Henderson

Origins of surname

An old Scottish name, meaning 'son of Hendry', which was a Scottish variant of Henry, which is ultimately derived from the Germanic personal name Haimric, composed of home and power, via the French 'Henri'. So this is effectively a variant of Harrison, although in Jersey the two families are quite distinct.

Early records

The first record of a Henderson baptism in Jersey was in 1771 in St Helier.

Variants

• Henderson
• Harrison, a separate family in Jersey

Family records

Family trees

• Descendants of John Henderson

Church records

Tips for using these links

• Henderson baptisms in Jersey
• Henderson marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Henderson marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Henderson burials in Jersey

Biographies

• George Francis Robert Henderson, son of the first headmaster of Victoria College

Great War service

• Clarence Gerald Henderson (1895- ) (St H) son of Fannie, Driver RFA

Family wills

These wills created by members of the Henderson family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page

• James Henderson of St Helier, doctor of medicine, Inspetor General of Army hospitals Relates that his father, John Henderson, partly conveyed to the testator heritable subjects in Kent Street, King Street and Claythorne Street, Burgh of Glasgow in trust - 20 March 1871, D/Y/A/35
• Samuel Henderson, Hillside, Wellington Road, St Saviour - 29 June 1923, D/Y/A/83
• William Henderson, Edinburgh, now of Le Picachon, Trinity - 28 September 1895, D/Y/A/54

Burial records

• Henderson burial records 1820-1978

Family album

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  Dorothy Henderson, nee Hooley

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  Hamilton Henderson, 1890s

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  Hamilton and Dorothy Henderson

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  Hamilton Henderson, 1914

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  Dorothy Henderson, nee Hooley, with baby daughter Jane

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  Jane Elizabeth Henderson, 1924

Family gravestones

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  St John’s Church cemetery

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  St John’s Church cemetery

Tips

The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.

We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling

The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.

New records

Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form

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