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William Rendall and Margaret Rendall

William Rendall b. 2^nd November 1839 was the oldest son of William Rendall and Marjory Lennie.

Margaret Lennie Rendall (b. 4^th April 1840) on 31^st January 1862. She was the fifth of the eight children born to William's aunt Margaret Lennie and her husband John Rendall.

William, like countless others including Margaret's father before him, was a farm servant at Skaill.

William and Margaret had four children:

William Rendall b. 16^th March 1862 who married Jane Sandison

Jemima Rendall b. 24^th November 1864 who married Thomas Harcus

John Rendall b. 10^th September 1866 who married Janet Swannie

George McDonald Rendall b. 14^th July 1873 who married Georgina Hutchison

The family were at Peatwall forming a household alongside Margaret's parents by 1881, Margaret's sister Louisa Rendall and her husband Henry Drever who had been there in 1871 now being in Pierowall.

1881 - Peatwall, Westray

	Relation	Status	Age	Occupation	Born
William Rendall	Head	Married	40 years	Agricultural Worker	Westray
Margaret Rendall	Wife	Married	40 years		Westray
John Rendall	Son		14 years	Farm Servant - Unemployed	Westray
George McDonald Rendall	Son		7 years	Scholar	Westray
Jemima Rendall	Daughter		16 years	General Servant - Unemployed	Westray

William Rendall died at Peatwall on 9^th December 1911 at the age of seventy two. Margaret Rendall died there the following year on 25^th November 1912. She was also seventy two.