David Henderson (1843 - 1906)

Born 2 Dec 1843 in Parish of Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Son of James Henderson and Amelia (Millar) Henderson

Husband of Mary Ann (Potts) Henderson — married 23 May 1871 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 2 Aug 1906 at age 62 in Thames, Waikato, New Zealand

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Biography

David was born in 1843 to James Henderson and Amelia Millar. He died in 1906.

David is the only child of James and Amelia to have ventured "up north" from Oamaru sometime between 1877 when Amelia was born in Oamaru and 1882 when Thomas was born in Auckland. ^[1]

Born 2 Dec 1843 Cleuch Burnfoot, nr Forth, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

NB OPR says 4 Dec, bible says 2nd

Baptized 13 Dec 1843 Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland ^[2]

Immigrated about 1861 from Scotland to Port Chalmers, Dunedin ^{[3] [4]}

Buried 04 Aug 1906 Shortland St, Thames, New Zealand

Funeral notice in Thames Star Aug 3: funeral to leave his late residence Parawai, To-morrow, Sat, at 2:30pm.

Family

Husband: David Henderson

Wife: Mary Ann (Potts

Married 23rd May 1871

at house of Mr James REID, Oamaru, David HENDERSON, of full age, wheelwright, bachelor and Mary POTTS, full age, spinster. Minister Alexr B TODD, registered 23rd May. Both signed, Wit: James REID, tailor, James BARCLAY, carpenter both of Oamaru. ^{[5] [6]}

David thought was 24th May when registered birth of son Thomas in 1883.

Children:

James Potts Henderson

David Henderson

Catherine (Henderson) Pittar (1873-1961)

Archibald Henderson (1875-1968)

Amelia (Henderson) MacDuff

Thomas Henderson

Henry John Henderson

Jessie Jane (Henderson) Winder

Sources

1. ↑ Freeholders returns of 1882

   Waitemata: "David Henderson, wheelwright, Oamaru, 2,871 acres valued £3,000"

   Oamaru: David Henderson, wheelwright, Oamaru having Borough Holdings of £540 and 85 acres at Waitati of £550.

2. ↑ BIrth/Baptism entry in Carnwath OPR, consulted/extracted GRO Edinburgh
3. ↑ Dth cert. David Henderson
4. ↑ His sister Elizabeth married at his house in 1868
5. ↑ Marriage cert.
6. ↑ NZ BDM marriage index: Folio 1726/1871

• yDNA Relationship to father confirmed by DNA as a descendant of Archibald is a BigY match to his 3rd cousins, two descendants of William (2nd cousins to each other) They are on the R-Y29908 sub branch of R-S7361

• WikiTree profile Henderson-2309 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson. (Reference: 1279)