Jeweller, optometrist.
Born at Muskoka, Ontario on 23 February 1868, son of John Higginbotham, he came to Manitoba with his father in 1884 and farmed north of Oak Lake. In 1890 he came to Brandon and apprenticed with jeweler T. F. Butcher then took a course in jewelry at Toronto. Returning to Brandon, he was briefly employed as a jeweler by Butcher before establishing his own jewelry business at Portage la Prairie which he operated for four years until the death of Butcher, whereupon he purchased the business at Brandon. He eventually sold the Portage la Prairie business to P. J. Harwood and the Brandon business to John Berton Sutherland.
On 15 November 1901, he married Ina Mary Hogg (1873-1942, daughter of Joseph Hogg) at Winnipeg and they had three daughters: Margaret W. Higginbotham (1902-1950), Frances Irene Higginbotham (1903-1956), and Mary Josephine Higginbotham (1905-?). He was a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. He was a founding member of the Manitoba Association of Optometrists.
He died at Vancouver, British Columbia on 19 April 1943.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Higginbotham Block (906 Rosser Avenue, Brandon)
1901 and 1906 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Joseph Frederick Higginbotham, Ina Mary Hogg], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Ina Mary Higginbotham, Joseph F Higginbotham, Frances I Higginbotham], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
Margaret W Higginbotham, Ancestry.
A History of Manitoba: Its Resources and People by Prof. George Bryce, Toronto: The Canadian History Company, 1906.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 31 May 2026
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