My fave photo of my beautiful father Neville Heneker with me as a baby. It is taken at Port Augusta on the verandah of Shirley Medwin (nee Heneker) one of dad’s sister’s. Aunty Shirley still lives in this same house although it is beautified by her lovely gardens and much work done by her son David Medwin.
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Sam Heneker
Hi My name is Sam Heneker and I live in Cambridge in the UK..It is great to see that the Heneker Name lives on in Australia as we are getting a bit thin on the ground over this side of the world. We have mainly 2 seperate Heneker familys here and I think that once we also originate from the Kent Heneker’s. My Grandfather was a David Heneker who wrote a lot of music and Musicals.My Father was Peter whos died 3 years ago but he had 5 sons which as he was the last Heneker on our side of the family was a good job. myself and my brothers have managed to Produce another 5 boys out of 13 Grandchildren but as yet no Great grandchildren. Anyway really good to come across this page keep it up. Regards Sam Heneker
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Hello Sam, so good to hear from another Heneker, especially from the UK. I have heard of David Heneker, mainly due to researching my own family, and although I haven’t come across any information regarding any connection, and there probably isn’t, but who knows, he did seem pretty prolific as a musical writer and celebrity. I have also come across a lot about a General Heneker and Lord Heneker all of whom came from Kent. Of course the spelling differs, but I have tried to explain that in my blog, as even with source materials I have acquired, e.g. certificates and info from the ship the first Heneker’s came to SA on, the names are spelt differently. On the shipping manifest in 1839 it was spelt Henniker, The father of Thomas Henniker (the first one to emigrate with his family and including my gg grandfather James) , well his father Edward was married in Little Chart and it was spelt Henecar, on the marriage certificate. Here is South Australia the name became mainly Heneker (my maiden name) but also some were still spelt Henniker and I have noticed there are still some Henniker’s in Victoria, Australia. So it’s pretty confusing. And it seems the name goes back along way in Kent. I have wondered how many Heneker’s there still are in the Uk. In 2008 I went to London, and went to Westwell in Kent, where our Heneker family came from, they were ag labourer’s, and I have no idea where in the area they came from, as it is a small town so they probably lived in some little cottage on the land. It is amazing how much James Heneker did her in SA,, he was such a pioneer, and although not a rich or famous man, was so involved in many “firsts” in this state, as they came here only 3 years after South Australia was colonised. As it was not a convict settlement, I think they had many more opportunities early on. He took his family back for a holiday in 1864 on the maiden voyage of the “City of Adelaide” Clipper which you may have heard about recently was bought from Glasgow, where it had been damaged by fire and is now at Port Adelaide here where I live. His name is in many of the records about the voyage. It is all pretty interesting. I have been a bit slack lately doing my blog, I have been researching the family for over 30 years, I worked in the archives in the State Library of SA, but I am a nurse now. I was very young when I started and so there was no internet. It has really helped to have so much info online and I have been lucky to be able to get in touch with some people in Hothfield (about 5 km from Westwell) where some of the Heneker’s came from, and also the Kent FHS where I have obtained certificates etc. I am now trying to get past Edward Henecar / Henniker, as I only have his marriage certificate and it is a bit hard to now find out which Edward is the right one. Anyway, I must do some more of my blog, I work night duty, and haven’t been well lately so been not very motivated. I am still researching all the time, and I decided to do the blog as I had so much paper information that I couldn’t decide what to do. I wanted to do a book first , but where to start and end, so a blog seemed like a good idea. It was mainly for me, a lot of the extended family don’t seem to keen, think they find it easier to look at a book, but I will continue if only for me and my brothers. Sadly my dad died when he was quite young. He had lived in the outback where the Heneker’s all lived, and had so much to tell me, but as usual, being young, I didn’t write it down. I wish he was still here to see all the information I have been able to find thanks to the internet. Anyway, I have probably bored you stupid with this very long message, thanks so much for commenting on my blog, wonder if we are related somewhere along the line…??
Cheers for now,
Vicki in Adelaide