Archibald Andrew Rennie

[mjmcara]

Archibald Andrew Rennie b1855 Scotland. 1891 census he is serving with Battalion Armourer Sergeant. Wife Mary b1857 and children are living in Farnborough, Hants.
1901 census has them living in Kent he is now at the Royal Arsenal the children are Margret b1883 Dover, Kent, Georgina b1890 Aldershot, Hants, Maud Violet b1892 Chatham, Kent, Archibald b1894 Malta. In 1912 the son lived 19 Sladedale Road Plumstead.
Sergeant Andrew Rennie in walking out dress 93 Sutherland Highlanders circa 1850-1852 from a contemporary painting. Artist unknown.
Frontline Figures - 93rd (Highland) Regiment
Can anyone help with this family? Are the two sergeants related, does anyone know anything of the families?

[Little Nell]

Sorry, you want to connect Sgt Andrew Rennie with Archibald Andrew Rennie?

I don't know much about Scotland but I think Rennie is a fairly common surname and Andrew even more so as a first name in Scotland.

Judging by the dates, Sgt Andrew could be Archibald's father - but you'd need baptism or birth records to prove connection.

[Little Nell]

The only Archibald Rennie b. 1855 on Scotland 1861 census is with parents William & Catherine G. in Edinburgh
Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 36; Line: 10; Year: 1861

[Little Nell]

This fits with 1861 census family but not sure he's the right chap

ARCHIBALD RENNIE
Birth: 29 APR 1855 Edinburgh Parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Parents: WILLIAM RENNIE & CATHERINE GOWANS
Source Information: Batch No.: C116851

from FamilySearch.org - Family History and Genealogy Records

[mjmcara]

Thank you Little Nell. Do you kow if i can research the military records of these two to see if they are related. Are there any other sources I should look at. This family is proving most diffucult for me.

[KiteRunner]

Do you have Archibald and Mary's marriage certificate? And if so, what details does it give for Archibald's father?

[Little Nell]

Army records might help though I don't know where Scottish records are kept. This is website for the Sutherland Highlanders Regiment;

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - Regimental Museum

[mjmcara]

Kite runner, I dont have the marriage certificate for Andrew and Mary. But I have one for his son Archibald. Says his father was a munitions worker. 1891 census has Andrew serving with his Battalion and he is a Armourer Sergent

[KiteRunner]

Sorry, I'm confused. I mean the couple that you mentioned in your first post - Archibald Andrew born 1855 and Mary born 1857. Surely the next step is to get their marriage certificate, which will tell you the name and occupation of Archibald Andrew's father? If you don't have Mary's maiden name, then you might need the birth certificate of one of their children first.

[mjmcara]

KiteRunner thanks. If you or somone could tell me how to do that i would greatly appreciate.