William Maxton Henderson (1880 - 1951)

Born 7 Dec 1880 in Oamaru, , Otago, New Zealand

Ancestors

Son of William Henderson and Helen Sinton (Wight) Henderson

Husband of Henrietta Margaret (Scott) Henderson — married 23 Jan 1907 in Dunedin, OTG, NZ

Descendants

Died 4 Jan 1951 at age 70 in Palmerston North, , Manawatu, New Zealand

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Biography

William Maxton Henderson ^[1]

Birth 07 DEC 1880 Oamaru, , Otago, New Zealand

Note: son Wm's birth cert says Enfield, Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, family info says Teaneraki

BDM #763 Oamaru 1881. Certifed copy of birth entry dated 29th Apr 1908 in possession of Helen SILCOCK, nee HENDERSON: 7th Dec 1880 Teaneraki, William Maxton (present) father William HENDERSON, blacksmith, 35, b Burnfort (sic), Scotland, mar. 21 Apr 1876 Oamaru, mother Helen HENDERSON formerly WIGHT, 33, b Maxton, Scotland. Inf. Helen HENDERSON, mother, Teaneraki. Registered 14th Jan 1881.

Birthday book entry for 7th Dec reads "William M HENDERSON".^[2][3][4][5]

Buried Wanganui, New Zealand

Reminiscences

Helen thinks her father (William Maxton H) had the first car in the Waikato. Always drove Buicks. When son Colin was overseas he sent the latest American Ford car back to NZ. William refused to use it as it wasn't British. It sat in the garage.^[6]

Marriage

Husband: William Maxton Henderson

Wife: Henrietta Margaret Scott

Child: William Earl Henderson

Marriage: 23 JAN 1907 Dunedin, , Otago, New Zealand

Note: folio #1636. Henrietta Margaret SCOTT of Anderson's Bay, Dunedin". Invite reads: "Mrs I BLACKLOCK requests the pleasure of the Misses Hendersons to the wedding of Henrietta Margaret to William Maxton HENDERSON at Knox Church Wed 23rd Jan 1907 10:45 and afterwards at the Waratah Tea Rooms"^[7][8][9]

Links

James in Lorna's WorldConnect db

Lorna's Hendersons page

DNA

Henderson DNA data for this Henderson family

Paternal relationship confirmed by yDNA match at 67 markers (GD 2) between R Henderson (FTDNA 134493, yFUll YF07850) and 2nd cousin W Henderson (FTDNA 106378, yFull YF04585). Further refined by FTDNA's BigY, showing only 3 non matching variants. ^[10]

The connection between William and mother Helen Sinton WIGHT is also confirmed via numerous close, and distant, family atDNA matches, primarily from the SINTON side of the family.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S93 Children: William: Issue: Helen, Amelia, Mabel, Lydia, William, Walter and Archibald, (James written in in Aunt Isabel's handwriting), extracted c 1972
2. ↑ Source: #S153
3. ↑ Source: #S58
4. ↑ Source: #S781
5. ↑ Source: #S1953
6. ↑ Source: #S1954 Nov 2000
7. ↑ Source: #S58
8. ↑ Source: #S1953
9. ↑ Source: #S1954 Nov 2000
10. ↑ yFull tree

• Source: S153 Certified copy of birth: William Maxton HENDERSON 07 Dec 1880 Born Oamaru 7 Dec 1880 at Teaneraki, Father William HENDERSON, blacksmith aged 35 b Burnfoot Scotland, Mother Hellen HENDERSON nee WIGHT aged 33 b Maxton, Scotland. P/copy of certified copy dated Oamaru 15th Jun 1976 received from Colin & Diane HENDERSON, Dunedin and incorrectly annotated with identification of Burnfoot as nr Hawick instead of Forth.
• Source: S1953 Letter re HENDERSON, William & Helen births, deaths, marriages, Recipient: (possibly Earl HENDERSON), Author Address: 325 Malvern St, Leith Valley, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand Author: Amelia J HARBOUR nee HENDERSON Publication: 15 Jun 1957
• Source: S1954 I'VIEW & CORRES: SILCOCK, Helen, Interviewer: L McIntosh, Informant Address: New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand * Source: S58 BDM: NZ fiche index- Birth Death Marriage
• Source: S781 Birthday book Emilia HENDERSON, held by Lorna HENDERSON Publication: 1889+ Note: Entries written in more than one hand, and judging by the content, must have been used by both Amelia (Millar) HENDERSON, her daughter-in-law Helen Sinton (WIGHT) HENDERSON and in turn Helen's dtr-in-law Agnes (DAVIDSON) HENDERSON.
• Source: S93 FamHist: HENDERSON, James (1814-1892) and his family Author: Isabella Chittock nee Howden Publication: Otago Daily Times, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, aft 1915

• WikiTree profile Henderson-4286 created by Lorna Henderson through the import of FFinderHendDavidson4WikiTreeJun2013PlaceUpdated.ged on Jun 27, 2013 and merged into the earlier profile Henderson-2314 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011.