When William Harold Henderson was born on 22 February 1882, in Manitoba, Canada, his father, James Brown Henderson, was 27 and his mother, Emma Maud Breen, was 23. He had at least 2 daughters with Mary Elizabeth Lowe. He lived in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada for about 5 years and Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States for about 10 years. In 1940, at the age of 58, his occupation is listed as publisher in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States. He died on 23 March 1960, in Marion, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States.
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The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
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 .
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