Would appreciate any help in finding out where Eliza & her daughter Leila died.
What I know so far-
Eliza Ann Clendinning, daughter of Rev. Robert Gillespie & his 1st wife Kate Clendinning Watters, was born 22 Apr.1872 at Mission House, Rajkote, Gujarat, India where her father was a missionary. She married (23 Oct.1897 at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Bombay) to another missionary, Rev. Robert Reynolds Johnson [sometimes mis-written as Johnston]. They travelled between India & Ireland several times but he died in Ahmedabad in March 1917.
Last night I discovered they had a daughter born in Ireland in 1905 (not sure if any other children born in India)-
Birth- Lily Charlotte Gillespie Johnston on 5 Sept.1905 at Portstewart, Co. Londonderry
Marriage- Leila Charlotte Gillespie Johnson on 31 Aug.1935 in London to Guy Brownell Carleton L'Estrange (died 1997 Brighton, England).
1939- daughter born Wales, 1943- daughter born Glasgow.
Leila Johnson's wedding announcement gives clue to mother-
Belfast Newsletter, 3 Sept.1935: L’Estrange-Johnson- On August 31, 1935, at Barnabus’ Church, Kensington, by the Very Rev. the Dean of Armagh, Guy Brownell Carleton L’Estrange, son of the late Rev. Guy W. Carleton L’Estrange, Rector of Killylea, Co. Armagh, to Leila, daughter of the late Rev. Robert R. Johnson, of India, and Mrs. Watters, London. Another write-up gives mother's address as Holland Road in Kensington, London.
Found on Free BMD-
A/J 1919 York dist.: James W. Watters to Eliza A.C.W. Johnson [James Withers Watters to Eliza Ann Clendinning Watters Johnson]. James died 2 July 1921 in London.
Last trace of Eliza (called Lily by the family) are the 1935 marriage announcements for her daughter and last trace of daughter Leila is birth of a daughter in Glasgow in 1943.
