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Patrick HIGGINS (1818 - 1895)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Mary Jane HIGGINS (1851 - )
Margaret Annie HIGGINS (1852 - 1935)
Patrick John HIGGINS (1855 - 1917)
Catherine Anne HIGGINS (1856 - 1932)
Mary Ann HIGGINS (1858 - 1936)
William Henry Harry HIGGINS (1859 - 1945)
James HIGGINS (1862 - 1896)
Elizabeth HIGGINS (1864 - 1899)
Harriett Maria HIGGINS (1866 - 1881)
Louisa HIGGINS (1866 - 1883)
Edward George HIGGINS (1868 - 1950)
Amelia H J Emily HIGGINS (1870 - 1961)
John Phillip HIGGINS (1873 - 1954)
 Patrick HIGGINS (1818 - 1895)

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Harriett Maria MCMANUS (1832 - 1886)



























Patrick HIGGINS Harriett Maria MCMANUS
Patrick HIGGINS
Patrick HIGGINS Harriett Maria MCMANUS Patrick HIGGINS
Pic P1. Inscription
In Memory of
James Higgins
Died 5th May 1896
Aged 33 Years
Gone But Not Forgotten
Patrick Higgins
Died at Tumut 7th Feb. 1895
Aged 77 Years
R. I. P
Father of Above

Pic 1. Inscription
In Memory of
James Higgins
Died 5th May 1896
Aged 33 Years
Gone But Not Forgotten
Patrick Higgins
Died at Tumut 7th Feb. 1895
Aged 77 Years
R. I. P
Father of Above

b. 1818 at Dublin, Ireland
m. 1849 Harriett Maria MCMANUS (1832 - 1886) at Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia
d. 07 Feb 1895 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia aged 77
Near Relatives of Patrick HIGGINS (1818 - 1895)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Self Patrick HIGGINS 1818 Dublin, Ireland 07 Feb 1895 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 77

Wife Harriett Maria MCMANUS 28 Mar 1832 10 Sep 1886 Blowering, New South Wales, Australia 54

Daughter Mary Jane HIGGINS 1851 Victoria, Australia
Daughter Margaret Annie HIGGINS 1852 Victoria, Australia 1935 Lake Cargelligo, New South Wales, Australia 83
Son Patrick John HIGGINS 1855 Victoria, Australia 1917 Rozelle, New South Wales, Australia 62
Daughter Catherine Anne HIGGINS abt 1856 Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia 27 Aug 1932 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 76
Daughter Mary Ann HIGGINS 1858 Victoria, Australia 30 Jan 1936 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 78
Son William Henry Harry HIGGINS abt 1859 Victoria, Australia 1945 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 86
Son James HIGGINS abt 1862 Blowering, New South Wales, Australia 05 May 1896 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 34
Daughter Elizabeth HIGGINS 1864 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1899 Condoblin, New South Wales, Australia 35
Daughter Harriett Maria HIGGINS abt 1866 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 09 Jun 1881 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 15
Daughter Louisa HIGGINS 1866 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 06 Oct 1883 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 17
Son Edward George HIGGINS 1868 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 01 Aug 1950 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 82
Daughter Amelia H J Emily HIGGINS 1870 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1961 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 91
Son John Phillip HIGGINS 1873 Blowering, New South Wales, Australia 03 Nov 1954 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 81

Son in Law Thomas George PARLER 1846 11 Jun 1913 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 67
Daughter in Law Mary Jane THICK abt 1865 May 1947 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia 82
Son in Law John Joseph MCKEY 19 Oct 1853 Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland 29 Dec 1939 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 86
Son in Law James JEFFS abt 1846 Mittagong, New South Wales, Australia 17 Jun 1913 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 67
Daughter in Law Elsie HARRIS
Son in Law Joseph Patrick JOHNSTONE 1852 1922 70
Daughter in Law Amelia LAWSON 1873 1961 88
Daughter in Law Hanora Jane BRANNOCK 26 Sep 1874 Hay, New South Wales, Australia 27 May 1965 Woronora, New South Wales, Australia 90

Grandson Henry William "Harry" MCKEY 1878 Kiandra, New South Wales, Australia 1957 Yenda, New South Wales, Australia 79
Granddaughter Margaret Hanorah MCKEY 1880 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1970 Young, New South Wales, Australia 90
Granddaughter Harriet Maria MCKEY 1882 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1956 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 74
Granddaughter Louisa May "Laura" MCKEY 1884 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1961 Esk, Queensland, Australia 77
Grandson John Joseph MCKEY 1886 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 02 Feb 1930 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 44
Grandson James Patrick MCKEY 1889 Blowering, New South Wales, Australia 1974 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 85
Granddaughter Catherine MCKEY abt 1891 Blowering, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Edward Francis MCKEY 11 Jun 1893 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia Sep 1893 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 0
Grandson Francis Thaddeus MCKEY 1894 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 28 Nov 1909 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 15
Grandson Kevin Daniel MCKEY 1898 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 30 Jul 1974 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 76
Grandson Edward John HIGGINS 1895 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1991 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 96
Grandson James Wilfred HIGGINS 1897 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1975 Putney, New South Wales, Australia 78
Grandson John Patrick HIGGINS 1898 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1981 New South Wales, Australia 83
Grandson Oliver J H HIGGINS 1900 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Henry Clyde Harry HIGGINS 1902 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1943 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 41
Granddaughter Amelia Harriet Jane "Girly" HIGGINS 1904 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1974 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia 70
Grandson William Lyle "Mick" HIGGINS 1906 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 10 May 1986 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 80
Granddaughter Catherine Madge "Kate" HIGGINS 1909 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1999 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 90
Granddaughter Esme May HIGGINS 1913 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 2000 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 87

Events in Patrick HIGGINS (1818 - 1895)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1818 Patrick HIGGINS was born Dublin, Ireland
1849 31 Married Harriett Maria MCMANUS (aged 17) Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia
1851 33 Birth of daughter Mary Jane HIGGINS Victoria, Australia
1852 34 Birth of daughter Margaret Annie HIGGINS Victoria, Australia
1855 37 Birth of son Patrick John HIGGINS Victoria, Australia
abt 1856 38 Birth of daughter Catherine Anne HIGGINS Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia 73
1858 40 Birth of daughter Mary Ann HIGGINS Victoria, Australia
abt 1859 41 Birth of son William Henry Harry HIGGINS Victoria, Australia
abt 1862 44 Birth of son James HIGGINS Blowering, New South Wales, Australia
1864 46 Birth of daughter Elizabeth HIGGINS Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
abt 1866 48 Birth of daughter Harriett Maria HIGGINS Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 76
1866 48 Birth of daughter Louisa HIGGINS Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 76
1868 50 Birth of son Edward George HIGGINS Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1870 52 Birth of daughter Amelia H J Emily HIGGINS Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
1873 55 Birth of son John Phillip HIGGINS Blowering, New South Wales, Australia
09 Jun 1881 63 Death of daughter Harriett Maria HIGGINS (aged 15) Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 76
06 Oct 1883 65 Death of daughter Louisa HIGGINS (aged 17) Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 76
10 Sep 1886 68 Death of wife Harriett Maria MCMANUS (aged 54) Blowering, New South Wales, Australia 76
07 Feb 1895 77 Patrick HIGGINS died Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
Personal Notes:
Patrick Higgins & John Higgins were brothers who selected farming properties on the Tumut River in 1860 at West Blowering. They had adjoining farms. Patrick Higgins' children were;

> Edward Higgins who lived and worked on the farm all his life. He married Miss Amelia Lawson of Adelong. Their children were;
>Edward Higgins Jnr.,
>John Higgins,
>James Higgins,
>Oliver Higgins,
>Harry Higgins,
>Michael Higgins,
>Esme Higgins (married Stan Venables),
>Jane Higgins (married a Mr. Roberts),
>Katherine Higgins (married Norman Groves),
> John Higgins,
> Harry Higgins,
> Patrick Higgins,
> James Higgins,
> Emily Higgins,
> Kate Higgins,
> Mary Higgins.

In the early 1860's Patrick Higgins cut a water race from a stream at the foothills of the range between the Tumut River and the Gilmore Creek to supply water for the homestead. For the past 105 years [to 1967] the race has provided an excellent supply of clear water and has never ceased to flow.

The first Higgins family, like other families on the West Blowering side of the river, were handicapped with farming produce because for forty years there was no bridge over the river. When Patrick's wife died, the coffin containing the corpse was being taken across the flooded river when the boat was swamped and it was with difficulty that the coffin was recovered.

Patrick Higgins was killed through a fall from a horse on 7 February 1895. The original farm remained in the Higgins family for 105 years until resumed in 1966 for the Blowering Dam.
Source References:
73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004
- Reference = 94 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 94 (Death)
76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209617906/patrick-higgins (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Son of John Patrick
Married Harriet Maria McManus in 1849 Victoria and of this union 13 children were born
77. Type: Book, Abbr: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Title: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Auth: Gay Stuckey and Pam Archer, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 1989
- Reference = p16-#26 (Name, Notes, Death)
- Notes: HIGGINS Patrick, died 7 Feb 1895 at Tumut aged 77 years.
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