Printer.
Born at Guelph, Ontario on 14 April 1861, where he learned the printing trade and was employed for many years as night editor at the Hamilton Spectator, he came to Winnipeg in 1907. He bought the printing plant of the Canadian Investor and founded the company of Hignell Printing with which he was associated until death.
He and wife Eliza Hignell (1861-1948) had four children: Olive Enid Hignell (1889-1964, wife of Emerson Jonathan Heaney), Gordon Kirby Hignell (1894-1918, husband of Margaret May Thompson), Victor Russell Hignell (1900-1985, father of Jack Raymond Hignell), and Lloyd Davis Hignell (1901-?). The family lived at 159 Chestnut Street. He was a member of Young United Church. An avid lawn bowler, he served as President of the Assiniboine Lawn Bowling Club.
He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 27 April 1936 and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Death registrations [Albert Renfrew Hignell, Eliza Hignell], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
"Albert Hignell prominent city printer dies," Winnipeg Tribune, 27 April 1936, page 4.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 October 2026
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