William Robert Cardno

1916 - 1996  (80 years)

• Name	William Robert Cardno
  Birth	1916	Rattray, Perthshire
  Gender	Male
  Death	1996	Dundee
  Obituary	29 Aug 1996	Dundee   [1]
  Person ID	I4452	All
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	William James Cardno,   b. 15 Aug 1893, Peterhead, Aberdeenshire d. 1969, Lochee, Angus (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Isabella Ross Mitchell,   b. 1893
  Family ID	F1448	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Barbara Cochrane Geddes,   b. 1916   d. 2004 (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	1 Sep 1943	Dundee   [2]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F1449	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 1 Sep 1943 - Dundee Death - 1996 - Dundee Obituary - 29 Aug 1996 - Dundee  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S164] Obituaries, Dundee Courier. 29 August 1996. CARDNO, William. p. 4, col. 4. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 22 December 2025. Mr William Cardno, a former employee of D.C. Thomson & Co Ltd., has died aged 80. Born in Rattray, Mr Cardno moved to Dundee at an early age and was educated at Glebelands and Stobswell schools. On leaving school he worked for a short time in the Eagle Jute Mills before joining D.C. Thomson & Co, Ltd, in the caseroom where he worked for nearly 50 years. During the second world war, Mr Cardno worked as an engine fitter with the RAF and was stationed in Reykjavik, Iceland. In 1943 he married Barbara Geddes of Edinburgh. The couple had two children, Joyce and Alan. Mr Cardno retired in 1981. He was a keen gardener and golfer and enjoyed painting. Mr Cardno is survived by his wife Barbara, his son and daughter and five grandchildren. [S73] Marriage announcements., Dundee Evening Telegraph. 01 September 1943. CARDNO-GEDDES. p. 5, col. 5. https://britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk: accessed 22 December 2025.