The Higginbotham surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,489 people carried this name — #2,492 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 20,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 14,404 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Higginbotham surname

Habitational surname from a minor place in Lancashire, now called Oakenbottom, from Old English ǣċen (“oaken”) + botm (“bottom; broad valley”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Higginbotham» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of the Higginbottom’.

His entry covers Higginbotham, Higginbottom and Hickinbotham.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 382 · public domain.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Higginbotham was found among the farmers of 2 counties.

It was most frequent in Derbyshire: 29 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 345. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent. His list gives one count for the spellings Higginbotham and Higgingbottom.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Derbyshire 29
Cheshire 11

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Higginbotham in American newspapers,
1919–1930.

Newspaper page from Coulee City Dispatch carrying the name Higginbotham
Coulee City Dispatch 1930-01-17
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Higginbotham
The Washington Times 1919-02-09
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Higginbotham
The Washington Times 1930-07-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 25,018 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Higginbotham in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

4,597 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Higginbotham. The most, 662, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,191
New South Wales 1,128
Queensland 611
South Australia 388
Tasmania 156
Western Australia 100
ACT (Canberra) 12
Northern Territory 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Higginbotham.

Who carried it

People named Higginbotham,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Irv Higginbotham
    Irv Higginbotham 1882–1959 · baseball player
  • Martha Higginbotham d. 1807
  • Elizabeth Higginbotham 1808–1848
  • Fred Higginbotham 1868–1896 · ice hockey player
  • Walter Higginbotham 1869–1923
  • Susan Centennial Fowler 1877–1941

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Higginbotham,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States825 records

825 records of the Higginbotham name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 546
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 167
  • Other U.S. records 112
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Thomas Higginbotham

    Born 1920 in Louisiana. Enlisted 1942 at Lafayette; cotton farmer from Cameron Parish. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Consolata Cemetery, Lake Charles, Louisiana.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert M. Higginbotham

    Born 1945; from Rockville, Maryland. U.S. Army, armor crewman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Julia Higginbotham

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Yorkshire from Liverpool, aged 15; dressmaker. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 825 records for Higginbotham in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia200 records

200 records of the Higginbotham name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 105
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 61
  • Other Australian records 34
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Susannah Higginbotham

    Died 1925 in Cygnet, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1925.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Edward Higginbotham

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Edward, arriving 1831; ticket of leave 1839.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Geo Higginbotham

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Briseis, aged 25; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 200 records for Higginbotham in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada24 records

24 records of the Higginbotham name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • Other Canadian records 12
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Marilyn Higginbotham

    Buried in 1970 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 25.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Harry John Higginbotham

    Died 1965 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Thomas Edwards Higginbotham

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 24 records for Higginbotham in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom8 records

8 records of the Higginbotham name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 6
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  • Stirling Council burial records 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James Higginbotham

    Will proved in 1936; of Broadbottom, Chester.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. Higginbotham

    King's (Liverpool Regiment). Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. W. Higginbotham

    West Yorkshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Higginbotham in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands8 records

8 records of the Higginbotham name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 6
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Eleanor Susannah Higginbotham

    Died 1933 in Gendringen, aged 83.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Eleanor Susannah Higginbotham

    In the population register of Utrecht; born in Macelesfield.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Eleonor Susannah Higginbotham

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1850 in Macclesfeeld.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Higginbotham in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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