1874 | Maria Rigby was born at Wheelton, Lancashire. |
26 Apr 1874 | She was baptized at St Barnabas, Heapey, Lancashire . Maria, child of John & Jane Rigby; Abode:Wheelton; Father's Occupation: Labourer.2 |
3 Apr 1881 | She appeared as Daughter in the 1881 census in the household of John Rigby at Club Row, Wheelton, Lancashire. Age 7 , Scholar , born Wheelton, Lancashire. Household also included:- Jane Rigby, James Rigby, Elizabeth Ellen Rigby, Robert Rigby and George Rigby.3 |
5 Apr 1891 | Maria Rigby appeared as Daughter in the 1891 census in the household of John Rigby at Kenyon Lane, Heapey, Lancashire. Age 17 , Single , Cotton Weaver , born Wheelton, Lancashire. Household also included:- Jane Rigby, Elizabeth Ellen Rigby, Robert Rigby and George Rigby.4 |
30 May 1898 | Maria Rigby witnessed the marriage of Robert Shorrock and Elizabeth Ellen Rigby at St Barnabas, Heapey, Lancashire .5 |
31 Mar 1901 | Maria Rigby appeared as Head in the 1901 census at Kenyon Lane, Heapey, Lancashire. Age 27 , Single , Cotton Weaver , born Wheelton, Lancashire. Household also included:- George Rigby.6 |
19 Nov 1902 | Maria Rigby, daughter of John Rigby and Jane Taylor, married John Thomas Higgins at St Barnabas, Heapey, Lancashire . John Thomas Higgins, 33, Bachelor, Tin Plate Worker at Coppermill, No 2, St Anne's Place, Lancaster; Father: William Higgins, Cashier Maria Rigby, 28, Spinster, Kenyon Lane, Heapey; Father: John Rigby, deceased Witnesses: George Rigby, Alice Higgins Identified witnesses: George Rigby.1 |
c 1905 | Her son William Higgins was born at Lancaster, Lancashire. |
c 1908 | Her daughter Catherine Higgins was born at Preston, Lancashire. |
2 Apr 1911 | Maria Higgins appeared as Wife in the 1911 census in the household of John Thomas Higgins at 119, Plungington Road, Preston, Lancashire. Age 37 , married 8 yrs 5 months; 2 children, 2 alive , born Wheelton, Lancashire. Household also included:- William Higgins and Catherine Higgins. |