Burt Henshaw

1. William Henshaw (1742-1796) m Elizabeth Gilbert (1746-1826) 2.. William Henshaw (1767-1822) m Jerusha Brace (?-1822) 3... Joseph M. Henshaw (1794-1869) m Polly Wheeler (1800-1887) 4.... Horace Levi Henshaw (1839-1918) m Abigail M. "Abbie" Holmes (1843-1901) 5..... Burt Henshaw (1877-1954) +Amanda Luderer (c1885-?) 6...... Caroline Henshaw (c1904-) ^1,2 +Virginia M. Clar (?-1951)

Born May 30 1877^{3,9,10,11,12,13} [May 30 1878^4,5,6,8, about 1881²], New York^{3,9,10,11,12,13}.

During the Spanish-American War Burt served as a private in Company C, 65th New York Infantry, U.S. Army, serving from Jun 13 1898 to Nov 19 1898.^{9,10,11,12,14}

Burt was shown in the 1900 census (Jun 8 1900), living in the household of brother Jay Allen Henshaw in Buffalo, Erie County, New York:⁸

He married Amanda Luderer, about 1901.^1,4 Amanda was born about 1885, New York.^2,13

Burt and Amanda were shown in the 1916 city directory of Birmingham, Alabama:¹⁵

On Sep 12 1918 Burt Henshaw, age 40, registered for the World War I draft in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama. He declared he was born May 30th 1878, and was then residing at 330 38th Street, Ensley, Jefferson County, Alabama, occupied as a traffic manager employed by The Barrett Co. of Fairfield, Jefferson County, Alabama. He declared his nearest relative was his wife, Amanda Henshaw, of the same address. He was recorded as tall, slender, brown eyes, black hair.⁶

Burt and family were shown in the 1920 census (Jan 8 1920), 330 38th Street, Fairfield, Jefferson County, Alabama:²

Burt and Amanda were shown in the 1927 city directory of Birmingham, Alabama:¹⁵

Burt and Amanda were shown in the 1930 census (Apr 16 1930), Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama:¹³

Burt and Amanda were shown in the 1930 city directory of Birmingham, Alabama:¹⁵

Burt and Virginia were shown in the 1941 city directory of Birmingham, Alabama:¹⁵

Burt Henshaw died Oct 24 1954, Pinellas County, Florida; buried Oct 26 1954, Section 19 Row 5 Site 18, Bay Pines National Cemetery, 10,000 Bay Pines Blvd. North, Bay Pines, Florida.^{4,9,10,11,12,18}

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