Lehmann Henschke - Person Sheet
Lehmann Henschke - Person Sheet
Marriage
South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) VWed 16 May 1900110583
GOLDEN WEDDING.
HENEKER— SPENCER.— On the 18th December,
1849, at Trinity Church, Adelaide, by the Very
Rev Dean Farrell, M.A., James, the son of
Thomas Heneker, of Kent, to Mary Ann, daughter
of Joseph Spencer, of Hampshire.
GOLDEN WEDDING.
HENEKER— SPENCER.— On the 18th December,
1849, at Trinity Church, Adelaide, by the Very
Rev Dean Farrell, M.A., James, the son of
Thomas Heneker, of Kent, to Mary Ann, daughter
of Joseph Spencer, of Hampshire.
Obituary
The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Tue 6 Mar 1917110584
Mr James Heneker, sen., recently died
at his residence, Beltana, at the age of
90 years. He was born in Kent on December
4, 1826, and arrived at Holdfast
Bay in the ship Hoogli on June 19, 1839.
He was employed soon afterwards as a
shepherd at the foot of the Black Hill,
now Marybank, at 30/- per week and
rations found. He was afterwards shepherding
at Thebarton, when the first house
was built there. He remembered the funerals
of Colonel Light and the Rev. C. B
Howard, the first colonial chaplain. At
one time he worked as a bullock driver for
Mr. John Hill, who raised the flag at the
proclamation of the province. He formed
one of the party of 13 soldiers who were
sent to the Murray in the early days to
protect people travelling from New South
Wales with cattle and sheep. It was Mr.
Heneker's cartwheel which in 1841 turned
up the galena on the Glen Osmond hill and
led to the discovery of the Wheal Watkins
silver mine, which was worked profitably
for a while, and which was probably the
first mine opened up in South Australia.
Mr. Heneker, while in the employ of Mr.
Smith, commonly known as "Long Jim,"
drove the second lot of miners to the
Burra Burra mine. In 1847 and 1848 he
worked for the late Hon. J. Baker and
assisted to build that gentleman's house
at Morialta. He was married on December
18, 1849, at Trinity Church, Adelaide
by Dean Farrell, to Mary Ann, daughter
of Mr. Joseph Spencer, of Hampshire, England.
Miss Spencer arrived from England
in October, 1839. Mr. Heneker lived for
a time at Dawesley and then in the South
East for a few years. He went to Blinman
in 1869 and had remained in the north
ever since. In 1871 he was engaged to
cart poles for the overland telegraph line
and travelled as far north as Alice Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Heneker, on the celebration
of their golden wedding, were entertained
by their relatives and friends in the Beltana
Jubilee Hall. Mrs. Heneker died in
the Port Augusta Hospital on August 26.
1915. Mr. Heneker retired from work
about seven years ago, on account of his
age. There are three sons (Messrs. James
Heneker, of Beltana, Joseph Heneker, of
Hawker, and Thomas Heneker, of Stone
Hut), two daughters {Mrs. Martha White,
of Blinman, and Mrs. Thomas Blinman, of
Beltana), 34 grandchildren, and 40 great-
grandchildren.
Mr James Heneker, sen., recently died
at his residence, Beltana, at the age of
90 years. He was born in Kent on December
4, 1826, and arrived at Holdfast
Bay in the ship Hoogli on June 19, 1839.
He was employed soon afterwards as a
shepherd at the foot of the Black Hill,
now Marybank, at 30/- per week and
rations found. He was afterwards shepherding
at Thebarton, when the first house
was built there. He remembered the funerals
of Colonel Light and the Rev. C. B
Howard, the first colonial chaplain. At
one time he worked as a bullock driver for
Mr. John Hill, who raised the flag at the
proclamation of the province. He formed
one of the party of 13 soldiers who were
sent to the Murray in the early days to
protect people travelling from New South
Wales with cattle and sheep. It was Mr.
Heneker's cartwheel which in 1841 turned
up the galena on the Glen Osmond hill and
led to the discovery of the Wheal Watkins
silver mine, which was worked profitably
for a while, and which was probably the
first mine opened up in South Australia.
Mr. Heneker, while in the employ of Mr.
Smith, commonly known as "Long Jim,"
drove the second lot of miners to the
Burra Burra mine. In 1847 and 1848 he
worked for the late Hon. J. Baker and
assisted to build that gentleman's house
at Morialta. He was married on December
18, 1849, at Trinity Church, Adelaide
by Dean Farrell, to Mary Ann, daughter
of Mr. Joseph Spencer, of Hampshire, England.
Miss Spencer arrived from England
in October, 1839. Mr. Heneker lived for
a time at Dawesley and then in the South
East for a few years. He went to Blinman
in 1869 and had remained in the north
ever since. In 1871 he was engaged to
cart poles for the overland telegraph line
and travelled as far north as Alice Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Heneker, on the celebration
of their golden wedding, were entertained
by their relatives and friends in the Beltana
Jubilee Hall. Mrs. Heneker died in
the Port Augusta Hospital on August 26.
1915. Mr. Heneker retired from work
about seven years ago, on account of his
age. There are three sons (Messrs. James
Heneker, of Beltana, Joseph Heneker, of
Hawker, and Thomas Heneker, of Stone
Hut), two daughters {Mrs. Martha White,
of Blinman, and Mrs. Thomas Blinman, of
Beltana), 34 grandchildren, and 40 great-
grandchildren.
Spouses