Hendersons with a wanderlust

[Uncle John]

James Henderson b. abt. 1822 Aberdeen (from English censuses 1861 to 1901)
married
Anna Maria Clarissa (unknown) b. abt 1826 Dublin (together as a married couple on all the above censuses).

Marriage is likely to be in South Australia, given as place of birth for first 2 children:
Hamilton Gerald Henderson b. abt 1849 and
Charles B Henderson b. abt 1851.

They must have returned to England almost immediately because the next child is
Mary Louise Henderson b. q4 1852 Southampton.

They had 5 more children between 1855 and 1866, all born Truro.

I have most of the family in Cornwall in all the following censuses - 1861 (Truro), 1871-1901 Kenwyn.

So can sks please find the marriage and the first 2 births. I have no experience at all with Australian records. I'm pretty certain James was a mining engineer.

The next generation also went walkabout.

Hamilton Gerald Henderson (see above), also a mining engineer, is in Kenwyn in 1861, 1891 and 1901.
Between 1861 and 1891 he got married (Isabelle M unknown), went to India (first 2 children Constance and Millicent born 1876 and 1877 in Madras) and then to St Croix, Danish West Indies (next 2 children James and Charles born there 1883 and 1885), returned to England (next child Marjorie born Folkestone q2 1886) and finally to Kenwyn where last child Robert was born q1 1890.

I have had a poke around Indian records without success but I have no clue where I'll find the St. Croix births. Until I started on this branch I had no idea the Danes colonised the West Indies.

Any news or ideas on this lot will be most welcome. I'm confident I've found everyone via the English censuses, linked by grandchildren being boarded out while their parents were abroad.

[Olde Crone Holden]

UJ

Silly Q, but have you looked in the IGI? They do have some records for St Croix, but as my geography is sadly wanting, I don't know if this is YOUR St Croix, sorry!

OC

[Uncle John]

I can't find any reference in the IGI to the West Indies (Lesser Antilles to be more precise). Hugh Wallis hasn't indexed that region. St Croix is at the western end of the Lesser Antilles (Windward Islands), nearest to Puerto Rico.

[Mary from Italy]

Is this one of yours? (IGI, extracted record)

James Alexander Henderson
Male

Event(s):
Birth: St Croix, , , Caribbean

Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: Alexander Henderson

Marriages:
Spouse: Angelina R. Plaskett
Marriage: 03 APR 1898 Manhattan, New York, New York

[Mary from Italy]

I don't think there's anything online for South Australia. If you're a member of GR, Kerri's doing SA lookups on the Records Office board.

[Mary from Italy]

IGI (extracted)

Millicent Catherine Seton Henderson
Female

Event(s):
Birth: 18 MAY 1876

Christening: 15 JUN 1876 Saint Thomas Mount, Tamil Nadu, India

Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: Hamilton Gerald Henderson
Mother: Isabella Jessie Muluady

[Mary from Italy]

IGI (extracted)

Constance Mary Leton Henderson
Female

Event(s):
Birth: 13 APR 1875

Christening: 13 MAY 1875 Saint Thomas Mount, Tamil Nadu, India

Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: Hamilton Gerald Henderson
Mother: Isabella Jessie Mulready

[Mary from Italy]

Familysearch ancestral file:

Hamilton HENDERSON (AFN: 1TZT-7QX)
Sex: M

Event(s)
Birth: 1844
, S-Australia

Parents
Father: Thomas HENDERSON (AFN: 1RVD-H35)
Mother: Sarah HAMILTON (AFN: 1RVD-H4C)

The pedigree contains ancestors of Sarah Hamilton.

The name's quite a coincidence, but the parents seem to be wrong.

[Mary from Italy]

IGI submitted:

Hamilton Henderson
Male

Event(s):
Birth: 1844 Happy Valley, South Australia, Australia

Christening:
Death:
Burial:

Parents:
Father: Thomas Henderson
Mother: Sarah Hamilton

[Mary from Italy]

Deaths Dec 1916 (89%)
Henderson Isabella J M 69 Truro 5c 183