Individual record
First name: William
Surname: Kennedy
Maiden name:
Sloinneadh/nickname: Willie Dushan
Date of death: 20/04/61
Place of death: Inverness
Age: 72
Year of death: 1961
Date of burial:
Date of funeral: April 22, 1961
Gravestone inscription: Erected by
Duncan Kennedy
in memory of his beloved wife
Matilda MacLennan
who died 16 Oct 1919
aged 59 years
The above
Duncan Kennedy
died 31 July 1937 aged 89
Their son William
died 20 April 1961 aged 72 years
beloved husband of
Johan Gillies
died 17 Nov 1980 aged 80 years
Home address: Toscaig
Township: Toscaig
Originally from: Toscaig
Date of birth:
Biography: Willie Dushan had a share in the ownership of the fishing boat ‘Clan MacRae’. He had a glass eye – he lost one eye as a child when he was hit in the eye by an arrow as the children played. He was a trained blacksmith (?) and was out in New York for a number of years He was ordered to return to Applecross by his father (Duncan, ‘Dushan’) – something Willie always regretted.
Reference number: 255
Interment number: 340
Graveyard section: 3
Lair number: 20
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