┌── William Henshaw
                                                      │    1839-?    
                          ┌── William M. Henshaw ─────┤
                          │    1880-1965              │
                          │                           └── Hannah Banks
                          │                                1845-1921 
Francis Alfred Henshaw ───┤
B: 1918                   │                           ┌── Joseph Doucette
D: 2005                   │                           │
                          └── Lottie Annie Doucette ──┤
                               1881-1980              │
                                                      └── Annie (Doucette)
M: Dorothea Jean Morgan
   ├── Carey Francis Henshaw (1941-1941) 1,2
   ├── Marilyn Henshaw  1,2
   ├── Donald Keith Henshaw (1943-1960) 1,2
   └── Sandra Louise Henshaw (1948-1989) 1,2

Francis Alfred Henshaw     [ID 09026]

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Born 1918.³  

He married Dorothea Jean Morgan, Jun 8 1940.¹  Dorothea, daughter of Major Charles Elmer Morgan & Eulalia Oratia Rice, was born 1919.^3,4  

Francis Alfred Henshaw died Sep 16 2005, Digby General Hospital, Digby, Digby County, Nova Scotia; buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Bear River, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.^5,6  

Francis' obituary was published in "The Chronicle Herald" (Halifax, Nova Scotia) on September 19, 2005:^5,6

HENSHAW, Francis Alfred - 87, Bear River, passed away September 16, 2005, in Digby General Hospital.  Born in Bear River, he was the son of the late Carey and Lottie (Doucette) Henshaw.  Francis was a paint foreman for Wagg and Woodworth paint contractors for many years and he was an inspector for D.V.A. at Cornwallis in later years.  He was Past President of the Deep Brook and Waldec Lions Club.  Francis was an avid bird watcher.  Surviving are his wife, the former Dorothea Morgan; daughter, Marilyn (Donald) Beattie, Karsdale, Annapolis Co.; grandchildren, Tony and Craig Timper, Greenland; Dwayne Beattie, Ottawa; Susan Chalmers, Colbrook; great-grandchildren, Ezra, Janelle, Emma, Alex, and Georgia, and special family friend, Seretha Balcom.  He was predeceased by children, Keith, Sandra and Carey in infancy.  Funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Monday, September 19, in Jayne's Funeral Home, 7 Birch St., Digby, with Rev. Donald Scheels officiating.  Interment will be held in Mount Hope Cemetery, Bear River.  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lung Association of Nova Scotia or the Canadian Cancer Society.

Sources

1. Contribution from Tim Sanford ().
2. Obituary of Francis Alfred Henshaw.
3. Contribution from Tim Sanford () citing:
   cemetery inscription, Mount Hope Cemetery, Bear River, Annapolis County.
4. "Descendants of John Rice and Sarah Smith" by George W. King ():
   http://www.widomaker.com/~gwk/j_ricen.htm#id14752.
5. Contribution from Tim Sanford (), citing:
   obituary of Francis Alfred Henshaw; "The Chronicle Herald", Sep 19 2005.
6. Obituary of Francis Alfred Henshaw; "The Chronicle Herald", Sep 19 2005:
   http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2005/09/19/fObituariesobit606.raw.html.

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