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Harold Shorrock¹

• Last Edited: 2020-10-26

• Charts: RIGBY-1, RIGBY-2

• Father: Robert Shorrock¹ (c 1858-1931)
• Mother: Elizabeth Ellen Rigby¹ (1866-1924)

Key Events

Birth Reg.		Jul 1899, Chorley R.D., England1
Death		Aug 1899, Meadow Street, Wheelton, Lancashire2
Burial		29 Aug 1899, St Barnabas, Heapey, Lancashire2

Detailed Timeline

Jul 1899	His birth was registered in Chorley R.D., England, in the 1899 JAS quarter. MMN Rigby.1
Aug 1899	Harold Shorrock died at Meadow Street, Wheelton, Lancashire.2
29 Aug 1899	He was buried at St Barnabas, Heapey, Lancashire. Age: 1 month, Grave: 160 (family grave).2

Maria Rigby

• Last Edited: 2020-11-24

• Charts: RIGBY-1

• Father: John Rigby (1822-)
• Mother: Jane Taylor (1834-)

Key Events

Birth		1874, Wheelton, Lancashire
Marriage	John Thomas Higgins	19 Nov 1902, St Barnabas, Heapey, Lancashire1

Detailed Timeline

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 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 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 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 included:- William Higgins and Catherine Higgins.

Margaret Agnes Roper

• Last Edited: 2023-02-07

• Charts: RIGBY-1

Key Events

Birth		5 Aug 1871
Marriage	Robert Rigby	c May 1921, St Paul, Little Marsden, Nelson, Lancashire1

Detailed Timeline

5 Aug 1871	Margaret Agnes Roper was born. from 1939 register.
c May 1921	The marriage was registered in Burnley R.D., England, in 1921 AMJ quarter.1
c May 1921	Margaret Agnes Molyneux married Robert Rigby, son of John Rigby and Jane Taylor, at St Paul, Little Marsden, Nelson, Lancashire.1
Sep 1939	Margaret Agnes Rigby appeared on the 1939 register in the household of Robert Rigby at 13, Marsden Crescent, Nelson, Lancashire. Married, UDD.2