Samuel
Higgs
Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Husband of
Beatrice (Hughes) Higgs
— married
1905 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Violet Lavina Mrytle (Higgs) Howard, Samuel Joseph Nicholas Higgs, Samuel William Joseph Higgs, Alicia Agnes Elizabeth Higgs, [private daughter (1910s - unknown)], Rosalie Jalma Gwen (Higgs) Bell and Wilfred Courtney Higgs
Died
at about age 38
in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Nov 2014
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Biography
Samuel Higgs lived in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
Samuel was born 1882 and was the son of Samuel Higgs and Lavinia (Terrell) Higgs[1]
Samuel married Violet Hughes in 1905.[2]
In 1911 they are living at 230 Castle Street, Dunedin.
In the 1914 Electoral roll, Samuel's occupation is listed as Labourer. In the 1914 WWI New Zealand Army Nominal Rolls Samuel is listed in the Otago Infantry Battalion, living at 13 Thomas Burns Street Dunedin[3]
His occupation is listed as Maltster which is the making of malt and brewing of beer. [4]
Samuel Higgs died in Dunedin 1920 age 38 years on the same day as his brother-in-law William (Rogers) Rodgers.
HlGGS.—On,August 22. 1920, at Dunedin Hospital, Samuel, dearly, beloved husband of Violet Beatrice Higgs, of 93 Frederick street, Dunedin, and dearly beloved only son of Samuel and Levina Higgs, of 258 Castle street; aged 38 years. Deeply mourned. ’Evening Star, Issue 17438, 23 August 1920, Page 4[5]
Research Notes
Service Number: WW1 9/1056
I thought they had another son called Wilfred as well as the other Samuel who dies at 2 months Rodgers-4539 09:57, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
Sources
- ↑ Birth Entry NZ BDM; database online Citing: Samuel Higgs 1882/9410 (Accessed 19 Jan 2020)
- ↑ Marriage Entry NZ BDM; database online Citing: Violet Beatrice Hughes and Samuel Higgs 1905/923 (Accessed 19 Jan 2020)
- ↑ https://goo.gl/maps/NoTw1Bz4NNNFVHta7
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Tom Baxter, Friday, November 14, 2014.
- ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19200823.2.24
- New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
- WWI Nominal Rolls: Vol. 1: 15 Aug 1914 - 31 Dec 1915
- Evening Star, Issue 17438, 23 August 1920, Page 4
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