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Hi Ange
I’ve only just gone back onto Rootchat after ages. I too am married to one of Bertram Henderson’s grandsons, Ian , son of Joe his eldest. You are probably way ahead of me on the family tree jigsaw puzzle but we are family and should help each other out. I think there is a way to contact each other privately through the forum but I’m not quite sure how it works. Hope you get this.

This lady lived at Park Lodge, Castle Crescent, reading.  She died in November 1900 and is buried with her husband Charles in Reading Old Cemetery.  In her will she asks to be buried with him and "my little daughters" - the first I've heard of them - and so I'm keen to try to find her grave and any headstone details.  She had two sons - Charles Edward Turberville Henderson a successful lawyer (died 1917) the other Frederick Arlesey Turberville Henderson (died 1919) a bankrupt who was in and out of the workhouse for the last ten years of his life.  They may also be buried there and Charles was briefly married with his wife dying young, 24 in 1911.  Elizabeth refers to being buried in"our brick grave at Reading Cemetery".  Any info would be very welcomed.

My ancestor Fergus Ferguson Kennedy emigrated from Liverpool in March 1887 to begin a new life working for the Risdon Iron and Locomotive Company in San Francisco.  His family followed him a few months later.  By 1890 he was dead and his death is recorded on the SF Call database.  The reference I have is:
Fergus F Kennedy died 1890 D-3507
I wondered if this is a document someone would be able to look at and report back what it says - just to get an idea of what happened.  I know his wife and children had returned to Liverpool, England by 1891.

Thank you in anticipation.

Thank you Trish1120 and Ciderdrinker.  I had most of that information but it's helped to clarify parts.  I'm right about Hanley - don't know why I wrote Hanbury in the body of text- late night !!!  The family lived in and around Pershore, Alcester and Hanley.

Hello John,
It was lovely to hear from you and discover a little more about my nan's side of the family.  I mentioned to my mum (Harry's wife) that you had been in touch and asked her if she knew any of the background to your dad's adoption.  She seemed to think that John was actually Martha's grandson - the son of one of her sons (or possibly Faith or Ruth - I'd need to research dates etc to see if that were possible) and she brought him up as her own son. It may be something you could research. I'll see what I can find out too.
Much love Vickie