Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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John B. Higgs

From Graces Guide

John Birch Higgs, of Coven, Wolverhampton (1881).

1835 Born in Alvechurch, Warwickshire

1861/2 Patents with John Smith of Coven

1864 Dissolution of partnership Smith and Higgs

1868 Steam Thrashing Machine Proprietor, of Coven, Brewood, Staffs[1]

Sometime in 1870s married Mary A. Higgs, daughter of John Smith

1881 Exhibited at the 1881 Royal Agricultural Show a land cleaner and pulveriser.

1881 Machine proprietor, living in Coven, with Mary A. Higgs 52, Edith M. Higgs 13, Minnie G. Higgs 11[2]

1902 Died[3]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1868 Post Office Directory
  2. 1881 census
  3. National Probate Calendar