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William Eccles

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Mason Hill Farm, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: July 16, 1948 (69)
Holyrood Crescent, Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom) (Cardiovascular degeneration)
Immediate Family:

Son of James Eccles and Cunningham Eccles
Husband of Ellen Batten Eccles and Jane Eccles
Father of James Sloan Eccles and David Crichton Eccles
Brother of Jane Eccles; Robert Eccles; Jane "Jeanie" Sloan; Agnes Eccles and James Eccles

Managed by: Annette Marie Collins
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About William Eccles

In 1891 James and Cuningham are living in Broadwigg Dairyman(? spelling) House in the Parish of Whithorn in Wigtown. Robert their son is unmarried and a dairyman, Jane 18 is a dairymaid, Agnes 16 a domestic servant, James 13 a scholar and William 12 a scholar.

Cuningham Eccles death is recorded in Ayr at the age of 82 years, her son William was present in 1924.

According to his death record William was married twice, firstly to Jane Beveridge who was 6 years his senior and then Ellen Batten Cattran who was 17 years his junior. HIs second wife was in attendance. William was a draper Supervisor (retired).

I have now identified two children from his first marriage to Jane Beveridge, James Sloan Eccles and David Crichton Eccles. (April 2018.)

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William Eccles's Timeline

1879
January 16, 1879
Mason Hill Farm, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1911
January 21, 1911
South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1912
March 11, 1912
Ayr, South Ayrshire, United Kingdom
1948
July 16, 1948
Age 69
Holyrood Crescent, Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom)