James Alexander Heddle^[1]

1856 - 1876  (20 years)

• Name	James Alexander Heddle  [2]
  Birth	21 Jul 1856  [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Sep 1876	Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland   [2]
  Person ID	I3821	Heddle fam tree
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2008

  
  

  Father	Robert Heddle,   b. 4 Oct 1826, Melsetter, Orkney, Scotland d. 28 Aug 1860, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland (Age 33 years)
  Mother	Jane Duguid   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	11 Sep 1855  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F577	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joan Heddle's research indicates that he went to Singapore to work for Eastern Extension Telegraph and died there. The date of death, 25 Sep 1876, coincides with the book History of the Mackenzies.

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Joan Heddle, History - Joan Heddle research on John Heddle, Writer at Kirkwall, (Unpublished. Transcribed by Pat Morton. Full text available online here: http://x.heddle.com/FamilyOfHeddleOfCletts.htm). [S262] Alexander Mackenzie, Book - History of the Mackenzies, (Found online at: http://www.fullbooks.com/History-Of-The-Mackenzies.html Found online at Google books: http://books.google.com/books?id=QScfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA498&lpg=PA498&dq=heddle+%22alexander+mackenzie%22&source=web&ots=tbsR9XvFSv&sig=meUgcdoYWPDuCt0CxU52lALqDZM&hl=en#PPR3,M1 First edition published 1879, second edition published 1894.). [S700] Donald Whyte, Book - A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada", (Published 1986 by the Ontario Genealogical Society.), Page 135 (Reliability: 3).