Frederic Higgins
1844–1931
Land agent and surveyor. With his brother, continued the family business started by his father, John Higgins (1795/6–1872), in Alford, Lincolnshire; they also became surveyors by 1892. Commissioner of taxes and inspector under the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, circa 1913–26. County magistrate, circa 1913–26. Elected fellow, Surveyors’ Institution, 1884.
Sources
BMD (Birth index)
Chartered Surveyors’ Institution Transactions 64 (1931–2): 234
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966, 1973–95 (Ancestry.com, accessed 10 June 2019)
Post Office directory of Lincolnshire 1900, 1913, 1926.
Bibliography
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
Post Office directory of Lincolnshire: Post Office directory of Lincolnshire. Kelly’s directory of Lincolnshire. London: Kelly and Co. 1849–1937.
