Florida Family Group Sheet for the John William HIGGINBOTHAM Family *********************************************** Copyright Michelle Banker. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Michelle Banker Email address: Husband: John William HIGGINBOTHAM Birthdate: Sept. 1836 Birthplace: Salford, England Death date: 1910 Place of death: Ft. Myers, Florida Father: John Kitchen HIGGINBOTHAM Mother: mary Ann UNKNOWN Marriage date: Feb. 2 1860 Marriage place: Blackburn, England Wife: Mary Ann BAILEY Birthdate: Oct. 1837 Birthplace: Burnley, England Death date: 1903 Place of death: Leesburg, Florida Father: John BAILEY Mother: UNKNOWN CHILDREN Child No. 1: Herbert HIGGINBOTHAM Sex: m Birthdate: 1866 Birthplace: Davenham, England Death date: Oct. 1906 Place of death: Gulf of Mexico Marriage date: Oct. 13 1894 Marriage place: Tavares, Florida Spouse's name: Jetta M. PHILLIPS ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Documentation: John HIGGINBOTHAM family bible. 1871 Cheshire, England census. 1885 "City of Rome" ship manafest. 1900 Lake co. Florida census. 1910 Lee co. Florida census. John came to New York, America with his wife and son. He bought land in Florida in 1894. He moved to Ft Myers to be close to his sons widow and children.