The Henson Journals

Emma Theodora Wilhelmine Parker Henson [née Münchenberg]

Emma Henson [née Münchenberg, Parker on first marriage] (1841-1924), third wife (m. 1873) of Thomas Henson, Henson's father; beloved stepmother, affectionately nicknamed 'Carissima' by Henson: 'To my stepmother my debt is immeasurable. Not only did she recreate a home, but she brought with her a number of books which had belonged to her first husband. These I devoured, and they gave a lasting direction to my intellectual interest': Retrospect, I, 3.

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See also Henson, Thomas; Henson, Marion Edith; Henson, Emma Ann; Henson, Walter Thomas; Henson, Gilbert Aubrey