Walter Wight Henderson1

ID#1290, (5 Dec 1878 - 10 Sep 1957)
Walter Wight Henderson|b. 5 Dec 1878\nd. 10 Sep 1957|p1290.htm|William Henderson|b. 15 Oct 1845\nd. 29 Jul 1931|p23.htm|Helen Sinton Wight|b. 7 Mar 1848\nd. 18 Apr 1941||James Henderson|b. 25 Sep 1813\nd. 19 Aug 1892||Amelia Millar|b. 11 Feb 1817\nd. 29 Apr 1894||Walter Wight|b. 17 Sep 1816\nd. 31 Oct 1886||Helen Sinton|b. cir. 1820\nd. 12 Jan 1883||

  • Father: William Henderson1 b. 15 Oct 1845, d. 29 Jul 1931
  • Mother: Helen Sinton Wight b. 7 Mar 1848, d. 18 Apr 1941
  • Relationship: Great-uncle of Lorna Henderson.
  • Birth*: Walter Wight Henderson was born on 5 Dec 1878 at Teaneraki, Oamaru, OTG, NZ, a family letter shows "at Teaneraki, 5th Dec 1878". Mother's birthday book2 entry 5th Dec reads "Walter W. HENDERSON 1878". Not registered until 1879 (folio #737 Oamaru qtr 1) indexed as Walter Wright (sic) Henderson.3,4,2
  • LetterFull*: The full text of the letter Walter Wight Henderson wrote on 7 Mar 1892 from Enfield, nr Oamaru, OTG, NZ, reads: Dear Dot, - This is the first time I have written to you. I have my leg broken and I have time to write to my friends. I was building sheaves on a dray. When going down a hill some of the sheaves slipped forward on the horse's back, and I went with them and fell on to the ground, and the wheel went over my leg and broke it. I was about four miles from home when it was done, and father (William Henderson) brought me home in the cart lying on sheaves. I am getting better, and I expect to be up out of bed soon. It is a month now since it was done. I have been twice at Dunedin, and I think it a very nice town. I was in the Leith Valley, near where the waterfalls are. It is a very pretty place, and there is beautiful scenery. I see there are not many letters in the Little Folks' column just now, so I thought I would write to help to make it up. I go to school, and am in Sixth Standard with my eldest brother(James). Dear Dot, may I write again, as I cannot tell you all the news this time? - Yours truly, Walter W Henderson (aged 13 years). Enfield, March 7, 1892
    Yes, Walter, I hope you will. I am very sorry for you, and hope your leg will get as strong as it was before the accident. It must have been very painful riding among the sheaves for four miles with a broken leg. - Dot.5
  • Marriage*: Walter Wight Henderson married May Adelaide King, daughter of William King and Sarah Annie Dawe, on 14 Oct 1908 at St Mary's Anglican, Timaru, SCY, NZ.6,7
  • Death: Walter Wight Henderson is assumed to be the male aged 52 in the on 29 Jul 1931 death certificate of his father William.8,9,10
  • Death*: Walter Wight Henderson died on 10 Sep 1957 at Timaru, SCY, NZ, at age 78.11
  • Burial*: He was buried with May Adelaide King in Block N plot 162, Timaru, SCY, NZ, h/stone (bit hard to read): ILMO May Adelaide ?? loving wife of Walter Wight Henderson Died (? 23 1947 aged 68)? years
    Also her beloved husband Walter Wight died Sep ? ?? aged 78 years.12
  • Last Edited: 5 Oct 2008

Family: May Adelaide King (excluded)

  • William King Henderson (excluded)
  • Helen Sarah May Henderson (living)
  • Lydia Maud Henderson (living)

Citations:

  1. Isabella Chittock nee Howden, James Henderson and his family, William: Issue: Helen, Amelia, Mabel, Lydia, William, Walter and Archibald, (James written in in A. Isabel's handwriting), extracted c 1972.
  2. "Birthday book Emilia HENDERSON", Entry 5 Dec "Walter W HENDERSON 1878."
  3. NZ births deaths marriages index, Birth 1879 Walter Wright (sic) HENDERSON, folio 737, Oamaru Q1.
  4. Letter, Amelia J HARBOUR nee HENDERSON to (possibly Earl HENDERSON), 15 Jun 1957, Birth 5 Dec 1878 Walter Wight HENDERSON, at Teaneraki.
  5. Papers Past (NZ National Library), online at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/, Letter to "Dot" Walter W HENDERSON, aged 13 (broken leg; Leith Valley), from (Letters from little folk), Otago Witness, Issue 1986 Mar, 17, 1892 Pg 41, extracted Oct 2008.
  6. Letter, Amelia J HARBOUR nee HENDERSON to (possibly Earl HENDERSON), 15 Jun 1957, Marr. 14 Oct 1908 Walter Wight HENDERSON & May Adelaide KING, St Mary's Anglican, Timaru.
  7. NZ births deaths marriages index, Marr. 1908 Walter Wight HENDERSON & May Adelaide KING, folio 7844.
  8. William Henderson, DC William HENDERSON 1931 'Helensvale', Certified copy rcvd and held Jan 1994.
  9. "DIARIES: HENDERSON nee DAVIDSON, Agnes 1909-1955", Dth 29 Jul 1931 William HENDERSON, "Grandad dead, Leith."
  10. Letter, Amelia J HARBOUR nee HENDERSON to (possibly Earl HENDERSON), 15 Jun 1957, Dth William HENDERSON: "at Leith Valley Dunedin on July 29th, 1931."
  11. HENDERSON cemetery records ex Clive C.
  12. Timaru District Council : Cemeteries , H/stone Walter W & May Adelaide HENDERSON, reg Block N plot 162, extracted Sep 2007.

E. & O. E. Some/most parish records are rather hard to read and names, places hard to interpret, particularly if you are unfamiliar with an area.
 
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