Basic Biographical Details

Name: William Henderson
Designation:  
Born: 26 February 1837
Died: 24 September 1931
Bio Notes: William Henderson was born at Wardend, Lonmay, Aberdeenshire on 26 February 1837. He came of a family of architect masons, becoming a stonecutter at the age of 13. He emigrated to Montreal in 1857 to work as a mason but returned to Aberdeen in 1861, marrying Mary Jane Smith in June of the following year and establishing himself as a builder there.

In 1872 Henderson secured employment with the Federal Department of Public Works in Canada, mainly as an overseer. After a peripatetic existence he settled in Victoria in 1897, still in Departmental employ, and was eventually allowed to design buildings in his own right from about 1913.

Henderson's first wife Mary Jane died in 1904. In 1917 he married Caroline d'Aguilar. He was active in public life as alderman at Oak Bay (1906-8) and as Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge British Columbia in 1913. He died at Inverallochy, Oak Bay, the house he had designed for himself, on 24 September 1931.

Private and Business Addresses

The following private or business addresses are associated with this :
 AddressTypeDate fromDate toNotes
Item 1 of 10Montreal, CanadaBusiness18571861 
Item 2 of 10Aberdeen, ScotlandBusiness1861Before 1872 
Item 3 of 10Battlefield, CanadaPrivateAfter 1872Before 1897 
Item 4 of 10Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaPrivateAfter 1872Before 1897 
Item 5 of 10Regina, Saskatchewan, CanadaPrivateAfter 1872Before 1897 
Item 6 of 10Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, CanadaPrivateAfter 1872Before 1897 
Item 7 of 10Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, CanadaPrivateAfter 1872Before 1897 
Item 8 of 10Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaBusiness1897  
Item 9 of 10Craigellachie, Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaPrivate19001910 
Item 10 of 10Inverallochy, Oak Bay Avenue, Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaPrivate191024 September 1931 

Employment and Training

Employers

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 NameDate fromDate toPositionNotes
Item 1 of 1Federal Department of Public Works, Canada1872After 1913  

References

Bibliographic References

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 Author(s)DateTitlePartPublisherNotes
Item 1 of 1Luxton, Donald (ed.)2003Building the West: the early architects of British Columbia Vancouver: Talon Bookspp 236-7 (portrait and biography)