Anton (Hennig) Henny (1838 - 1908)

Born 26 Mar 1838 in Dorfprozelten, Königreich Bayern, Deutscher Bund

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Jane Courts — married 26 Mar 1865 in Dungog, NSW

Descendants

Died 7 Dec 1908 at age 70 in Dungog, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Anthony (Hennig) Henny migrated from Bavaria to New South wales.

Anton was born about 1838. He passed away in 1908. He was a brick maker. The family changed their name from Hennig to Henny on arrival in Australia. From "The Dorfprozelten Bavarians in Australia": "In the cold winter days between December 1854 and January 1855, over 50 people left their home village of Dorfprozelten in Bavaria to migrate to Australia. They farewelled not only friends and family, but the traditions and environment familiar to them throughout their own lives, as well as to generations of their ancestors. Their departure represented the loss of 5% of the town’s population. The third batch of Dorfprozelten families was also on the seas though their voyage was to be quite different again as they sailed on a German ship, the Peru, which left Hamburg on 17 January 1855. Among the 375 emigrants on board were seven Dorfprozelten families or couples (26 individuals). These emigrants had a shocking voyage under poor conditions. They arrived in Sydney on 23 May 1855 and were immediately placed in quarantine due to the presence of scurvy and fever on board. The Sydney Morning Herald of 24 May 1855 described it as being 'in a very dirty and disgraceful state'.”

Anthony was born in 1841. Anthony Henny ... He passed away in 1908. ^[1]

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Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Joanne Henny, Friday, February 6, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 08 April 2020, 07:14), entry for Anton (Anthony) Hennig(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G7S5-V8J); contributed by various users.
• NSW Assisted Immigrant passenger lists 1855 Peru lists Hennig John 43 Maria 46 and Anton 17. State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay (Board's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5317; Reel: 2471, Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. accessed 29 Aug 2020 at Free Ancestry Image
• NSW Certificates of Naturalization 27 July 1863 No. 63/87 states Anthony Henny a native of Bavaria is twenty five years of age and a farmer that having arrived on the Peru in the year 1955 is now residing at Dungog and intending to purchase land in the said colony and settle down.
• Government Gazette NSW Thursday 8 May 1890 [No. 245] "Colonial Secretary's Office Sydney, 8th May, 1890. PROPOSED MUNICIPAL DISTRICT OF DUNGOG-COUNTER PETITION" petitioners listed includes the "Name Anthony Henny Qualification freehold Residence Dungog G.H.R."
• NSW Death 13393/1908, Anthony Henny in NSW fathers name John Mothers name Mary A registration place, Dungog NSW
• Index to deceased estate files No 82514, Name Henny, Anthony date of death 7,12,08, Address Myall Creek [via?] Dungog Date of grant 13.1.09, Occupation Farmer Administrator S J Henny
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 16 May 2023), memorial page for Anthony Henny (1837–7 Dec 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 184776834, citing Dungog General Cemetery, Dungog, Dungog Shire, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by Stombell (contributor 48335209). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184776834/anthony-henny

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