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Several gro refs sent for various family members plus death found fir the mum Margaret in 2020

Linda has ordered some certs :-D

PM from Linda today, confirming that he has been known to use Stobie as a middle name, and has sometimes used the hyphenated surname Stobie-Higgs.

Unfortunately, even with that information, he still doesn't turn up on UK Electoral Rolls.

Nor does he appear in any GR member's tree in "Search all member trees" (under "Search" at top right of this page).
He's not in anyone's tree on Ancestry, either.

Two possibile sons born Southend post 1970

Details on freebmd

Don’t know if this helps

1939 register
"amara" Woodland Road, Burton Upon Trent, Swadlincote District U.D., Derbyshire, England

s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Elizabeth G Stobie 05 Feb 1888 Female Clerk Hm Civil Service Married 96 1
Wilhelmina L Cessford 11 Dec 1890 Female Wife Home Domestic Duties Married 96 2
George D Stobie 05 Jun 1864 Male Private Means Oap Widowed 96 3
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Margaret C Higgs (Stobie) 25 Sep 1923 Female At School (Secondary) Single 96 5
Joseph Percival 30 Oct 1925 Male At School (Secondary) Single 96 6

Unless you have proof of his death, you must remove his DoB as you are putting him at risk of identity theft

Is this the marriage to your mother? :-

First name(s) John S
Last name Higgs
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1965
Registration month -
MarriageFinder ™

John S Higgs married one of these people

Marlene A Peppard

Spouse's last name Peppard
District Southwell
District number -
County Nottinghamshire
Country England
Volume 3C
Volume as transcribed 3C
Page number 1047
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

This looks like his second marriage:-

First name(s) John S
Last name Higgs
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1970
Registration month -
MarriageFinder ™

John S Higgs married one of these people

Brenda Clarke

Spouse's last name Clarke
District Southend on Sea
District number -
County Essex
Country England
Volume 4A
Volume as transcribed 4A
Page number 1970
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

I can't see him on the recent electoral rolls on Findmypast.

Welcome to the boards, Linda.

The second marriage appears to have been in 1970 (per FreeBMD), when he has the middle initial S - possibly for Stobie ?? [ EDIT: He also has that initial at his first marriage.]

Unfortunately there are lots of records for men named John S Higgs, and as he clearly moved around the country quite a bit, there's no telling which records might be relevant.

He doesn't appear to have died in England, Scotland or Wales, assuming the middle name is Stobie, and assuming he continued using it.

Do you know what the middle name is?

His second wife may possibly have remarried in 1978.

There are births of a couple of possible children of his second marriage, in the 1970s in Southend on Sea. You can find the names on FreeBMD by searching with the surnames of both parents.

I am looking for my father, he was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch to Margaret Cessford Stobie from Burton-on-Trent. I believe he was adopted in 1949 by his stepfather Joseph Higgs.
He married my mother in Nottinghamshire in 1965 and remarried again a few years later in Southend-on-Sea. I am led to understand that marriage did not last long either and the family have had no contact with him since.
Any information would be a great help
Thanks all :-)