William B Henry

Birth Name William B Henry
Gender male
Age at Death 67 years, 6 months, 20 days

Narrative

There is a Charles Griffen Henry on the records, born 1865 in San Francisco, died 1943 in Alameda Co, California. His SS Application (indexed at ancestry.com) says his parents were William B Henry and Helen A Wallace. His censuses consistently say that his father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother in England.

He can't be Nellie Wallace's son, unless she was born considerably sooner than her 1870 census and her death record said, which was 1854. But that is one possibility, since the other daughters on that census were all listed as younger than they actually were.

Another possibility is that Charles is the son of William B Henry and an earlier wife. In 1910, William said he had been married twice. If he only knew Nellie, then he might have listed her as his mother on his records.

A third possibility is that he is not related to either of them.

I haven't found Charles with either William or Nellie on a record. And I haven't found any of them in 1880, nor William or Charles in 1900, after Nellie's death.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth December 1843 Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States   1a 2a
Event Note

His city and state of birth are found in his death information and in the birth record for a son born in Washington DC in 1877. But all that information is tentative

Residence April 1878 San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States    
Event Note

The obituary of Nellie's mother, Matilda Wallace, said that Nellie and her husband arrived from San Francisco for the burial.

Residence 1881 San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States Russ House 3a
Event Note

1882 San Francisco City Directory
image 227 Henry William B (Sanford & Henry) r Russ House
[Note: The Russ Building is on Montgomery Street between Bush and Pine Street]

Census April 26, 1910 San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States   4a
Event Note

This might be him. It is tentative. The age at first marriage matches.

1910 Census, San Francisco, ED 282, sheet 12A
April 26, 1910
Boarding house, 1544 Polk

William B Henry, age 68, married 2x, 1st at 28, born in Pennsylvania, parents also, living on own income, boarding house, not with wife

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVG6-926 : accessed 31 December 2015), William B Henry in household of Harry Y Mead, San Francisco Assembly District 42, San Francisco, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 282, sheet 12A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,114.

Death June 21, 1911 San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, United States   1a
Event Note

This might be his death. It is tentative
d June 21, 1911
William B Henry, born in Pennsylvania, age 67y 6m 6d

"California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JNRG-GQ7 : accessed 31 December 2015), William B Henry, 21 Jan 1911; citing funeral home Halsted & Co., San Francisco, San Francisco, California, record book Vol. 2,, 1898-1913, San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History and Archive Center.

Families

Family of William B Henry and Helen Ada “Nellie” Wallace

Married Wife Helen Ada “Nellie” Wallace ( b. 1854 d. February 13, 1882 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage December 8, 1870 St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri, United States   5a
Event Note

This might be their marriage. It is tentative.
Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, at ancestry.com
Helen A Wallace and William B Henry, December 8?, 1870, St Louis, Missouri, USA, by J.P.F. Ingraham, Pastor, St John's Episcopal Church

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
William B HenryJanuary 6, 1877

Source References

  1. California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979
      • Page: William B Henry, June 21, 1911
  2. District of Columbia Births and Christenings
      • Page: male Henry, 06 Jan 1877
  3. San Francisco City Directories
      • Page: 1882, image 227, Henry William B
  4. 1910 United States Federal Census
      • Page: Willam B Henry, San Francisco, ED 282, sheet 12A
  5. Missouri Marriage Records
      • Page: Wallace-Henry, Dec 8, 1870, St Louis