Ormiston House, Accommodation, Strahan, Tasmania

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John Henderson Henry was born on 11th March 1807, he married Christina Henderson of Whalsay on 15th February 1827.  They had 10 children by the time of emigration to Australia, the youngest of which was Frederick Ormiston Henry. 

   Christina Henry

John Henderson Henry's house at the right with the railing.

The photo above is the street in Lerwick where the Henry family lived.  The following description is taken from an account of Lerwick during 1867-1917 by Thomas Manson:-

"To the south of Hay's Lodberrie was Murray's Hol and Murray's Lodberrie, so named after Jock Murray, a joiner who had his workshop there.  Half of the arch of Murray's Hol, built up long ago, can still be seen.  The two lodberries and the hol are now practically formed into one premises, at the back of the Queens's Hotel.  To the south of Murray's Lodberrie stands a house erected 70 or 80 years ago ( 1845-6 ) by the father of the Hon. John Henry of Tasmania, having its entrance from a balcony overlooking Bain's Beach.  This house now forms the southern part of the Queens Hotel."

( Lodberrie - flat rock or landing place, hence waterside warehouses were built at these landing places )

John was the elder brother of F.O. Henry and John became a prominent Tasmanian politician, the first Treasurer for Tasmania following Federation.

The Hon. John Henry of Devonport