Misc. Notes
Name, year of birth, unmarried, date of death, place of burial from Brian of
nzolivers.com.
Transcription in Pamela Booth’s second edition of her March 2010 edition of “Blink Bonnie”, a “Red Lion” incident and initial report from Wanganui Herald 9th June 1885. Pamela is the great-great granddaughter of Robert Clark Higgie b.1855.
Brian of
nzolivers.com found on Papers Past website, Grey River Argus, 21 March, 1885:
John Higgie, well-known in racing matters, died rather suddenly to-day at the Red Lion Hotel.
Country of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in May 2023:
1853/2298. Higgie, John. Mother: Mary. Father: Thomas
Full date of birth of 30 May 1853 from further searching in May 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.