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| Name | HENDERSON – Richard |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Honourable East India Company Bombay Artillery |
| Regiment Number (s) | Discharge No. 423 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 6th December 1837 / 19 years / Dublin Ireland Shoemaker |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 7¼ in Brown / Brown / Fair / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | HEIC 31st May 1838 to India per Edward Paget 1859 to UK ship unknown |
| Length of Service | 21 years 9 months |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Sergeant / 1859 / Not stated Pension commenced 15th March 1859 |
| Campaign Medals | Not yet known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Dublin Ireland |
| Pension Districts | 1860 2nd Dublin 1860 Limerick 1862 Woolwich 1862 Wales 1862 Sligo 1865 2nd Liverpool 1865-1876 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 2/0d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 30th September 1865 Portland Dorset England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | VIMIERA 22nd December 1865 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1818 St Nicholas Dublin Ireland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | HENDERSON Richard Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | O’GRADY Ann (Widow) Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 2nd June 1850 Bombay India |
| Children by 1st Wife | None |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| 2nd Wife | MURNANE Margaret B 1845 Limerick Ireland (from death registration |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 4th April 1861 Limerick Ireland |
| Father of 2nd wife Date/Place of Birth | MURNANE Richard (Cooper) |
| Children by 2nd Wife | Sarah B 1863, Sligo Ireland M LOCKYER Elliot Agett 15th July 1885 Fremantle Western Australia D 30th March 1900 Northam Western Australia Bur Northam Cemetery. Isabella B 27th November 1866 Fremantle Western Australia M COX Hubert Violett 1 March 1892 Northam Western Australia D 14th April 1924 Northam Western Australia. Bur Northam Cemeter.Isabella turned on the water for Northam, her husband Hubert Cox was Mayor of Northam at that time Alice Maude B 1870 Fremantle Western Australia M 1st MILLARD Edward John Rotherham 1899 Subiaco Western Australia M 2nd STOTT Athol William 1921 Perth Western Australia D 17th December 1945 Mount Lawley Western Australia bur Anglican Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia Margaret Elizabeth B 31st December 1872 Fremantle Western Australia M PALMER William Robert 1897 Highgate Western Australia D 12th January 1928 Leederville Western Australia bur Roman Catholic Section Karrakatta Cemetery Western Australia |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Assistant Warder Convict Establishment 18th April 1867 – 23 December 1869 |
| Newspaper Articles | The Northam Advertiser Wednesday 7th January 1903 page 3 Obituary Margaret Henderson |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 13th April 1876 Fremantle Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 1st Wife | Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial 2nd Wife | 31st December 1902 Northam Western Australia Northam Cemetery |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | Discharge due to time expired Richard Henderson was the Sergeant major on the voyage of the Vimiera 1876 Three of the children were admitted to Protestant Orphanage widow Margaret required to pay for the children’s support in the orphanage Isabella Cox as the wife of the Mayor of Northam had the honour of turning on the town water supply scheme for Northam 8th June 1904 The family used the name Warren as Margaret Henderson’s maiden name in their death registrations. Warren was the anglicized version of Murnane commonly in use from the 16th and 17th Century. |