Thomas Henderson II (1820 - 1858)

Born 1 May 1820 in Delgaty Castle, Aberdeenshire

Husband of Sarah (Hamilton) Cosstick — married 19 Mar 1842 in Trinity Cathederal, Adelaide South Australia

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1858 at age 38 in Saltwater Creek, Victoria

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Biography

occupation Labourer

buried Jun 1858 in Melbourne General Cemetery.


Death

According to the Herald newspaper, rain fell on the first day of winter in 1858. The wind in the morning blew from the west, and changed to a south westerly by mid afternoon. It was an ominous beginning to a day that would end in tragedy. At six thirty on Tuesday evening the 1 June, Jane's grandfather Thomas Henderson II was accidentally crushed against a rail while crossing the Marybyrnong River. He died early Wednesday morning. It was tragedy because Thomas was just 38 years old, the father of ten young children all under the age of 16. His young wife Sarah was pregnant with their eleventh child a daughter Sarah who was born six months later. She died the following year barely nine months old.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Sarah Tomas page

• http://www.members.optusnet.com.au/rjsherwood/henderson_family.htm

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LHRF-M41

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYFL-75H : 12 February 2020), Thomas Henderson, 1820.