Information from
ancestry.ca tree Ashworth/Lowe
In the 1851 census Whip Inn, Bowers Court, South Leeds, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Head
Joseph Higgins, married, age 29, victualler, born Leeds.
Wife Elizabeth Higgins, age 22, born Leeds.
Cousin Mary Long, unmarried, age 23, general servant, born Horsforth, Yorkshire.
2 other servants.
In the 1861 census 51 Merrion Street, West Leeds, Leeds, Yorkshire.
Head
Joseph Higgins, widower, age 39, retired publican, born Leeds.
Sarah Leedale, age 33, housekeeper, born near York.
Parish Records St. John the Evangelist, Leeds
Marriage February 8, 1862
Joseph Higgins, full age, widower, retired publican, residence Merrion Street, father Robert Higgins, gentleman and
Sarah Leedle, full age, spinster, residence Merrion Street, father John Leedle, farmer
by license by Edward Monro, Vicar
In the presence of William Clough and Robert Holmes
In the 1871 census 2 Menbro Arms, Potter Newton, Headingley, Yorkshire.
Head
Joseph Higgins, age 48, publican, born Leeds, Yorkshire.
Wife
Sarah Higgins, age 40, born Thethet, Yorkshire.
Son Joseph A. Higgins, age 9, born Leeds.
Daughter Jane E. Higgins, age 7, born Leeds.
Son William Higgins, age 3, born Leeds.
Sister Elizabeth Binks?, widow, age 53, publican assistant, born Leeds.
3 servants (housemaid, coachman and boots)
In the October to December 1880 death index
Joseph Higgins, age 59, Leeds, Yorkshire, volume 9b, page 308.