"A daughter christened in St. Margaret's Church, Leicester 7/9/1825 parents Daniel and Jane Eggs given name Whyborough"
1841 *
HO107 Piece/Book 604/12 Folio 5 Page 2
Civil Parish: St Margaret With Bishops Fee
Hundred: Leicester Borough
County: Leicestershire
Registration District: Leicester
Sub-RD: East Leicester
ED: 23
Address: Bedford St
Tho Cooke 65
Ann Cooke 20 W Spinner Y
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[Higgs]
Whyborough Eggs 15 W Spinner Y
Jane Eggs 6 Y
HIGGS Wyborough 29 'Fitzjames' 1857 Sydney and/or Newcastle Reel 2138, [4/4793]; Reel 2475, [4/4967]
Arrived 1 Apr 1857 - Reel 2475 * one of the 3 Sub-Matrons - Diary at SLNSW
Higgs Whyborough 29 Nurse Leicester Daniel & Jane Both dead CE R&W No relations in colony Good Health Paid 10/-
Marriage 50/1859 SWITSON RICHARD - HIGGS WHYBOROUGH - SYDNEY * 28 Jan 1859 * Presbyterian
The Sydney Morning Herald - Sat 29 Jan 1859 p.1
MARRIAGES
On the 28th January, by special license, at the residence of the bride, Sydney, by the Rev. Dr. Fullerton, Mr. Richard Switson, of Sydney, to Miss Whyborough Higgs, native of Leicester, England.
NSW Death 17391/1913 SWITSON WHYBOROUGH - DANIEL - JANE - PADDINGTON * 27 Oct 1913
The Sydney Morning Herald - Tue 28 Oct 1913 p.8
DEATHS
SWITSON.-October 27, 1913, at her late residence, No. 8 Iris-street, Paddington, Whyborough (nee Higgs), of Leicester, England, relict of the late Richard Switson, beloved mother of Mrs. O. Furner, of Cavendish-street, Stanmore, Miss E. Switson, and Mr. R. Switson, of Windsor, Victoria, in her 84th year. The end of the righteous is peace. Interment this day, 3 p.m., at Waverley Cemetery.
Dave