Born in Springfield, Western Australia, Australia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry William Higgins
and Lavinia (Gardiner) Higgins
Sister of
William Henry Higgins, Ann Eliza (Higgins) Scott, Susannah Maria (Higgins) Rose, Sarah Mary Higgins, Reuben Gardiner Higgins, David Henry Higgins, Henry Charles Higgins, Martha Selina Higgins, Mary Jane Higgins, Madeline Lisette Higgins, Christiana Grace Higgins and Alfred George Higgins
Wife of
William Proctor Scott
— married
1881 in Picton, Western Australia, Australia
Mother of
Eugene Henry William Scott, Douglas Proctor Scott, Godfrey Llewellyn Scott, Wesley Robert Scott, Percival James Scott, Lavinia Jane Scott, Reuben Gardiner Scott, Roy Stirling Scott and Stafford Leslie Scott
Died
at age 59
in Stratham, Western Australia, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Aug 2014
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Biography
Lavinia was born on 8 October 1856 in Springfield, Western Australia.[1][2]
She married William Proctor Scott in 1881 at Picton.[3]
- The death occurred yesterday evening at 10 o'clock of Mrs W. P. Scott, of "Roselands," Capel. The remains will be interred in the Capel Cemetery to-morrow (Wednesday) at 10 a.m. The deceased was 59 years of age. The deceased's husband survives her. The children are Eugene H. W. Scott (Elgin) ; Private Douglas Proctor Scott (Black-boy Hill) ; Godfrey L. Scott (Stra-tham) ; Wesley P. Scott (Stratham), Private Percival J. Scott (Blackboy Hill) Miss Lavinia J. Scott (Rose lands), Reuben G. Scott (Roselands); Roy S. Scott (Roselands), and Staf-ford Scott (Roselands).[4]
Sources
- ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT63-GM6 : 28 January 2020), Lavinia Susannah Higgins, 1856.
- ↑ WA Birth Index 1856/3463
- ↑ WA Marriage Index 1881/5027
- ↑ Personal (1916, February 8). Southern Times (Bunbury, WA : 1888 - 1916), p. 5. Retrieved March 6, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article157547162
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