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Henry Hartley FENWICK  ‎(I8705)‎
Given Names: Henry Hartley
Surname: FENWICK

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 16 February 1837 -- Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death: 18 November 1894 ‎(Age 57)‎ -- Unley, South Australia, Australia


Personal Facts and Details
Birth 16 February 1837 Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland

Marriage Sarah Ann BOX - ‎[View Family ‎(F2792)‎‎]
1 February 1867 ‎(Age 29)‎ Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Biographical Notes

Hide Details Note: The arrival of Henry Hartley Fenwick, younger brother of William Andrew, has not been traced so it is possible that he came out from England with George their sea captain brother. He set up as a chemist, a university degree not being necessary last century so long as training in dispensing had been taken with a competent apothecary. He appears in early directories as Chemist of Jamestown, in 1887 at Moonta and, according to a granddaughter, afterwards at North Adelaide, Norwood and Crafers - but the 1890 Directory says Chemist of Mt.Lofty. Some history of H.H. and his wife was given to the late Mrs. Radford of Colonel Light Gardens who was a great granddaughter of William Andrew Fenwick. The H.H. branch does not seem to have known William's descendants well if at all. The account from Vivian Radford, given to her by an un-named kinsman:-

"Our grandfather was Henry Hartley Fenwick and his brother was George who was a seafaring man. Although George visited Adelaide, he did not live there. Henry came to South Australia from southern Scotland. He worked for Fauldings, pharmaceutical suppliers, and when he and grandmother were first married ‎(1867)‎ they lived in a flat in the Faulding building in King William Street, Adelaide, and our mother was born there ‎(Amy Sarah born 1869)‎. They moved to Jamestown, North Adelaide, Norwood and finally Crafers where Henry died in 1894.

Our grandmother's name was Sarah Ann Box, and her mother's maiden name was Ladd, a family which came from Deal, Kent. One of the Ladds had a big hotel at Margate. Sarah's father was a wheelwright and had a brother who was a miller and another who was a farmer where Sarah visited as a child. In 1852 when she was aged 20, her parents allowed her to become a nursemaid/companion to the wife of a sea captain named Canny. Mrs. Canny was making the journey to Adelaide with her husband and three children - 2 little boys and a baby girl only 10 weeks old. Mrs. Canny became ill at sea, off the coast of South Australia, so the captain put his wife and children and Sarah ‎(Sally)‎ ashore at Adelaide, intending to pick them up on the return journey after concluding business at Sydney. But the ship never reached Sydney and years later a wreck off the coast of New Zealand ‎(the west coast)‎ was thought to have been Captain Canny's ship.

Sally had a shocking time. Mrs.Canny died of cancer and left Sally penniless with the three children to care for. She took a position with Dr.Hamilton and got the little girl escorted back to relations in England and the boys into foster homes on farms. When the boys grew up they both moved to N.S.W. and were involved in starting up ferries on Sydney Harbour. They always visited Sally when they came to South Australia.

From Dr.Hamilton Sally went to act as a companion to Mrs. Beech who had a pastry cook business in Hindley Street, Adelaide. One of Mrs. Beech's friends was H.H. Fenwick. Sally was aged 37 when she married grandfather and grandfather was aged 30. Our mother, Amy, was their only child and as far as I know, Sally was an only child.

From Ruth Blown - 7/15 Kentsford Street, Fremantle, 6160, whose daughter Roberta, has a pewter mug imperial quart size, with H.H.F. engraved on it, and a scrap book H.H.F. made for our mother when she was growing up, some other pieces, and most of the cedar furniture the Fenwicks had when they first married. "

Unfortunately Ruth Blown, granddaughter of Henry H. Fenwick did not give her maiden name or names of the rest of her relatives, nor the date when she wrote the above account. It was given by Mrs. Radford about 1963, to Betty Muller, wife of W.F.‎(Bill)‎ Muller. They were near neighbours at Colonel Light Gardens at that time.

Death 18 November 1894 ‎(Age 57)‎ Unley, South Australia, Australia

Burial West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Parents Family  (F2791)
‎(unknown)‎ FENWICK
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‎(unknown)‎ UNKNOWN
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Private
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William Andrew FENWICK
1824 - 1882
Henry Hartley FENWICK
1837 - 1894

Immediate Family  (F2792)
Sarah Ann BOX
1832 - 1901
Amy Sarah FENWICK
1869 - 1936


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Parents Family  (F2791)
‎(unknown)‎ FENWICK
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‎(unknown)‎ UNKNOWN
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Private
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William Andrew FENWICK
1824 - 1882
Henry Hartley FENWICK
1837 - 1894

Immediate Family  (F2792)
Sarah Ann BOX
1832 - 1901
Amy Sarah FENWICK
1869 - 1936

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Father
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‎(unknown)‎ FENWICK ‎(I8707)‎
Birth -- Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Mother
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William Andrew FENWICK ‎(I8717)‎
Birth 16 September 1824 -- Cumberland, England
Death 28 December 1882 ‎(Age 58)‎ -- Kent Town, South Australia, Australia
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Henry Hartley FENWICK ‎(I8705)‎
Birth 16 February 1837 -- Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death 18 November 1894 ‎(Age 57)‎ -- Unley, South Australia, Australia
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Henry Hartley FENWICK ‎(I8705)‎
Birth 16 February 1837 -- Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland
Death 18 November 1894 ‎(Age 57)‎ -- Unley, South Australia, Australia
Wife
 
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Sarah Ann BOX ‎(I8704)‎
Birth circa 1832 -- Kent, England
Death 11 July 1901 ‎(Age 69)‎ -- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Marriage: 1 February 1867 -- Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Amy Sarah FENWICK ‎(I8703)‎
Birth 1869 31 37 -- South Australia, Australia
Death 23 May 1936 ‎(Age 67)‎


Amy Sarah FENWICK
Albert Edward HUSTLER
Henry Hartley FENWICK
Sarah Ann BOX
‎(unknown)‎ FENWICK
‎(unknown)‎ UNKNOWN
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