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He was supposed to be a policeman, according to Dad. Dad heard this as a kid,
but there seems to be no other source to confirmthis. I may have been overly
restrictive in my search by focusing on the policeman stuff.
I'm not convinced that Susan McDevitt is the mother.
5/04 - no, I think this is OK.
1) there's no reason to think that the baptism that Anna had was wrong. For
the Catholic Church to have given her the wrong information meant there
John Henderson and Susan had a daugther Anna at the same time, Susan
died, and "another" Anna Henderson disappears from the records or becomes
an orphan after 1898
2) Anna talked with her brothers who would have been old enough to know her
parents and confirm or deny her parents' names. Anna refered to her being
Irish because of the McDevitt connection to other people.
Problem - 5/04. Now that I have John N Henderson marrying Susan McDevitt
in 1893, how could they have both been the parents of John Henderson
and James Henderson? Or were they really half brother (and John
lied about not being married before on his marriage license). Or maybe
they had lived together first? Or were married, but not in a Catholic Church?
Solution - 6/04. Got files from Children's Aid Society. Pages on John,
Nannie, and Susan (later Mary) show... Mother was in Home for Consumptives.
Father was "worthless". Grandmother "Susan McDevitt" came to check on them.
They tried to find the father, who was known to hang out at a saloon, but never
found him. Last attempt was 1904 before Nannie was adopted by Shaughnessy
family. But it puts to rest whether John N Henderson and Susan McDevitt
were the parents. It would seem thatJohn and Susan were to be the parents
of John as well, although clearly John was born before they were married.
(or they had been married before outside the Catholic Church).
Problem - what happened to James Henderson? I removed him for now. I
think there was confusion about "John and James" and it was thesons of
John Sr. - 7/14/05
occupations and name used
1887 - brickmaker (Newton)
1889 - musician (John N) ?
1891 - brickmaker (Newton)
1892 - brickmaker (Newton)
1893 - wagon washer (John Newton marriage)
1894 (baptism - John)
1897 (baptism - John)
1898 - watchman (John N)
1900 - foreman (Newton)
1910 - arossing maker (John N - this one?)
1917 - brickmaker (this one? a John Henderson living with Mary James)
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witness to wedding: James McDevitt and Frances Malone (or McCue?)
baptismal sponsors: 1893: James McDevitt and Frances McCue
baptismal sponsors: 1894: Ellen Redmond
baptismal sponsors: 1897:Margaret McHugh
No family relationship found (other than James McDevitt, brother of Susan).
Perhaps just other Irish people at the church.
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1880John Henderson 19, laborer, Eastern Penitentary, Md/Md/Pa (?)
(If that was really supposed to be PA/Md/PA, it could refer to father being
Oliver Meeks/Mix,that is, if this were the right John Henderson in 1880)
Still, I don't think Oliver is a likely fit.
1880 John Henderson, Horsham, Montgomery Co, laborer, 18, home of
Alfred L Philips 55, farmer, Pa/Pa/Pa (?this John? this seems more likely)
1887 1401 Reed, Newton, brickmaker (with rest of Henderson family)
1888
1889 2518 Ellsworth, John N, musician
1890
1891 2140 Sears, Newton, brickmaker (same address as John McDevitt home)
1892 2140 Sears, Newton, brickmaker
1893 2127 Ellsworth (John Newton gets married, listed as John in church record)
1894 at St. Thomas Aquinas (as John)
1895
1896
1897 at St. Charles Borromeo (as John)
1898 1925 Titan, Jno N Henderson, watchman (is this the salesman, died 1899?)
(Ward 36) (David Calhoun in 1900 directory)
1899
1900 need age 38-40
Many people in census are not whe
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1862 - Aft 1917 (55 years)