William Edney II

Summary information

Name	William Edney
Date of birth	13 June 1842
Place of birth	Ferry Port on Craig, Fife, Scotland
Died	-
Place of death	-
Mother	Marion (May) Patterson
Father	John Ednie
Siblings	Janet Ednie Robert Ednie III Archibald Ednie
Spouse	Elizabeth Henderson
Date of marriage	19 July 1863
Place of marriage	-
Children	John Edney II William Ednie IV
Occupation	Stoker

Other information

On John's death record (1866), William is recorded as a steamboat stoker (fireman). One such boat on which he worked (during 1971) was the Esquimax.

It appears that after the birth of their two children, the family lived in Cowgate, Ferry Port on Craig.

In the 1901 census, William (aged 59, ship fireman) is recorded as living at Greenside Place, Ferry Port on Craig, with his wife Elizabeth and his brother Robert.