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Burial · 1877

William Higgins

House-owner at Ootacamund

Date
24th May 1877
Age
71 years
Place
Ootacamund
Officiant
G. Warlow
Register
Burials · 1865-1898
Notes
William Higgins, House-owner at Ootacamund — husband of Ann Higgins (entry 642, new No. 377), who had died four months earlier (Jan 1877). This is the Higgins family of the Aubrey King genealogy enquiry (William George Higgins reached India 1832; George Stephen Higgins d.1885). Dual-numbered: No. 385 (1856-65 series) / No. 650 (old running series). William and Ann are jointly commemorated on an interior stained-glass memorial window at St Stephen's Church dated 1893, distinct from their outdoor FIBIS/Krieger headstone (Kae Lewis database).