Ernest Alfred Henderson

Brief Life History of Ernest Alfred

When Ernest Alfred Henderson was born on 5 April 1873, in London, England, his father, Robert Henderson, was 33 and his mother, Mary Ann Beaton, was 30. He married Mary Elizabeth Lizzie Price on 15 February 1898, in Denver, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1881 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 21 November 1919, in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery Park, Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ernest Alfred Henderson
1873–1919
Mary Elizabeth Lizzie Price
1872–1954
Marriage: 15 February 1898
Robert Price Henderson
1900–1952
Clara Beaton Henderson
1901–1971

Sources (14)

  • Ernest A Hend? in household of Robert Hend?, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
  • Ernest Alfred Henderson, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Ernest A Henderson, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1885 · The World's First Skyscraper

The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: usually from Middle English and Older Scots Hener(i)son ‘Henry's son’, occasionally from Middle English Hendeson ‘son of Hen’, a pet form of Henry , both with an intrusive -d-. Compare Hendrie . In Scotland Henderson was sometimes substituted for McKendrick .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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