Re: Higginsons of Ireland
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In reply to:
Higginsons of Ireland
paul robinson 1/29/11
Henry Peter Higginson, son of Henry Higginson and Anna Roundtree, was born circa 1837-1843 in (Dublin?), Ireland.
oHenry married, firstly, 11 Jan 1862, Dublin, Ireland , Annabella James , daughter of Rev. John Jamesand Annette Hatton.The children (if any) of Henry and Annabella have not been identified.
Henry was ordained as an Episcopalian priest by the Bishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa in 1877.
In 1887 he eloped to Norway with Mary Chavelita Dunne, who had been companion to Charlotte Whyte-Melville (see below).
On 12 Dec 1887 he was “arrested” and forced into a carriage by Dunne’s father, who, in the ensuing altercation fired a pistol at Higginson, however the bullet failed to penetrate a thick rug upon Higginson’s lap.
o Henry married, secondly, 2 Jun 1886, Geneva, Switzerland, the Hon. Charlotte Whyte-Melville (neé Bateman-Hanbury) widow of Maj. George John Whyte-Melville and the daughter of William Bateman-Hanbury, 1st Baron Bateman of Shobdon and Elizabeth Chichester.
In November 1886 Henry adopted, by deed poll, the name Henry Peter Higginson-Whyte-Melville.
The marriage was declared a nullity in Sep 1887, by the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes upon the grounds that at the time of the marriage Higginson was still legally married to his first wife notwithstanding a divorce had been granted by the Circuit Court of the County of Wayne, Michigan, USA on 6 Mar 1886: the English Court holding that by the law of the United Kingdom a marriage contracted between English subjects could not be dissolved by the Court of any other country, unless the parties to the marriage had abandoned their domicile in the United Kingdom, and that on the evidence it was clear that neither Higginson nor his first wife had acquired American domicile.
o Henry married, thirdly, 13 Jun 1888 Detroit, Michigan, USA , Mary Chavelita Dunne.
Mary Chavelita Dunne (originally Mary Elizabeth Annie Dunne), daughter of Capt. John Joseph Dunne and Isabella George(-Bynon), was born 14 Dec 1859, Emerald, Victoria, Australia, and subsequently adopted the second forename “Chavelita”, by which she was known.
Following Henry's Death in 1889 she was twice married and twice widowed.
Under the pen-name George Egerton (derived from her mother’s maiden name and her second husband’s first name ), she was a noted feminist and author . She died 12 Aug 1945, London.
Hemry Peter Higginson(-Whyte-Melville) died in 1889 apparently in Norway.
Can anyone confirm the dates and places of Henry's birth and death?
Can anyone confirm the dates and places of the birth and death of Annabella, his first wife?
Did they have any family?