Mayor William Henderson

1876 - 1957  (80 years)

• Name	William Henderson
  Prefix	Mayor
  Born	5 Jan 1876	Gardenstown, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Henderson's Bakery
  		Waterloo-Bakery-WilliamHendersonandSons-001.jpg William Henderson & Sons Bakers, Waterloo, Ontario
  Immigration	1910	, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Baker, Bakery
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Presbyterian
  Elected Office	1924	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Mayor - Waterloo
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185417845
  Residence	61 Dorset St., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-191655
  Died	1957  [2]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I191655	Generations
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2026

  
  

  Family	Margaret "Maggie" Mathieson,   b. Mar 1878, Gamrie, , Banff, Scotland ,   d. 1974  (Age ~ 95 years)
  Married	8 Jun 1899	Macduff, , Banff, Scotland
  Children	1. Annie Cruickshank Henderson,   b. 16 Feb 1900, Inverurie, , Aberdeen, Scotland ,   d. 19 Feb 1970  (Age 70 years)   2. Maggie Henderson,   b. Oct 1901, , Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. William Henderson,   b. Oct 1903, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland ,   d. 1990, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 86 years)   4. Mabel Henderson,   b. 5 Aug 1906, , Scotland ,   d. Dec 1995  (Age 89 years)   5. Catherine Elizabeth Jane Henderson,   b. 27 May 1907, , Scotland ,   d. 24 Jan 1988, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States  (Age 80 years)   6. Joseph B. "Joe" Henderson,   b. Sep 1910, , Scotland ,   d. 1975, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 64 years)   7. Jean Bremner Henderson,   b. 26 Apr 1912, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 May 1943  (Age 31 years)   8. Eleanor Isabel Patricia Henderson,   b. 9 May 1914, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1999  (Age 84 years)   9. Edith Barbara Henderson,   b. 8 Apr 1919,   d. 3 Oct 1996, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)
  Last Modified	24 Feb 2026
  Family ID	F185912	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  WILLIAM HENDERSON PASSES AT AGE OF 81 William Henderson, 81, of 61 Dorset St., Waterloo, died at the K-W Hospital today after a brief illness. Founder of Henderson's Bakery in Waterloo, Mr. Henderson was an outstanding figure in the business, civic and church life of the community. Born in Gardenstown, Scotland, he came to Waterloo in 1910. He was son of the late Peter Henderson and Ann Cruickshank. Mr. Henderson served apprenticeship in the baking industry in Scotland and in Waterloo in 1916 formed partnership in a baking business with C. W. O'Donnell. This partnership continued to 1928 when Mr. Henderson and sons took over the firm. WAS FORMER MAYOR From 1921 to 1925 he served successively as alderman, reeve and mayor of Waterloo. From 1925 to 1949 Mr. Henderson held the position of chairman of the Waterloo PUC. He was specially honored for this service in 1950. He was a director of the Waterloo Trust and Savings Company and the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company. An honorary member of the K-W Rotary Club, he had joined the club in 1931 and served as president in 1936 and 1937. For years he had delivered the club's annual Robert Burns Day ad dress. In 1954 he was chosen as guest speaker for the Burns Day dinner of the Robert Burns Society of New York City. Mr. Henderson served as elder of Knox Presbyterian Church in. Water-loo for 45 years and at the time of his death was a senior elder. For many years he was representative elder in the Guelph Presbytery. Superintendent of the Knox Presbyterian Church School for 28 years, he recently turned the sod for erection of the new sanctuary beside the present church. FAMILY SURVIVES His marriage to Margaret Mathieson, who survives, took place at MacDuff, Scotland, in 1899. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on June 8, 1949. Surviving, besides his wife, are two sons, William, Jr., of Waterloo and Joseph B. of Kitchener; six daughters, Mrs. Gerald (Ann) Smith and Mrs. John (Eleanor) Beynon of Waterloo, Mrs. Ruskin (Margaret) Thompson of Toronto, Mrs. Roydon (Mabel) Start of Ingersoll, Mrs. Homer (Catherine) Bull of Rochester, N.Y., and Mrs. Arthur (Edith) Kearns of Guelph; one brother, George of Brantford; one sister, Mrs. James (Nellie) sang of Scotland and 22 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. One daughter, two brothers and nine sisters predeceased him. Public funeral service will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at the Schreiter Sandrock Funeral Home. Rev. J. G. Murdock of Knox Presbyterian Church will officiate. Interment will be in Waterloo Mount Hope Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home until the service. Expressions of sympathy will be accepted in donations to the K-W Rotary Club crippled children's clinic. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Sat, Sep 28, 1957 Page 3

  
  

• Sources

  [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 46 Pg. 5. [S3231] Find A Grave. William Henderson, S., (Kitchener-Waterloo), M., America, N., Municipality, W., & (Kitchener-Waterloo), M. (2017). William Henderson, Sr (1876-1957) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185417845/william-henderson

  
  

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  Business - Henderson's Bakery - - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 8 Jun 1899 - Macduff, , Banff, Scotland Immigration - 1910 - , Ontario, Canada Occupation - Baker, Bakery - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Elected Office - Mayor - Waterloo - 1924 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - 61 Dorset St., Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth