┌── Thomas Philip Gatewood Henshaw
                                                        │    1829-1905 
                             ┌── Edmund James Henshaw ──┤
                             │    1856-1926             │
                             │                          └── Mary Virginia Porter
                             │                               1823-1902 
Edmund James Henshaw, Jr. ───┤
B: 1902                      │                          ┌── Speight Brockhurst West
D: 1976                      │                          │
                             └── Vivian West ───────────┤
                                  1872-?                │
                                                        └── Sarah Ann Becton
M: Dorothy Carrier
   ├── Edmund James Henshaw, III (1926-) 1,2,3,4
   ├── William Raleigh Henshaw (1932-2006) 1,2
   └── Thomas West Henshaw (c1934-2014) 1,2

M: Belvye Ann "Muzzy" Rowe

Edmund James Henshaw, Jr.     [ID 08074]

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Edmund James Henshaw, Jr.^5,6 [Edwin Henshaw⁷].

Born Feb 14 1902, Virginia.^5,6,8,9  

He married Dorothy Carrier¹⁰ [Dorothy Carries^2,3], Jul - 1925¹⁰.  Dorothy, daughter of William R. + Daisy V. Carries, was born about 1906, Virginia.^2,3  

Edmund was shown in the 1920 census (Apr 16 1920), U.S. Marine Corps, Squadron D, Marine Aviation, Dominican Republic:⁶

Dorothy and children were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 14 1930), living with her parents, 106 Graham Road, Richmond, Virginia:³

Edmund and family were shown in the 1934 city directory of Richmond, Virginia:¹¹

Dorothy and children were shown in the 1940 census (May 1 1940), living with her parents, 106 W. Graham Rd., Richmond, Virginia:²

He then married Belvye Ann "Muzzy" Rowe^8,12 [Belvye Ann "Muzzy" Curtis¹²].  Belvye, daughter of William Morris Rowe & Lola May Davis, was born May 28 1912.¹²  Muzzy had been previously married to Robert E. Curtis.¹²  

Edmund James Henshaw, Jr. died Aug 5 1976, Stuart Circle Hospital, Richmond, Virginia; buried Sunset Memorial Gardens, 3702 Loren Drive, Four Mile Fork, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.^8,9  

Edmund's obituary was published in "The Free Lance-Star" on August 6, 1976:⁸

Edmund J. Henshaw Jr.   A graveside service with full military honors for Edmund J. "Pop" Henshaw Jr., who died Thursday at Stuart Circle Hospital in Richmond, will be held a 2 p.m. Sunday at Sunset Memorial Gardens.  Dr. Stuart B. West will officiate.   Mr. Henshaw, a native of Richmond, was a retired supervisor at the Dahlgren Naval Surface Weapons Center.  He was a retired technical sergeant in the U. S. Marine Corps and was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond.  A member of the White Oak Volunteer Fire Dept., Mr. Henshaw lived on White Oak Road.   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Belvye R. Henshaw; a son, Edmund J. Henshaw III of Huntington, W. Va.; a daughter [sic step-daughter], Mrs. Margaret C. Howard of Fredericksburg; five sisters, Mrs. Virginia H. McDannald of Herndon, Mrs. Martha H. Cooke of Silver Spring, Md., Mrs. Vivian H. Nicholas of Ashland, Ky., and Mrs. Frances H. Lewis and Mrs. Mary H. Seay, both of Richmond; and six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews.   The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Wheeler & Thompson Funeral Home.   The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society.

Belvye died Feb 4 2010, Fredericksburg, Virginia; buried Sunset Memorial Gardens, 3702 Loren Drive, Four Mile Fork, Spotsylvania County, Virginia.¹²  

Social Security information for Edmund James Henshaw, Jr.: 223-07-6370

Sources

1. Obituary of William Raleigh Henshaw.
2. 1940 census, Richmond, Virginia; roll T627-4324, ED 118-135, page 10B, line #46, household #206.
3. 1930 census, Richmond, Virginia; roll T626-2475, ED 112, page 35A, line #26, dwelling #90, family #121.
4. Thomas West Henshaw obituary.
5. 1910 census, Brookland District, Henrico County, Virginia; roll T624-1631, ED 29, page 3A, line #37, dwelling #43, family #51.
6. 1920 census, Military and Naval Population Schedule, Dominican Republic; roll T625-2041, page 11B, line #60.
7. Wardell, Patrick G.: "Virginia & West Virginians 1607-1870", Volume 3; Heritage Books, Inc.; Bowie, Maryland; 1992
8. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52512804.
9. "Social Security Death Index" (as it is commonly called), derived from the Social Security Administration "Death Master File". See: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson10.htm
10. Ancestry Family Tree data "Bennett Family and Young Family Genealogy" posted by "deyoungsr".
11. U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989; http://www.ancestry.com.
12. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52513006.

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