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James, Eliza and William Lennie
James Lennie was born in South Leith in 1816 or
1817.
The family living together at the time of the
1851 census comprised:
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James Lennie |
Master Optician |
Aged 34 |
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Eliza Lennie |
Wife |
Aged 33 |
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William |
Son, Apprentice
Optician |
Aged 13 |
Thank you to Norman Price, Nottingham, England for telling me more
family details (below).
Norman wrote:
"James Lennie and Eliza are the parents of
William Brown Lennie, my great great grandfather. His daughter,
Violet Ade Lennie is my great grandmother. She married Fred
Percy Jackson. William Lennie moved to Liverpool."
Norman Price, Nottingham, England: Message in
EdinPhoto GuestBook: November 21, 2007 |
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John, James and Joseph Lennie
James Lennie died in 1854.
Around 1872, Eliza Lennie married optician James
Taylor from Haywood, England. There were three stepsons:
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John
Lennie |
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James Lennie |
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Joseph Lennie |
John Lennie and probably at least one of
his brothers had connections with the business. The
business traded as J
& J Lennie in the early 1900s. |
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E J Lennie / Jack Lennie
E J Lennie gave lectures on photographic
filters to Edinburgh Photographic Society in 1938 and 1948.
Jack Lennie headed the
firm in 1959, the year that the company closed the photographic side of
its business.
Thank you to Paul R
Lennie for sending me the following message:
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E J Lennie / Jack Lennie
"I think you will find that EJ Lennie and Jack
Lennie were one and the same; he was my father.
He did close the business in 1959 and move to Rome,
with his second wife, my mother, and died there in 1969."
Paul R Lennie: February 16, 2006 |
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