Mark Norman Rennie

Mark was the son of Thomas Edward Rennie and Elizabeth Ellen Rennie nee Monkhouse.His father was born in Leeds in 1854 (O/N/D Leeds) and his mother was born in York on 26 February 1855 (bap. 18 October 1869, York, at the age of 14). They were married in 1874 (O/N/D Hull) and at the time of the 1911 Census had had eight children of whom only seven survived. Seven children were recorded on the census between 1881 and 1911: John Francis b. York 1875 (J/F/M York), Dorothy Elizabeth b. Sheffield 12 May 1876 (A/M/J Eccleshall Bierlow), Emilie Robinson Sarah b. Sheffield 1879 (O/N/D Ecclesall Bierlow), Gilbert Edward Monkhouse b. Sheffield 25 January 1883 (J/F/M Ecclesall Beirlow), Thomas Cedric b. Sheffield 1885 (bap. 6 Sep 1885 Highfield near Sheffield), Mark Norman b. Sheffield 19 October 1887 and Jessie Margaret b. Whitby 30 August 1892 (J/A/S Whitby).In 1881 Thomas (26) a hosier and Elizabeth (26) were living at 109 Carr Road, Nether Hallam, Sheffield, with their three children, John (6), Dorothy (4) and Emilie (1).By 1891 the family was living at Nos. 2&3 West Pier, Whitby, Yorkshire. Thomas was not in the house on the night of the census but Elizabeth (36), who was described as a lodging house keeper, was in the home with their six children John (16), Dorothy (14), Emiiie (11), Gilbert (8), Thomas (5) and Mark (3). Also in the household were two lodgers, Joseph and Mary Ann Turner.The family had moved to Khyber House, Whitby, by 1901. Thomas (46) was described on the census as a draper/shop keeper on his own account. Also in the household on the night of the census were Elizabeth (46) who was a boarding house keeper, and four of their seven children, John (26) an artist/painter/sculptor, Emilie (21), Mark (13) and the youngest child, Jessie (8). By 1911 Thomas and Elizabeth had moved to 7 Woodfield Avenue, Mexborough. Thomas was now working as an insurance agent. Only their youngest daughter, Jessie (18), was living at home although on the night of the census their son-in-law William Smith and their grandson Edward Rennie Smith (10m) were staying in the house.Mark married Dorothy Southwick in 1914 (O/N/D Sulcoates Yorkshire East Riding) and they had one child, Jessie D Rennie, who was born in 1916 (J/A/S Beverley Yorkshire East Riding). The family was living at 5 Highgate, Beverley, at the time of Mark's death in 1917 and this was also the address given on the CWGC record which was compiled some years later. All four brothers joined the RNR on the outbreak of war and each served in the rank of lieutenant. Thomas died of pneumonia in 1919 while still serving but Gilbert and John survived the war. Gilbert's name was included on a roll of honour in All Saints church, Rampton, which recorded those who served and survived as well as those who were casualties of the war.Mark's parents were living at The Firs, Rampton, Nottinghamshire, at the time of his death. His mother died on 29 January 1936; she was then living at Cardrona, Station Street, Swinton, Rotherham, Yorkshire.Of Mark's surviving siblings:John Francis died in 1922 (J/A/S Bideford Devon) aged 47,Dorothy Elizabeth married James Arthur R Lee in 1896 (J/F/M Whitby). At the time of the 1901 Census Dorothy (24) and James (30), a pharmaceutical chemist, and their first child, Richard (3) were living in Mexborough in the home of James' parents. By 1911 Dorothy and James (40), now a medical practitioner, were living at 152 Doncaster Road, Mexborough. They had had six children of whom five survived: Richard Thomas (13), Ellen Laura (8), Dorothy Sarah (7), Agnes Mary (4) and Arthur Rennie (2). Dorothy probably died at the age of 92 in 1969 (A/M/J Peterborough)Emilie Robinson Sarah married William Thomas Smith in 1907 (O/N/D Doncaster). On the night of the 1911 Census William (40) a book keeper for a tool makers, and their son Edward Rennie Smith (10 months) were recorded as visitors in her parents' home at 7 Woodfield Avenue, Mexborough.Gilbert Edward married Hilda Mary (b. Italy 22 January 1880 of British parentage) and in 1911 they were boarders in the household of Ellen Robinson at 18 Cottingham Road, Sculcoates. Gilbert was a First Mate, Mercantile Marine. At the time of the 1939 England and Wales Register, Gilbert, master (Mercantile Marine), and Hilda were living at Cardrona, Station Street, Swinton, Yorkshire. Also in the household were Gilbert's married sister Jessie Myles and her husband and Joan AE Rennie (b. 31 December 1911) a shorthand typist for a petroleum company. Hilda Mary died in 1958 (A/M/J Swansea Glamorgan) and Gilbert in1968 (J/A/S Swansea) aged 85.Thomas Cedric married Ida Mary Guest in 1918 (A/M/J Doncaster). Thomas died of pneumonia at the Royal Naval Hospital Granton (Leith Naval Barracks) on 13 February 1919 while serving in HMS Passing. He was buried in Edinburgh (Seafield) cemetery on 15 February 1919. The probate record gave his home address as Rampton, Nottinghamshire; administration was awarded to his father, Thomas Edward Rennie, 'a retired draper'. Jessie Margaret married William Alexander Tate Merton Myles (b. 5 May 1895), a dental practitioner, and in 1939 they were living at Cardrona, Station Street, Swinton, Yorkshire. Also at the same address were her brother, Gilbert and his wife Hilda. William died in 1954 (O/N/D Sheffield). Jessie died on 1 September 1985; the probate record gave her address as Wentworth Grange Nursing Home, Riding Mill, Northumberland.