Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muCounty Cavan, Ireland uye akauya kuCanada muna 1846, achizvisimbisa amene somugadziri wemakemikoro nomugadziri wemishonga paGuelph. Akashanda mudare reguta reGuelph, achishandawo samukuru weguta. Akanga ari lieutenant-colonel wechiuto chomunzvimbomo uye akabatira mukati mokupamba kwavaFenian
. Higinbotham akakundwa naGeorge Alexander Drew nokuda kwechigaro chehurumende muna 1878. Gare gare akashanda somunyori wedare weWellington County.