William Porter Henshaw

                                                               ┌── Edward Henshaw
                                                               │    1804-1832 
                          ┌── Thomas Philip Gatewood Henshaw ──┤
                          │    1829-1905                       │
                          │                                    └── Lucy Jane Coutts Frost
                          │                                         1808-1902 
William Porter Henshaw ───┤
B: 1864                   │                                    ┌── William Porter
D: 1922                   │                                    │
                          └── Mary Virginia Porter ────────────┤
                               1823-1902                       │
                                                               └── Mary Newman Henshaw
M: Marie Elmo Henshaw
   ├── Marie Porter Henshaw (1888-?) 1,2
   └── Leslie Todd Henshaw (1891-1969) 1,2

William Porter Henshaw     [ID 17724] Click here to switch to Ahnentafel view: Ahnentafel View

Born Jan 26 1864, Virginia.1,2,3,4,5,6  

He married Marie Elmo Henshaw, Jan 23 1888.1,2,5  Marie Elmo Henshaw, daughter of Thomas Elmore Henshaw & Sarah Ella Tod, was born Sep 12 1871, King and Queen County, Virginia.2  (Sep - 1872).1,5  

William and family were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 4 1900), 427 North Columbus Street, Alexandria, Virginia:1

Henshaw, William P., head-of-household, age 36, born Jan 1864 in Virginia; parents born in Virginia; married 12 years; occupation: R.R. clerk; owned home (free).
Henshaw, Mary, wife, age 27, born Sept 1872 in Virginia; parents born in Virginia; married 12 years; 2 children, 2 living.
Henshaw, Mary, daughter, age 11, born Sept 1888 in Georgia; parents born in Virginia; attended school 8 months.
Henshaw, Leslie, son, age 8, born Nov 1891 in Virginia; parents born in Virginia.
Richardson, Josephine, servant, black, age 23, born May 1877 in Virginia; parents born in Virginia; occupation: servant.

William and Marie were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 8 1920), 50 R Street N.E., Washington, D.C.:5

Henshaw, William P., head-of-household, age 55, born in Virginia; parents born in Virginia; owned home (mortgaged); occupation: asst chief [..unclear..], government service.
Henshaw, Marie E., wife, age 48, born in Virginia; parents born in Virginia.
Henshaw, Virginia C., niece, age 28, born in Virginia; parents born in Virginia; single; occupation: clerk, gov't service.
Taylor, Eliza G., boarder, age 23, born in Indiana; parents born in Indiana; single; occupation: information clerk, gov't service.

William Porter Henshaw died Oct 29 1922.2  


Sources

  1. 1900 census, 3rd Ward, Alexandria, Virginia; roll T623-1733, ED 95, page 6A-B, line #50, dwelling #112, family #116.
  2. Ancestry Family Tree data "Lenberg Family Tree" posted by "ronniyak".
  3. 1870 census, Orange Court House P.O., Madison District, Orange County, Virginia; roll M593-1669, page 308, line #1, dwelling #1418, family #1603.
  4. 1880 census, Barbour District, Orange County, Virginia; roll T9-1382, ED 117, page 216A, line #16, dwelling #252, family #270.
  5. 1920 census, Washington, D.C.; roll T625-211, ED 215, page 8A, line #46, dwelling #129, family #159.
  6. Henshaw family Bible record, 1761-1884; Library of Virginia, Bible Records:
    http://image.lva.virginia.gov/Bible/25015/index.html.


If you have additional information on this person, please share!


If you would like to be automatically notified by email whenever an update is made affecting this page then enter your email address and click the "Enter" button below:

Your Email Address:
Notify me whenever this page is updated
Do not notify me if this page is updated
Show me my current registered notification requests


How is this person related to other ancestors? To find out, enter the database ID number of another ancestor, and then click the "Enter" button below:

ID Number:


If you would like to save this person on your computer ▾ more...


HFA Home Page Return to HFA Home Page

Copyright © 1997-2024, The Hinshaw Family Association. All rights reserved.
Permission is granted for all free personal, private and non-commercial uses.
Commercial use of any portion contained herein is expressly prohibited.

Privacy Policies

This site uses spambot thwarting technology to hide email addresses from all known email harvesting programs used by spammers.

[This page was computer generated]

Spambot Bait!