Henry Henderson Sanderson was born 29 December 1872 in 'Sunnyside' Wallabadah NSW, and died 14 April 1968 in Wingham NSW. He married Catherine Isabella (Kate) Gaffey, daughter of James and Margaret Gaffey. She was born 1876 in Bundarra NSW, and died 1 January 1935 in Wingham NSW.
Henry was the sixth child born and fourth son, named after his father and given his mother's maiden name as second Christian name. He was the first child of the three children in the family to be born at 'Sunnyside' Wallabadah NSW. Henry left home to work on other properties and met and married Catherine Caffey known as Kate. They married at Bundarra NSW and made their home there, Kate's home town. Three sons were born to them at Bundarra NSW. Sometime after 1908 Henry and his family moved to Wingham NSW where they were to reside for the rest of their lives. In the early days Henry was a teamster and drove a team of bullocks hauling felled timber from the forest to the mills. Henry and Kate lost their two youngest sons as young men. Colin in 1922 aged 18 years who was an epileptic and Wilfred in 1930 aged 22. Wilfred first complained of illness on Christmas Eve 1929 and Bright's Disease, a kidney complaint, was diagnosed. A Sydney specialist was consulted and Wilfred spent twelve weeks in a Sydney Hospital. He returned home somewhat better but was soon very ill again. He passed away at home in Isabella Street, Wingham NSW, two weeks later, four months after becoming ill. The trails of sadness had not left Henry's family and in 1935 he was to lose his wife. Kate died aged 58 years after suffering many months of illness from cancer. The eldest son Jack joined the railways and at the time of his mother's death in 1935 was at Gunning NSW and then in Junee NSW in 1936-7. He and his wife and children came home for some of the school holidays and would stay at Wherrol Flat NSW with his wife's (Linda) family, the Warmsleys. Henry lived to the ripe old age of 96 years and died in 1968 and was buried in Wingham NSW cemetery along side his wife and the two young sons they lost.
Contributions from the research of Alison Morris, Wendy Nott, Shirley Potter and Libby Fry
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