 52 | do's Wife | Bury, Lancashire |
| Ellen E. Higson | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 18 | do's daughter | Heywood, Lancashire |
| Kate Allen | Visitor | Unmarried | F | 17 | Dress Maker | Walall, Staffordshire |
| NOTES: | |
| 1: | Living at 8 Market Place, Heywood. (RG9-2842, folio 96, page 2) |
| 2: | "do" is an abbreviation for Ditto. Ellen was a Master Saddler's Wife. |
| 3: | The above information is from microfilmed copies held at the Lancashire Archives in Preston. |