When Leslie Francis Henstridge was born on 21 November 1883, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, his father, Henry Henstridge, was 34 and his mother, Mary Ann Sherwood, was 35. He married Amy Gertrude Atkin on 22 November 1909, in Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 15 March 1927, in Richmond, Victoria, Australia, at the age of 43.
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Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.
First Federal election.
At the beginning of 1901, following a proclamation by Queen Victoria, Victoria ceased to be an independent colony and became a state in the Commonwealth of Australia.
English: locative name from Henstridge (Somerset) or perhaps Henstridge in Hartland (Devon); there is also a Henstridge in Berrynarbour (Devon), but this is not on record before the 19th century and is unlikely to be a source for the surname.
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