[Index]
John RANKIN (1813 - 1879)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Angus RANKIN (1839 - 1906)
Donald RANKIN (1841 - 1929)
Allan RANKIN (1843 - 1909)
Ann Eliza RANKIN (1845 - 1872)
Margaret RANKIN (1846 - 1895)
John RANKIN (1850 - 1896)
Mary RANKIN (1852 - 1928)
Alexander RANKIN (1856 - 1907)
 John RANKIN (1813 - 1879)

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Janet FRAZER (1813 - 1859)
 Donald Angus RANKIN (1783 - 1846) Angus RANKIN (1757 - 1824) Neil RANKIN (1720 - 1800)
Christina MCDONALD (1731 - 1800)
Mary RANKIN (1750 - 1790)



Ann Elizabeth MCDOUGALD (1790 - 1874) Samuel MCDOUGALD



Mary HENDERSON



John RANKIN Janet FRAZER
John RANKIN
John RANKIN Janet FRAZER John RANKIN
b. 31 Oct 1813 at Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
m. 1838 Janet FRAZER (1813 - 1859)
d. 19 Dec 1879 at Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia aged 66
Near Relatives of John RANKIN (1813 - 1879)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Angus RANKIN 1757 Kinlochleven, Scotland 10 Dec 1824 Dalness, Argyll and Bute, Scotland 67
Grandmother Mary RANKIN abt 1750 aft 1790 40
Grandfather Samuel MCDOUGALD
Grandmother Mary HENDERSON

Father Donald Angus RANKIN 02 Apr 1783 Glencoe, Scotland 28 Aug 1846 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 63
Mother Ann Elizabeth MCDOUGALD 16 Nov 1790 Argyll and Bute, Scotland 13 Feb 1874 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 83

Self John RANKIN 31 Oct 1813 Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland 19 Dec 1879 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 66

Wife Janet FRAZER Aug 1813 Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland 24 Feb 1859 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 45

Son Angus RANKIN 19 Dec 1839 Duntroon, ACT, Australia 12 May 1906 Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia 66
Son Donald RANKIN 1841 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 22 Feb 1929 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 88
Son Allan RANKIN 1843 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1909 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 66
Daughter Ann Eliza RANKIN abt 1845 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 24 May 1872 Kameruka, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 27
Daughter Margaret RANKIN 24 Dec 1846 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1895 Granville, New South Wales, Australia 49
Son John RANKIN 15 Aug 1850 07 May 1896 Candelo, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 45
Daughter Mary RANKIN 15 May 1852 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 16 Dec 1928 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 76
Son Alexander RANKIN 1856 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 22 Jan 1907 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 51

Brother Neil RANKIN 23 Oct 1810 Glencoe, Scotland 28 Jan 1880 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 69
Brother John RANKIN 12 Jun 1814 1862 48
Brother Angus RANKIN 12 Jun 1816 Kinlochleven, Scotland 29 Jul 1883 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 67
Sister Frances 'Fanny' RANKIN abt 1818 Glencoe, Scotland 1871 Invercargill, New Zealand 53
Brother Samuel RANKIN 06 Aug 1818 Glencoe, Scotland 27 Nov 1856 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 38
Sister Christina RANKIN 18 Nov 1820 Glencoe, Scotland 24 Feb 1881 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 60

Daughter in Law Elizabeth Annie BURKE 1845 Sutton Forest, New South Wales, Australia 30 Oct 1904 Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia 59
Daughter in Law Christina RANKIN 19 Mar 1842 Glencoe, Scotland 17 Feb 1899 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia 56
Daughter in Law Alice OSLINGTON Aug 1856 Berrima, New South Wales, Australia 24 Jun 1941 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 84
Son in Law Thomas HIGGS 26 Apr 1849 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia 27 Mar 1922 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 72
Son in Law Alexander RANKIN 10 Jun 1847 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 05 Jun 1909 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 61
Daughter in Law Elizabeth TOPPING 1851 22 Jan 1943 Marrickville, Sydney, Australia 92
Son in Law William John OSLINGTON 1841 03 Oct 1925 84

Granddaughter Margaret RANKIN 1866 20 Sep 1916 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 50
Granddaughter Janet (Jenny) RANKIN 19 Dec 1868 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1928 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 60
Grandson John RANKIN 1869 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1950 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 81
Granddaughter Ellen Isabel 'Nell' RANKIN 04 Aug 1871 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 27 Apr 1958 Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia 86
Grandson Angus RANKIN 02 Feb 1873 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 20 Aug 1930 Pambula, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 57
Granddaughter Elizabeth RANKIN 1876 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Mary Ann RANKIN 07 Aug 1878 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 31 Oct 1953 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 75
Grandson Alexander Edward RANKIN 1881 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1902 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 21
Grandson Henry RANKIN 1883 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Annie RANKIN 1886 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Isabella A RANKIN 1888 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson William Henry RANKIN 1859 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1914 55
Grandson John Donald RANKIN 30 Apr 1866 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 07 Mar 1955 Oakey, Queensland, Australia 88
Granddaughter Janet Christina RANKIN 26 May 1868 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 07 Dec 1940 Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia 72
Grandson William Allan RANKIN 22 Sep 1870 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1939 Orbost, Victoria, Australia 69
Grandson Alexander Neil RANKIN 18 Mar 1873 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia Cann River, Victoria, Australia
Grandson Frederick RANKIN Jan 1876 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18 Jun 1887 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11
Grandson Andrew Angus RANKIN 22 Jan 1878 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 04 May 1958 Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia 80
Grandson Henry Nelson RANKIN 1880 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 07 Dec 1894 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 14
Grandson Alexander Lowrie RANKIN 1881 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 14 Jul 1974 Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia 93
Grandson Albert Sylvester RANKIN 1884 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11 Oct 1961 Bundalong, Victoria, Australia 77
Grandson Randolph 'Ron' RANKIN 1875 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 08 Jul 1963 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 88
Grandson Arthur James RANKIN 1877 1940 New Zealand 63
Granddaughter Olive May RANKIN 1878 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 08 Jun 1952 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 74
Grandson Albert Reginald RANKIN 1881 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1950 New Zealand 69
Granddaughter Ethel Alice RANKIN 1886 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1972 Young, New South Wales, Australia 86
Grandson George William RANKIN 1889 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1965 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 76
Grandson Harold Cleveland RANKIN 02 Jul 1891 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 12 Oct 1916 Belgium 25
Grandson Sylvester Gordon RANKIN 1895 Nimbin, New South Wales, Australia 1929 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 34
Grandson Amos RANKIN 1897 Nimbin, New South Wales, Australia 1975 Canberra, ACT, Australia 78
Grandson Cecil Sylvester RANKIN 1900 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1929 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 29
Grandson Joshua HIGGS 1866 Kameruka, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1866 Kameruka, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 0
Granddaughter Ann M HIGGS 1868 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1926 58
Grandson Thomas Randolph HIGGS 1870 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1944 74
Granddaughter Catherine Janet HIGGS 1872 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1906 34
Grandson Allan RANKIN 1870 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1934 64
Granddaughter Mary Jane RANKIN 1872 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Janet Ann RANKIN 1874 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1949 75
Granddaughter Alice RANKIN 1876 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1961 85
Granddaughter Elizabeth Maud RANKIN 1879 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1965 86
Grandson John Neil RANKIN 1882 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 17 Oct 1917 Passchendaele, Belgium 35
Granddaughter Ellen Christina RANKIN 1885 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1885 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Grandson Henry 'Harry' RANKIN 1887 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 27 Oct 1917 Rouen, France 30
Grandson Alexander RANKIN 1891 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18 Apr 1918 France 27
Grandson John Alexander RANKIN 15 Nov 1871 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 29 Oct 1941 Sussex Inlet, New South Wales, Australia 69
Grandson George Fraser RANKIN 07 Apr 1875 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11 Mar 1947 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia 71
Granddaughter Sarah Ann RANKIN 30 Oct 1877 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18 May 1968 Ramsgate, New South Wales, Australia 90
Granddaughter Elizabeth Maude RANKIN 1879 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 28 Jul 1939 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 60
Granddaughter Esther 'Hester' Janet RANKIN 1883 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1958 75
Granddaughter Mary Alice RANKIN abt Aug 1885 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 08 Sep 1885 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 0
Grandson James Ernest RANKIN 1886 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1964 78
Granddaughter Athur Albert Simpson RANKIN 1889 Bombala, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1964 75

Uncle Duncan Ogg RANKIN 1779 Kinlochleven, Scotland 19 Feb 1847 Ballachulish, Scotland 68
Aunt Mary MCINNES 1784 1850 66

Cousin Alexander 'Sandy' RANKIN 1829 Argyll and Bute, Scotland 19 Aug 1892 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 63

Niece Rachel RANKIN 01 Jan 1833 Glencoe, Scotland 20 Mar 1912 Yarra, Victoria, Australia 79
Nephew Donald RANKIN 01 Aug 1834 Glencoe, Scotland 20 Oct 1909 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia 75
Niece Ann RANKIN 11 Dec 1836 Glencoe, Scotland 15 Feb 1903 Berridale, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 66
Niece Mary RANKIN 25 Dec 1840 Glencoe, Scotland 18 Nov 1919 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 78
Niece Christina RANKIN 19 Mar 1842 Glencoe, Scotland 17 Feb 1899 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia 56
Nephew Frederick RANKIN 11 Feb 1844 Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 29 Apr 1925 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 81
Nephew Coll RANKIN 07 Oct 1845 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1894 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 49
Nephew Alexander RANKIN 10 Jun 1847 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 05 Jun 1909 Brogo near Bega, New South Wales, Australia 61
Niece Catherine RANKIN 08 Dec 1849 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 09 May 1920 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia 70
Niece Margaret RANKIN 1851 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1916 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 65
Niece Ellen RANKIN 10 Jan 1854 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 1917 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 63
Nephew Samuel RANKIN 02 Feb 1856 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 13 May 1927 Granville, New South Wales, Australia 71
Niece Christina Lavinia RANKIN 09 Jan 1837 Ballachulish, Scotland 03 Jul 1919 Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 82
Nephew Samuel RANKIN May 1841 At sea 06 Feb 1893 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 51
Nephew Alexander RANKIN 20 May 1842 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 23 Feb 1916 Kyogle, New South Wales, Australia 73
Nephew Angus RANKIN 17 Oct 1844 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 30 Oct 1918 Moonbah, Jindabyne, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 74
Nephew Donald RANKIN 1846 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11 Jul 1919 Holts Flat, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 73
Niece Isabella RANKIN 16 May 1848 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 27 Jul 1927 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 79
Niece Mary Jane RANKIN 19 Jun 1850 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 11 Nov 1889 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 39
Nephew John RANKIN abt 1852 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 22 Feb 1857 Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 5
Niece Jessie Beatrice RANKIN 19 Apr 1854 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 27 Dec 1936 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 82
Niece Annie Isabel RANKIN 1856 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 14 Dec 1918 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 62
Nephew Hugh McDonald RANKIN 21 Jul 1858 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 02 Jan 1926 Eden, New South Wales, Australia 67
Nephew Robert RANKIN 21 Jul 1858 Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 16 Feb 1893 Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 34

Sister in Law Mary MCTAGGART 27 Mar 1814 Ballachulish, Scotland 21 May 1880 Delegate, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 66
Sister in Law Christina DOWNIE
Sister in Law Janet (Jeanette, Janey) MCPHERSON 1818 Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland 02 Nov 1892 Sydney Cove, New South Wales, Australia 74
Brother in Law George CAMERON abt 1817 Scotland 25 Sep 1871 New Zealand 54
Brother in Law Ewan Hugh MCCOLL 1810
Brother in Law Matthew SHARP
Events in John RANKIN (1813 - 1879)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
31 Oct 1813 John RANKIN was born Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland 76
1838 25 Married Janet FRAZER (aged 25) 76
19 Dec 1839 26 Birth of son Angus RANKIN Duntroon, ACT, Australia 18
1841 28 Birth of son Donald RANKIN Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18
1843 30 Birth of son Allan RANKIN Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 76
abt 1845 32 Birth of daughter Ann Eliza RANKIN Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18
28 Aug 1846 32 Death of father Donald Angus RANKIN (aged 63) Native Dog Flat, Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18
24 Dec 1846 33 Birth of daughter Margaret RANKIN Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18
15 Aug 1850 36 Birth of son John RANKIN 18
15 May 1852 38 Birth of daughter Mary RANKIN Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 76
1856 43 Birth of son Alexander RANKIN Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18
24 Feb 1859 45 Death of wife Janet FRAZER (aged 45) Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 76
24 May 1872 58 Death of daughter Ann Eliza RANKIN (aged 27) Kameruka, Bega, New South Wales, Australia
13 Feb 1874 60 Death of mother Ann Elizabeth MCDOUGALD (aged 83) Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 18
19 Dec 1879 66 John RANKIN died Mount Cooper, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 76
Source References:
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- Notes: The son of Ann McDonald and Donald Rankin of Murlagan, Lochaber, Inverness, John married Janet Frazer on 22 Jun 1838 in Murlagan Kilmonivaig, Invernesshire, Scotland.

Janet and John immigrated to Australia arriving in Port Jackson aboard the ship "Fairlie" on 6 Dec 1838, after departing from Tobermory in Scotland. They had been married on 22 Jun 1838 in Murlagan Kilmonivaig, Invernesshire, Scotland. On John's shipping papers it was noted that his occupation was a shepherd, he was a Catholic and could read and write. He was a native of Lochaber, Invernesshire, Scotland. John and Janet were sponsored out by a Mr. Marshall.

John and Janet had 8 (eight), children
1. Angus, b. 19 Dec 1839, Duntroon, Australian Capital Territory, d. 12 May 1906; married Elizabeth Anne Burke
2. Donald, b. 1841, Mt Cooper d. 22 Feb 1929, Parramatta; married Christina Rankin, daughter of Mary Taggart and Neil Rankin
3. Allan, b. 1843, Mt Cooper,d. 1909, Nimmitabel; married Alice Oslington
4. Ann, b. 1845, Mt Cooper, d. 24 May 1872, Brown Mountain near Bega, married Thomas Higgs
5. Margaret, b. 25 Dec 1846, Mt Cooper, d. 1895, Granville; married Alexander Rankin, son of Mary Taggart and Neil Rankin
6. John, b. 15 Aug 1850, Mt Cooper, d. 7 May 1896, Candelo; married Elizabeth Topping
7. Mary, b. 15 May 1852, Mt Cooper, d. 16 Dec 1928, Eden; married William John Oslington
8. Alexander, b. 1856, Mt Cooper , d. 1907, Nimmitabel

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