Alice Emily Higgs

Alice was born on April 24th, 1880 in Carmel, District Ladybrand.  Alice's father was William Edward Higgs and her mother was Cornelia Jones.  Her paternal grandparents were William Charles Higgs and Catherine Emily Austen. She had five brothers and seven sisters, named Willie, Clement, Jock, Claude, Bertie, May, Ethel, Gladys, Ida, Bertha, Harry and Irene .  She was the fourth oldest of the thirteen children.  She died at the age of 77 on July 16th, 1957.