Name, year of birth of “1840”, place of birth of “Ayreshire, Scotland”, month/year and place of death, date and place of marriage from Pamela Booth’s book, “Blink Bonnie”, published March 2010. Pamela’s great-great grandparents were Robert Clark Higgie b.1855 and Jane Hearn Rapley.

Day of death from CD prepared by Stuart Macfarlane and included with Pamela Booth’s second edition of her book, “Blink Bonnie”, published March 2010. Stuart is the grandson of James Higgie b. 1857.

Sailed to New Zealand as a toddler with the Higgie family on the ‘Olympus’ leaving London on the 9th December 1840 and arrived in Port Nicholson on the 20th April 1841

Steerage Passengers from the Passenger list of the barque Olympus:
https://www.geni.com/projects/New-Zealand-Settler-Ships-Olympus-1841/16662
Wilkinson, David age 28 [Therefore born circa 1812]
Wilkinson, Elizabeth age 23 [Therefore born circa 1817]
Wilkinson, Christina age 14 months [Therefore born circa 1839]
(Age above as at one month before departure)

On board the same ship were the Higgies. Baby Thomas was born at sea on the 26 January 1841, off the coast of Brazil Rio de Janeiro in the South Atlantic ocean. And, twenty-five years after arriving in New Zealand Christina and Thomas were to marry.

Date of death confirmed from Heads Road Wanganui Cemetery records found in April 2023:
In loving memory of our dear mother CHRISTINA HIGGIE dearly beloved wife of Thomas Higgie, died 24th May 1908 aged 68 years; also the above THOMAS HIGGIE who died 13th March 1919 aged 77 Years; and their daughter ISABELLA MARY CHRYSTOL HIGGIE who died on the 19th September 1931; JESSIE EVELYN RAMSAY died at Te Rapa, Hamilton, 10th August 1938; HELEN BLANCHE HIGGIE died at Hamilton 25th February 1937.