Thomas McHENRY

1819 - 1893  (73 years)

• Name	Thomas McHENRY
  Birth	20 May 1819
  Gender	Male
  Death	5 Apr 1893	Demoiselle Creek, Albert, New Brunswick   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I15441	bmds
  Last Modified	23 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann BILL,   b. Abt 1828, Nictaux, Annapolis, Nova Scotia d. 17 Nov 1865, Salisbury, Westmorland, New Brunswick (Age 37 years)
  Marriage	14 Sep 1851	Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick   [3]
  Age at Marriage	Thomas : 32 years old | Mary : ~ 23 years old.
  Children	1 son and 6 daughters
  	+ 1. Isabella Bill McHENRY,   b. 4 Aug 1852, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 5 Dec 1934, Cashmere, Chelan, Washington (Age 82 years) + 2. Mary Katherine McHENRY,   b. 4 Feb 1854, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 1913, Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (Age 58 years)   3. Elizabeth C. McHENRY,   b. Abt 1856   d. Yes, date unknown + 4. Minetta Ballister McHENRY,   b. 7 Feb 1858, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 28 Mar 1941, Chilliwack, British Columbia (Age 83 years) + 5. Mabel Osborne McHENRY,   b. Feb 1860, New Brunswick d. Yes, date unknown   6. Annie Lambert McHENRY,   b. 21 Jan 1861, Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick d. 9 Sep 1943, New Westminster, British Columbia (Age 82 years)   7. Thomas Lyons McHENRY,   b. Jun 1865   d. 30 Dec 1865, Moncton, Westmorland, New Brunswick (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F6294	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 14 Sep 1851 - Saint John, Saint John, New Brunswick Death - 5 Apr 1893 - Demoiselle Creek, Albert, New Brunswick
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] New Brunswick Provincial Archives – Vital Statistics, (website). Death register. [S4] Obituary. McHenry, Thomas — At Jasper Cottage, Demioselle Creek (Albert Co.) there departed this life Wednesday April 5, 1893, a men whose experience of the world was varied and remarkable indeed. Thomas McHenry was born in Fredericton on May 20th, 1819.  His father was a sergeant major 74th Regt., an Irishman from county Antrim and his mother from Dublin, her maiden name was CARROLTON. He received a good education and in early life followed mercantile pursuits, and at one time built and owned vessels in St. John. In 1854 he conducted a general store with hardware as a specialty in St. John. For a time he edited a paper called the Colonial Empire and subsequenlty the Christian Visitor. In 1863 he removed to Salisbury and there managed an oil business for an English company with headquarters in Boston, Mass. From there he removed to Mary’s Point, Albert Co. in 1865 where with C.D. ARCHIBALD, he promoted the Salisbury and Albert Railway. He also edited the Eastern Advocate, now the Moncton Times. He organized a company to burn lime and sank all the means he possessed. He was a Freemason but had not been in connection with a lodge for some years. He used his pen and tongue freely in the advocacy of Confederation, as also in influencing public opinion in favor of the I.C.R.  In youth he spent some time at St. Andrews and married Miss Jerusha MASTERS of Bath, Maine by whom he had a family; two of whom are living, Mrs. William JARVIE of Brooklyn, whose husband is a dentist and sister Lena McHENRY of St. John’s Hospital, New York. His second wife was a daughter of Rev. I.E. BILL, whose six daughters are also living: Mrs. CRANDALL of Nova Scotia; Mrs. SMITH of Ottawa; Mrs. GARDINER, Boston, Mass.; Mrs. Benj. VAUGHAN, St. Martins; Mrs. TRASK, Washington Territory; and Mrs. H.J. OLIVE, Carleton. His third and surviving wife, Margret O’CONNOR came from the Emerald Isle and has four sons and four daughters, one of whom is in the United States. — The Maple Leaf (Albert, NB), Apr. 13, 1893. [S2] Newspaper. m. Baptist Church, Nictaux, N.S., Sunday morn. 14th inst., by the bride’s father, Thomas McHENRY (St. John) N.B. merchant / Marianne BILL d/o Rev. I.E. BILL, only daughter. — New Brunswick Courier, Sept. 20, 1851.