Person:John Rankin (46)

John Allan RANKINE was christened 24jul1803 in Irvine (scotlandspeople). John Allan RANKIN married Mary Anne MACFIE 30oct1831 in Irvine. Mary Anne MACFIE was born 16sep1803 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, daughter of John MACFIE and Margaret SHAW. John may have later married a 2nd wife, Augusta (letter), though apparently the 2nd wife was Kezia MacKenzie (information, K. Sillars). Will of John Allan Rankin (d. 14sep1864 Heathfield Irvine) sometime banker afterwards of 23 Regent Terr., Edinburgh; probate 14nov1864 Edinburgh, Mrs. Kezia Scott Mackenzie or Rankin widow, John Muir late of Hon. E. India Co. civil service, George Harvey historical painter Edinburgh, Thomas Campbell of Annfield Irvine, David Gray town clerk there, John Smith writer there, Alexander Gilmour writer there (National Probate Calendar).

From Matriculation Albums Glasgow University: Johannes Rankin (no. 10089, matriculated 1818) F. N. max. Roberti Scribae in par. de Irvine-Ayr. In 1832 John Allan Rankin, writer in Irvine, was dean of guild; he was son of Robert Rankin, Irvine writer, burgess and guild brother (ayrshirearchives). 1841 census registers John (writer, b. about 1804) and Mary Ann (b. about 1804) Rankin, Kirkgate Head, Irvine, with Margaret Rankin (b. about 1761) and 3 female servants; the relationship to Margaret is unclear. John A. Rankin is recorded as having given coals to the Irvine poor in 1857/8. There is a gravestone of John Allan Rankin in Irvine Old Parish Churchyard. John died abt 1864 at Heathfield, Irvine (K. Sillars). John Allan Rankin married Mary Anne, youngest daughter of late John Macfie, Glasgow, 31oct1831 (Glasgow Herald). John died at Heathfield, Irvine, 14sep1864 (Caledonian Mercury). John was an elder in the Free Church, Irvine (Caledonian Mercury, apr1858, apr1863); on the later date he was a banker in Edinburgh. When his daughter married in 1871 his addresses were given as Heathfield and 23 Regent Terr., Edinburgh (Glasgow Herald). Information from “The Muir Book, for the descendants of Sir William Muir, KCSI, and Elizabeth Huntly Wemyss” by Maj Gen G.F.L. Marshall (1930, Dwelly, England), Rankin information from Robert Reid, Hill Cottage, Irvine. Book sent by K. Sillars.

Census: Piece: SCT1841/595 Place: Irvine -Ayrshire Enumeration District: 1Civil Parish: Irvine Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Irvine Folio: 1 Page: 30Address: Kirkgate Head. In 1851 John A. Rankin (b. 1804 Irvine), Justice of peace and banker, lived at Heathfield, Irvine with his children Janet, Maryann and Helen (census).

John Allan Rankin was notified about GWR shares concerning late John Ferguson, Irvine, 1856. GWR shares of late John Allan Rankin of Heathfield (d. ?14sep1864) passed to Mrs. Kezia Scott Mackenzie or Rankin, relict, and John Muir, John Harvey, Thomas Campbell, David Gray, John Smith, Alexander Gilmour (findmypast). The certificate of death of Keziah Scott Crombie, wife of Major Alexander Crombie, late of 61 Belgrave Rd., London, was verified by William Christie, 20feb1880, of Gilmour and Christie, W.B., Irvine; this affected GWR shares of David Gray, town clerk, late of Irvine, John Muir (Edinburgh), Alexander Gilmour (Irvine writer), John Paterson (Irvine banker), Alexander Bennett McGrigor (Glasgow writer) (findmypast). Gilmour and Paterson were sons in law of Anne Rankine (1795 Sorn-1860 Irvine), who was John's cousin. It seems that John Allan Rankin had a connection with Alexander Bennett McGrigor (1827-91).

John Allan RANKINE was christened 24jul1803 in Irvine (scotlandspeople). John Allan RANKIN married Mary Anne MACFIE 30oct1831 in Irvine. Mary Anne MACFIE was born 16sep1803 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, daughter of John MACFIE and Margaret SHAW. John may have later married a 2nd wife (letter). 1841 census registers John (writer, b. about 1804) and Mary Ann (b. about 1804) Rankin, Kirkgate Head, Irvine, with Margaret Rankin (b. about 1761) and 3 female servants; the relationship to Margaret is unclear. John A. Rankin is recorded as having given coals to the Irvine poor in 1857/8. There is a gravestone of John Allan Rankin in Irvine Old Parish Churchyard. Census: Piece: SCT1841/595 Place: Irvine -Ayrshire Enumeration District: 1Civil Parish: Irvine Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Irvine Folio: 1 Page: 30Address: Kirkgate Head. In 1851 John A. Rankin (b. 1804 Irvine), Justice of peace and banker, lived at Heathfield, Irvine with his children Janet Maryann and Helen (census).

1. ↑ Old Parish Registers.
2. ↑ Family letters.
3.   General Register Office for Scotland. 1841 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).