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John Biggers

Male 1771 - 1845  (~ 74 years)


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  • Name John Biggers  [1] 
    Born 1771  Oxfordshire County, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Christened 16 Jun 1771  Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 6 Jun 1841  Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Occupation 6 Jun 1841  Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    fuller 
    _UID 6258618C00E340CFBD05A15B6DB6091093CA 
    Died Y  [7] 
    Buried 21 May 1845  Hailey, Oxfordhshire County, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Person ID I1055  Paul's Genealogy Tree
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2016 

    Father John Biggers,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother Hannah Shepperd,   b. 1742,   bur. 28 May 1820  (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Married 18 Nov 1770  Witney, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Children 2 children 
    Family ID F370  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1771 - Oxfordshire County, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 16 Jun 1771 - Witney, Oxfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 6 Jun 1841 - Witney, Oxfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - fuller - 6 Jun 1841 - Witney, Oxfordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 21 May 1845 - Hailey, Oxfordhshire County, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Died at age 74 [10]
    • (Research):The Fuller Family - Old OccupationsOld Occupations - Fuller & Tuckers
      The name fuller derives from the Old French fouller to trample on, and probably
      originated from the Latin fullo for a fuller, the man who fulfilled the
      essential role of ``filling out'' or felting the cloth woven by weavers, Tuckers
      derives from the Middle English tukere, for a cloth fuller or finisher. The
      process of fulling or tucking consists of the closing together of the threads of
      woven woollen fabric with the assistance of soap or acid liquor; this makes the
      cloth thicker. The romans practised fulling techniques, so would have introduced
      the process to Britain. Until the 13th Century the most common method was to
      trample the cloth in tubs and then in streams and this method continued to be
      used in Ireland until this century.
      However, fulling was the first part of the cloth-making process to become
      mechanised and fulling mills in Britain have been operating since at least 1295.
      They were established anywhere there was a stream of sufficient power to drive
      the water-wheel and because they were already mechanised often became the nuclei
      of later woollen factories. In Merionethshire ``Walking'' or Fulling Mills
      traced from surviving examples or references in documents or place names,
      numbered at least 60 all told, although they were not all in operation at one
      time. Geoffrey Grigson, in his ``exploration'' of his native parish of Pelynt,
      Cornwall, relates to how the survival of the old name ``Woolwashing'' applied to
      an area of a stream and the discovery of an overgrown flight of steps, led him
      to the discovery of a forgotten Cistercian fulling mill.
      Fulling was a very important process, as the cloth straight from the loom was
      too greasy and loose to use. Many fulling mills were built on farmland since a
      good many farmers either wove in the winter months to supplement their income or
      employed labourers who could weave. Rent for a ``Wake or fulling mill'' was 15
      shillings a year in 1740 and, about the same period, it cost between

  • Sources 
    1. [S443] UK 1841 Census, Ancestry.com, (Source Information:Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006.), Folio: 25, Page: 17, Line number: 2, GSU Number: 474571 (Reliability: 3), 18 Jul 2006.
      Place: West End
      NAME: John Biggers
      Age: 70
      Profession: Fuller
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: Fanny "
      Age: 35
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: Selina "
      Age: 10
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: Rachael "
      Age: 9
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: John "
      Age: 3
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: George "
      Age: 1
      Born in same County: Y
      Albert Reff & Anna      		 Albert Reff & Anna
      UK 1841 Census      		 UK 1841 Census
      Lists John Biggers (age 70), (grandfather?) of the John Biggers who was born 1839. The father to young John Biggers (age 3) is not enumerated in this census. Perhaps he was traveling abroad or temporarily located somewhere else?
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey parish register
      See page 22


    2. [S443] UK 1841 Census, Ancestry.com, (Source Information:Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006.), Folio: 25, Page: 17, Line number: 2, GSU Number: 474571 (Reliability: 3), 18 Jul 2006.
      Place: West End
      NAME: John Biggers
      Age: 70
      Profession: Fuller
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: Fanny "
      Age: 35
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: Selina "
      Age: 10
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: Rachael "
      Age: 9
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: John "
      Age: 3
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: George "
      Age: 1
      Born in same County: Y
      Joseph Reff and family, New York State census,1905, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York      		 Joseph Reff and family, New York State census,1905, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      Joseph Reff and family, New York State census,1905, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      Image source: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159385-382218-10?cc=1463113
      Joseph Reff and family, New York State census,1905, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York [reverse side]      		 Joseph Reff and family, New York State census,1905, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York [reverse side]
      Joseph Reff and family, New York State census,1905, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York [reverse side]
      Image source: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159385-382208-8?cc=1463113
      UK 1841 Census      		 UK 1841 Census
      Lists John Biggers (age 70), (grandfather?) of the John Biggers who was born 1839. The father to young John Biggers (age 3) is not enumerated in this census. Perhaps he was traveling abroad or temporarily located somewhere else?
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey parish register
      See page 22


    3. [S1476] General Register Index (Births 1837-1915, Deaths 1837-1957), General Register Office, ((https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/home.asp : 2016)), accessed Nov 4, 2016), Entry for John Biggers; Vol. 16, page 102. (Reliability: 3), 4 Nov 2016.
      BIGGERS, JOHN
      Albert Reff & Anna      		 Albert Reff & Anna
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey parish register
      See page 22


    4. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), St. Mary parish registers, baptisms, page 236 (Reliability: 3), 3 Sep 2006.
      1771 16 Jun BIGGERS John s. John & Hannah
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey parish register
      See page 22
      Watertown Daily Times      		 Watertown Daily Times
      St. Mary parish registers      		 St. Mary parish registers, baptisms


    5. [S443] UK 1841 Census, Ancestry.com, (Source Information:Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006.), Folio: 25, Page: 17, Line number: 2, GSU Number: 474571 (Reliability: 3), 18 Jul 2006.
      Place: West End
      NAME: John Biggers
      Age: 70
      Profession: Fuller
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: Fanny "
      Age: 35
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: Selina "
      Age: 10
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: Rachael "
      Age: 9
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: John "
      Age: 3
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: George "
      Age: 1
      Born in same County: Y
      Joseph Reff and family, New York State census,1905, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York      		 Joseph Reff and family, New York State census,1905, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      Joseph Reff and family, New York State census,1905, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York
      Image source: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159385-382218-10?cc=1463113
      Joseph Reff and family, New York State census,1905, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York [reverse side]      		 Joseph Reff and family, New York State census,1905, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York [reverse side]
      Joseph Reff and family, New York State census,1905, Cape Vincent, Jefferson County, New York [reverse side]
      Image source: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-159385-382208-8?cc=1463113
      UK 1841 Census      		 UK 1841 Census
      Lists John Biggers (age 70), (grandfather?) of the John Biggers who was born 1839. The father to young John Biggers (age 3) is not enumerated in this census. Perhaps he was traveling abroad or temporarily located somewhere else?
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey parish register
      See page 22


    6. [S443] UK 1841 Census, Ancestry.com, (Source Information:Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2006.), Folio: 25, Page: 17, Line number: 2, GSU Number: 474571 (Reliability: 3), 18 Jul 2006.
      Place: West End
      NAME: John Biggers
      Age: 70
      Profession: Fuller
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: Fanny "
      Age: 35
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: Selina "
      Age: 10
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: Rachael "
      Age: 9
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: John "
      Age: 3
      Born in same County: Y

      NAME: George "
      Age: 1
      Born in same County: Y
      Albert Reff & Anna      		 Albert Reff & Anna
      UK 1841 Census      		 UK 1841 Census
      Lists John Biggers (age 70), (grandfather?) of the John Biggers who was born 1839. The father to young John Biggers (age 3) is not enumerated in this census. Perhaps he was traveling abroad or temporarily located somewhere else?
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey parish register
      See page 22


    7. [S1476] General Register Index (Births 1837-1915, Deaths 1837-1957), General Register Office, ((https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/home.asp : 2016)), accessed Nov 4, 2016), Entry for John Biggers; Vol. 16, page 102. (Reliability: 3), 4 Nov 2016.
      BIGGERS, JOHN
      Albert Reff & Anna      		 Albert Reff & Anna
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey parish register
      See page 22


    8. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), Hailey burials, Page 94 (Reliability: 3), 23 Aug 2006.
      1845 21 May BIGGERS John (74), Hailey
      Albert Reff & Anna      		 Albert Reff & Anna
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey burials
      See page 22


    9. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), St. Mary parish registers, marriages, page 53 (Reliability: 3), 10 Sep 2006.
      1770 18 Nov BIGGERS John (X) SHEPPERD Hannah (X)
      The Watertown Herald      		 The Watertown Herald
      Whitney1585m.pdf      		 St. Mary parish registers, marriages
      See page 152


    10. [S448] UK Oxfordshire Parish Registers - Witney (CD), Oxfordshire Family History Society, (Oxfordshire Family History Society 1994-2003 http://www.ofhs.org.uk/index.html Oxfordshire Family History Society; c/o Miss Angela E. Wood 40 Kersington Cresent Cowley Oxford, OX4 3RJ United Kingdom See also: http://www.ofhs.org.uk/whoswho.html Phone: 01865 718723 Email: AngeWd1@aol.com), Hailey burials, Page 94 (Reliability: 3), 23 Aug 2006.
      1845 21 May BIGGERS John (74), Hailey
      St. Mary registers, burials      		 St. Mary registers, burials
      Watertown Daily Times      		 Watertown Daily Times
      Hailey.pdf      		 Hailey burials
      See page 22