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Introduction / Westray Grays / Archibald Gray / Louisa Gray and William Lennie / James Lennie and Isabella Sandison / William Lennie and Eliza Heddle

William Lennie and Eliza Matches

William Lennie was the son of William Lennie and Eliza Heddle, and was born in Kirkwall about 1876. He married Eliza Matches (born about 1868) in Kirkwall in 1896.

They are known to have had at least three children:

  • Rose Annie Matches Lennie, born in 1897
  • Evangeline Lennie, born in 1899. She died in Kirkwall in 1905, at the age of 6 years.
  • Robert Heddle Lennie, born in 1902. He signed the Death registration for his uncle James Lennie in 1943, and for his father in 1952; in both cases, his address was in Kirkwall. A Robert Heddle Lennie married Rhoda Smith in Stromness in 1928, and it seems likely that it was this man.

The following shows the census record for the family in 1901.

1901 - 28 Main St, Kirkwall

Relation Status Age Occupation Born
William Lennie Head Married 24 years Journeyman baker Kirkwall
Lizzie Lennie Wife Married 33 years Deerness
Rose A M Lennie Dau 4 years Kirkwall
Evangeline Lennie Dau 2 years Kirkwall

William died in Kirkwall on 12th December 1952. His Death registration gave his occupation as "Storekeeper (Retired)", and indicated that his wife survived him.


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