The Higginson Family Research Paper

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Family Research Paper The Higginson family goes all the way back to Shifnall, Shropshire, England in 1767 to John Smythe. The Higginson name has changed four times over the many years, from Smythe, Smyth, Smith, to Higginson. It went from Smith to Higginson March 29, 1807 when Charles Wood Higginson was born to Mary Higginson and Robert Smith. Robert Smith was a minister in the Shifnal parish church. According to William Thomas Higginson, Charlels’ son, "his father’s last name should have been Smith, that his mother, Mary Higginson was merely working in the Smith’s household so she gave her son, Charles her maiden name. Charles Wood Higginson married Mary Ann Bouncer February 28, 1827, they had twelve children together. The eldest

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