Family of Matthew Higginbottom
Born: 17 Aug 1791 in: Irlam o'th Heights, Pendleton, Manchester, Lancashire
Married: in: St. Andrew, Holborn, London, Middx
Died: 29 Sep 1877 in: Clerkenwell, London
Burial: 04 Oct 1877 Abney Park Cemetary, London. Burial/062083a Section H08 Index 2S13
Father: Matthew Higginbottom
Mother: unknown
First Wife: Name unknown, married in Ireland, married for 6 years, died in Ireland
Second Wife: Sarah Louisa Howard
Born: 1807 in: Islington, London
Died: Mar 1862 in: Clerkenwell, London
CHILDREN
1 Name: Mary Higginbottom
Born: 30 Jan 1831 in: Bloomsbury, London
No further information found
2 Name: Martha Higginbottom
Born: 31 Jul 1832 in: Soho, London
Married: 13 Dec 1856 in: St. Andrew, Holborn, London, Middx
Spouse:
Edward Grundy Hulbert
Married: 5 Jul 1860 in London
Spouse: William Dunn
4 Name: Isaac Higginbottom
Born: 24 Dec 1836 in: Bloomsbury, London
No further information found
5 Name:
Joseph HigginbottomBorn: 21 April 1838 in: Bloomsbury, London
Married: 1874
Spouse: Amelia Blemel L Hooper
6 Name:
Jesse HigginbottomBorn: 15 Mar 1840 in: Bloomsbury, London
Died: 1909 in: Hampstead, London, Middx
7 Name:
John HigginbottomBorn: 27 Mar 1842 in: Bloomsbury, London
Married:
Spouse: Annie Marie Deeks
8 Name:
Nathaniel HigginbottomBorn: 5 April 1844 in: Bloomsbury, London
Died: 1909 in: Braybrook, Australia
Married: 17 Feb 1874 in: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Spouse: Eliza Ann Clapton
9 Name:
Robert HigginbottomBaptised: 17 May 1846 in: Bloomsbury, London
Married:
Spouse: Mary A. Ainsworth
10 Name: Ebinezer Higginbottom
Baptised: 28 May 1848 in: Bloomsbury, London
Died: 1885 in: Hendon, London, Middx
More About EBINEZER HIGGINBOTTOM:
Census: 1851, Ebenezer Higginbottom, son, 3, b. London, living 36 King Street, Bloomsbury, London
Census: 1861, Ebenezer Higginbotham, son, u, 13, Scholar, b. Bloomsbury, living 1 Kingsgate
Street, Bloomsbury, London
Census: 1871, Ebenezer Higginbottom, son, u, 23 Tailor, b. Bloomsbury, Middx, living 42, ?st,
Finsbury
Census: 1881, Ebenezer Higginbottom, Brother, u, 32 b. St. Georges, Middlesex, Tailor Assistant,
living 35 Denmark Road, Willesden, Middlesex living with John and Jesse Higginbottom
Source: Father Higginbottom - The open-air preacher and Methodist Class Leader, a short memoir of Mr.Matthew Higginbottom, fifty years a Class Teacher in the Wesleyan Methodist Society, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, during which time he laboured zealously as open-air preacher and visitor to the sick and afflicted.
Born 15 August 1791 at Irlams o'the Heights, Pendleton, Manchester. He was the eldest son, his father's name Matthew, also a Tailor. Matthew left home at 21 moved about country working as Tailor.
Joined his Majesty's 29th Regiment as Master Tailor, stationed in France then based in Limerick, Ireland. At 33 years old in Tralee, County Kerry joined Weslyan Chapel. First wife died after 6 years. Moved to 69th Regiment, stationed on Isle of Wight, in 1826 stationed at Portsmouth, then stationed in Tower of London. Caught preaching as Wesleyan Methodist and imprisoned in Tower of London, threatened with flogging, so bought himself out of the army and moved into Exmouth Street, Clerkenwell. Continued to earn his living by tailoring.
Married Sarah Howard about 1830. They had 10 children. Matthew continued working as a Preacher in particular at the Great Queen Street Chapel. He also toured the country as preacher including, Durham, Worksop, Isle of Man, and Wolverhampton. He was a regular visitor and befriender at the St. Pancreas Workhouse. Matthew witnessed Martha Higginbottoms wedding in 1856. Sarah his wife died in 1862 and is buried at Abney Park Cemetary.
Matthew died on 29th September 1877 and was buried on 4th October, 1877 also at Abney Park Cemetary.
More About MATTHEW HIGGINBOTTOM:
Census: 1841, Matthew Higginbottom, Tailor, b. out of county, living King Street, Bloomsbury, London
Census: 1851, Matthew Higginbottom, Head, mar, 59, Tailor, b. Lancashire, living 36 King Street, Bloomsbury, London
Census: 07 Apr 1861, Matthew Higginbotham, Head, m, 69, Tailor, b. Lancashire, living 1 Kingsgate Street, Bloomsbury, London.
Census: 1871, Matthew Higginbottom, Head, widow, 79, Master Tailor, b. Lancashire, Pendlebury, living 42 Kuppet st.? Finsbury
From Father Higginbottom, a memoir. "Whilst at Limerick his wife died, and he deeply felt his loss, having only been married about six years, and there having been a most fond and afectionate love uniting them."
According to his discharge papers, on leaving the army, he is described as being 5 foot nine inches in height, with light brown hair, hazel eyes and of fair complexion.
Extract from the above book: Father Higginbottom
