The Proeger Family · Generation 6 — earliest known

Caroline Kent Gilfillan

Probable mother of Henry Henderson · born 1836

Caroline Kent Gilfillan

Probable

Probable mother of Henry Henderson · born 1836

Sources
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Research status

Research status: PROBABLE as the mother of Henry Henderson; her own birth and her father are Confirmed. Evidence: Henry’s 1887 marriage card and his death card name his parents as William J. Henderson and Carrie K. (Gilfillan) S357S361, and the 1880 census of Ryegate enters him as the son of William J. and Caroline K., 43 S1087. A Caroline Kent Gilfillan was born at Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont, on 3 September 1836, daughter of Moses Gilfillan, and is Carolin K., 13, in his household at Barnet in 1850 S1657. Added to the family tree on 10 October 2026

Evidence: Henry Henderson’s marriage and death cards name his mother as Carrie K. Gilfillan (S357, S361) and the 1880 census has Caroline K., 43, as his mother (S1087); a Caroline Kent Gilfillan was born at Barnet, Vermont, on 3 September 1836 to Moses Gilfillan (S1657). Weak or missing: No record read states that the Barnet-born Caroline is Henry’s mother; it rests on name, age and neighbouring towns. The birth record and 1850 census were read from the index only, and they disagree on her mother’s name (Hannah or Susanna). Not yet confirmed. Know more? Confirm or correct this →

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What is weak or missing: that the Barnet-born Caroline Kent Gilfillan is the Carrie K. Gilfillan of Henry’s records rests on her name, her age and the neighbouring towns; no record read states it. The birth record and the 1850 census were read from the index, not the images. Her birth record names her mother as Hannah, but the 1850 household has a Susanna, 42, instead; Hannah T. Gilfillan, who died at Barnet in 1844, is now entered as her probable mother, and Susanna is taken to be a second wife. Her marriage to William J. Henderson and her death have not been read, and no death is entered. Her marriage record, or a death record naming her parents, would settle it. Know more? Use “Add to this record”.

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Caroline Kent Gilfillan · Sources

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Sources cited on this card

4 of the record's sources are cited here. The numbering is the record's own; the full list, with where else each is cited, is at Sources.

  1. S357Vermont marriage card (groom) — Henry W. Henderson and Artie H. Morrison, Ryegate, Vermont, 1 January 1887. Ancestry record 925750. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Henry W. Henderson, 22, farmer, born Ryegate, son of William J. Henderson and Carrie K. (Gilfillan), married Artie H. Morrison; C. H. Farnsworth, clergyman; Alex Cochran, town clerk. The first image of the marriage and of Henry's parents. His age, 22 on 1 January 1887, fits a birth of 12 June 1864.
  2. S361Vermont death card — Henry William Henderson, Ryegate, 30 March 1949. Ancestry record 124148. Image examined, read 24 September 2026. Confirmed Henry William Henderson, retired farmer of Pleasant St., South Ryegate, widowed, died 30 March 1949 aged 84 years 9 months 19 days; born Ryegate 12 June; father William J. Henderson, born Ryegate; mother Carolyn Gillfillan, born Barnet; informant Winona M. Sulham. The card writes the birth year as 1865, but its own age line and every census give 1864.
  3. S10871880 United States Federal Census — Ryegate, Caledonia County, Vermont, page 16, dwelling 144, family 154. Ancestry record 22412397. Image examined in the Stage 2 reading, 1 October 2026. Confirmed Enumerated 15–16 June 1880: William J. Henderson, 51, farmer; Caroline K., 43, wife; Virginia J., 24, daughter; Henry W., 15, son, at school; all born Vermont. Henry W. Henderson of Ryegate married Artie Morrison there on 1 January 1887 (S357). It is the first census read for this page that states the relationship; the 1870 census [S963] states none. His marriage card [S357] and death card [S361] already name the same parents.
  4. S1657Birth of Caroline Kent Gilfillan, Barnet, Vermont, 1836, and the 1850 census of Barnet. Vermont, Vital Records, 1720–1908, and 1850 U.S. census, Barnet, Caledonia County, Vermont, dwelling 1281. Ancestry, read from the index entry on 2 October 2026; the image has not been opened. Birth: Caroline Kent Gilfillan, born 3 September 1836 at Barnet; father Moses Gilfillan, mother Hannah Gilfillan. 1850: Carolin K. Gilfillan, 13, in the household of Moses Gilfillan, 47, with Susanna Gilfillan, 42, and seven others. The mother’s name differs between the two records and is not settled.

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