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« Reply #18 on: Sunday 12 May 24 03:44 BST (UK) »
1949 a fire destroyed the home and possessions of the Hendersons. The house was owned by Harold Edgar Jones. 
There seems to be an error in the item .. Should grandchildren be children?


https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130763242
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« Reply #19 on: Sunday 12 May 24 03:45 BST (UK) »
i meant when i looked up trove it says dates then top one was up to 1959

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« Reply #20 on: Sunday 12 May 24 03:47 BST (UK) »
1949 a fire destroyed the home and possessions of the Hendersons. The house was owned by Harold Edgar Jones. 
There seems to be an error in the item .. Should grandchildren be children?


https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130763242
  i am not sure but  think the children's names were Robert  and Elizabeth  wil try and find out for sure

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« Reply #21 on: Sunday 12 May 24 03:54 BST (UK) »
Nice photo of Kenneth and other siblings headstones
https://billiongraves.com/images?t=med28390020&col=1&cat=149933&rec=34644434

I know I am getting off the track of finding Willian Henderson, but love the search

This SUN has finally come out so of to put the washing on the line

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Re: william james henderson
« Reply #22 on: Sunday 12 May 24 03:55 BST (UK) »
A previous engagment for Margaret  Thelma. 1940

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47202444

Sue

ADDINg FYI, By the time Ralph Leslie (the fiance above) enlisted  in 1943  his mother was his NOK. So seems the marriage did not take place.
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« Reply #23 on: Sunday 12 May 24 04:18 BST (UK) »
This birth notice is confusing. ???. 1943
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92805761

Here is the other birth

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/35706326

So William James was known as Jim
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« Reply #24 on: Sunday 12 May 24 05:57 BST (UK) »
Here is a death in Broken Hill cemetery (source: find a grave) which could be William James Henderson's, but unfortunately no identifying information:

W Henderson

Birth
    unknown
Death
    unknown
Burial
    Broken Hill Cemetery
    Broken Hill, Broken Hill City, New South Wales, Australia

Plot
    Presbyterian, A, row 3, plot 2

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« Reply #25 on: Sunday 12 May 24 06:06 BST (UK) »
Here is a death in Broken Hill cemetery (source: find a grave) which could be William James Henderson's, but unfortunately no identifying information:

W Henderson

Birth
    unknown
Death
    unknown
Burial
    Broken Hill Cemetery
    Broken Hill, Broken Hill City, New South Wales, Australia

Plot
    Presbyterian, A, row 3, plot 2

The person above his name on the list is Sarah who died in 1890. So not so likely      
31894   HENDERSON SARAH      Presbyterian   PRES A   3   2   13-04-1890          
31895   HENDERSON   W      Presbyterian   PRES A   3   2

https://www.bhcemetery.com.au/
             
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Re: william james henderson
« Reply #26 on: Sunday 12 May 24 06:18 BST (UK) »
A previous engagment for Margaret  Thelma. 1940

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47202444

Sue

ADDINg FYI, By the time Ralph Leslie (the fiance above) enlisted  in 1943  his mother was his NOK. So seems the marriage did not take place.

much appreciated i  do the same i get carried away