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Could someone please let me know the South Australian birth dates & places for the following children of James HENEKER & Mary Ann SPENCER.
Note, sometimes spelt HENNEKER.
The list of children may not be complete, it was the best that I can find.
James, abt 1850
Jane, abt 1852
Martha, abt 1853
Elizabeth Ann, abt 1855
Joseph, abt 1859
Thomas, abt 1859
Charlotte, 13 Jun 1863
William, abt 1866
Abel, abt May 1870
Regards
Grantley
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James 21/2/1850 at Mount Barker 3/31
Jane 27/7/1851 birth place not shown 3/240
Elizabeth 5/4/1855 birth place not shown 5/138
Joseph 16/2/1857 Scoth Creek Kanmantoo 10/279
Mary3/8/1856 Scotts Creek near Nairne 14/366
Thomas 17/5/1860 Scotts Creek 19/84
Charlotte 13/6/1863 Avenue Range 29/114
William 19/4/1866 Avenue Range 42/554
Abel Richard 7/3/1870 Dawesley 81/320
Jenn
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Thankyou very much, Jenn.
Best regards
Grantley
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Hi Grantley I am also doing Heneker reseach on this family which are my relations and have quite abit of info if you are interested to share. regards
Could someone please let me know the South Australian birth dates & places for the following children of James HENEKER & Mary Ann SPENCER.
Note, sometimes spelt HENNEKER.
The list of children may not be complete, it was the best that I can find.
James, abt 1850
Jane, abt 1852
Martha, abt 1853
Elizabeth Ann, abt 1855
Joseph, abt 1859
Thomas, abt 1859
Charlotte, 13 Jun 1863
William, abt 1866
Abel, abt May 1870
Regards
Grantley
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Hi Grantley and tropicalj
I am also researching this Heneker family which are my relations and I have quite a bit of info on their ancestors arrival in Australia and descendants if you are interested in sharing.
regards
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Hi quornie,
I have sent you a personal message with my email address.
I would love to share what I have.
Regards
Grantley
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Hi Grantely
I am a Heneker from South Australia. My great great grandfather was James Heneker and Mary Ann was his wife. I have many photos, and also quite a few copies of original documents I have received from the U.K. regarding his baptism, his father Thomas' birth and etc. Would you be interested in making contact.?
Regards
Vicki
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Hi Vicki,
Welcome to RootsChat.
I have sent you a personal message, with my email address.
I would love to share what I have.
Regards
Grantley
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Hi everyone i am a Heneker and i am researching my family history just wondering if you can help me i am looking for any info on James Heneker 1826 & Mary ann Spencer 1828
Can any one help
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His obituary appeared in the Advertiser on the 6th Mar 1917;
"Mr James HENEKER, sen., recently died at his residence, Beltana, at the age of 90 years. He was born in Kent on December 4, 1826, and arrived at Holdfast Bay in the ship Hoogli [Hooghly] on June 19, 1839. He was employed soon afterwards as a shepherd at the foot of the Black Hill, now Marybank, at 30/ per week and rations found. He was afterwards shepherding at Thebarton, when the first house was built there. He remembered the funerals of Colonel Light and the Rev. C. B. Howard, the first colonial chaplain. At one time he worked as a bullock driver for Mr. John Hill, who raised the flag at the proclamation of the province. He formed one of the party of 13 soldiers who were sent to the Murray in the early days to protect people travelling from New South Wales with cattle and sheep. It was Mr. HENEKER's cartwheel which in 1841 turned up the galena on the Glen Osmond hill and led to the discovery of the Wheal Watkins silver mine, which was worked profitably for a while, and which was probably the first mine opened up in South Australia. Mr. HENEKER, while in the employ of Mr. Smith, commonly known as "Long Jim," drove the second lot of miners to the Burra Burra mine. In 1847 and 1848 he worked for the late Hon. J. Baker and assisted to build that gentleman's house at Morialta. He was married on December l8, 1849, at Trinity Church, Adelaide by Dean Farrell, to Mary Ann, daughter of Mr. Joseph SPENCER, of Hampshire, England. Miss SPENCER arrived from England in October, 1839. Mr. HENEKER lived for a time at Dawesley and then in the South-East for a few years. He went to Blinman in 1869 and had remained in the north ever since. In 1871 he was engaged to cart poles for the overland telegraph line and travelled as far north as Alice Springs. Mr. and Mrs. HENEKER, on the celebration of their golden wedding, were entertained by their relatives and friends in the Beltana Jubilee Hall. Mrs. HENEKER died in the Port Augusta Hospital on August 26, 1915. Mr. HENEKER retired from work about seven years ago, on account of his age. There are three sons (Messrs. James HENEKER, of Beltana, Joseph HENEKER, of Hawker, and Thomas HENEKER, of Stone Hut), two daughters {Mrs. Martha WHITE, of Blinman, and Mrs. Thomas BLINMAN, of Beltana), 34 grandchildren, and 40 great-grandchildren."
Regards
Grantley
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A summary of his life appeared on http://cityofadelaide.org.au/james-heneker.html;
One of the passengers in the Second Class cabins of the 'City of Adelaide' on her maiden voyage in 1864 was James Heneker (1826-1917). He was returning from a visit to the relatives and friends he had left behind near London in the English county of Kent twenty five years earlier.
He had migrated to the newly-established colony of South Australia as a 13 years old lad. After a voyage of four months out of London on the Hooghly, he was landed safely at Holdfast Bay near Adelaide on 19 June 1839. He soon found employment as a shepherd on grazing land near Nairne in the Adelaide Hills at 30 shillings per week with rations found.
In his later years he would recount his memories of being a shepherd at Thebarton when the first house was built there, and of seeing the Surveyor-General Colonel Light’s funeral. At one stage he was driving bullocks for Mr John Hill who raised the flag at the proclamation of the colony, and James was present at the opening of the new Port Adelaide in 1840. He told of being one of a party of thirteen soldiers who were sent to the Murray in the early days to protect people travelling overland from New South Wales with cattle and sheep.
Within a few years he was a teamster with his own bullock team, and transported the second group of migrant Cornish miners from Port Adelaide to the Burra mine. In 1847 and 1848 he worked for the Hon John Baker, and helped him build a house at Morialta.
In December1849 James Heneker and Mary Ann Spencer (1828-1916) were married by the colonial chaplain Dean Farrell at the Holy Trinity Church in Adelaide. For more than a decade they lived in the vicinity of Scott Creek (now Dawesley Creek) between Nairne and Kanmantoo, where their children James, Jane, Elizabeth, Joseph, Mary, and Thomas were born in turn from 1850 until 1860. Within this period James carted the big engine from Port Adelaide up to the Callington Mine using a team of forty-four bullocks.
For a few years they moved to live in the south-east of the colony, based at Avenue Range near Lucindale, where Charlotte (1863) and William (1866) were born.
In 1869 James Heneker moved his bullock team to operate from Blinman in the Flinders Ranges. Within two years he was engaged to cart poles for the construction of the Darwin-Adelaide Overland Telegraph Line, and he travelled as far north as Alice Springs in doing so.
Mary Ann had returned to Scott Creek to give birth to another child Abel in 1870, but after she and the children joined James at Blinman, Abel (aged 2) and William (aged 5) died within two days of each other in January 1872.
In March 1876 James Heneker was carting a load of station stores, hay and chaff for Arkaba Station when he camped overnight with three other men on Wonoka Creek near Hawker. In one of the treacherous flash floods that can occur without warning in the Flinders Ranges, a wave of water swept away their four wagons and two drays, all fully laden. The goods were scattered for miles, and much was never recovered. One wagon was found suspended in a gum tree, the vehicles were completely wrecked, and had to be transported to Port Augusta for repairs. The men lost all their clothing, but they escaped with their lives.
James and Mary Ann Heneker later moved to live in a little home in Beltana, where they remained to live quietly for the rest of their lives. Mary Ann died in October 1916 after a marriage of almost 67 years, and James survived her by only five months
Biographical details of James Heneker are in the Register, 17 May 1900, page 4f,
A photograph of Mr & Mrs James Henniker (sic) is in the Observer, 14 October 1911, page 32.
(Copies are available from the State Library of S.A.)
Regards
Grantely
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Thanks alot Grantly i dont suppose you know the name and birthdate of James Henekers Mother & Fathers i do have som of the info that you have given me by the web searches i have done but havnt been able to go any further than James any chance you have any photos of either Jospeph Charles Heneker early years (my Grandfather) and James Heneker (My Great Great Grandfather)even Joseph Heneker (my Great Grandfather) this would ge a great start for me and my fiance
Regards
Neil
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Hi Neil,
The SPENCERs were the focus of my research at that time.
I have not researched the HENEKER/HENNEKER/HENNIKER ancestry so I am not much help. Maybe a posting on the Kent Lookup Requests board may yield some positive help.
If James HENEKER was born 1826 and migrated in 1839 then probably he travelled with a relative or even his parents. One reference says “HENEKER Thomas, wife Jemima, Jas, Maria, Hrt, Ann, Catharine, Thos, (Wm) arrived in SA 1839-06-17 on Hooghly from London”
So are Thomas HENEKER & Jemima his parents?
Possible siblings to James HENEKER (born 1826)
Maria HENEKER & John STEVENSON had a child in 1867
Harriet HENEKER (aged 16) married George FERGUSON 11 May 1847
Ann HENEKER (aged 18) married John TURRELL 14 Apr 1851
Catherine Frances HENEKER & James WESTLEY having children from 1855
Thomas HENEKER (aged 74) died 2 Nov 1911
One possibility is “One of the passengers in the Second Class cabins of the 'City of Adelaide' on her maiden voyage in 1864 was James Heneker (1826-1917). He was returning from a visit to the relatives and friends he had left behind near London in the English county of Kent twenty five years earlier.”
Maybe the HENNEKERs, born in Kent, that appeared in the 1861 Cenesus may give you a lead.
A John & Margaret HENNEKER (both aged 50) in the 1841 Kent Census could be a possibility. I can’t give you anymore details as I don’t have access to the Census Returns.
Hope that I have helped you on the HENEKERs.
Regards
Grantley
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Hi Vicki, (Dharma)
my husbands Great Great Grandmother was Catherine Henniker, sister of your James. I saw an old post of yours saying you had some photo's etc... would I be able to get copies please? I have a Family Tree on My Heritage.com "Kindleyside-Miller".
Thank you, Kind regards,
Shirl Miller
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Hi Vicki, (Dharma)
my husbands Great Great Grandmother was Catherine Henniker, sister of your James. I saw an old post of yours saying you had some photo's etc... would I be able to get copies please? I have a Family Tree on My Heritage.com "Kindleyside-Miller".
Thank you, Kind regards,
Shirl Miller
Hi Grantely
I am a Heneker from South Australia. My great great grandfather was James Heneker and Mary Ann was his wife. I have many photos, and also quite a few copies of original documents I have received from the U.K. regarding his baptism, his father Thomas' birth and etc. Would you be interested in making contact.?
Regards
Vicki
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Hi Vicki,
my husband Garys Great-Great Grandmother was Catherine Henniker who was the sister of your James. She married James Wesley in Gawler, South Australia in 1853.I found this old post of yours and wondered if you still have any old photos, documents etc.. of the Hennikers in England-Thomas, his wife Mary Willis, children etc.. I would love any copies if possible for my Family History Site-Kindleyside-Miller on My Heritage.com. I live in South Australia.
Kind regards,
Shirl Miller
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Hello All
I have just joined Rootschat and I am looking for any information on the Henekers.
My Grandmother was Grace Hilda Heneker (born 1904 Kensington Sth.Aust.) whose father was James Heneker Jnr (my Great Grandfather). I have a family tree on "Ancestry" called Boddy Family which goes back to Thomas and his arrival in South Australia in 1839 on the Hoogly.
I would like to contact and share any findings with fellow Heneker reseachers / family members.
Nan passed away in 1991, and I have no contact / knowledge of my immediate relatives (aunts, uncles cousins as most have passed away) except thru Ancestry so I am looking for the more personal information ie photos, family stories etc.
If possible could someone please advise whether James and Christina Graham separated.
Did Christina remarry a Edward Dixon and then move from South Australia to live in Fitzroy Melbourne. Nan appears to have assumed the Dixon name on her marriage certificate and lists Edward Dixon as her parent but James Heneker Jnr was her natural father. Robert James Heneker (Nans Brother) also lists the Fitzroy address under "Next of Kin" on his WW1 service record.
there appears to be no record of a marriage between Christina and Edward in the South Australian archive - Maybe married in Victoria?
I look forward to meeting new relatives.
regards
Harold
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Hi Grantely
I am a Heneker from South Australia. My great great grandfather was James Heneker and Mary Ann was his wife. I have many photos, and also quite a few copies of original documents I have received from the U.K. regarding his baptism, his father Thomas' birth and etc. Would you be interested in making contact.?
Regards
Vicki
Hi Grantely
I am a Heneker from South Australia. My great great grandfather was James Heneker and Mary Ann was his wife. I have many photos, and also quite a few copies of original documents I have received from the U.K. regarding his baptism, his father Thomas' birth and etc. Would you be interested in making contact.?
Regards
Vicki