+-- Holmes Hart Henshaw
                                                   |    1870-1959 
                      +-- Russell Holmes Henshaw --+
                      |    1897-1971               |
                      |                            +-- Mattie Permelia Dougherty
                      |                                 1870-1897 
Roger Lee Henshaw ----+
B: 1924               |                            +-- David W. Watson
                      |                            |
                      +-- Vivienne May Watson -----+
                           1902-1997               |
                                                   +-- Edith Rogers
M: Bertie Hazel Ryder
   +-- Steven Roger Henshaw,  1947-     
   +-- Peggy Eilene Henshaw,  1949-     
   +-- Brenda Lynn (Camp) Henshaw,  1951-     
   +-- Dean Stewart Henshaw,  1956-     

Roger Lee Henshaw     [ID 05269]

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Born Apr 6 1924, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.^166,a,b

He married Bertie Hazel Ryder, Feb 4 1945, Laird Community Church, Ontario, California.¹⁶⁶    Bertie, daughter of Burton + Hazel Ryder, was born Aug 29 1925, Ontario, California.¹⁶⁶

One of the ushers at Roger's wedding was a college roommate of Roger's brother Don, H.R. "Bob" Haldeman, who later became Chief of Staff to President Nixon (and a famous Watergate-era political figure).

Roger served two years in the U.S. Navy, being stationed in Tacloban, Leyte, in the Philippines.    After discharge, Roger worked for many years as a tool and die maker at the Barson Machine Shop in Ontario, California.    About 1961 they moved to Spokane, Washington, and later to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where he continued in the tool & die profession.    In 1973 Roger and Bertie moved to Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada, where they are still (1998) residing.¹⁶⁶   

SOURCES

166. Henshaw history and genealogy manuscript, original by Holmes Hart Henshaw, 1930; updated in 1995 by Donald Craig Henshaw and others.

(a) 1930 census, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California; roll T626-128, ED 1005, page 9A, line #10, dwelling #250, family #250.

(b) VitalSearch California Birth Index 1905-2001:
http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/_vitals/cabirthm.htm.

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