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Betsy Jane Thomson and James Rendall

Betsy Jean Thomson (b. 18^th January 1876) was the oldest child of John Thomson and Jessie Tulloch. She married James Rendall (b. 10^th April 1872) from Tirlot in 1895. He was a son of farmer John Rendall and Mary Bain.

They had three children born at Tirlot:

• Jessie Rendall b. 26^th October 1895 who married Andrew Wishart (b. 1897) in 1917 and had family.

• Mary Rendall b. 11^th February 1900 who married Samuel Drever (b. 1896) in 1921. Samuel was the son of James Drever and Mary Dunnet. Samuel and Mary lived at Tirlot and had family.

• John Rendall b. 12^th March 1901 and died on 17^th December 1956.

The family were there at the time of the 1901 census and continued to live there.

The family gravestone records the death of a stillborn grandchild.

James Rendall died at Tirlot in 1931. Betsy was to live another twenty four years, dying in 1955 at the age of seventy nine.