John HIGGINS (1841 – 1916)

Name

John Higgins

Gender

Male

Birthdate

1841

Birthplace

County Laois, Ireland

Marriage(s)

05 August 1874
Napier
Bridget Higgins
22 September 1886
Napier
Julia Higgins

Date of death

12 February 1916

Place of death

Napier

Parents

  • Francis Higgins
  • Bridget Higgins, nee Dowling

Partner(s)

  • Bridget Mary Higgins, nee Jeffares (12/8/1853-25/10/1881))
  • Julia Higgins, nee Condon (1860-9/9/1953)

Children

  • Bridget Mary Jackson (born 1878)
  • John Higgins (born 1881)
  • Patrick Francis Higgins (1887-1959)
  • Helena Emily Higgins (1890-1891)
  • William Charles Higgins (1891-1895)
  • Margaret (Madge) Berchmans Higgins (1893-1971)
  • Timothy Michael Higgins (1895-1948)
  • Thomas Cornelius Higgins (1895-1963)
  • Mary Gertrude Higgins (1896-1961)
  • Julia Agnes Higgins (1898-1989)

Biography

Arrived in New Zealand on the “Constance”
Came to Napier ,1862
Opened a butcher’s store at Clive, 1864, and also farmed there
Built and owned the Hastings Hotel, Hastings, 1880
Built two butcher shops in Hastings, 1882
Two children from first marriage, four sons and four daughters from second

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