trying to find birth in dunedin *COMPLETED*

[Lucy2]

hi Lu, yes i can go to this site  http://grahambould.net/vercoe.htm

this is lilly henderson parents and sisters and brothers.

The photo on the right, of the Vercoe home at Kaihu, was taken in 1902. The names are, from left to right:

Philip Stephen b1890
Ann (nee Thomas) b1859
(front) Doris Emily b1894
(rear) Amy Olive b1888
(front) Norman Edmund b1896
(rear) Philip b1854
Annie Thomas b1893
   

Hi Karen

Great website.       Cute house  ... and handsome family.   

I'll have a look at electoral rolls / directories ... see if there's anything of interest.

Lu

[Lucy2]

Hi Karen

Have checked electoral rolls for (far North) Dargaville area from 1896 thru to 1906 :

Electorates - Bay of Islands  &  Marsden  &  Kaipara

The only time I can find (what looks like) your James HENDERSON (h/o Lilly) is in 1900.

Bay of Islands electorate - 1900

#  1592  -  HENDERSON - James - Kaihu - platelayer - R*

[*R = residential qualification]

"Platelayer" ... hmmm ... think this occupation was connected to railways ?

Also checked to see if # 1592 had been removed from roll - it wasn't.

~  Lu

[Lucy2]

John  {occ. Carter]  and Jane HENDERSON

karen

You might like to add a separate request on board, for a lookup of 1881 and 1893 electoral rolls (which are on disk)  .. for John and Jane ?

[In 1900 I only found at Bay of Islands - HENDERSON - John - gumdigger at Hohoura ... and a Jane at Mangonui with a Mary and Mary junior (all domestic duties). ?]

~   Lu

[karenoz]

Thanks Lu, its being a hard one this guy, i havent heard back from a friend who is looking up the school rolls for me,hope that will put us in the right area. or give us more leads.

thanks for that.

karen

[SignalHill]

Have you tried the Otago Boys High School Centennial Register to see if James went to secondary school ?    Most Dunedin Boys would have gone there for a year or two if they passed proficiency (- Standard 6 / Form II )

Can't find my copy at the moment after recent move but will go looking if you are looking for James in Dunedin aged 13+.

[karenoz]

Thanks signalhill,

i am thinking on the same track, but i have left my CD on the school rolls back in nz,so hopping someone can help me out here, this way at lest we know if his parents are still there.

karen

[SignalHill]

Have you looked at the Otago Nominal Index contains Registered Electors 1866 to 1893 and Police Gazettte records ?

Seems to have at least 3 John Hendersons with the address of Dunedin

I have a spreadsheet which wont up load here - could convert to csv format if you're interested

[karenoz]

hi signalhill,

yes please i love that,if you can.

thanks
karen

[SignalHill]

Hi Karen

Found this on paperspast
Otago Witness , Issue 458, 8 September 1860,  Page 4    Article view

Shipping News.
Early in June [], the Henrietta and Robert Henderson, [was] despatched from the Clyde by the agents of the Provincial Government of Otago, with full complements of passengers.   Besides those assisted by the agents, a large number not only paid their own passages, but took out with them considerable sums of money.
ARRIVALS.
3 Sept 1860    Arrived in Dunedin from Glasgow aboard the Henrietta & Robert Henderson
..............John Barrowman and wife........... William Henderson, Agnes Henderson,..............John Henderson and wife
DEATHS [on Board]........ June 26, Ann Henderson aged 20 years, of scarlatina...........