Walking My Family Line: Reno NV

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Henrietta Kate Rosenthal (Henley)

Henrietta (Etta) Kate Rosenthal (Henley)

(May 1867, Hornitos, CA - 28 Mar 1926, Reno, NV)

Kate Henley (Hawthorne, Nevada)

My Maternal Great Grandmother

Kate Henley (Hawthorne, Nevada)

Kate Henley with unknown people (I have no clue why they were sitting on the ground)

Henrietta Kate Rosenthal Henley with her husband, William J. Henley and daughter Clara Belle Henley (McGee)

The picture above graphically illustrates what my mother meant when asked what her grandparents looked like. She said they looked like “Mutt & Jeff” (the cartoon characters). She said her grandmother was “as wide as she was tall” and her grandfather was “like Jack Spat who could eat no fat.” He was Irish Catholic and she was Russian Jew. I would like to know how they hooked up.

Kate Henley (2nd on left on porch) with unknown people.

(possibly Rosenthals)

Kate Henley (second from right) with unknown ladies group

John Barton McGee with future mother-in-law, Kate Henley (1919)

Henrietta Kate Rosenthal Henley (behind) & Clara Belle Henley with unknown male (possibly a Rosenthal) on southern California beach. (1919)

(Left to Right) Unknown male, Henrietta Kate Rosenthal Henley, Charles Barton McGee (seated, holding) Clara Belle McGee (Barnett), Clara Belle Henley McGee behind him, Grandmas Sarah McGee. (Note: The unknown malem the two seated chidren and the lady labeled Auntie may be the Nelson family (McGee relatives) (1922-23)

Clara Belle Henley McGee with her mother Henrietta Kate Rosenthal Henley with Charles Barton McGee’s sisters and their children (1922-23)

Reno Evening Gazette March 30, 1926

DIED

HENLEY-Friends are invited to attend funeral services for the late Mrs. Henrietta Henley, at the chapel of the Ross-Burke Company tomorrow, Wednesday, morning 11 o'clock. Rev. Brewster Adams officiating.Interment K. of P. Cemetery.

Burial:

Knights of Pythias Cemetery

Reno, Washoe County, Nevada

Family Lines________________________________________

Husband: William James Henley (11 Nov 1861, Pennsylvania - 12 Jul 1909,

Nevada)

Children:

Benjamin Henley

David (Dave)(Davis) Henley

Esther (Esse) Henley (Miller)

Lloyd Henley

William (Willie) James Henley, Jr. (29 Jun 1894 - 14 Jul 1959)

Clara Belle Henley (McGee) (28 Apr 1898, Hawthorne, NV- 14 Jun 1982, Reno, NV)

Father: David Rosenthal (1829-1901)

Mother: Augusta Sarah Goldman (1843-1923)

Siblings:

Aaron Rosenthal (1863 -23 Dec 1928, Portland, OR)

Samuel Henry Rosenthal (1865 - 1936)

Benjamin Rosenthal (twin) (1869 - 1916) Joseph Rosenthal (twin) (1869 - ??)

Sources:

Reno Evening Gazette, March 30, 1926

Find-a-Grave.com

Clara Belle McGee Barnett, my mother and granddaughter of Kate Henley, research on Henley, Rosenthal, McGee & Barnett families

Jack McGee, cousin, research on Henley, Rosenthal and McGee histories

Claudia Rose (Wilbur) Myers, second cousin, research on Henley and Rosenthal histories and Rosenthal house in Goldfield

Richard Meredith, second cousin-in-law, research on Henley and Rosenthal histories

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

William James Henley

(11 Nov 1861, Pennsylvania - 12 Jul 1909, Nevada)

William James Henley (sitting, 2nd from left, unknown group)

My Maternal Great Grandfather

Judge William James Henley Biography written in 1904

HON. W. J. HENLEY, who resides in Hawthorne, Esmeralda county, has been prominent in public affairs here, serving formerly as a member of the state legislature and also as county clerk. He is now engaged in the practice of law. He has thoroughly informed himself concerning the principles of jurisprudence, which he applies with accuracy to the points in litigation, so that his work at the bar has been attended with excellent success.

He is one of Pennsylvania's native sons, his birth having occurred in the Keystone state on the 8th of November, 1861. He went with his mother and her children to California in 1866 by way of the isthmus route, his father having previously died in St. Louis, Missouri. The widow and her children settled in Reno, Nevada, in 1877, and there Mr. Henley secured a clerkship in a dry-goods store, at first receiving forty dollars per month, but later was paid a salary of seventy-five dollars per month, having demonstrated his ability in business circles.

In 1886 Mr. Henley arrived in Esmeralda county, where he worked at whatever he could get to do until elected to the position of county clerk in the year 1887. In 1899 he was elected to the state legislature. While serving as county clerk he read law and was admitted to the bar, and since that time he has received his full share of the law practice in this portion of the state. He presents his cases with great fairness and precision and presents his arguments so as to make a strong impression on court or jury. His deductions follow in logical sequence, and he is a cogent, forceful reasoner.

William J. Henley with his wife Henrietta Kate Rosenthal Henley and daughter Clara Belle Henley (McGee)

In 1887 occurred the marriage of Mr. Henley and Miss Katie Rosenthal, a native of California, horn in Mariposa county and a daughter of Davis Rosenthal, who was one of the prominent early settlers of Hawthorne. Six children have been born of this union: Esther, Benjamin, Lloyd, Willie, Dave and Carabella. The family have a good home in Hawthorne, which is a center of a cultured society circle, its hospitality being enjoyed by the leading people of the community.

Mr. Henley is a Democrat in his political views and has made an excellent record as a public official. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias, in which he has served as keeper of the records and seals. His analytical mind and close application to his work have gained him a very desirable reputation as a member of the legal profession, and in the practice of law he is now enjoying a distinctively representative clientage.

Source: A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People By Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Company Published by The Lewis publishing company, 1904

GO TO: Esmeralda County Main Page

Nevada Trails State Page

Genealogy Trials Site

Family Lines:

Wife: Henrietta Kate Rosenthal (May 1867, Hornitos, CA-28 Mar 1926, Reno, NV)

Children:

Benjamin Henley

David (Dave)(Davis) Henley

Esther (Esse) Henley (Miller)

Lloyd Henley

William (Willie) James Henley, Jr. (29 Jun 1894 - 14 Jul 1959)

Clara Belle Henley (McGee) (28 Apr 1898, Hawthorne, NV- 14 Jun 1982, Reno, NV)

Father: Unknown Henley (Ireland - 1866?, St. Louis, MO)

Mother: Mary (Henry?) Henley (Ireland - Reno, NV)

Siblings:

Mary Henley Burcel (unknown, Ireland? - unknown, Reno, NV)

Other siblings but lack information- needs research