Hygebed-Higbie-Higbee-Higby Reunions
In the 1920's and 1930's there were many reunions held by the "Long Island
Higbies". Jerri Berkeley provided me with copies of the minutes from some of
them, and I scanned them in and converted them to web documents. The links
below will take you to them. I have kept the spelling, phrasing, etc as a part
of history. There may also be some errors caused by missed problems in the
conversion process on my part. I will correct them as I see them. The actual
author of the minutes is not known to me. It would normally be the secretary.
It also is not known how much editing may have been done.
There was also one report of a reunion of the "Western New York Higbys" at the
Higby Camp near Big Moose, NY. I have looked at maps of the area and the Higby
Camp is not listed. There is a Higby road which I think would have gone to the
camp. I will provide link to the map in the future. Here is the report: Higby Camp and here is a link to
a map of Big Moose Lake and Higby Road
Big Moose Lake
I have searched the Episcopal Church's web site for a Christ Church on Long
Island in the West Islip area. There is none listed. In the minutes that we
have here, there is no record of the tablet actually being bought. With the
death of Rev. Burlingham, my impression is that the tablet was abandoned.