Amy (Sanderson) Higham (1888 - 1974)

Born 1888 in Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia

Wife of Frederick George Higham — married 1920 (to 1929) in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

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Biography

Amy was born in 1888 in Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia, the daughter of Amy (Wright) Sanderson and Charles Allen Sanderson.^[1]

She married Frederick George Higham in 1920 in Wagga Wagga, new South Wales.^[2] They had three children before their divorce in 1929.^[3]

• Edgar A. Higham (1920– )^[4]
• Eileen J. Higham (1922– )^[5]
• A third child^[3]

Research notes

Divorce notice mentions three children - needs more research to find third child.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record: 34606/1888. BDM NSW. https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?3.
   (Name: AMY SANDERSON); (District: BUNGENDORE); (Mother: AMY); (Father: CHARLES)
2. ↑ Marriage record: 8563/1920. BDM NSW. https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?3.
   (FREDERICK G HIGHAM and AMY SANDERSON; WAGGA WAGGA)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "In divorce." 29 March 1929. The Sydney Morning Herald, page 6. Retrieved 26 December 2023 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16542208.

   HIGHAM v HIGHAM.
   This was a part-heard consolidated suit, in which Frederick George Higham petitioned for a decree for the restitution of conjugal rights to be directed to Amy Higham (formerly Sanderson), to whom he was married on June 15, 1910 [sic], at Wagga, according to the rites of the Church of England. The respondent cross-petitioned for a judicial separation on the ground of her husband's cruelty and ill-treatment. His Honor dismissed the husband's petition, and found for the wife. He postponed pronouncing a decree of judicial separation at the request of her counsel, however, in order that she might bring forward a motion for the granting of alimony pendente lite. The question of the custody of the three children of the union was also stood over. Mr. Maxwell, K.C., and with him Mr. Tonking, appeared for the petitioner; and Mr. Stuckey for the respondent.

4. ↑ Birth record: 39315/1920. BDM NSW. https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?3. (Name: EDGAR A HIGHAM); (District: GUNDAGAI); (Mother: AMY); (Father: FREDERICK G)
5. ↑ Birth record: 37997/1922. BDM NSW. https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?3. (Name: EILEEN J HIGHAM); (District: GUNDAGAI); (Mother: AMY); (Father: FREDERICK G)