Polmont Birth

iluvu2 · Post by **iluvu2** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:54 am

Does anyone know of James Rankine b Polmont 1816 m Agnes Marshall 1837 I cant find his birth yet all censuses say he was born there,his death cert has an amendment on it changing his parents names,I cant find them on SP James died in Lanarkshire IN 1878 any help would be appreciated his parents were Mary Dunn and John Rankin[e]

Post by **AndrewP** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:04 am

I cannot find those people, but there is one on the online IGI that may be related somehow.

Ann Marshall, born 05-Apr-1840 Polmont
Parents: John Marshall and Mary Dun

All the best,

AndrewP

Post by **SarahND** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 9:26 am

There are plenty of James christened in Polmont at the right time, but none of them Rankine or Dunn. What were the names of the parents given on the death cert before it was amended?

Mary Dun appears to have been born in Polmont, anyway:

MARY DUN
Christening: 16 MAR 1794 Polmont, Stirling
Father: PETER DUN
Mother: MARY MCAGIE

All the best,
Sarah

DavidMK · Post by **DavidMK** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:42 am

More grist for the mill. 3 year old John Rankine appears in the 41 census living in Polmont with the John Marshall/Mary Dun family. John and Mary are my gggparents, but I do not know what connection they had to young John.Perhaps John and Agnes Marshall were siblings. I know John had a sister Ann Bennie Marshall.Its too bad the 41 census doesn't give relationships.

David

iluvu2 · Post by **iluvu2** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:04 pm

HI Thanks to everyone for their comments, on James Rankines death cert his son lists James parents as William and Margaret,and I could not find a James Rankine born 1816, then the amendment by his wife Agnes Marshall states that the parents were Mary Dunn and John Rankine, I noticed it was Mary Dunn and not Mary Rankine nee Dunn so Im thinking they were never married. I have on the 1841 census James aged 25 and what looks like Ann or Agn and their son Alex aged 1 in Muiravonside,their oldest son was called John ,but he is not on that census could he have been the John living with your ggg grandparents.David

Post by **SarahND** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:39 am

iluvu2 wrote: I noticed it was Mary Dunn and not Mary Rankine nee Dunn so Im thinking they were never married.

If the kirk session records for Polmont exist (I tried to check but the search function at the National Archives of Scotland is not working at the moment) you might find mention of the illegitimate birth when the session records come online. Or, when someone you know is taking a trip to Edinburgh!

iluvu2 wrote: I have on the 1841 census James aged 25 and what looks like Ann or Agn and their son Alex aged 1 in Muiravonside,their oldest son was called John ,but he is not on that census could he have been the John living with your ggg grandparents.David

This sounds like a possible scenario indeed!

All the best,
Sarah

iluvu2 · Post by **iluvu2** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:35 pm

im still in shock I REALLY AM ,i have been at this for around 2 years and within a few days ,this forum has helped me with two brick walls, and Iv been telling everyone who will listen my news,sooo happy, if I could only find James Rankines birth in Polmont 1816 parents are John Rankine and Mary Dunn now that would be the cherry on the cake yumyum, but I do feel he is connected to John Marshall and Mary Dunn as James,s wifes maiden name was Marshall. Am I making sense?