Clara HENLEY

Brief Life History of Clara

When Clara HENLEY was born in 1863, in Kingston, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Henley, was 28 and her mother, Maria Dickerson, was 23. She married Stephen Hunt on 12 June 1889, in Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 13 June 1935, in Dannevirke, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mangatera Cemetery, Dannevirke, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Hunt
1862–1931
Clara HENLEY
1863–1935
Marriage: 12 June 1889
Ruth Daphne Dorothy Hunt
1890–1973
Allan Henley Hunt
1893–1910
Harry Stephen Hunt
1896–1964
Lancelot Owen Hunt
1896–1977
Ralph Hunt
1897–1969
Gertrude Phyllis Hunt
1901–1976
Joyce Muriel HUNT
1906–1981

Sources (9)

  • Clara Henley in household of William Henley, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
  • Clara Henley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Clara Henley Hunt, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863 · New Zealand Settlements Act

The New Zealand Settlements Act was passed to be able to seize any of the land from the Maori tribes who had been in rebellion against the Government since the beginning of the year. This confiscation law targeted Kingitanga Maori mainly because they were whom the government had waged war against in the attempt to restore British Law to the tribes. 

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of several places called Henley, for example in Surrey, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Warwickshire, Shropshire, and Suffolk. Most of the placenames derive from Old English hēan, the weak dative form of hēah ‘high’ (originally used after a preposition and an article) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. However, some, including the one in Shropshire, come from Old English henn ‘hen, wild bird’ + lēah.

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hIonnghaile, from a variant (without initial F-) of the personal name Fionnghal, which gave rise to Ó Fionnghaile (see Fennell ).

Possibly an Americanized form of German Henle .

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

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