William McKendrick 1809-1897 ships carpenter , but also vintner!
1809. William McKendric is baptised to David McKendric & Amelia Watson in Kinclaven, Perth . This information from William's 1897 dc-then I found the baptism on FS, missing the final K, as the 6/12/1809, Amelia given as Emilia on this. Born 20/11/1809 in Brownmuir, Kinclaven - from chart given to Graham. Map at end of page
1837/8. .William McKendrick, vintner, is in the Perth PO Directory at 80 South Street. Could this be a different William McKendrick?
1840 William MacKendrick carpenter marries Ann Brown 20/6/1840 in West Church Parish, Perth. FS. This marriage from SP gives her father as William Brown, sawyer in Perth
1841C. William McKendrick, 30, ships carpenter j., is living North Side, Cross Street, Perth, with his wife. Very odd his change of profession - could there possibly be another William who was the vintner??. Do not think so as 1851C is him and he is Vintner then
| William McKendrick | 30 | ships carpenter j. . . j would represent journeyman | b. Perthshire |
| Ann | 25 | b. Perthshire |
1841. Son David McKendrick is baptised 26/8/1841, Perth, to William McKendrick & Ann Brown . David must die before 1851C.
1843. Son William Brown McKendrick is baptised, 23/4/1843, Perth, to William McKendrick & Ann Brown . Worth buying this to see if there is a profession for his father?? But we know he was both a ships carpenter & a Vintner ! The owner of the chart Graham was sent has the OPR entry! Seemingly born 11/4/1843
1845/6 & 1848 & 1850/1. .William McKendrick, vintner, is in the Perth PO Directory at 80 South Street
<1848. His wife, Ann Brown, must die.
1848. William McKendrick, carpenter, remarries Janet Gibson, daughter of Alexander Gibson from Auchterarder, 3/11/1848 in Perth .
1851C. William McKendrick, 42 is living at 82 South Street, Perth with son, William Brown McKendrick, & his second wife, Janet Gibson. who he married 1848 after the death of his first wife Ann Brown 1843-1848: no death records so we can never know when exactly . The first born, David, has seemingly also died
| William McKendrick | 42 | Vintner | b. Kinclavan Perth |
| Janet McKendrick | 41 | b.Auchterarder | |
| William McKendrick | 8 | b.Perth |
1852-3 & 1854 William McKendrick is NOT in the Perth PO Directory . Maybe he is travelling as a ships carpenter.
1856-7 & 1858 William McKendrick, carpenter , is in the Perth PO Directory at 82 South Street
1861C.William Mcendrick, 50, ship carpenter is living South Street, Perth, with his second wife & son . Note mispelling.
| William Mcendrick | 50 | Ship Carpenter | b. Stanley Perthshire |
| Janet Mcendrick | 45 | b.Auchterarder Perthshire | |
| William Mcendrick | 17 | Butcher | b.Perth |
Stanley some 5-6 miles SW of Kinclaven!!
1862-3 & 1865. William McKendrick, carpenter, is in the Perth PO Directory at 82 South Street, but does not appear in 1867-8. Likely moved to Dundee 1865-6, presumably for work opportunities?.
1871C. William Mckendrick, 61, carpenter, is living in 4, Horse Wynd, Dundee Forfarshire (Angus) with his second wife, Janet.
| William McKendrick | 61 | Carpenter | b. Ruthven ? Perthshire |
| Janet McKendrick | 60 | b.Auchterarder |
Think his birthplace is a mistake: Kinclaven and Ruthven separated by Perth! In fact, Ruthven seems to = Auchterarder?? William is not found in the 1871-2 PO Directory in Horsewater Wynd
1867-8, 1869-70, 1871-2, 1874-5, 1876-7 1878-9 1880-1 . Cannot find him in the PO Directories for Dundee..
1871-1881. His second wife Janet must die . She actually dies at 103 Nethergate, Dundee on 9/2/1879 - this from Graham's chart- have not purchased her d.c.
1881C William McKendern, 72, widower, ships carpenter, b. Kinclaven Perth, is a boarder in a Lodging House at 30 Nethergate Dundee
1881-2. William Mckendrick, widowed in 1879, returns to Perth from Dundee
1882 William McKendrick, joiner at 1 Kinnoull causeway : this off Atholl Street - entry from Perth PO Directory
1884/5 Not seemingly in the PO Directory
1887. Not seemingly in Leslie's Directory
1891C.William McKendrick, 82, ships carpenter retired, is living at Marshall Place West Perth, with his son and his family
| William McKendrick | 47 | Butcher | b.Perth |
| Jessie McKendrick | 48 | b.Dundee Fofar | |
| William McKendrick | 22 | Butcher | b.Perth |
| Robert McKendrick | 20 | Butcher | b.Perth |
| Annie McKendrick | 17 | Scholar | b.Perth |
| Jane McKendrick | 7 | Scholar | b.Perth |
| William McKendrick | 82 | Retired Ships Carpenter | b.Perth |
| Janet Thompson | 16 | General servant | b.Perth |
1897 . William Mckendrick, 88, ship carpenter, retired, dies 2/1/1897 at 16 Marshall Place Perth from a Compound fracture of the skull. His parents are given as David McKendrick, crofter, and Amelia Watson. Informant was William Mckendrick, grandson, of the same address. Widower of 1. Ann Brown, 2. Janet Gibson.
Probate exists for him. He died intestate, with ~£52. Probate
1899.Leslie's Directory gives a Mrs William McKendrick still living in 16 Marshall Place - this probably his daughter-in-law
Summary of the life of William Mckendrick: 1809-1897
Born, the son of a crofter, baptised 1809 in Kinclaven ~ 15 milles to the north of Perth.
Becomes a ships carpenter probably after moving to Perth . Marries an Ann Brown there, has 2 children and then Ann dies 1843-8 and he remarries 1848, Janet Gibson, from Auchterarder, south of Perth . Maybe changes jobs and becomes a Vintner between 1845 & 1851- yet is a carpenter when he remarries in 1848!!. Living 82 South Street Perth 1856-8, but not registered as living Perth 1852-5!. Back to being a carpenter 1856- 65, still living 82 South Street Perth. Then goes to Dundee, around 1866, still as a carpenter, where his 2nd wife Janet dies in 1879. He is in Dundee both in 1871C & 1881C, but no entry for him in its PO Directories!!Back in Perth by 1882 . Then retires & lives 16 Marshall Place Perth with his only surviving son and his family
Map of Perth showing South Street, Kinnoull Street & Marshall Place
William Brown McKendrick 1843 son
David McKendrick 1770 father