Publisher.
Born at St. Catharines, Ontario in 1882, son of James Henderson and Jane Black (1849-1920), he moved to Winnipeg as a small child. He attended Carlton School and the Winnipeg Collegiate Institute. He was Vice-President of Henderson Directories Limited, traveling across western Canada in connection with the compiling of directories for Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Regina, and Lakehead.
In January 1905, he married Mary Clarissa “Marge” Pritchard (1885-1969) and they had five children: Frieda Clarissa Henderson (1907-?, wife of William Kenneth McIntyre), Robert Pritchard Henderson (1909-?), Lucille Henderson (1911-?, wife of L. M. Adamson), John Arthur Henderson (?-?), and Allen W. Henderson (?-?). The family lived at 866 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg. He was a keen curler, being a member of the Assiniboine Curling Club, Granite Curling Club (1918-1928), Strathcona Curling Club, and Assiniboine Bowling Club.
He died at the Winnipeg General Hospital on 18 October 1951 and was buried in the St. John’s Cathedral Cemetery.
See also:
Manitoba Business: Henderson Directories Limited
Birth registrations [Frieda Clarissa Henderson, Robert Pritchard Henderson, Lucille Henderson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
1911 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Marriage registration [Frieda Clarissa Henderson, William Kenneth McIntyre], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 20 October 1951, page 6.
Obituary [Mary Clarissa Henderson], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 August 1969, page 29.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 March 2024
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