Robert Rankin and Margaret Culbert

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Husband Robert Rankin ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 1802 - County Donegal, Ireland 5
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           Died: 1854 - ? Elizabeth Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 5
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Wife Margaret Culbert ^{1 2 4 5}

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           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died: 1879 5
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         Father: Thomas Culbert (      -      ) 6
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Children

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1 M John Rankin, Jr. ^{2 4 7 8}

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           Born: 21 Oct 1821 - County Donegal, Ireland 2 8
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           Died: 23 Aug 1908 4
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         Spouse: Eliza Jane Kelley (      -1879) 2 8
           Marr: 1845 or 1847 9

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2 F Eliza Rankin ^{5 10 11}

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           Born:  - Ireland
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           Died: Aft 1906
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         Spouse: John K. Graham (1815-1907) 5 10 11
           Marr: 1853 12

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3 M William Rankin ^{2 7}

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           Born:  - America
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           Died: Bef 1906
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4 M Alexander Rankin ⁷

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5 M Samuel C. Rankin ^{1 4 13}

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           Born: 4 Aug 1829 - Ireland 6
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           Died: 1895 13
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         Spouse: Rebecca Williamson (      -      ) 13 14
           Marr: 1853 15

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6 M David Rankin ⁷

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7 F Catherine Rankin ⁷

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         Spouse: Andrew Kelley (      -      ) 7

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8 F Margaret Rankin ⁷

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Rankin

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The tradition is that four Rankin brothers had lived about four miles north of Londonderry, Ireland, and that two of them came to America, from one of whom Robert was a descendant.

He came with his family from County Derry, Ireland, in 1837, and settled in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

He and his wife were natives of Londonderry, Ireland, emigrated to America in 1839, settled in Elizabeth township, Allegheny County, and engaged in farming. [HAC 1889 II, 346]

He was born in county Donegal, Ireland, where he was reared on a farm and became a road contractor. In 1839 he came to the United States, settling in Elizabeth township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, on a farm which had been bequeathed to him by a cousin who had preceded him to America and had acquired seven hundred acres of land. Mr. Rankin made this farm his home during the remainder of his life. He affiliated with the Whigs, and was a member of the Presbyterian church. [HWC 1906 II, 297]

He was of County Down, Ireland, and married there. Mr. and Mrs. Rankin came with their family to the United States in 1839, settling in Elizabeth township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, near Mr. Rankin's cousin, Major John Rankin, who had preceded them and was then operating a tannery. Robert Rankin had been a road builder in Ireland, but in his new home he became a farmer. [ONW, 998]

He and his wife were the parents of ten children.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 346, 497.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 154.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 114, 297.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 998.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 297.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 497.

7 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 346.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 114.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 114, 298.

10 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 346, 590.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 821.

12 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 590.

13 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 502.

14 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 346, 498.

15 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 498.