Ernest HENDERSON
Date of Birth:
c 1893
Date of Death:
8 Feb 1965
Ernest was born at Victoria In Australia.
He came to NZ to escape his family.
He married Elsie Eagle (born at Otaki in 1896) in 1914.
They had 2 daughters & one son.
Ernest was a blacksmith by trade, working in Shannon. There he became known as the person who made all the rods etc for the new Opiki toll bridge.
He then became a farmer at Rangiotu, then Opiki & finally in Foxton.
Ernest & Elsie & two other members of the family are buried at Foxton.
Relatives mentioned in profile:
Ernest Henderson, James Dick Henderson, Mary Ann (Polly) Lewis, Elsie Eagle, William Fergus Eagle, Mary Ann Bradley, Elizabeth Hunter Henderson, Janet Frances Henderson, Ruby Henderson, Mavis Jean Henderson, Tosten Christian Pedersen, Lewis Ernest Richard Henderson, Florence Grace Carson, Verna Mary Henderson, Lloyd George Abraham King.