Amelia (Millar) Henderson (abt. 1815 - 1894)

Born about Feb 1815 in Kippen, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of James Henderson — married 2 Dec 1836 in St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 29 Apr 1894 at about age 79 in Island Cliff, Otago, New Zealand

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Biography

Amelia (Millar) Henderson migrated from Scotland to New Zealand.

Born 11 Feb 1817 ^[1] Kippen Stirlingshire, Scotland ^[2]

Unconfirmed but would love to confirm date and parents! Henderson-2297 01:13, 6 May 2017 (EDT)

Possible baptism 20 Feb1815 Kippen, Par. of Clackmannan, STI, SCT ^[3]

IF this is the correct Amelia!

as there is an entry for the chr. of an Emilia Miller d/o John Miller and Margaret Miller. It is sometimes suggested that this couple, the John and Margaret Miller who married Jan 15 1814 in Kippen are the right parents for Amelia/Emilia, but this doesn't fit either the naming pattern of James and Amelia's children or Amelia's father on her dth cert or grddtr Millie's note that Amelia's mother was a Miss Chrystal

Died 29 Apr 1894 Island Cliff, nr Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

cert #24 reads: 1894 29th April Island Cliff (probably residence of son John) Amelia Henderson aged 77, of old age, not certified, Father James Millar, (no mother shown on cert), Buried 2nd Mary 1894, Oamaru Cemetery Alexander B Todd, Pres. Minister. Born Kippen Stirlingshire, in NZ 20 years. Married Stirling, SCT at age 20 to James Henderson. Surviving children listed as 5 males: 57 (Archibald),53 (James),51 (David),49 (William),39 (John), and 7 females: 55 (Margaret),47 (Elizabeth),43 (Amelia),40 (Mary),36 (Janet),36 (Isabella),34 (Agnes). Informant Falconer, Undertaker, Oamaru, registered 14th May 1894 ^[4]

Buried Oamaru Cem., Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand ^[5]

Golden Wedding

Having just uploaded Amelia HENDERSON nee MILLARs golden wedding photo and reminded myself of the newspaper report of the time

"They had 5 sons, 7 dtrs, all living, 58 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren"

Do we have all of these people identified and included on WikiTree?

Love to hear from you if you are descended from Amelia and can add to our knowledge of the family.

The 5 sons and 7 daughters by my current count:

1. Archibald Henderson - 10 children 4 died prior to 1886

2. Janet (Henderson) Barclay - 2 children - 1 deceased by 1886

3. Isabella (Henderson) Howden - 6 children - all living 1886

4. Agnes (Henderson) Dobson - 3 children - all living 1886

5. Margaret (Henderson) Smith - 9 children - 1 no longer living 1886

6. James Henderson - no known children

7. David Henderson - 8 children - 1 deceased

8. William Henderson - 8 children - all living 1886

9. Elizabeth (Henderson) Miller - 8 children - all living 1886

10. Amelia (Henderson) Phillips - 6 children - all living 1886

11. Mary (Henderson) Smith - 8 children - all living 1886

12. John Henderson - 5 children - all living 1886

Which makes 72 grandchildren, less 7 known to be deceased, so 65 compared to the 58 known to Amelia at the time.

Family

Husband: James Henderson

Wife: Amelia Millar

Married 2 Dec 1836 St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Banns Proclaimed 13 Nov 1836 James Henderson Logie, Amelia Millar St Ninians^[6]

Census

1841 Cleuch Burnfoot, Forth, Lanarkshire, Scotland

HENDERSON: James, 25, blacksmith; Amelia 26; Archibald 4; Margaret 2 (all not born county); James 4 mths born county ^[7]

1851 Forth, Par. of Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

HENDERSON, James, head, mar, 35, blacksmith b Lecropt, STI; Ameliaa (sic), wife, 34, b Kippen, STI; Children: Archibald, 14, smith's son b Logie, STI; Margreat (sic) 12, b SantNinians (sic); David, 7; William, 5, both scholars b Carnwath, LKS; Elizabeth, 3; Amelia 7 mths, both b Carnwath; Visitor John SMITH, unm, 18, wright b Carnwath, LKS

(Prior households had a hand hewer and a range maker in them, so I assume that by 1851 the family had moved from Cleuch Burnfoot into the actual village, rather than the census page "Village" also including the vicinity of Forth) ^[8]

1861 Village of Forth, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland

HENDERSON: James 46 smith b Bridge of Allan, Stirling; wife Amelia 44 b Kippen, Stirling; Children: Margaret 22 b St Ninians, Stirling; James 20 smith, David 18 wright, William 15 smith, Elizabeth 13, Amelia 10, Mary 8, John 6 all scholars, Janet & Isabel 3, Agnes 1 all b Carnwath ^[9]

1871 Beatons, Par. of Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

HENDERSON: James, 56 blacksmith b Lecropt, PER; wife Amelia 55 wife of blacksmith b Kippen STI; Children (all b Carnwath, LKS): Amelia 20 dom serv; John 16 blacksmith; Janet 13 dom serv; Isabella 13 dom serv; Agnes 11 scholar (the next entry was Woodgate, then "Livery Stables", then Bothie) ^[10]

Links

Amelia on Lorna's web pages

Research notes

I ( Lorna) would love to hear from anyone researching MILLAR/MILLER or CHRYSTAL from Kippen and environs - particularly if they've DNA tested.

If a Miss Chrystal is Amelia's mother, a direct female line descendant of any candidate that hoves into view should be T2e and have a match to our mtDNA tested descendant of Amelia on FTDNA.

Please also check out the Amelia brickwall category page (scroll to bottom of this page for link) for families being researched as "of interest"

Sources

1. ↑ Source #S1: Page 2
2. ↑ Source #S2: Death cert. Amelia HENDERSON nee MILLAR, Island Cliff, Otago, NZ, inspection photocopy held
3. ↑ Kippen Parish Registers
4. ↑ Source #S2: Death cert. Amelia HENDERSON nee MILLAR, Island Cliff, Otago, NZ, inspection photocopy held
5. ↑ Source #S2: Death cert. Amelia HENDERSON nee MILLAR, Island Cliff, Otago, NZ, inspection photocopy held
6. ↑ Marr. 1836 James HENDERSON and Amelia MILLAR, extracted from St Ninians OPR
7. ↑ Source #966:
8. ↑ Source #S679: Village, Forth, Carnwath, LKS, EnumDist 8 Entry #38, hsehold of James & Amelia(a) HENDERSON, extracted Sep/Oct 1994/5
9. ↑ Source #S205: Village of Forth, Par. of Carnwath, LKS, Reg 632 ED 9 Pg 8 Sched 37, hsehold of James & Amelia HENDERSON
10. ↑ Source #S820: 1871 Census: Carnwath, LKS SCT Dist 632 ED 2 Page 19 Schedule #59, hsehold of James & Amelia HENDERSON

• Source S1 "James Henderson and his Family", privately published family history written by Isabella Chittock (See FamilySearch link for attached Memory)
• Source S2 NZ BDM certificates - Dept Internal Affairs

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 31 July 2020, 21:31), entry for Amelia Millar(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:93MC-NQ5); contributed by various users.
• WikiTree profile Millar-209 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.