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From: Chris Higgs <>
Subject: Re: [BOER-WAR] Ladysmith
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:12:13 +0100 (BST)
In-Reply-To: <001901c4a0d3$4ea36050$81362852@dave>


That was my initial thought.

It is some 16 months after the registered death, and if the family were confused etc it could explain the difference. It was some 15 years after his death that his name appeared on a stone.

My best guess now (thanks to all the infor fromm other people) is that he either was teh A Higgs who died at Ladysmith in 1900 and with the passing of years his mother forgot the actual date (23 June 1901 on the stone and 23. Feb 1900 if he was the Pte A Higgs)

The stone doesn't read Killed as his sisters does from the First World War. Which suggests he may have died of illness whilst working as a farmer/ miner - which is a line of thought I hadn't gone down until I got info from this list.

All these suggestions add to Arthur Thomas HIGGS's charater - I shall keep all the note and let people in the future draw their own conclusions as I shall have to.

Thanks to all those who helped

Chris

David McNay <> wrote:
Warning: gravestones can sometimes be misleading! I found a family stone,
which stated a son had died in August 1901 in South Africa. It turned out he
had died in June of that year in INDIA.

The date of death could be innacurate on your stone.

Regards,

Dave McNay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Higgs"
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Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 11:55 AM
Subject: [BOER-WAR] Ladysmith


> Hi
>
> I have found an ancestors grave, which on the reverse gives her brothers
> detail as another name on the monument.
>
> It says Arthur T Higgs Died in South Africa Aged 23 on 23 June 1901.
>
> I found a death certificate from the Boer War of Pte A Higgs 23 February
> 1900 aged 22 at Ladysmith. Part of 2nd Rifle Regiment.
>
> Is it likely that they would be the same person? Could the family have
> only known about the death of him in 1901? I cant find any other link to
> an A Higgs having died in South Africa in the Boer War and I dont see that
> he would have gone their for any other reason.
>
> Anyone with any ideas I'd be grateful to hear from you.
>
> Thanks, Chris
>
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