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John Henry Higham
See also: Mary Higham, John Joseph (Jack) Higham, Edward Higham.
HIGHAM, John Henry , b. 1818, d . 22.11.1858 (Frem), arr. 13. 6. 1853 per Sabrina with wife & 2 chd. m. (UK) Mary b. 1819 d. 21.4.1883 (Frem). Chd. Edward Henry b. 1846 d. 1885, Margaret b. 1852. Mary Ann d. 1853 infancy, ?Thomas d. 1854, John Joseph b. 1856 d. 1928, Mary Ann Eliza b. 1858 d. 1935, Henry James W. Listed as a farm labourer in passenger list. Frem: cook, confectioner & general storekeeper. His widow continued the business & bt. Town Lot in 1866. She also engaged in pastoral & pearling interests in partnership with her son. She employed 17 T/L men on occasions 1860-1876. Congreg. (Erickson)
John Henry Higham was born on 11-Apr-1817 in Fairfield, Lancashire, England. He died on 22-Nov-1858 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. He married Mary Ann Phipps in Oct-1845 in Towcester, Northamptonshire, England. She was born about 1817. She died on 21-Apr-1883 in Fremantle (WA BDM 11709/1883). (Ward)
References, Links, Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Rob Ward for an invaluable and comprehensive genealogy of the Higham family.
Brown, Patricia M 1996, The Merchant Princes of Fremantle: The Rise and Decline of a Colonial Elite 1870-1900, UWAP.
Erickson, Rica et al. 1987 (etc.), Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians, UWAP.
Higham, Geoffrey J. 1994, A Most Industrious Tradeswoman: Mary Higham, Nineteenth Century Merchant of Fremantle, Gayton Squirrel Trust, Winthrop WA.
Higham, Geoffrey 2005, 'A person of remarkable energy', Fremantle Studies, 4: 8-21.
Hitchcock, JK 1929, The History of Fremantle, The Front Gate of Australia 1829-1929, Fremantle City Council: 104, 106.
NLA entry for Mary's bio
Wikipedia page for Mary
Edward Higham obituary,The West Australian, 22 April 1885
J.J. Higham obituary, West Australian 25 July 1927
John Higham's 1858 gravestone is preserved on the Heritage Trail in Fremantle Cemetery.
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