Gregory Ford Henderson

Greg Henderson was born on July 29, 1953 in Carmel, California. He is married and has four children, Ryan, Christopher, Sean, and Leah.

Important Facts

July 29, 1953	Born in Carmel, California on July 29, 1953, Gregory Ford Henderson is the second of five children of Alexander D. Henderson III and Patricia Ford. His birth was announced in the Monterey Peninsula Herald. Source: Peninsula Community Hospital records.	Greg - 1 year
	Greg was born premature at the Peninsula Community Hospital in Carmel, California at 8:22 P.M.
July 5, 1957	Greg's parents moved the family from California to Florida. At first, they lived at Greg's Grandfather's Avon by the Sea apartments in Pompano Beach, Florida. The apartments were across the street from the Hillsboro Country Day School which the children attended.
1958	Family moved into a new house at 3532 N.E. 31st Avenue, Pompano Beach, Florida. The house was a single-story concrete block house on the Intercoastal and had a boat dock.	Greg's brothers
1958	Went to my grandfather's school called the Hillsboro Country Day School in Hillsboro, Florida.	Greg's brothers
June 2, 1963	At age 10, a Bible was presented to Greg from the First Presbyterian Church in Pompano Beach, Florida.	Greg and Dawson
	The family moved to a home located in a gated community called Sea Ranch Lakes, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, with a private police force and a private beach club.
	The family took summer vacations at Pine Orchard, Connecticut and Jamaica.
1964-1965	Went to Camp Arrowhead in Tuxedo, North Carolina.
	Attended Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (7th grade).	Family Photo (Click on picture)
1986	Went to Camp Highlander in Highlands, North Carolina.
1967-1968	Attended the Meadowbrook Manor Riding Farm in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
June 16, 1968	Attended a horse riding camp called JO-AN Farms in Milan, Missouri.
1969	Moved back to California and started high school at Robert Louis Stevenson School in Pebble Beach.	Scott, Alex, Dave, Greg, Dawson Aspen, Colorado
1972	Graduated from RLS and started college at Menlo College in Menlo Park, California.
1974	Graduated from Menlo College with an AA degree.
1974-1975	Attended the University of Pacific (UOP) in Stockton, California.
December 29, 1974	Went to Taipei, Taiwan on a UOP month-long sponsored trip to study the culture of Taiwan.
1975-1980	Was a member of the Church of Scientology.	Greg with Turtoise Shell Galapagos Islands
February 3, 1976	Visited South America - Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. For about a week we sailed in a small boat around the Galapagos Islands.
	The family took summer trips to Aspen to see our father and Donna We would go camping to beautiful places like the Maroon Bells and Flying Pan Lake. One summer in Colorado, the family took llamas over the Continental Divide. The llamas were great at high altitudes. Because of the rainy conditions our guides convinced us to turn back. Some of us still felt we could of made it.
1976	Bought the New York West Deli restaurant in Stockton, California. Became part-owner in a Bakery, Health Food Store, and Cafe.
December 30, 1978	Flew to Hethrow on Dec. 27, 1978 and married Susan Patricia Grant in Bromley, England on December 30th. The wedding was a civil wedding with a reception at the John Grant's home in Bromley. John Grant was an Member of Parliament.
December 21, 1979	Visited Sue's family family in 1979. On October 16, 1981, traveled to Dover, England and took a ferry to Paris, France.
1980	Sold the restaurant in Stockton and moved to Sausalito, California. I went back to school at SF State University. My major was Buisness with Information Systems.
1984	Divorced Sue Grant in Sausalito, California.
1984	Graduated from San Francisco State University with a BS degree in Business and Information Systems.
1984 - 1986	Greg's first job out of college was as a COBAL programmer for Lockheed Missiles & Space (now called Lockheed Martin Corporation) in Sunnyvale, California.
1987 - 1993	Greg worked as a Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer for Apple Computer.
December 30, 1989	Married Louise Zellie Gloor at her parents home in Mariposa, California.
May 27, 1990	Ryan Alexander Henderson was born at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara, California.	Greg's family picture.
1991	Greg and Louise bought a 3-bedroom 2-bath home in Campbell, California.
February 18, 1992	Christopher Ford Henderson was born at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara, California.
1993 - 2003	Greg left Apple to become a QA Manager for Computer Curriculum Corporation. CCC was a leader in educational software and is now part of Pearson Education.
March 12, 1994	Sean Murray Henderson was born at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara, California.
Sept. 19, 1996	Leah Louise Henderson was born at Kaiser Permanente in Santa Clara, California.
2003 - 2006	Greg left CCC and worked as a Test Lead Engineer at Kaplan Inc. in Oakland, California. Kaplan is a leader in K12 educational software.
2006 - 2007	Greg worked as a Senior Test Engineer at AlphaSmart in Los Gatos, California. AlphaSmart is now a Renaissance Learning Company, which is the leading provider of computerized assessment and progress-monitoring tools for pre-K-12 schools and districts.
2007 - 2011	Greg became a QA Manager at YouSendIt, Inc., now called Hightail, which is a global leader in digital content delivery. YouSendIt empowers people to send, receive and track digital files on-demand.
2012 - 2018	Greg is worked at Quisk, Inc. as a Senoir QA Manager in Sunnyvale, California. Quisk was a global mobile payments technology company and a leading provider of mobile marketing and payments solutions for banks, financial institutions and merchants.
2018 - Present	Greg is now a historian, author, and genealogist specializing in the early history of Carmel-by-the-Sea and Monterey County. He has published multiple books and articles on the region’s founding families, artists, and photographers, including an in-depth study of Lewis Josselyn.

Greg's brothers