HENDERSON Mary   

1860 - 1904  (43 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	HENDERSON Mary
  Birth	13 Apr 1860	Forest Creek, Emerald Hill, Victoria   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	05 Mar 1904	Newcastle   [2]
  Burial	06 Mar 1904	Sandgate Cemetery [Presbyterian 6NE Lot 56][-32.868510,151.708050]
  Person ID	I48	NewcastleLinks
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	HENDERSON James McFarlane,   b. 14 Nov 1828, Scotland, Greenock d. 07 Oct 1906, Newcastle (Age 77 years)
  Mother	MACCONOCHY Jane Brown,   b. 03 Jan 1819, Bute, Scotland, Rothesey d. 09 Feb 1903, Waratah, Newcastle, NSW (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	28 Nov 1856	Emerald Hill
  Family ID	F864	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	CRAWFORD John(1851) Richard,   b. 01 Jan 1851, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom d. 26 Feb 1914, Carrington (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1881	OnebyGamba[Carrington], Newcastle
  Children	1. CRAWFORD Unnamed,   b. 02 Aug 1882, Newcastle d. 02 Aug 1882, Newcastle (Age 0 years)   2. CRAWFORD John(1883) Richard,   b. 06 Oct 1883, Newcastle d. 03 Aug 1894, Wickham (Age 10 years)   3. CRAWFORD Jane,   b. 12 Dec 1885, Carrington d. 27 Apr 1965, Newcastle (Age 79 years) m. GILL James(1883) Henry (1905)   4. CRAWFORD James(1887) Henderson,   b. 10 Nov 1887, Newcastle d. 17 May 1959, Pelaw Main (Age 71 years) m. ARCHER May Louisa (1909)   5. CRAWFORD Isabella Lawrence,   b. 30 Jun 1890, Newcastle d. 13 Oct 1965, Belmont (Age 75 years) m. RAYFIELD Wilfred Edward McKenzie (1914)   6. CRAWFORD Sarah(1892) Ann,   b. 18 Jul 1892, Newcastle d. 07 Dec 1952, Newcastle (Age 60 years) m. WILLIAMS Clayton (1913)   7. CRAWFORD Mary Elizabeth,   b. 09 Nov 1894, Newcastle d. 08 Mar 1967, Newcastle (Age 72 years) m. BRINKWORTH Ernest(1887) Oscar (1923)   8. CRAWFORD William(1897) David,   b. 01 Mar 1897, Wickham d. 17 Jul 1970, Islington (Age 73 years)   9. CRAWFORD Walter(1899) Charles,   b. 06 Aug 1899, Newcastle d. 10 May 1972, Newcastle (Age 72 years) m. PHILP Evelyn Gertrude (1935)   10. CRAWFORD Elsie,   b. 03 Sep 1901, Carrington, Gipp Street d. 19 May 1985, Newcastle (Age 83 years) m. EVANS Henry Wesley (1926)
  Family ID	F863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2025

  
  

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• Notes

  BDM VIC reg #9849/1860 (birth) f-james henderson m-jane br mcconichy at Forest Creek -only returns the year 1860 BDM NSW reg #5375/1881 (marriage) "CRAWFORD JOHN R/HENDERSON MARY" at Newcastle -returns 10 OCT 1881 BDM NSW reg #3285/1904 (death) `CRAWFORD MARY` f-james m-jane district-stockton - returns 5 MAR 1904 Mary HENDERSON was born on 13 April 1860 on Forest Hill gold fields, Emerald Hill Victoria. Her parents were James McFarlane HENDERSON and her mother Jane Brown McConichy. Mary only had the one sibling, Ann Morrison Henderson born 1858 & died 1860 in Forest Creek while her father was trying to rest a living or strike it rich in the gold fields there. Mary was born the same year, 1860, as her sisters death. Mary Henderson married John Richard Crawford, on 19th October 1881, at the home of her father James MacFarlane Henderson at Carrington NSW otherwise called Onebygamba & Bullock Island --->marriage record transcription Mary and John had 10 children over a 19 year period, the first of which died at birth and their second child, John Richard died aged 10 years 10 mths. Photo taken about 1898: Sarah (cut off), Mary's father JAMES, Jane, Mary, James, William, MARY, Isabella Mary Goes Missing: At the time of Mary's tragic death her children were aged - Jane 18, James 16, Isabela 14, Serah 12, Mary 10, William 7, Walter 5, & Elsie 2 years old, left to mourn their loss. --->Death of Mrs Crawford The Dyke, Carrington not far from Mary & John's home in Gipps St, Carrington where her body was found: 1904 Register of Coroner's Inquests Mary Henderson : --->1904 Register of Coroner's Inquests Mary Henderson Date when held: March 5 Date When received: March 8 Age 44 Born: Locality of Death: Found dead in Newcastle Harbour. Verdict: Found dead without any marks of violence appearing on the body, that death was caused by the drowning but there was no indication to show how deceased got into the water. No cash or Property No "Post Mortem" Mary was burried at Sandgate Cemetery on 6th March 1904 in PRESBYTERIAN, Section 6NE lot 56 Note : Mary & John Richard Crawford (left) Jane Brown & James MacFarlane Henderson (right) - Grave at Sandgate Headstone of grave at Sandgate Transcription of Mary's Death Certificate : Sandgate Grave Coordinates:

  
  

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  [S58702279] Birth Record, 1860, 14. (Reliability: 2). BDM VIC reg #9849/1860 (birth) f-james henderson m-jane br mcconichy at Forest Creek -only returns the year 1960 ->->Birth Index Image [S58702280] Death Record, 14. (Reliability: 3).