{"id":205,"date":"2011-01-30T16:29:28","date_gmt":"2011-01-30T16:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/maltaterr\/?p=205"},"modified":"2026-03-13T16:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:16:32","slug":"james-f-henderson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/","title":{"rendered":"James Forman Henderson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Forman Henderson, who worked for the Bank of Scotland, lived at No. 4 from about 1855 to 1865.<span id='easy-footnote-1-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-205' title='&lt;small&gt;PO Directories 1855-56 to 1864-65.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span> James Henderson was born at Muckart, Perthshire and baptised there on 16 June 1811, son of Alexander Henderson and Grizel Forman.<span id='easy-footnote-2-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-2-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Baptisms index (OPR) Scotland. Muckhart, Perthshire. 16 June 1811. HENDERSON, James. 385\/ 10 64. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 17 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> He was a clerk and dealer of shares in Edinburgh when his estate was sequestered in July 1847.<span id='easy-footnote-3-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-3-205' title='&lt;small&gt;&lt;em&gt;The London Gazette&lt;\/em&gt;. 30 July 1847. p. 2833.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> In the 1851 census his occupation was given as clerk in the Bank of Scotland.<span id='easy-footnote-4-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-4-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Census records. Scotland. St Cuthbert\u2019s, Edinburgh. 30 March 1851. HENDERSON, James F. (Head). 685\/2 30B, p. 09. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 17 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> The 1881 census described him as a retired bank accountant.<span id='easy-footnote-5-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-5-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Census records. Scotland. Newington, Edinburgh. 03 April 1881. HENDERSON, James F. (Head). 685\/5 122, p. 16. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 17 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> He died in Edinburgh on 10 October 1891 and was buried at St Cuthbert\u2019s.<span id='easy-footnote-6-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-6-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Monumental inscriptions. Scotland. St Cuthbert\u2019s Edinburgh. 10 October 1891. HENDERSON, James Forman. 177706108. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/findagrave.com&quot;&gt;https:\/\/findagrave.com&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 17 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>James Henderson married Ann Edgar White, daughter of Robert White and Ann Edgar, on 15 July 1841, in Edinburgh.<span id='easy-footnote-7-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-7-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Births (SR) Scotland. St George, Edinburgh. 29 April 1862. HENDERSON, William Archer. 685\/1 421. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 17 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> She was born in 1823 died 1884.<span id='easy-footnote-8-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-8-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Deaths index (SR) Scotland. St George, Edinburgh. 1884. HENDERSON, Ann Edgar (aged 61). 685\/1 572. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 19 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Five of their children were recorded at No. 4 in the 1861 census:<span id='easy-footnote-9-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-9-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Census records. Scotland. St George, Edinburgh. 07 April 1861. HENDERSON, James F. (Head). 685\/1 85, p. 08. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 19 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Susan Edgar Henderson was born in Edinburgh on 13 February 1842 and died 16 June 1881.<span id='easy-footnote-10-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-10-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Monumental inscriptions. Scotland. St Cuthbert\u2019s, Edinburgh. 16 June 1881. HENDERSON, Susan Edgar. 177706206. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/findagrave.com&quot;&gt;https:\/\/findagrave.com&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 19 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Ann White Henderson was born in Edinburgh on 04 July 1843.<span id='easy-footnote-11-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-11-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. St Cuthbert\u2019s, Edinburgh. 26 August 1843. HENDERSON, Ann White. 685\/2 380 531. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 19 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> She married David Wyllie Keith at No. 4 Malta Terrace on 22 February 1864.<span id='easy-footnote-12-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-12-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Marriage announcements. Scotland. 1864. Caledonian Mercury. 25 February 1864. KEITH, D. W. and HENDERSON, Anne White. p. 04, col. 04. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 19 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> She died in London in 1904.<span id='easy-footnote-13-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-13-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Deaths index (CR) England. West Ham, Essex. 4th Q., 1904. KEITH, Ann White (aged 61). vol. 4a, p. 227. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 19 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Henry Edgar Henderson was born 26 May 1848 and died 11 January 1878, in Edinburgh.<span id='easy-footnote-14-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-14-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Monumental inscriptions. Scotland. St Cuthbert\u2019s, Edinburgh. 11 January 1878. HENDERSON, Henry Edgar. 177706263. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/findagrave.com&quot;&gt;https:\/\/findagrave.com&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 19 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>John Hutton Lawrence Henderson was born in Edinburgh 31 August 1855 and died at sea 15 September 1887.<span id='easy-footnote-15-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-15-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Monumental inscriptions. Scotland. St Cuthbert\u2019s, Edinburgh. 15 September 1887. HENDERSON, John Hutton Lawrence. 177706286. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/findagrave.com&quot;&gt;https:\/\/findagrave.com&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 19 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Christian Eliza Henderson was born in 1860.<span id='easy-footnote-16-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-16-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Census records. Scotland. St George, Edinburgh. 07 April 1861. HENDERSON, James F. (Head). 685\/1 85, p. 08. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 19 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>16<\/sup><\/a><\/span> She married William Gibson, a railway company secretary, at St Mary&#8217;s Cathedral, Edinburgh on 17 August 1886.<span id='easy-footnote-17-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-17-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Marriages (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 17 August 1886. GIBSON, William and HENDERSON, Christine Elisa. 685\/1 305. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 13 March 2026.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>17<\/sup><\/a><\/span> He was then resident at Newport, Kentucky, USA, and the couple moved to the USA. She died at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 05 March 1934.<span id='easy-footnote-18-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-18-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Burial records. USA. Samson Funeral Home, Pittsburgh. 05 March 1934. GIBSON, Elisa. Ancestry collection &amp;#8216;Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., Samson Funeral Home Records, 1866-1982.&amp;#8217; &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 13 March 2026.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>18<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Their youngest son, William Archer Henderson, was born at No. 4 Malta Terrace on 08 April 1862<span id='easy-footnote-19-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-19-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Births (SR) Scotland. St George, Edinburgh. 29 April 1862. HENDERSON, William Archer. 685\/1 421. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 17 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>19<\/sup><\/a><\/span> and died 04 March 1866.<span id='easy-footnote-20-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-20-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Monumental inscriptions. Scotland. St Cuthbert\u2019s, Edinburgh. 04 March 1866. HENDERSON, William Archer. 177706322. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/findagrave.com&quot;&gt;https:\/\/findagrave.com&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 19 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>20<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>James Henderson\u2019s mother-in-law, Anne Edgar or White, was also resident at No. 4 at the time of the 1861 census. She was born in Jamaica in 1800,<span id='easy-footnote-21-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-21-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Census records. Scotland. Newington, Edinburgh. 03 April 1881. HENDERSON, James F. (Head). 685\/5 122, p. 16. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/ancestry.co.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 17 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>21<\/sup><\/a><\/span> the daughter of Alexander Edgar, owner of the Wedderly plantation in Trelawny, Jamaica, and his wife Ann Gordon. Anne Edgar or White died on 07 January 1877 at 5 Viewforth, Edinburgh.<span id='easy-footnote-22-205' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/awscott.co.uk\/wp\/2011\/01\/30\/james-f-henderson\/#easy-footnote-bottom-22-205' title='&lt;small&gt;Deaths (SR) Scotland. Edinburgh. 07 January 1877. WHITE, Anne. 685\/5 25. &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&quot;&gt;https:\/\/scotlandspeople.gov.uk&lt;\/a&gt;: accessed 19 July 2021.&lt;\/small&gt;'><sup>22<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Forman Henderson, who worked for the Bank of Scotland, lived at No. 4 from about 1855 to 1865. James Henderson was born at Muckart, Perthshire and baptised there on 16 June 1811, son of Alexander Henderson and Grizel Forman. 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