Jabez Higgins
1840-1886
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Jabez Higgins by
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"And Jabez was more honourable than his brethern: and his mother called
him Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow". 1 Chronicles 4,9.
It seems unfair to give a child a name meaning "causing pain" but perhaps
his mother had a difficult delivery. Nor was he more honourable than
his brothers-in-Law. All eight members of the Higgins family who
served Geelong citizens as lawyers from 1849 to 1987 were honourable.
They were the descendants of William Higgins, a Congregational minister
who arrived in Geelong in 1849. Although Jabez served his articles
with his brother, William (1843-1892) in Geelong and entered into partnership
with him there and in Warrnambool, it was interesting to note his signature
as witness to a 1859 document as clerk to another Geelong firm, Taylor
Buckland and Gates.
Arrangement of material
The list below describes material held in the Jabez Higgins archive
box,
which is located at 340.099452 Higgin Hil/Jhi on the shelves in the Geelong
Lawyers' Collection within the Special Collection at the Waterfront campus.
The material has been arranged in date order.
| Date |
Title |
Item no. |
| 1998 |
Extract from 'Biographical dictionary of the Western District of Victoria' |
JH1 |
Additional note:
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