William Wyllie Hendrie (1831 - 1879) This potential candidate for the father of WIlliam Bruce Hendrie is William Wylie Hendrie who was born 8 Jul 1831 in St. Quivox, Ayr. His father was a farmer, Andrew Hendrie, and his mother Jane Bruce. He was the youngest of at least twelve children and worked as a nurseryman and seedsman until his death of catarrhal pneumonia in 1879. Apart from the links to someone named Bruce this William Wyllie Hendrie has the wrong profession to be William Bruce Hendrie’s father and remained unmarried throughout his life. 1841 Census - St Quivox Andrew Hendrie Male 55 1786 Ayrshire, Scotland Jane Hendrie Female 50 1791 Ayrshire, Scotland George Hendrie Male 25 1816 Ayrshire, Scotland Eliza Hendrie Female 15 1826 Ayrshire, Scotland Bryce Hendrie Male 15 1826 Ayrshire, Scotland Sarah Hendrie Female 14 1827 Ayrshire, Scotland William Hendrie Male 10 1831 Ayrshire, Scotland Margaret Silfer Female 20 1821 Ayrshire, Scotland Janet Meikle Female 15 1826 Ayrshire, Scotland 1851 Census - 6 Monteith Row, St James, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Robert Young Head Married Male 38 1813 Iron Merchant Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Margaret Young Wife - Female 28 1823 - St Quivox, Ayrshire, Scotland William Young Son - Male 9 1842 Scholar Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Margaret Young Daughter - Female 3 1848 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Agnes Young Daughter - Female 1 1850 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland William Hendrie Brother-In-Law Unmarried Male 20 1831 Accountant St Quivox, Ayrshire, Scotland Eliza Wilson Servant Unmarried Female 24 1827 House Servant Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland Rose Cryan Servant Unmarried Female 22 1829 Nursery Maid Ireland 1861 Census - Waterloo Cottage, Dalmellington Road, Ayr Thomas Imrie Head Married Male 44 1817 Nursery & seedsman Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Eliza B H Imrie Wife Married Female 36 1825 - Ayrshire, Scotland Jeanie B Imrie Daughter - Female 11 1850 Scholar Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Thomas Imrie Son - Male 9 1852 Scholar Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Charles W Imrie Son - Male 7 1854 Scholar Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Andrew H Imrie Son - Male 5 1856 - Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Jane B Hendry Mother-in-law Widow Female 75 1786 Farmers widow Midlothian, Scotland William W Hendry Brother-in-law Unmarried Male 30 1831 Nursing & seedsman St Quivox, Ayrshire, Scotland Elizabeth Vass Servant Unmarried Female 23 1838 Domestic servant Newton, Ayrshire, Scotland 1871 Census - Bourtree Park, Ayr Eliza B Imrie Head Widow Female 46 1825 - St Quivox, Ayrshire, Scotland Jeanie B Imrie Daughter Unmarried Female 21 1850 - Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Thomas Imrie Son Unmarried Male 19 1852 Nursery man Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Andrew H Imrie Son Unmarried Male 15 1856 Seeds man Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland William W Hendrie Brother Unmarried Male 40 1831 Nursery & seeds man St Quivox, Ayrshire, Scotland John Hendrie Nephew - Male 1 2 1859 Scholar Ayrshire, Scotland Sarah Neil Servant Unmarried Female 20 1851 Serv (domestice) Dailly, Ayrshire, Scotland