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Personal data Alexander Mortimer Rankin 

Sources 1, 2

Household of Alexander Mortimer Rankin

He is married to Isabella Brown Murdoch.

They got married on February 18, 1921 at Gladstone Cottage, Windygates, Fife, Scotland, he was 17 years old.Source 4


Child(ren):

  1. Alexander Rankin  ± 1923-1944
  2. Mary Walker Rankin  1921-2003

Event (Witness at Marriage) on February 18, 1921 in Gladstone Cottage, Windygates, Fife, Scotland : Jessie Rankin, Alexander Duncan.Source 4


Notes about Alexander Mortimer Rankin

1. Extract of Death Certificate ordered from Scotlands People, from General Register Office of Scotland, New Register House, Edinburgh.

2. 1950 KINNEAR, WILLIAM, RANKIN, MARY WALKER 447/2 10 Windygates

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Alexander Mortimer Rankin

John Harvey
1851-1933
Mary Kerr Rankin
± 1850-1934
Alexander Mortimer
1834-1920
Isabella Pride
1833-1918

Alexander Mortimer Rankin
1903-1989

1921

Isabella Brown Murdoch
1901-1978

Alexander Rankin
± 1923-1944
Mary Walker Rankin
1921-2003

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    1. Fife, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1914-1966, Ancestry.com, 1964 Record for Alexander Rankin and Isabella Rankin Electoral List West Fife 1964 Fife Collections Centre; Fife, Scotland; Fife Electoral Registers; Reference: Fc/As/1/106
      Record for Alexander Rankin and Isabella Rankin
      Name: Alexander Rankin
      Name: Isabella Rankin
      Residence Date: 1964
      Street Address: 79 Henderson, Park, Windygates
      Residence Place: Fife, Scotland
      / Ancestry.com
    2. 1911 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1911 RANKIN, ALEXANDER (Census 434/ 4/ 8) Parish: Kennoway 1911 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1911 census was taken on Sunday 2 April under provisions in the Census (Great Britain) Act 1910. The records were released on 5 April 2011 following the end of their 100 year closure period. There were new questions relating to fertility of marriage: on duration of marriage; the number of living children born to each marriage; and the number alive at the time of the census. There were changes to several others: categories for people with disabilities were revised and the introductory section to the third report on the 1911 census refers to the intended use of the terms as: lunatic - in cases where the infirmity had been acquired during life imbecile - in extreme cases where the infirmity had existed from birth or an early age feeble-minded - in milder cases where the infirmity had existed from birth or an early age.
      1911 RANKIN, ALEXANDER (Census 434/ 4/ 8)
      Parish of Kennoway
      Denhead.
      Alexander Rankin 41 Head Coal Miner Brusher Galston, Ayrshire
      Jessie Rankin 41 Wife Wemyss, Fife
      David Rankin 15 Son Kennoway, Fife Coal Miner Hanger
      Jessie Rankin 14 Daughter Kennoway, Fife
      Maggie Rankin 11 Daughter Kennoway, Fife
      Nettie Rankin 9 Daughter Kennoway, Fife
      Alexander Rankin 7 Son Kennoway, Fife
      John Rankin 6 Months Son Kennoway, Fife
    3. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1903 RANKIN, ALEXANDER MORTIMER (Statutory registers Births 434/ 29)
      1903 RANKIN, ALEXANDER MORTIMER (Statutory registers Births 434/ 29)
      Births in the Parish of Kennoway in the County of Fife 1903.Alexander Mortimer Rankin
      1903 July Seventeenth
      11h. 30m. A.M. Old Street, Kennoway M.
      Parents: Alexander Rankin Coal Miner
      Jessie Rankin M.S. Mortimer
      m. 1892 December 27th Methil Fife
      Inf: Alexander Rankin, Father
      Registered 1903 August 11th
      Kennoway
      James R Lessels
      Registrar
    4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1921 RANKINE, ALEXANDER MORTIMER, ISABELLA BROWN MURDOCH (Statutory registers Marriages 447/2 3)
      1921 RANKINE, ALEXANDER MORTIMER, ISABELLA BROWN MURDOCH (Statutory registers Marriages 447/2 3)
      Marriages in the District of Windygates in the County of Fife 1921.
      1921 Eighteenth February
      Gladstone Cottage, Windygates
      After Banns according to the Forms of the United Free Church of Scotland.
      (Signed)
      Alexander Mortimer Rankine
      Coal Miner (Bachelor)
      Age 17 New Road, Kennoway
      Parents: Alexander Rankine
      Colliery Fireman
      Jessie Balfour Rankin
      M.S. Mortimer
      (Signed)
      Isabella Brown Murdoch
      Distillery Yeast Worker (Spinster)
      Age 20 Gladstone Cottage, Windygates
      Parents: Benjamin Murdoch
      Distillery Miller (deceased)
      Catherine Murdoch
      M.S. Morrison
      (Signed)
      David Forbes
      Minister of United Free Church, Windygates
      (Signed)
      Jessie Rankin, Witness, Alexander Duncan, Witness
      Registered
      1921 February 21st
      Windygates
      RN Anderson
      Registrar
    5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1989 RANKIN, ALEXANDER MORTIMER, 85, MORTIMER, (Statutory Registers of Deaths 419/ 51) Extract of Death Certificate ordered from Scotlands People, from General Register Office of Scotland, New Register House, Edinburgh Official copy 22 April 2010 Colin Harrower
      1989 RANKIN, ALEXANDER MORTIMER, 85, MORTIMER, (Statutory Registers of Deaths 419/ 51)
      Registered in th District of Kennoway 1989.
      Rankin, Alexander Mortimer M.
      Power House Worker (Retired)
      Widower
      DOB: 1903, July 17. 85 Years
      Name of Spouse: Isabella Brown Murdoch
      When and Where died: 1989 May Twenty Third 0700 hours
      Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
      Us. Res: 26 Henderson Park, Windygates
      Father: Alexander Rankin, Coal Miner (deceased)
      Jessie Rankin M.S. Mortimer
      (deceased)
      COD: Hypastatic Broncopneumonia
      Right fractured neck of femur
      Cerified O.S. Gillet
      Inf. William Kinnear Son-in-law
      72 Rowan Crescent, Methil
      Registered
      1989 May 24
      Joanna M. Paton
      Registrar

      Official copy 22 April 2010
      Colin Harrower
    6. Kennoway School Board, Record for Alexander Rankin Kennoway School Board Name: Alexander Rankin
      Record for Alexander Rankin
      Kennoway School Board
      Name: Alexander Rankin
      Course: Mining (Preparotory)
      Mining Mathematics
      Session: 1911-1912
      Instruction Time: 62Hrs.
      Possible Instruction Time: 80 Hrs.
      Judged: Very Good
      Signed: John Williamson Chairman of School Board
      Signed: Robert Moyes MA, Teacher
      9th. Sept. 1912
    7. Buckhaven High School Board, Record for Alexander Rankin Buckhaven Higher Grade School Board
      Record for Alexander Rankin
      Buckhaven Higher Grade School Board
      Name: Alexander Rankin
      Course: Arithmetic
      Session: 1912-1913
      Instruction Time: 25 Hrs.
      Possible Instruction Time: 40 Hrs.
      Course: Chemistry
      Session: 1912-1913
      Instruction Time: 10 Hrs.
      Possible Instruction Time: 20 Hrs.
      Course: Illegible
      Session: 1912-1913
      Instruction Time: 14 Hrs.
      Possible Instruction Time: 20 Hrs.
    8. Kennoway School Board, Record for Alexander Rankin Kennoway Public School Board 1917-1918
      Record for Alexander Rankin
      Kennoway Public School Board
      Name: Alexander Rankin
      Course: English; Good
      Course: Arithmetic: Very Good
      Course: Handwriting: Very Good
      Course: Laws of Health: Very Good
      Course: The Empire: Very Good
      Course: Drill & Singing: Good
      Special Course: Geometry & Mensuration: Very Good
      Science: Very Good
      Applied Arithmetic: Good

      Conduct: Very Good
      (Signed)
      Robert Moyes M.A. Class & Head Teacher
      Countersigned Bessie J. Suttie
      21 Jan. 1918
    9. Fife, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1914-1966, Ancestry.com, 1950 Record for Alexander Rankin, Isabella Rankin and Mary W Rankin West Fife 1950 Fife Collections Centre; Fife, Scotland; Fife Electoral Registers; Reference: Fc/As/1/60
      Record for Alexander Rankin, Isabella Rankin and Mary W Rankin
      79 Henderson Park, Windygates
      / Ancestry.com
    10. Family Held Certificate, 1959 RANKIN, JANET, 90, 1959, 434/ 18, Kennoway Image from Scotlands People not downloaded.
      1959 RANKIN, JANET, 90, 1959, 434/ 18, Kennoway
      EXTRACT OF AN ENTRY IN A REGISTER OF DEATHS
      Deaths in the District of Kennoway in the County of Fife 1869.
      Janet Rankin
      Widow of Alexander Rankin
      (Miner)
      1959 December Thirty First
      1h 0m. AM
      New Road, Kennoway
      F. 90 Years
      Parents: Alexander Mortimer
      Flaxdresser (Deceased)
      Isabella Mortimer MS Pr(y)ide
      (Deceased)
      COD: Arteriosclerosis, Senility
      Herbert D Ross MB.Ch.B.
      Inf. Alexander Rankin, Son
      79 Henderson Park, Windygates
      Registered
      1959 31 December Kennoway
      Elizabeth F Philp
      Registrar

    Historical events

    Birthday July 17, 1903

    • The temperature on July 17, 1903 was between 12.4 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
      • April 29 » A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.
      • June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
      • July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
      • July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
      • October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
      • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.

    Day of marriage February 18, 1921

    • The temperature on February 18, 1921 was between 4.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
      • January 20 » The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
      • March 15 » Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.
      • July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
      • July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
      • September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
      • October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.

    Day of death May 23, 1989

    • The temperature on May 23, 1989 was between 12.8 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
      • January 8 » Kegworth air disaster: British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, crashes into the M1 motorway, killing 47 of the 126 people on board.
      • April 27 » The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
      • June 3 » The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.
      • July 20 » Burma's ruling junta puts opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest.
      • August 24 » Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
      • December 2 » The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia

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