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Marjorie (May) Lennie and William Rendall

Marjorie Lennie c. 2^nd March 1815 was the fifth of the six known children of William Lennie and Louisa Gray.

She married William Rendall (c. 31^st March 1816), the son of William Rendall, Longhouse and his first wife Margaret Work, on 2^nd November 1839.

May and William were to have seven children:

• William Rendall b. 2^nd November 1839 who married his cousin Margaret Rendall

• Louisa Rendall b. 6^th May 1843 who married Henry Drever

• Margaret Rendall b. 12^th January 1846 who married William Thomson and subsequently William Sandison

• Jane Rendall b. 30^th November 1849 who married Andrew Lawrence

• James Rendall b. 26^th October 1851 who married Isabella Tulloch Scollay

• John Rendall b. 20^th February 1855 who married Janet Paterson

• George Rendall b. 1^st November 1858 who married Robina Inkster Scollay (b. 16^th January 1860) from Cubigeo on 11^th April 1880. Robina was the daughter of William Scollay and Ann Inkster. It is thought that they left Westray.

By 1851, William was a farm servant at Skaill, with his family. Marjorie's younger sister Isabella Lennie was there as well with her husband John Swannie who was also a farm servant.

In addition, Marjorie and Isabella's mother Louisa Gray was at Skaill at this time.

William and May had moved to nearby Peatwall by 1855, which they farmed. Their last two children were born there. Five of the seven children were at Peatwall in 1861, the two oldest being away. Their daughter Louisa Rendall had married by 1871 and formed a separate household at Peatwall with her husband Henry Drever.

The acreage at Peatwall seems to vary according to the census. William is shown as a farmer of 15 acres in 1861, 9 acres in 1871 and 10 acres in 1881.

William Rendall died at Peatwall on 7^th May 1890 at the age of seventy four. May Lennie died there a year later on 24^th May 1891 at the age of seventy six.