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Benjamin Richard Higgs                     1907-2003
Benjamin was born on 7 October 1907, the son of Richard Higgs, at Shepherdswell, Kent.
Verna Eudora Wake                            1913-1997
Verna was born on 4 October 1913, the daughter of Mervyn Hay Wake and Jessie Eudora Wawn. She married Benjamin Richard Higgs, on 15 November 1941.
Verna Eudora Wake


Birth of Parents
Benjamin Richard Higgs b: 7 Oct 1907             Shepherdswell, Kent         1907 4Q Dover 2a 1055
son of Richard Higgs, Coxhill Farm

Verna Eudora Wake b: 4 Oct 1913  c: 30 Oct 1913   Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth   1913 4Q Sunderland 10a 1393
daughter of Mervyn Hay Wake and Jessie Eudora Wawn, 9 Kensington Terrace, Civil Engineer


Marriage
15 Nov 1941
Benjamin Richard Higgs
(34)
Verna Eudora Wake (28)
Christ Church, Bishopwearmouth           1941 4Q Sunderland 10a 1529
Bachelor, Farmer, Father: Richard Higgs, Farmer, 27 Christchurch Park, Sutton Sunney
Spinster, 5 Hillside, Father: Mervyn Hay Wake, Engineer,
after Banns, Wit: George Clark Baxter, Mervyn Hay Wake, and Mabel E. Higgs


Death
Verna Eudora (Wake) Higgs Died 23 Feb 1997, Age 83,  Vonke House, Lourensford Road, Somerset, South Africa
She was cremated.

Benjamin Richard Higgs Died 11 Nov 2003, Age 96,  at Silver Oaks Lodge, Somerset West, South Africa
He was cremated

SPECIAL THANKS  to Carmen Higgs, from Australia, a descendent of Verna Eudora Wake, for the photo provided above.