William Henderson (1845 - 1931)

Born 15 Oct 1845 in Forth, Par. of Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Son of James Henderson and Amelia (Millar) Henderson

Husband of Helen Sinton (Wight) Henderson — married 21 Apr 1876 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 29 Jul 1931 at age 85 in Leith Valley, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

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Biography

William Henderson migrated from Scotland to New Zealand.

William was born in 1845 to James Henderson and Amelia Millar. He died in 1931.

Baptized 20 Nov 1845 Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Buried 01 Aug 1931 North End cemetery, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Family

Census

1851 Forth, Par. of Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

HENDERSON, James, head, mar, 35, blacksmith b Lecropt, STI; Ameliaa (sic), wife, 34, b Kippen, STI; Children: Archibald, 14, smith's son b Logie, STI; Margreat (sic) 12, b SantNinians (sic); David, 7; William, 5, both scholars b Carnwath, LKS; Elizabeth, 3; Amelia 7 mths, both b Carnwath; Visitor John SMITH, unm, 18, wright b Carnwath, LKS

(Prior households had a hand hewer and a range maker in them, so I assume that by 1851 the family had moved from Cleuch Burnfoot into the actual village, rather than the census page "Village" also including the vicinity of Forth) ^[1]

1861 Village of Forth, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

HENDERSON: James 46 smith b Bridge of Allan, Stirling; wife Amelia 44 b Kippen, Stirling; Children: Margaret 22 b St Ninians, Stirling; James 20 smith, David 18 wright, William 15 smith, Elizabeth 13, Amelia 10, Mary 8, John 6 all scholars, Janet & Isabel 3, Agnes 1 all b Carnwath ^[2]

Links

(to be expanded on:)

1905 Court case re shot Bullock ^[3]

with

more detail ^[4]

DNA

yDNA Relationship to father confirmed by DNA as two descendants of William (2nd cousins to each other) have DNA tested, both to Y-DNA67 and only match 65/67 ! Their actual relationship is 2nd cousins, far closer than these results predict. They have however formed a new branch on the yDNA haplotree - see yFull R-Y29908

A third descendant (GPH) a 3rd cousin to the above now (Feb 2020) also matches at 37 markers: GD 1 and GD 2 to the above 2nd cousins, the MRCA between all three being James b. 1813 Lecropt, Stirlingshire.

Haplogroup R1b1, with the current terminal SNP being R-BY19859 (aka R-Y29908, down from R-S7361).

See also DNA Surnames for further DNA information on this branch of the HENDERSONs - we are still looking for hints as to where grandfather Archibald came from prior to his springing to life fully formed as a blacksmith in the Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire.

atDNA

Relationship to father confirmed by DNA (at least) via triangulated segment on Chr 07 from 15-23 mbp.

The triangulation involves:

Ian Dick (GedMatch T247554), a descendant of James' brother William

two descendants of James' son William:

Lorna (GedMatch T087062) and Bill (Gedmatch T340674), and

J M Robertson (GedMatch T610222) a descendant of James's daughter Mary

Further back the segment may be from Margaret McEwan, rather than Archibald Snr however as we have a yDNA conundrum between different lines to investigate.

Sources

1. ↑ Source #S679: Village, Forth, Carnwath, LKS, EnumDist 8 Entry #38, hsehold of James & Amelia(a) HENDERSON, extracted Sep/Oct 1994/5
2. ↑ Source #S205: Village of Forth, Par. of Carnwath, LKS, Reg 632 ED 9 Pg 8 Sched 37, hsehold of James & Amelia HENDERSON
3. ↑ Evening Star, Issue 12405, 19 January 1905, Page 4
4. ↑ Otago Daily Times, Issue 13186, 20 January 1905, Page 7

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Lorna Henderson and Jean (Robertson) Rushworth, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are James Henderson and Amelia Millar, the great great grandparents of both Lorna Henderson and Jean (Robertson) Rushworth. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 3C, based on sharing 62 cM across 3 segments.

• WikiTree profile Henderson-2302 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson. (Reference: 23)