Sixth Generation

63. John REGESTER was born in 1821 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He died on 28 February 1858 at the age of 37 in St. Philip, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. He was living with his parents on Bowling Green St. in the 1841 Census. Unfortunately, his occupation is unreadable.

In the 1851 Census, he, his wife, and their child Mary Jane were living with his wife's widowed mother and her family on Wentworth Street and then on Queen Street. John was working as a scissor smith. There were 6 people living on Wentworth Street, so some of the children had to be "farmed out" to John's parents -- Henry, Herbert Thomas, and Mary Jane Frisk. In 1852 or 1853, John and Ann rented a house on Portland Street, Sheffield, and brought all the children back to their household.

John REGESTER and Ann BIGGIN were married in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Ann BIGGIN, daughter of BIGGIN and Mary Biggin HAMMOND, was born in 1820 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. She died on 23 February 1878 at the age of 58 in St. Philip, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. She was buried on 25 February 1878 in St. Philip, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. There were a number of Biggins in Rotherham: Isaac Biggin m. Charlotte Newbold July 4, 1820, in Rotherham; James Biggin m. Ann Rayney September 27, 1818, in Rotherham. Joseph Biggin m. Sarah Green October 11, 1812; Luke Biggin m. Ann Booker December 27, 1814; Samuel Biggin m. Nancy Biggin 20 August 1817 in Rotherham. Ann's relatives?

Ann took her two grown sons, Frank and John William, to be christened April 9, 1865, some years after her husband had died.

In the 1851 Census, John Regester, his wife Ann, and their child Mary Jane were living with his wife's widowed mother, Mary Hammond, and her family on Wentworth Street and then on Queen Street. John was working as a scissor smith. There were 6 people living on Wentworth Street, so some of the children had to be "farmed out" to John's parents -- Henry, Herbert Thomas, and Mary Jane Frisk. In 1852 or 1853, John and Ann rented a house on Portland Street, Sheffield, and brought all the children back to their household. There were other Biggins living nearby at 80 St. Philips Road in North Sheffield, District 14 (Nether Thorp): Samuel, 57 and Mary, 53, along with children Henry, 22, Isaac, 16, and a servant, Sarah Harnes. Two houses down at 74 St. Philips Road were Samuel, 37, and Sarah, 34, with children Samuel, 6, Mary J. 5, and Thomas, 1, and a servant, Christiana Emanuel, 13. Ann Biggin, 56, is listed as a visitor.

In the 1861 Census, Ann, 40, was head of household, no occupation listed, Henry Biggin Regester, son, 18, scissor smith, Herbert Thomas Regester, 16, scissor smith, John William Regester, 6, Frank Regester, 4, and Mary Elizabeth Regester, 9. They were all living on Portland Street, Nether Hallam, Sheffield. There were Biggins living on Portland Street: William, head, 43, file forger, Ann Hamond, mother, widow, 62, Isaac Thomas Biggin, 30, file cutter, May Ann Biggin, 28, Joseph Thomas Biggin, nephew, 2.

John REGESTER and Ann BIGGIN had the following children: