Family of John Eric RIGG and Amy DUERDEN

Husband:	John Eric RIGG (1887-1976)
Wife:	Amy DUERDEN (1899-1978)
Children:	John Geoffrey RIGG (1929-1933)
	Esther Mary RIGG (1931-1933)
	Mary Jessie RIGG
	John Christopher RIGG
Marriage	Oct 1927	Hong Kong 1

Husband: John Eric RIGG

Name:	John Eric RIGG
Sex:	Male
Father:	John RIGG (1857-1930)
Mother:	Harriet FAWCETT (1859-1930)
Birth	29 Jun 1887	60 Fishergate Hull, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK 2
Baptism	31 Jul 1887 (age 0)	Christchurch, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
Death	21 Dec 1976 (age 89)	14 Green Drive, Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK 3
Burial	1976	Shireshead, Lancashire, England, UK

Wife: Amy DUERDEN

Name:	Amy DUERDEN
Sex:	Female
Father:	James DUERDEN (1866-1929)
Mother:	Esther BOOTH (1863?-1936)
Birth	27 Jun 1899	Chester Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK 4
Census	31 Mar 1901 (age 1)	79 Chester Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK 5
Death	21 Aug 1978 (age 79)	Preston Royal Infirmary, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
Burial	1978	Shireshead, Lancashire, England, UK

Child 1: John Geoffrey RIGG

Name:	John Geoffrey RIGG
Sex:	Male
Birth	1929
Death	1933 (age 3-4)

Child 2: Esther Mary RIGG

Name:	Esther Mary RIGG
Sex:	Female
Nickname:	Stella?
Birth	1931
Death	1933 (age 1-2)

Child 3: Mary Jessie RIGG

Name:	Mary Jessie RIGG 6
Sex:	Female
Spouse:	Ronald Arthur John AXTELL

Child 4: John Christopher RIGG

Name:	John Christopher RIGG 1
Sex:	Male
Spouse:	Margery Campbell LYALL

Note on Husband: John Eric RIGG

NOTES: John Eric Rigg (1887-1976) was at the funeral of his grandfather John Rigg (1824-1898) and told of the funeral party at the Hamilton Arms to the west of the A6.

 

NOTES: 29 June 1887. born St John's Subdistrict of Preston to John Rigg and Harriet Fawcett (registered by James Topham, Registrar, 20 July 1887).

31 July 1887. baptized Christ Church, Preston.

2 April 1903. confirmed Trent College Chapel, by E.A. Derby.

5 April 1903. first communion.

1/6th share of Ratcliffe Cottage (Sept. 1961).

1 April 1907. Passed entrance examination for non-graduates to St John's Hall, Highbury; signed by C.B. Drake, M.A., Secretary. Greek translation A, grammar A, Latin translation B, grammar A; Scripture history OT A, NT B; Gospel B; English historyB; Euclid B [A, good; B, sufficient].

Sunday 12 March 1911. Ordained deacon and licensed stipendiary curate of the Parish Church of All Saints, Preston, by Bp Edmund Arbuthnott of Manchester.

Sunday 22 September 1912. John Eric Rigg, Student of the London College of Divinity, priested in the Cathedral and Parish Church of Manchester.

18 February 1914. Licensed as missionary priest in the Province of Fuh-Kien by Bp H.M.V. Price in Fuhkien.

17 January 1916. Licensed as stipendiary curate to the Parish Church of St Luke, Halliwell.

10 August 1917. Licensed as stipendiary curate to the Parish Church of St Matthew, Blackburn.

20 January 1919. Licensed as stipendiary curate to the Parish Church of Thornton.

15 November 1920. Licensed as stipendiary curate to Emmanuel Church, Preston.

31 October 1922. licensed as stipencdiary curate to the Parish Church of St Peter Chorley.

15 December 1924. Licensed in sole charge of Conventional District of Hapton in the Parish of Padiham by Bp of Machester William [Temple].

24 February 1925. Presentation in recognition of "the high appreciation and brotherly feeling ... and of their high appreciation of his efficient labours for the past 23 years in their midst" during his curacy by the congregation of St Peter's Chorley.

17 March 1927. Licensed to Province of Fukien by Bp John Hind.

until 13 December 1933. Foochow, Fukien, China.

13 December 1933 - 4 January 1934. CMS, journey home.

1934. Dutton Cottage.

May 1935 - July 1942. St Matthias Vicarage, 12 Collegiate Crescent, Sheffield.

11 May 1935. Inducted by rural dean, W. Bracewell, witnessed by churchwardens George Mount and Wm Thos Plant.

July 1942 - August 1952 or 1953. The Rectory, Sheepy Magna, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire.

18 - 19 July 1942. Order to celebrate two full services in the Parish Church of Sheepy Magna and Parva cum Ratcliffe Culey; assent to 39 articles, signed by A.J. Hatton and Frank Millington.

November 1952BChristmas 1964. Packington Vicarage, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.

15 November 1952. Mandate for induction to United Benefice of Packington with Normanton-le-Heath.

Christmas 1964BApril 1967. 14 Hinckley Road, Ibstock, Leicestershire.

April 1967. 14 Green Drive, Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire.

6 February 1968. licensed to preach and administer the sacraments in any church or chapel within the Diocese of Blackburn.

21 December 1976. Registration of death from bronchopneumonia, gangrene of left foot, atherosclerosis; registered by Elizabeth Key, deputy registrar.

 

BIRTH: John Christopher Rigg has birth as 29/6/1887, Death index has birth as 28/6/1887

Note on Wife: Amy DUERDEN

BIOGRAPHY: 1914 in Arnside, met her friend Bertha, who climbed mountains and wrote poetry and "is now 79" and living at Silverdale (AR 11/6/1967-7/9/1967)

13 December 1933. Arrived at CMS, Kandy, Ceylon and gave address as Kienningfu, Foochow, Fukien, China

4 January 1934 Departed from CMS, Kandy

1941-05 Preached at Sheffield Cathedral; first woman to preach there (AR 22/10./1967)

ca 1946 taught Witherley Church of England Primary School, under Miss Hollingworth, who later married Mr Cowam

17/9/1967 Knows the characters in "High Wages" by Dorothy Whipple, who was older than AR and wrote about Blackburn (AR)

Sources

1	John Christopher Rigg, "Person - John Christopher Rigg" (<m.rigg@planet.nl>).

2	Ancestry, "England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983". Vol 8e/Page 642.

3	"Death index". Vol 40/Page 2225.

4	Ancestry, "England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index: 1837-1983". Vol 8e/Page 422.

5	Ancestry, "1901 Census" (http://www.ancestry.co.uk). RG13/3912 ED 13/Folio 51/Page 8/Household 54.

6	Jonathan Axtell, "Person - Jonathan Axtell".