William David Henderson

• Birth date            Jan-March 1841 at Newton Abbot
• Marriage              25 July 1872 to Agnes Nicolaides at Wrecclesham, Farnham, Surrey
• Death date          April-June 1882 at West Derby, Liverpool

William David Henderson was the son of David and Esther Henderson and nephew of William Henderson (qv) and was born at Newton Abbot. Following the death of David Henderson, his widow and son moved to Oxton where she became housekeeper to William Henderson. On completion of his schooling William David Henderson was found employment as a gardener in the nursey. He subsequently took a more managerial role being described as a clerk in the 1871 census and may have been given responsibility for Henderson’s florist shop in Birkenhead.  By 1881 he was describing himself as a garden architect/ landscape gardener. He married Agnes Nicolaides, a widow and the daughter of George Agnew on 25 July 1872 and by 1881 they had three sons and a daughter.

Residence
1861    Oxton Village (boarder) census
1871    Village Road, Oxton
1881    Woodchurch Road, Oxton
1881     3 East Bank, Oxton (baptism)