Mary (Henderson) Smith (1852 - 1929)

Born 7 Aug 1852 in Forth, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Daughter of James Henderson and Amelia (Millar) Henderson

Wife of John Robertson — married 27 Jan 1871 in Arum St, Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

Wife of John Smith — married 4 Dec 1888 in Green Island, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1929 at age 76 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

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Biography

Mary Henderson daughter of James Henderson and Amelia Millar

Born 7 Aug 1852 Mid Forth, Par. of Carnwath, Lanarkshire, England

NB Henderson booklet has year as 1853, but this was written some time after the event and Parish registers say 1852

Baptized 06 SEP 1852 Carnwath, Lanarkshire, England

Married 1: 27 Jan 1871 Res. of James Henderson, Arum St, Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

Husband: John Robertson

Wife: Mary Henderson

There was 'no relative in colony' to give consent for minor even though the marriage was held at Mary's brother's house.

John given as 26, in NZ 5 mths, Mary 19 in country 2 yrs. The actual cert. shows the witnesses as Alexdr Blyth, shepherd, Waimate and Mary Thomson, Kakaunui, and the Minister was the Rev Alexander B Todd (of Maxton, who also officiated at the marriages of a number of other Henderson relations.)

Children:

Amelia Robertson marr. Andrew Boyes

James Robertson marr. Ada Milburn

Married 2: 4 Dec 1888 Hse of William Gray, Green Island, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Husband: John Smith

Wife: Mary Robertson nee Henderson

Child:

Nansbel Gray Smith

Buried 02 MAR 1929 Andersons' Bay Cem., Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Sources

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTL6-BSW : 2 January 2015), Amelia Millar in entry for Mary Henderson, 07 Aug 1852; citing , reference 2:16JVBVR; FHL microfilm 1,042,971.

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal MyHeritageDNA test match between Jean (Robertson) Rushworth and Lorna Henderson, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are James Henderson and Amelia Millar, the great great grandparents of both Jean (Robertson) Rushworth and Lorna Henderson. Predicted relationship from MyHeritageDNA: 3C, based on sharing 62 cM across 3 segments.

• WikiTree profile was started by Lorna Henderson through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson. (Reference: 1310)