Harrower Family Tree » Robert Kerr Rankin (1848-1903)

Personal data Robert Kerr Rankin 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • He was born in the year 1848 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1891 Farmer in Crawlaw Farm, Loudoun, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 5
    • in the year 1871 Farmers Son in Goatfoot Farm, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1881 Farmers Son in Crawlaw Farm, Loudoun, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1901 Farmer in Crawlaw Farm, Loudoun, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 3
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: Crawlaw Farm, Loudoun, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1861: Wardneuk Farm, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1871: Goatfoot Farm, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1891: Crawlaw Farm, Loudoun, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1851: Wardneuk Farm, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 7
    • in the year 1901: Crawlaw Farm, Loudoun, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 3
  • (Land Ownership Commision 1872-1873) between 1872 and 1873 in Crawlaw Farm, Loudoun, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland: Rankin family must have left Goatfoot Farm before 1872.Source 8
  • (Civil) on January 13, 1904 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland: Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936.Source 9
  • (Newspaper Article) on July 6, 1861 in Kilmarnock Academy, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland: Kilmarnock Weekly Post and County of Ayr Reporter.Source 10
  • He died on August 26, 1903 in Crawlaw Farm, Loudoun, Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland, he was 55 years old.Sources 9, 11, 12, 13
  • He is buried after August 26, 1903.Sources 9, 11, 13
    Galston Cemetery, Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland
  • A child of David Rankin and Mary Kerr

Household of Robert Kerr Rankin

He is married to Jeanie Howie.

They got married on June 17, 1891 at Dykescroft Farm, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, he was 43 years old.Source 5


Child(ren):


Event (Witness at Marriage) on June 17, 1891 in Dykescroft Farm, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland : John Kerr, Isabella Orr.Source 5


Notes about Robert Kerr Rankin

1. Land Ownership Commission 1872-3 Scotlands Places http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital_volumes/book.php?book_id=553. States that the estimated acreage of Crawlaw was 55 acres at £55. (see media)

2. Robert Kerr Rankin
Birth: 1848
Death: 26 Aug 1903
Burial: Galston Cemetery, Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Memorial #: 134470425
Family Members
Spouse
Jeanie Howie 1856 -1935
Children
Mary McTaggart Kerr Rankin Unknown-1976
Created by: Memorium (47853990)
Added: 17 Aug 2014
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184922853/jessie-kerr-inglis
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 November 2020), memorial page for Jessie Kerr Rankin Inglis (1861-3 Feb 1932), Find a Grave Memorial no. 184922853, citing Kilmarnock Cemetery, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire, Scotland ; Maintained by Pixturmn (contributor 47729036) .

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert Kerr Rankin

John Rankin
1763-1839
Jean Galt
1765-1842
Robert Ker
1760-1838
Margaret Workman
1776-< 1864
David Rankin
1810-1891
Mary Kerr
1817-1884

Robert Kerr Rankin
1848-1903

1891

Jeanie Howie
1856-1935

Mary McTaggart Rankin
1893-1976

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    1. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Rankin Parish: Loudoun; ED: 7; Page: 5; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1891_211 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
      Record for David Rankin
      Name: David Rankin
      Age: 80
      Estimated birth year: abt 1811
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kilmarnock, Ayr
      Registration Number: 603
      Registration district: Loudoun
      Civil Parish: Loudoun
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Crawlaw
      Occupation: Farmer (Retired)
      ED: 7
      Household schedule number: 21
      Line: 8
      Roll: CSSCT1891_211
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Rankin 80 Head
      Robert Kerr Rankin 43 Son Kilmarnock Farmer
      Agnes Rankin 32 Daughter Kilmarnock Dairymaid
      Ellen McGee 23 Servant
      David Sprott 17 Servant
      John McLanachan 14 Servant
    2. 1871 Scotland Census Scotlands people, 1871 RANKIN, DAVID (Census 593/ 6/ 9) Parish: Galston 1871 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      1871 RANKIN, DAVID (Census 593/ 6/ 9)
      Name: David Rankin
      Age: 60
      Estimated birth year: abt 1811
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Mary Rankin
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
      Registration Number: 593
      Registration district:Galston
      Civil Parish: Galston
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Goatfoot Farm
      Occupation: Farmer 160 acres arable employing 3 Men and 3 women
      ED: 6
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Rankin 60
      Mary Rankin 53
      Robert Rankin 23
      Mary Rankin 28
      Agnes Rankin 11
      Jessie D Rankin 10
      Andrew Loot 45
      James Bryan 17
      Agnes Mester 21
    3. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Kerr Rankin Parish: Loudoun; ED: 7; Page: 20; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1901_231 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
      Record for Robert Kerr Rankin
      Name: Robert Kerr Rankin
      Age: 53
      Estimated birth year: abt 1848
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: J Howie Rankin
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
      Registration Number: 603
      Registration district: Loudoun
      Civil Parish: Loudoun
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Crawlaw Farm
      Occupation: Farmer
      ED: 7
      Household schedule number: 76
      Line: 17
      Roll: CSSCT1901_231
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Robert Kerr Rankin 53
      J Howie Rankin 45
      Mary McTaggart Rankin 8 Daughter
      Jeanie Howie 25 Servant
      Janet Paterson 14 Servant
      John Howie 16 Ploughman
    4. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Rankin Parish: Loudoun; ED: 7; Page: 12; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1881_192 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
      Record for David Rankin
      Name: David Rankin
      Age: 70
      Estimated birth year: abt 1811
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Mary K Rankin
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
      Registration Number: 603
      Registration district: Loudoun
      Civil Parish: Loudoun
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Crawlaw Farm
      Occupation: Farmer of 104½ acres all arable, employing 1 Man 3 Girls & 1 Boy
      ED: 7
      Household schedule number: 53
      Line: 9
      Roll: CSSCT
      1881_192
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Rankin 70 Head
      Mary K Rankin 64 Wife
      Jeanie Rankin 36 Daughter
      Robert K Rankin 33 Son
      Agnes Rankin 22 Daughter
      Jessie K Rankin 20 Daughter
      Minnie Rankin 14 Grandaughter
      Alexander Rankin 12 Grandson
      Joseph Macmillan 15 Servant
    5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1891 RANKIN, ROBERT KERR, JEANIE HOWIE (Statutory registers Marriages 597/ 104)
      1891 RANKIN, ROBERT KERR (Statutory registers Marriages 597/ 104)
      Marriages in the Parish of Kilmarnock in the County of Ayr 1891.
      1891 Seventeenth June, Dyksescroft Farm, Kilmarnock.
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
      Signed
      Robert K. Rankin. Farmer.
      Bachelor
      Age 43. Crawlaw Farm, Loudon.
      Parents: David Rankin.
      Farmer
      Mary Rankin M.S. Kerr, Dead
      Jeanie Howie.
      Dairymaid
      Spinster Age 35.
      Dykescroft Farm, Kilmarnock.
      Parents: John Howie. Farmer. Dead.
      Marie Howie. M.S. McTaggart. Dead.
      Signed
      William ?? Bennet. Md.
      Minister of High Church, Kilmarnock Parish.
      Signed
      John Kerr. Witness.
      Signed Isabella Orr. Witness
      Registered
      1891 June 20 Kilmarnock.
      Christian Watson?
      Assist. Registrar
    6. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Rankin Parish: Kilmarnock; ED: 26; Page: 7; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1861_86 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
      Record for David Rankin
      Name: David Rankin
      Age: 50
      Estimated birth year: abt 1811
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Mary K Rankin
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
      Registration Number: 597
      Registration district: Kilmarnock
      Civil Parish: Kilmarnock
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Wardneuck
      Occupation: Farmer of 80 Acres employing 5 Labourers
      ED: 26
      Household schedule number: 26
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1861_86
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Rankin 50
      Mary K Rankin 43
      Margaret Rankin 18
      Jean Rankin 16
      Robert K Rankin 12
      Mary Rankin 11
      Agness Rankin 2
      Janet K Rankin 3 Mo
      James Johnstone 16 Agr Labr
      Anne Robertson 20 domestic servant
    7. 1851 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1851 RANKIN, DAVID (Census 597/ 26/ 3) Parish: Kilmarnock 1851 Scotland Census [scotlandspeople.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      1851 RANKIN, DAVID (Census 597/ 26/ 3)
      1851 Census Wardneuk Farm, Kilmarnock
      Name: David Rankin
      Age: 40
      Estimated birth year: abt 1811
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Ayrshire, Kilmarnock
      Civil Parish: Kilmarnock
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Wardneuk Farm
      Occupation: Farmer of 20 Acres employing 4 labourers
      Parish Number: 597
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Rankin 40 Head b. Kilmarnock
      Mary Kerr 32 Wife b. Dalry
      John Rankin 9 Son b. Kilmarnock
      Margret Rankin 7 Dau. b. Kilmarnock
      Jean Rankin 5 Dau. b. Kilmarnock
      Robert Rankin 3 Son b. Kilmarnock
      Mary Rankin 1 Dau. b. Kilmarnock
    8. Land Ownership Commision 1872-1873, Land Ownership Commision 1872-1873
      Robert Kerr Rankin, Crawlaw, Loudoun, Ayrshire, 55 acres, gross annual value, £55

      Also from the book "Rankins"
    9. Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936, Ancestry.com, 1903 RANKIN, ROBERT, 56, 1903, 603/ 60, Loudoun Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936
      Record for Robert Kerr Rankin

      Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936

      RANKIN, Robert Kerr, Farmer, Crawlaw, Loudoun, died 27 August 1903, at Crawlaw aforesaid, testate. Confirmation granted at Kilmarnock, 13 January, to Archibald Howie, Farmer, Dykescroft, Galston, and Alexander Loudon, Gateside Farm there, Executors nominated in Will or Deed, dated 1 August 1903, and recorded in Court Books of Commissariot of Ayr, 6 January 1904.
      Value of Estate, £558, 1s. 7d.
      / Ancestry.com
    10. Newspaper Article, 1861 Record for Robert Rankin Kilmarnock Weekly Post and County of Ayr Reporter - Saturday 06 July 1861 Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
      Kilmarnock Academy Prize List
      The Academy was on Wednesday 26th June, when the following scholars carried off prizes:--
      Junior Classes
      Third Division,
      Master James M'Cracken, Kilmarnock. „ Peter Brown, Kilmarnock. „ Robert Rankin, Wardneuk, Kilmarnock.
    11. UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Kerr Rankin https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134470425/robert-kerr-rankin/photo#clipboard
      Erected by Jeanie Howie in Loving Memory of Her Husband Robert Kerr Rankin who died at Crawlaw Farm 26th August 1903 Aged 56 Years.
      The above Jeanie Howie Died at Wattieson Farm, Kilbirnie, 22nd April 1835, in her 80th Year. Also their Daughter Mary McTagart Kerr Rankin who died at Kilbirnie, 2nd July 1976 Aged 83 Years. "Until the day dawns, and the shadows flee away"
      / Ancestry.com
    12. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1903 RANKIN, ROBERT, 56, 1903, 603/ 60, Loudoun Not downloaded
      1903 RANKIN, ROBERT, 56, 1903, 603/ 60, Loudoun
    13. Findagrave, 1903 Robert Kerr Rankin https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134470425/robert-kerr-rankin/photo#clipboard
      Robert Kerr Rankin
      Birth: 1846
      Death: 26 Aug 1903 (aged 56–57)
      Burial: Galston Cemetery, Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland
      Memorial #: 134470425
      Bio: Died at Grawlaw Farm and 56 years
      Family Members
      Spouse
      Jeanie Howie Rankin 1855-1935
      Children
      Mary McTaggart Kerr Rankin 1892-1976
      Originally Created by: Memorium (47853990)
      Added: 17 Aug 2014
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134470425/robert-kerr-rankin/photo
      Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 25 May 2020), memorial page for Robert Kerr Rankin (1846–26 Aug 1903), Find a Grave Memorial no. 134470425, citing Galston Cemetery, Galston, East Ayrshire, Scotland ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .

      Erected by Jeanie Howie in Loving Memory of Her Husband Robert Kerr Rankin who died at Crawlaw Farm 26th August 1903 Aged 56 Years.
      The above Jeanie Howie Died at Wattieson Farm, Kilbirnie, 22nd April 1835, in her 80th Year. Also their Daughter Mary McTaggart Kerr Rankin who died at Kilbirnie, 2nd July 1976 Aged 83 Years."Until the day dawns, and the shadows flee away"

    Historical events

    Day of marriage June 17, 1891

    • The temperature on June 17, 1891 was about 20.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • January 29 » Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
      • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
      • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
      • August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
      • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
      • October 1 » Stanford University opens its doors in California, United States.

    Day of death August 26, 1903

    • The temperature on August 26, 1903 was between 9.9 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (41%). 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 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
      • September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
      • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
      • November 18 » The Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty is signed by the United States and Panama, giving the United States exclusive rights over the Panama Canal Zone.
      • December 14 » The Wright brothers make their first attempt to fly with the Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
      • December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
    

    Same birth/death day

    Source: Wikipedia


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