Thomas Henry Kendall (1839 - 1882)

Born 18 Apr 1839 in Yatte Yattah, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Charlotte (Rutter) Kendall — married 7 Mar 1868 in St. John's Bishopthorpe, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia

Died 1 Aug 1882 at age 43 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Henry Clarence Kendall is Notable.

Henry Clarence Kendall is one of twins.

Thomas Henry Kendall, also known as Henry Clarence, was born on April 18, 1839 in Yatte Yattah, New South Wales, Australia. His parents were Basil Kendall and Melinda McNally.^[1] Thomas was a twin with Basil Edward Kendall. He married Charlotte Rutter on March 07, 1868 at the chapel of St. John's, Bishopthorpe, Glebe, New South Wales, Australia.^[2][3] Together they had 7 children:

1. Lizzie Kendall
2. Frederick Kendall
3. Louis Kendall
4. Athelstan Kendall
5. Evelyn Kendall
6. Roma Kendall
7. Orara Kendall

He worked as a clerk for the Fagan brothers who had established a mill near the banks of the Camden banks of the Camden Haven River in present Kendall. In 1881 Henry then left and moved to Cundeltown to take up the job of Inspector of Forests. This job was strenuous and his health failed.

Henry died on August 1, 1882 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He was buried in the Waverley Cemetery, Bronte.^[4]

The township of Kendell was originally known as the village of Camden Haven. The name was changed to Kendall in recognition of Henry Kendall.

Sources

1. ↑ N.S.W. BIRTHS - KENDALL THOMAS H - 554/1839 V1839554 28 - parents : BASIL & MELINDA
2. ↑ New South Wales BDM Marriage GLEBE 1264/1868 KENDALL HENRY C = RUTTER CHARLOTTE
3. ↑ MARRIAGE. On the 7th instant, at St. John's, Bishopthorpe, by the Rev. Charles Chapman, M.A., R. N., assisted by the Rev. B. M. Saliniere, B.A., Henry, youngest son of the late Lieutenant Basil Kendall, R.N., to Charlotte, second daughter of the late John Yates Rutter, Esq., of Sydney, and granddaughter of the late Thomas Rutter, Esq., Surgeon, of St
4. ↑ Henry Kendall. Find A Grave: Memorial #8742

See Also

• some biography and a selection of poems by Henry Kendall from the book Leaves from Australian Forests - Poetical Works of Henry Kendall View Here
• There are legends (untrue) that Henry Kendall was a descendant of Leonard McNally the Irish lawyer and traitor. See here for a lengthy and poetic version of this legend printed in the Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong N.S.W.) on 10th September 1896 p:2 LINK
• Henry Kendall: Poetry, Prose and Selected Correspondence, Edited by Michael Ackland 1983
• Wikipedia; Henry Kendall
• Ulladulla; Henry Kendall
• T. T. Reed, 'Kendall, Thomas Henry (1839–1882)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/kendall-thomas-henry-3941/text6205, published first in hardcopy 1974, accessed online 14 December 2019.
• www.kendallfamily.name/kendall_family_nsw/ps01/ps01_076.htm