Miss. Elizabeth HALL

Elizabeth Henderson nee Hall (1824 – 1916) Elizabeth Henderson was the third of nine children and the eldest daughter of William and Sarah Hall and was born in Brampton, near Carlisle, Cumberland in 1824. The family migrated to Adelaide on the “Baboo” in 1840. She lived in Elizabeth Street, Adelaide, the street being named after her. On 6th October 1838 Thomas Henderson had sailed for S.A. as a steerage passenger on the “Orleana”, the first ship to sail from Liverpool to S.A. and arrived at Port Adelaide on 16th January 1839. He married Elizabeth on 27th May 1843 in St John's Church, Halifax Street Adelaide. Thomas and Elizabeth set up house in Hanson Street, Adelaide and their first child Isaac Hall Henderson was born there on 7/4/1844. Soon after, on 17/5/1844, Thomas bought 4 acres at Glen Osmond, a most significant purchase. They first lived in a small cottage on the land but later built the Vine Inn and despite several temporary moves, this was the family home for the next 30 years. Their next four children died as infants, not uncommon in those days. William was born on 20/11/1845, living only two months. Some-time later the family moved to Gawler where Thomas assisted in building St Georges Anglican Church. Sarah was born there on 5/5/1847, dying two days later. Thomas purchased land in Gawler on 1/12/1847, and subdivided and sold it on 16/10/1849, after the family returned to Glen Osmond and about the time the Vine Inn was being built. They had returned to Glen Osmond by 1/2/1849 when Sarah Winefrede was born - she lived only three months. Thomas subdivided the land at Glen Osmond; cottages were built in Vine Lane and shops on the corner of Vine Lane and Glen Osmond Rd. He built the Vine Inn in Glen Osmond Rd. He applied for a license which was refused on 13/3/1850. In his appeal Thomas stated that he had built a church and steam mill and done a great quantity of the best work in the colony and others who had done nothing had licenses granted to them while he was refused. His license was granted on June 16th 1850. The Vine Inn was named because of an ivy vine planted on its northern wall. It consisted of 11 rooms, was two storeyed with underground rooms and slate roof and balcony; three stockyards, wooden stables and a string of cottages along Vine Lane. The “best work in the colony” referred to the large homes Thomas had assisted in building in North Adelaide. The fifth child, Thomas, was born on 16/10/1850, the first Henderson to be born at the Vine Inn, but he died when three months old. John was born on 22/10/1851, the second child to survive and he was baptised on 20/11/1851 at Holy Trinity Church. Some-time later the family, with Elizabeth's parents and their younger children, joined the gold rush to Victoria but it seems they did not stay there long as on 4/4/1853 they sailed for Liverpool on the new American ship “Shackamoxon” to visit Shropshire, presumably to see Thomas' relations. During their absence the Vine Inn was leased. The seventh child Thomas Hall was born at sea on 9/6/1853 and baptised at sea by an Anglican bishop. The family returned to S.A. in January 1855. Thomas gave his occupation as Licensed Victualler when he registered young Thomas' birth but he was active in the building industry, as when Sarah Peggy (born 23/7/1855) was baptised on 23/10/1855 at Holy Trinity Church he gave his occupation as carpenter and builder, Glen Osmond. The 1855 Directory lists a Thomas Henderson, carpenter, Waymouth St, Adelaide, but this entry only appears in the 1855 Directory. Mary was born on 26/2/1857 and baptised at a special baptism at Glen Osmond: she died on 16/3/1857 aged three weeks. The tenth child William Hall was born on 28/7/1858 the last child to survive to adulthood. The eleventh and last child was born on 16/6/1860. This child died after three weeks and no name was recorded on the birth register. During this period Thomas made a number of land purchases, including 82 acres at Echunga on 18/7/1855, blocks at Kewhaven, north of Port Adelaide, and at Cowandilla in 1856, and in 1857 - 150 acres at Gumeracha, Section 112 Hd. of Onkaparinga. This farm at Gumeracha was always leased out and finally sold after Elizabeth's death, as was the land at Echunga and Cowandilla. When the family returned to Adelaide from England Thomas brought with him some Black Spanish fowls, the first imported into S.A., which were exhibited at the Agricultural and Horticultural Show in February 1855. In 1856 Thomas was prominent among a group of local citizens involved in the planning and building of the first public school in Glen Osmond; “entirely unconnected with any denomination or other existing school”. Previously a house owned by the Henderson family in Vine Lane was used for school purposes by Mrs Platts, wife of the Rev. Platts who was most unpopular. On 26/7/1859 a meeting was held in the new school room and a Volunteer Rifle Corps formed at Glen Osmond when “Mr Henderson of the Vine Inn, the first person who enrolled himself, was loudly cheered”. On 25th April at the Vine Inn Glen Osmond, Thomas Henderson died aged 50 years and was interred at Hindmarsh Cemetery, Upper A 25/26. Thomas and Elizabeth Henderson had eleven children, six dying in infancy. At the time of Thomas' death Isaac, the oldest, was 18 years old and William, the youngest, was four years. On Thomas' death Elizabeth became licensee of the Vine Inn where she was held in high regard and known fondly as “Mother Henderson”. She remained there until 1874 when William was 16 years old. She then leased the Inn and bought Wattle Grove at Magill, a large house on 40 acres, and lived there until she moved to Seventh Avenue, St Peters some-time between 1879 when her oldest son Isaac died and 1884 when his widow died. Isaac's family lived with her after his death and she reared his two children after their mother died. It seems that Isaac's daughter Winifred, a spinster, lived with Elizabeth at St Peters at the time of Elizabeth's death on 30th June 1916 aged 92. Her youngest son William Hall Henderson lived nearby with his family at Athol Lodge, Fourth Avenue, St Peters. Elizabeth's brothers are frequently mentioned in the Henderson story, especially Isaac whose wife Martha and daughter Sarah (died aged 12 years) are buried in the Henderson grave at Hindmarsh Cemetery. As at 24 March 2018 there are 797 descendants on the Henderson Family Tree. The above was originally compiled by Barbara Rounsevell from information researched by John H. Henderson on the life of Thomas Henderson on 30/5/1989. It has been edited by Richard E Henderson to highlight Elizabeth Henderson’s life. Obituary Elizabeth Henderson from The Observer Adelaide July 8 1916 p19 Mrs. Thomas Henderson who at one time was a well-known resident of Glen Osmond, has "crossed the bar" at the age of 92 years. She was a native of Brampton, near Carlisle, England, and came to South Australia in 1844 with her parents in the ship “Baboo”. Seventy-three years ago, she was married to Mr. Thomas Henderson, who predeceased her by 54 years. Mr. Henderson, who arrived in this State in 1838 by the first ship which sailed from Liverpool for Port Adelaide (the Oriana), settled at Glen Osmond in 1844, then went to Gawler, and, returning to Glen Osmond, built the familiar old landmark the Vine Inn. He visited England in 1853 and brought back with him the first black Spanish fowls imported here. Mr. Henderson was also the first enrolled member of the Glen Osmond Volunteer Company in 1859. When he died (1862) his wife continued to hold the licence of the Vine Inn. It was one of the stopping places for the coaches to and from Mount Barker and Strathalbyn and other centres on the south-eastern road and was conducted by the late Mrs. Henderson until 1873. Many of the travellers by that route will remember a liver-coloured spaniel which, in the period of Mr. Charles Willmott as licencee of the hostelry, on the arrival of the coaches begged for pennies, and, upon being thrown a coin, hurried into the hotel and reappeared with a "bush" biscuit held in its mouth, and ate it before the admiring gaze of its benefactor. Mr. Willmott, at the age of 92 years, still resides at Glen Osmond. The late Mrs. Henderson, upon leaving the Vine Inn, the licence of which was discontinued some years ago, went to reside at Wattle Grove, near Stonyfell, and latterly was a resident of St. Peters, where she was one of the earliest settlers. She was noted for her kindness of heart and philanthropy. When she was at Glen Osmond she was popularly regarded by the settlers as "mother," and in cases of sickness they looked to her for relief or advice rather than to a certificated doctor. Mr. T. H. Henderson postmaster at Unley, is a son.

Elizabeth Henderson nee Hall (1824 – 1916) Elizabeth Henderson was the third of nine children and the eldest daughter of William and Sarah Hall and was born in Brampton, near Carlisle, Cumberland in 1824. The family migrated to Adelaide on the “Baboo” in 1840. She lived in Elizabeth Street, Adelaide, the street being named after her. On 6th October 1838 Thomas Henderson had sailed for S.A. as a steerage passenger on the “Orleana”, the first ship to sail from Liverpool to S.A. and arrived at Port Adelaide on 16th January 1839. He married Elizabeth on 27th May 1843 in St John's Church, Halifax Street Adelaide. Thomas and Elizabeth set up house in Hanson Street, Adelaide and their first child Isaac Hall Henderson was born there on 7/4/1844. Soon after, on 17/5/1844, Thomas bought 4 acres at Glen Osmond, a most significant purchase. They first lived in a small cottage on the land but later built the Vine Inn and despite several temporary moves, this was the family home for the next 30 years. Their next four children died as infants, not uncommon in those days. William was born on 20/11/1845, living only two months. Some-time later the family moved to Gawler where Thomas assisted in building St Georges Anglican Church. Sarah was born there on 5/5/1847, dying two days later. Thomas purchased land in Gawler on 1/12/1847, and subdivided and sold it on 16/10/1849, after the family returned to Glen Osmond and about the time the Vine Inn was being built. They had returned to Glen Osmond by 1/2/1849 when Sarah Winefrede was born - she lived only three months. Thomas subdivided the land at Glen Osmond; cottages were built in Vine Lane and shops on the corner of Vine Lane and Glen Osmond Rd. He built the Vine Inn in Glen Osmond Rd. He applied for a license which was refused on 13/3/1850. In his appeal Thomas stated that he had built a church and steam mill and done a great quantity of the best work in the colony and others who had done nothing had licenses granted to them while he was refused. His license was granted on June 16th 1850. The Vine Inn was named because of an ivy vine planted on its northern wall. It consisted of 11 rooms, was two storeyed with underground rooms and slate roof and balcony; three stockyards, wooden stables and a string of cottages along Vine Lane. The “best work in the colony” referred to the large homes Thomas had assisted in building in North Adelaide. The fifth child, Thomas, was born on 16/10/1850, the first Henderson to be born at the Vine Inn, but he died when three months old. John was born on 22/10/1851, the second child to survive and he was baptised on 20/11/1851 at Holy Trinity Church. Some-time later the family, with Elizabeth's parents and their younger children, joined the gold rush to Victoria but it seems they did not stay there long as on 4/4/1853 they sailed for Liverpool on the new American ship “Shackamoxon” to visit Shropshire, presumably to see Thomas' relations. During their absence the Vine Inn was leased. The seventh child Thomas Hall was born at sea on 9/6/1853 and baptised at sea by an Anglican bishop. The family returned to S.A. in January 1855. Thomas gave his occupation as Licensed Victualler when he registered young Thomas' birth but he was active in the building industry, as when Sarah Peggy (born 23/7/1855) was baptised on 23/10/1855 at Holy Trinity Church he gave his occupation as carpenter and builder, Glen Osmond. The 1855 Directory lists a Thomas Henderson, carpenter, Waymouth St, Adelaide, but this entry only appears in the 1855 Directory. Mary was born on 26/2/1857 and baptised at a special baptism at Glen Osmond: she died on 16/3/1857 aged three weeks. The tenth child William Hall was born on 28/7/1858 the last child to survive to adulthood. The eleventh and last child was born on 16/6/1860. This child died after three weeks and no name was recorded on the birth register. During this period Thomas made a number of land purchases, including 82 acres at Echunga on 18/7/1855, blocks at Kewhaven, north of Port Adelaide, and at Cowandilla in 1856, and in 1857 - 150 acres at Gumeracha, Section 112 Hd. of Onkaparinga. This farm at Gumeracha was always leased out and finally sold after Elizabeth's death, as was the land at Echunga and Cowandilla. When the family returned to Adelaide from England Thomas brought with him some Black Spanish fowls, the first imported into S.A., which were exhibited at the Agricultural and Horticultural Show in February 1855. In 1856 Thomas was prominent among a group of local citizens involved in the planning and building of the first public school in Glen Osmond; “entirely unconnected with any denomination or other existing school”. Previously a house owned by the Henderson family in Vine Lane was used for school purposes by Mrs Platts, wife of the Rev. Platts who was most unpopular. On 26/7/1859 a meeting was held in the new school room and a Volunteer Rifle Corps formed at Glen Osmond when “Mr Henderson of the Vine Inn, the first person who enrolled himself, was loudly cheered”. On 25th April at the Vine Inn Glen Osmond, Thomas Henderson died aged 50 years and was interred at Hindmarsh Cemetery, Upper A 25/26. Thomas and Elizabeth Henderson had eleven children, six dying in infancy. At the time of Thomas' death Isaac, the oldest, was 18 years old and William, the youngest, was four years. On Thomas' death Elizabeth became licensee of the Vine Inn where she was held in high regard and known fondly as “Mother Henderson”. She remained there until 1874 when William was 16 years old. She then leased the Inn and bought Wattle Grove at Magill, a large house on 40 acres, and lived there until she moved to Seventh Avenue, St Peters some-time between 1879 when her oldest son Isaac died and 1884 when his widow died. Isaac's family lived with her after his death and she reared his two children after their mother died. It seems that Isaac's daughter Winifred, a spinster, lived with Elizabeth at St Peters at the time of Elizabeth's death on 30th June 1916 aged 92. Her youngest son William Hall Henderson lived nearby with his family at Athol Lodge, Fourth Avenue, St Peters. Elizabeth's brothers are frequently mentioned in the Henderson story, especially Isaac whose wife Martha and daughter Sarah (died aged 12 years) are buried in the Henderson grave at Hindmarsh Cemetery. As at 24 March 2018 there are 797 descendants on the Henderson Family Tree. The above was originally compiled by Barbara Rounsevell from information researched by John H. Henderson on the life of Thomas Henderson on 30/5/1989. It has been edited by Richard E Henderson to highlight Elizabeth Henderson’s life. Obituary Elizabeth Henderson from The Observer Adelaide July 8 1916 p19 Mrs. Thomas Henderson who at one time was a well-known resident of Glen Osmond, has "crossed the bar" at the age of 92 years. She was a native of Brampton, near Carlisle, England, and came to South Australia in 1844 with her parents in the ship “Baboo”. Seventy-three years ago, she was married to Mr. Thomas Henderson, who predeceased her by 54 years. Mr. Henderson, who arrived in this State in 1838 by the first ship which sailed from Liverpool for Port Adelaide (the Oriana), settled at Glen Osmond in 1844, then went to Gawler, and, returning to Glen Osmond, built the familiar old landmark the Vine Inn. He visited England in 1853 and brought back with him the first black Spanish fowls imported here. Mr. Henderson was also the first enrolled member of the Glen Osmond Volunteer Company in 1859. When he died (1862) his wife continued to hold the licence of the Vine Inn. It was one of the stopping places for the coaches to and from Mount Barker and Strathalbyn and other centres on the south-eastern road and was conducted by the late Mrs. Henderson until 1873. Many of the travellers by that route will remember a liver-coloured spaniel which, in the period of Mr. Charles Willmott as licencee of the hostelry, on the arrival of the coaches begged for pennies, and, upon being thrown a coin, hurried into the hotel and reappeared with a "bush" biscuit held in its mouth, and ate it before the admiring gaze of its benefactor. Mr. Willmott, at the age of 92 years, still resides at Glen Osmond. The late Mrs. Henderson, upon leaving the Vine Inn, the licence of which was discontinued some years ago, went to reside at Wattle Grove, near Stonyfell, and latterly was a resident of St. Peters, where she was one of the earliest settlers. She was noted for her kindness of heart and philanthropy. When she was at Glen Osmond she was popularly regarded by the settlers as "mother," and in cases of sickness they looked to her for relief or advice rather than to a certificated doctor. Mr. T. H. Henderson postmaster at Unley, is a son.