Name, year of birth of “1862”, place of birth, year of death of “1930”, 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 featured here.

Preferred name of ‘Janet’ 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.

New year of birth from search on New Zealand BDM website in April 2023:
1861/8382. Rapley, Jane Hearn. Mother: Jane. Father: James

Full date of birth of 27 September 1861 from further searching in April 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Result from marriage search on New Zealand BDM website in April 2023:
1883/1123. Bride: Jane Hearn Rapley. Groom: Robert Higgie

Full date of marriage of 9 April 1883 confirmed from further searching in April 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the marriage.

Country of death, from death search on New Zealand BDM website in April 2023:
1930/8418. Higgie, Jane Hearn. Died age 69Y

Full date of death of 19 November 1930 from further searching in April 2023 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the death.

Reading from Pamela Booth’s book, “Blink Bonnie”:
In circa 1897, Janet (nee Rapley) moved to Wellington for the children's education, and then permanently from 1904 after parting from her husband, Robert Clark Higgie. She never remarried and remains known as Mrs Robert Higgie. Her mother Jane Ormsbee (previously Rapley and nee Nathan) was already in Wellington at the time managing hotels. Robert Clark Higgie did not spend any time in Wellington because he was, buying cattle and horses up the Whanganui River and involved with the horse racing industry.

Now living in Wellington confirmed from Obituary of her mother, Mrs. Jane Ormsbee. Published in the Evening Post dated Tuesday 3 September 1912:
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19120903.2.137
On Sunday [1st September 1912] there passed away at Wanganui Mrs. Jane Ormsbee…. Mrs. Robert Higgie, now of Wellington…. are her children.
Added here in July 2023.