Person:Helen Rankin (5)

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Helen Jane Rankin
m. 30 Oct 1831
  1. Margaret Shaw Rankin1832 - 1845
  2. Janet Hunter Rankin1836 - 1912
  3. Mary Anne Rankin1838 - 1895
  4. Helen Jane Rankin1840 - 1874
m. 20 Apr 1871
  1. Myra Shaw Macfie Battiscombe1872 - Abt 1953
  2. Helen Frances Battiscombe1873 -
Facts and Events
Name Helen Jane Rankin
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 23 Apr 1840 Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
Marriage 20 Apr 1871 Kensington, London, Englandto William Benjamin Battiscombe
Death[3] 21 Aug 1874 Brighton, Sussex, England

On 1851 census. Helen Jane, youngest daughter of late J. A. Rankin, Irvine, married Major W. B. Battiscombe, late 91st Argyll Highlanders 20apr1871 at Kensington (Pall Mall Gazette, Glasgow Herald). Helen Jane Rankin married William Benjamin Battiscombe 2nd qtr 1871 at Kensington (bmd). Helen Jane Rankin (1841, spinster, Hyde Lodge, Kensington, daughter of John Allan Rankin, banker) married (20apr1871 Kensington) William Benjamin Battiscombe (1831, bachelor, major in Army, late 91 Highlanders, 20 Porchester Sq., son of William Battiscombe, clergyman), witnesses James Graham Edwardes, William Battiscombe, rector of ?Horseburgh, Cambridge, Alice F. Sutherland (record, ancestry.com). Helen Jane Battiscombe died 3rd qtr 1874 at Brighton (bmd). Will of Helen Jane Battiscombe (d. 21aug1874, 55 Regency St.) of 55 Regency Sq., reg. Brighton, wife of William Benjamin Battiscombe, late Major in HM Army; probate 23dec1874 London, under 800 gbp, William Ivory of Inverness advocate and sheriff of Inverness, Alexander Bennett McGrigor of Woodside Terr., Glasgow (National Probate Calendar). In 1871 Ellen Jane Rankin (b. 1840 Scotland) was at Hammersmith with brother in law James G. Edwards (1836 East Indies), 2nd Capt. Royal Artillery (census, K. Sillars).

On 1851 census.Helen Jane, youngest daughter of late J. A. Rankin, Irvine, married Major W. B. Battiscombe, late 91st Argyll Highlanders 20apr1871 at Kensington (Pall Mall Gazette, Glasgow Herald). Helen Jane Rankin married William Benjamin Battiscombe 2nd qtr 1871 at Kensington (bmd). Helen Jane Battiscombe died 3rd qtr 1874 at Brighton (bmd).

References
  1. General Register Office for Scotland. 1841 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).
  2. International Genealogical Index. ( The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 1999-2008).
  3. Birth marriage death index for England and Wales.
  4.   General Register Office for Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).