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Title: East India Register Page: vol. 9: p. 4, No. 21 Author: Various |
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Title: Letter to Charles Howard Usher, 26 Juy 1910. Currently held by Usher Leslie ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE Edinburgh, 2010. Author: Usher William Neville, Wellingore Lincolnshire Text: 26-7-10 My dear Charlie It is very good of you to give Dorothy "up-pittin' for the night". The rest of her party travel from London by night, but we found that if she joined them at Grantham, she would have 3 wretched hours to wait, and so decided on the day journey. She will leave here at 10.4 tomorrow, & reach you in 12 hours. Her steamer the "St. Sunniva" leaves for Shetland at 9, so I fear you will have to give her breakfast in good time on Thursday. Have you any old, stiff rod you co. lend her Yrs afftly W.N.Usher Lt. Col. William Henderson (our grandfather) married Eliza Millard. + had issue:- Alexander. died in India William capt. E.I.C.S m. Margaret Boyd + had 3 sons. William, Ronald, + Harold Eliza Caroline m. Thomas Usher Caroline Eliza twins m. Caffrey Louisa, died in India. Gertrude m. + had one son, who died. Grandfather Henderson had a brother Alexander who had 2 sons one (tall) lived in Cape Town one (short) was a sea Captain Grandfather Henderson's service was in India, where he was head of the Commissariat Department. He had property in Bombay. He also went to Cape Colony (? between times) where he had farms - 'Little Saxony, Tiger Hook, + another. He also did business at Zanzibar, + had 2 or 3 vessels (one the "Vectis"). He joined in partnership with Wm. Dickson, through whom he is said to have lost his money. On returning to England, the family lived at Fitzoy Square, London, (? the Cogan's house) then to Finchley, then Hammersmith, then Fulham. --------------------------------------- He, + his wife, + Capt. Cogan, are all buried at Kensal Green, + probably further information is to be had from tombstones. I heard that George Usher has seen them. --------------------------------------- The twins went, in early years to a boarding school in Edin - under a Mrs Simmie. They also visited "Grandmama Merry" who lived in Upper Dean Terrace. (the property which still belongs to the family). They afterwards went to school at Altona. --------------------------------------- I see from an old Directory, the following, Henderson, Alex., Esq. Surveyor G.P.O. 15 George St. Merry. Jas. lodging house keeper, 15 George St. A few Notes on the Henderson + Millard families --------------------------------------- Aunt Caroline (Caffrey) things that the Millards came from Buckinghamshire. --------------------------------------- Caroline Millard was born 1801. she married 1. " 2. Cogan. no family. Eliza (our grandmother) was born ___? died at the age of 58. + is buried at Kensal Green. One married a Cross, + had a daughter Carrie, who marred a Bucholz. --------------------------------------- Grandmother Henderson died in Aunt Cogan's house, Upper Mall. --------------------------------------- There were 6 or 7 other Millard's, who died, mostly of consumption. |
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Title: The Oriental Herald and Journal of General Literature. Google Books. Page: Vol. 21, p. 623. Author: W. Lewer, 4 Wellington Street, Strand, editor Publication: http://books.google.co.uk: n.d. |
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Title: Bombay Almanac Page: 1830. Publication: N.p.: n.p., n.d. |
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Title: East India Register Page: vol. 9: p. 342 Author: Various |
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