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Archibald Henderson1

ID#4218, (20 September 1815 - 11 January 1869)
Archibald Henderson|b. 20 Sep 1815\nd. 11 Jan 1869|p4218.htm|Archibald Henderson|b. bef. 1785\nd. 16 Feb 1826|p1352.htm|Margaret McEwan|b. cir. Dec 1782\nd. aft. Mar 1828|p1353.htm|||||||James McEwan|b. 18 Aug 1745\nd. aft. 1788|p11066.htm|Margaret Fisher|b. 27 Apr 1753||
FatherArchibald Henderson1,2 b. bef. 1785, d. 16 Feb 1826
MotherMargaret McEwan1,2 b. cir. Dec 1782, d. aft. Mar 1828
ChartsHENDERSON
Relationship2nd great-granduncle of Lorna Henderson.
     
     Archibald Henderson was born on 20 Sep 1815 at Bridge of Allan, Lecropt, STI, SCT.1 He was christened on 8 Oct 1815 at Lecropt, PER, SCT; Wit William Simson, Archibald Galloch.1
     Archibald Henderson married Margaret Aitken Cooper, daughter of Donald Cooper and Janet Stevenson, on 14 Nov 1841 at Dunfermline, FIF, SCT, (the IGI also has an entry for 13 Nov Tulliallan, Perth, so we can assume that one or other party had connections there).3,4,5
     Archibald Henderson died on 11 Jan 1869 at 25 East Clyde St, Glasgow, LKS, SCT; cert. #37 shows Archibald as a provision merchant married to Margaret Aitken Cooper, died 9:30am aged 53 of bronchitis, dis. of heart and liver (cert. by A Morton, Surgeon); Son of Archibald Henderson, blacksmith (master) and Margaret m.s. McEwan, both dec. Inf son Donald C Henderson, present. Reg. 13th Jan at Glasgow.2,6
     
     Well I never. I'd given up on trying to find the siblings of my 2xgreat grandfather James Henderson. I obviously just didn't try hard enough, or look East towards Fife instead of SE to Lanark once I'd exhausted the Stirling/Perth/Clackmannan area. Thank you, again, Linda. That 1841 census for sister Margaret under the wrong surname was a great find. So far descendants have been found in Fife, Nairn, and California (again), with evidence of some of them passing through Arizona, West Lothian, and Lanarkshire at various points of their lives. Guess I'd better concentrate a bit harder and find the youngest brother, John now.7

     Archibald Henderson appeared on the census of 1841 in Maygate St, Dunfermline, FIF, SCT, as HENDERSON: Archibald 25 grocer; Margaret 30, neither b cty; Margaret 9; Duncan 6; Janet 3; Mary 1 all b cty; (found with great glee by Linda as being only match she could find for the missing in action Margaret McGregor nee Henderson and the rest of her family - and I can imagine an enumerator assuming her surname if told she was Archibald's sister. Margaret's husband and 2 eldest children were working in Beath) (NB enumerators were instructed to round ages down to the nearest multiple of 5).8,6
     The census of 1851 showed Archibald with his wife Margaret, their sons Archibald and Donald, their dtr Janet in Merchant Lane?, Glasgow, LKS, SCT, household enumerated as HENDERSON: Archibald 35 grocer & provision merchant b Lecropt, PER; wife Margaret 34 b Dunfermline, FIF (next page) Children: Archibald 8, Janet 6 both scholars b Auchterderran, FIF; Donald C 11mths b W Calder MLN; Lodger: William M COWPER unm 22 grocer & provision merchant b Dunfermline, FIF (there was no place detail on the page for Archibald and Margaret, the next entry, after their children on the next page, was at Merchant Lane 9).3
     The census of 1861 showed Archibald with his wife Margaret, their sons Archibald, Donald, William and James, their dtr Janet at 127 Bardgegate St, Clyde, Glasgow, LKS, SCT, household enumerated as HENDERSON: Archibald 45 grocer emp 1 boy, b Lecropt, STI; wife Margaret A 44 b Dunfermline, FIF; Children: Arch'd 18 grocer, Janet 16 both b Auchterderran, FIF; Donald C 10 scholar b W Calder Edinburghshire; Wm 7, James C 3 both b Glasgow, LKS; Boarder: Andrew? Gillespie 21 marine engineer b Kirkaldy, FIF.9 Archibald Henderson was a provision merchant, deceased, when son Donald Cowper married in Nov 1871.10

Family

Margaret Aitken Cooper (cir. 1817 - 19 Mar 1869)
Marriage*
     Archibald Henderson married Margaret Aitken Cooper, daughter of Donald Cooper and Janet Stevenson, on 14 Nov 1841 at Dunfermline, FIF, SCT, (the IGI also has an entry for 13 Nov Tulliallan, Perth, so we can assume that one or other party had connections there).3,4,5 
Children
  • Archibald Henderson3
  • Janet Henderson3,11
  • Margaret Henderson12
  • Lillias Henderson13
  • Donald Cowper Henderson3,10
  • Mary Henderson14
  • William Henderson9
  • James Cooper Henderson9
Last Edited12 Oct 2006

Citations

  1. Births marriages: Lecropt, PER, Bap. 1815 Archibald HENDERSON, extracted Sep 1994.
  2. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins, online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Dth 1869 Archibald HENDERSON, Glasgow, LKS, copy d/loaded Sep 2006.
  3. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins, online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, 1851 Census: Glasgow, LKS Dist 644/1 ED 309 Folio 2 Pg 11 hsehold of Archibald & Margaret HENDERSON, copy d/loaded Sep 2006.
  4. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Marr. 14 Nov 1841 Archibald HENDERSON and Margaret COWPAR, batch M100121, Dunfermline, extracted Sep 2006.
  5. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Marr. 13 Nov 1841 Archd HENDERSON and Margaret COOPER, batch M113978, Tulliallan, PER, extracted Sep 2006.
  6. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins, online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, 1841 Census: Dunfermline, FIF Dist 424 ED 1 Pg 19 hsehold of Archibald HENDERSON, copy d/loaded Sep 2006.
  7. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Sep 2006.
  8. 1841 Census, ENG, Via Ancestry.com, Sct index, hsehold of Archibald HENDERSON, Dunfermline, FIF, extracted Sep 2006.
  9. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins, online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, 1861 Census Clyde, Glasgow, LKS Dist 644/5 ED 28 Folio 2 Pg 72, Sched 34, hsehold of Arch'd & Margaret HENDERSON, copy d/loaded Sep 2006.
  10. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Marr. 1871 Donald Cowper HENDERSON and Margaret BROWN, Dist 644/5 #166, Glasgow, transcr by Stuart H, rcvd Oct 2006.
  11. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Marr. 1871 Janet HENDERSON and William STRANG, Dist 644/5 #162, Glasgow, transcr by Stuart H, rcvd Oct 2006.
  12. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Birth 1846 Margaret to Archibald HENDERSON and Margaret COUPER, batch C114055, extracted Sep 2006.
  13. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Chr 1848 Lillias to Archibald HENDERSON and Margaret COOPER, batch C119889, extracted Sep 2006.
  14. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Birth 1852 Mary to Archibald HENDERSON and Margaret COOPER, batch C119753, extracted Sep 2006.

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