Robert Henry Henderson (1861 - 1899)

Born 10 Jul 1861 in Allen's Creek, South Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Angelina Harry (Glasson) Tiller — married 24 May 1884 in Baroota Park, Port Germain, South Australia

Died 5 May 1899 at age 37 in Port Germein, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Birth

Date: 10 Jul 1861

Place: Allen's Creek, South Australia

Birth Reg #23/9

Marriage

Husband: Robert Henry Henderson

Wife: Angelina Harry (Girlie) Henderson

Date: 24 May 1884

Place: Baroota Park, Port Germain, South Australia

Marriage Reg #145/1406

Death

HENDERSON.—On the 5th May, at his residence, Port Germein, Robert Henry, the dearly beloved husband of Angelina H. Henderson, and eldest son of Peter Henderson, Cleve, Franklin Harbor, aged 37 years and 10 months. At rest.

Death Reg #261/56

Burial

Place: Port Germein Cemetery Port Germein, South Australia

Occupation

sailor, farmer

Note

Note: Robert moved to Stone Hut with his parents in 1872, and assisted his father in the blacksmith business, having completed his schooling at Kapunda.

After the Gorge road opened, Robert shifted to Port Germein in 1883 and erected a blacksmith shop alongside the road on the eastern outskirts of the town. He added a cueing pen for bullocks, and yards with feeders and water troughts for teamsters horses. He also build sheds for the storage and sale of fodder. William assisted him.

"The name Henderson first appeared in the Cleve district when in 1884, sailor Robert Henderson, his wife and infant and brother William travelled from Port Germain in a dray and purchased section 118 in the Hundred of Yadnarie. They were followed in 1885 by his father Peter and the remaining members of the family (with the exception of Peter's son James).

Robert (the initial settler) returned to Port Germain after two years. Here he became a store keeper, wheat agent and harbour master. The long walk on the jetty (the longest in the southern hemisphere) in all weathers finally caused his death from pneumonia."

from pages 207/8 of "Cleve on the Yadnarie Plains 1879 - 1979" edited by Laurel Spriggs and Elsa Wauchope, 1979, Cleve Centenary Committee.

Family detail p 126 ff in "Forging Links in Family Chain", and a long narrative from page 130.

Sources

• Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Adelaide Office, South Australia, Australia, Reference: Volume 23 page 9 (Birth)

• Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Adelaide Office, South Australia, Australia, Reference: Volume 145 page 1406 (Marriage)

• Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Adelaide Office, South Australia, Australia, Reference: Volume 261 page 56 (Death)

• Source: S13 Title: South Australian Births,1842-1906 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Source: S258 Title: South Australian Marriages,Registrations 1842-1916 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y

• Death notice - Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) Sat 13 May 1899 Page 8 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87201194)

• https://histfam.familysearch.org/familygroup.php?familyID=F39511&tree=SouthAustralia