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Record #16498
Name :
: John Robert RANKIN (1891 - 1969)
  aka : Jack Rankin


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 14 Sep 1891 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: Mar 1969
Abode (1) : Place of BirthScotland, Bridgeton, Glasgow

684 Springfield Road
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialUnited States of America, Wayne, Detroit
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 12 Apr 1907
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sicilian

Placement Family
: Palmer
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Quarriers
NotesA birth registration was found for John Robert Rankin: Date: September 14, 1891, 2:05 AM; Place: 684 Springfield Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Parents: George Rankin, Clothlapper (journeyman) and Sarah Cook, married April 5, 1889, Camlachie, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

A death registration was found for George Rankin, 35, Clothlapper (journeyman), married to Sarah Cook: Date: May 9, 1886, 1:20 a.m.; Place: 684 Springfield Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Parents: John Rankin and Sarah Rankin; Cause: Valvular Disease of Heart with Hypertrothy and Pulmonary Congestion.

A death registration was found for Sarah Rankin, widow of George Rankin, Clothlapper: Date: September 11, 1897, 8:10 PM; Place: 18 Windowpane Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire (usual residence 709 Springfield Road); Parents: Robert Cook, baker, and Sarah Paterson (both deceased); cause: Chronic Bronchial Catarrh, 6 months.

In 1907, John Rankin, 15, arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a group of 102 Scottish children from Quarrier's Orphan Homes of Scotland and en route to Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

On April 26, 1915, at Westport, Leeds, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between John Rankin, 23, farmer, born in Glasgow, Scotland, to John Rankin (mother's maiden name Cook); and Jessie Gardner, 22, widow, born in Glasgow, Scotland, to William Kerr and Mary Reid. [EDITORS NOTE: Jessie McKelvie Reid Muir Kerr was the sister of two Quarrier boys, Andrew Reid Kerr and George Douglas Kerr. Jessie, 19, had married William Stark Gardener in Glasgow, Scotland, on April 26, 1912. No death record for William Gardner was found.]

At least 4 children were born of this marriage: Glady Rankin, born July 16, 1916, in Ontario, Canada, died January 7, 2005 in Garden City, Michigan; Isa Mae Rankin, born October 3, 1919, in Ontario, Canada, died August 17, 1982, in Westland, Michigan; John Douglas (Jack) Rankin, born Januaryh 7, 1923, in Ontario, Canada, died September 8, 2008 in Southfield, Michigan; and Christina Kerr Rankin, born August 12, 1925 in Ontario, Canada, died January 30, 1958, in Michigan.

John and Jessie Rankin removed to Michigan (USA) after 1925. 
ContributorsCreated : 2012-07-18 13:55:24 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-07-19 10:14:29 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
7709 RANKIN, Agnes1861ENG,     Jul 1870 : Prussian CAN Maria Rye  
8623 RANKIN, John1909ENG, LAN, Liverpool Jul 1925 : Athenia CAN Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)  
16498 RANKIN, John Robert1891SCT,    , Bridgeton, Glasgow Apr 1907 : Sicilian CAN Quarriers