William Higinbotham child life like

Answer 1

Here, of course, William is just a year old. He is the eldest son, and has no siblings as yet. The family are living at 11 Merchant Street, Derby, in St Werburgh parish. William's father Andrew gives his birthplace as Ireland, his occupation as a Bookbinder/Finisher. The family are living in Derby, at 15 Merchant Street - the same street as ten years earlier, but a couple of doors along. It still exists, according to modern maps. William has siblings now - Anne, Andrew and Thomas. The Higginbottoms have moved from Derby, and are living at 71 Reuben Street, Leeds. Andrew Higginbottom is still working as a Bookbinder-Finisher. His wife Elizabeth seems to have joined him in this employment, and is a Bookfolder and Sewer (which unfortunately looks like something to do with drains. Obviously it's as in "sewing" - connected with the publishing trade - in the days before books were joined together by glue). Our William, aged 21, is working as a Marble Polisher. (In case anyone is imagining this as something connected to those round shiny glass things we used to play with as children - it's not that kind of marble, but the kind they made fire surrounds and other architectural things out of. It says "Mason" in brackets as a note alongside).