William Edward Higgs

William was born in 1845 in Fort Beaufort.  William's father was William Charles Higgs and his mother was Catherine Emily Austen. He had five brothers and four sisters, named Harry, George, Alfred, Clement, Percival, Emily, Harriet, Elizabeth and Victoria.  He was the oldest of the ten children. He had a half-brother named Charles.  He died at the age of 74 in 1919.