JOSEPH HIGGINBOTTOM  was born 21 April 1838 in Bloomsbury, London to MATTHEW HIGGINBOTTOM and SARAH HOWARD.  He married AMELIA BLEMEL L HOOPER 1874. She was born 1845 in Bristol, Gloucestershire.

Census: 1841, Joseph Higginbottom, 3, b. in county, living King Street, Bloomsbury, London
Census: 1851, Joseph Higginbottom, son, 12 scholar, b. London, living 36 King Street, Bloomsbury, London
Census: 1861, Joseph Higginbotham, son, u, M, 23 Tailor, b. Bloomsbury, living 1 Kingsgate Street, Bloomsbury, London
Census: 1871, Joseph Higginbottom, son, um, 32, Printer, b. Bloomsbury, Middx, living 42 ? st., Finsbury
Census: 1881, Joseph Higginbottom, Head, M, m, 42 b. Bloomsbury, London, Printer Traveller, living 261 Copenhagen St, London
Census: 1891, Joseph Higginbottom, Head, m, 52, Printer ?, b. Bloomsbury, London, living Newcastle Place, Clerkenwell, London
Census: 1901, Joseph Higginbottom, Head, M, 62, M, General Printer, Own Account, b. Bloomsbury, London, living 27 St. John St Rd, Clerkenwell, London

Children of JOSEPH HIGGINBOTTOM and AMELIA HOOPER are:

i. JOSEPH RICHARD HIGGINBOTTOM, b. 1876, St. George The Martyr, London.

Census: 1881, Joseph R Higginbottom, son, m, 5, b. St. George the Martyr, London, living 281
Copenhagen St. London
Census: 1891, Joseph R Higginbottom, son, 15, ?, b. St. George, London, living Newcastle Place, Clerkenwell, London

 

ii. FREDERICK HOWARD HIGGINBOTTOM, b. 1877, Peckham, London.

Census: 1881, Frederick H. Higginbottom, son, m, 3, b. Peckham, London, living 261 Copenhagen Street, London
Census: 1891, Frederick H Higginbottom, son, 13, ?, b. Peckham, London, living Newcastle Place, Clerkenwell, London
Census: 1901, Frederick, H, Higginbottom, son, s, 23, m, Electrical Glass Blower, worker, b. Peckham, London, living, 27 St. Johns, st rd, Clerkenwell, London

 

iii. WALTER MATTHEW HIGGINBOTTOM, b. 1879, Islington, London.

Census: 1881, Walter M. Higginbottom son, m, 1, b Islington, London, living 261 Copenhagen St. London
Census: 1891, Walter M Higginbottom, son, 11, scholar, b. Islington, London, living Newcastle Place, Clerkenwell, London
Census: 1901, Walter M. Higginbottom, son, s, 21, m, Commercial Clerk, Worker, b. Islington,
London, living 27 St. Johns st. rd, Clerkenwell, London

 

iv. HERBERT G HIGGINBOTTOM, b. 1892, Islington, London.

Census: 1891, Herbert G Higginbottom, son, 9, scholar, b. Islington, London, living Newcastle Place, Clerkenwell, London

Census: 1901, Herbert G Higginbottom, son, s, 19, m, Gold and Silver Polisher, worker, b. Islington, London, living 27 St. Johns st. rd, Clerkenwell, London

 

 

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 It seems likely that the book called Father Higginbottom, being printed by Higginbottom, Printer, 39 Devonshire Street, Queen Square, Bloomsbury, W.C.  London, about 1878 was printed by Joseph Higginbottom.