Thirza Allenby

Thirza Allenby 

Born: 1843, Bingham 

Father: David Allenby (b. 1811)

Mother: Ann Allenby (b. 1810)

Sisters: Martha Allenby (b. 1840), Sarah Allenby (b. 1845), Myra Allenby (b. 1846) [LDTC 1866], Miriam Allenby (b. 1847), Emily Allenby (b. 1849)

Marriage:        16 July 1868, Asbourne 

Husband:        Richard John Higgins 

                        b. 1847

                        Clerk

Issue – 

#1 Eleanor Vida Higgins (b. 1870)

#2 Myra Isabel Higgins (b. 1871)

#3 Frank Allenby Higgins (b. 1873)

#4 Harry Lonsdale Higgins (b. 1875)

#5 Emily Maud Alice Higgins (b. 1877)

#6 Frederick Charles Higgins (b. 1880)

#7 Ethel M Higgins (b. 1884)

In 1851 –

She is at Grantham Road, Bingham. Her uncle, George Harrison (b. 1806), is listed as ‘Farmer of 30 Acres Employing 1 Labourer’. Elizabeth Ann Harris (b. 1828) is listed as ‘Housekeeper’. Thirza is unlisted. 

In 1861 – 

She is at West Bromwich, Staffordshire. Emma Nutt (b. 1822) is listed ‘Shoe and Boot Maker’. Thirza is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Belvidere, Runcorn. Her husband is listed as ‘Clerk’. Thirza and her daughters, Eleanor and Myra, are unlisted. Albert Jordan (b. 1841), a boarder, is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. There is a servant, Hannah B Rigby (b. 1850).

In 1881 – 

She is at School House, Kniveton, Ashbourne. Her husband is listed as ‘Commercial Bookeeper Unemployed’. Thirza is listed as ‘Certificated Teacher 1st Class School’. Her children (Eleanor, Myra, Frank, Harry, Emily and Frederick) are unlisted. 

In 1891 – 

She is at School House, Kniveton, Ashbourne. Her husband is listed as ‘Book Keeper’. Thirza is listed as ‘Certificated Teacher of Elementary School’. Her daughter, Emily, is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher’. Her children, Frederick and Ethel, are unlisted. There is a visitor, Marian S Davies (b. 1879). 

In 04/95 - 

Address is Buckley, Mold. 

In 1896 –

Thirza and her children, Frederick and Emily, are onboard a ship bound for New York. They leave 23 September 1896 and arrive 1 October 1896. 

d.         15 February 1904, Chicago, USA