James Rankin Sr. (1804 - 1874)

Born 1804 in Ireland

Descendants

Died 1874 at about age 70 in Wisconsin, United States

Biography

James was born in 1804.^[1]

James Rankin and his wife Mary were born in Ireland. They married sometime before 1837. They had at least ten children. The Rankins lived in New York, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin. James Rankin was a farmer. In 1860, the Rankin family lived in Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin. The household included James Rankin, 57, born in Ireland, a farmer with $3000 in real estate and $600 in personal estate; his wife Mary, 48, b. Ireland; their ten children, William, 23, b. New York, farm laborer; Margaret, 24, b. Massachusetts; Joseph, 22, b. MA, farm laborer; Humphrey, 20, b. MA, farm laborer; Mary J., 16, b. MA, in school; James, 13, b. Wisconsin, in school; John, 13, b. WI, in school; Stephenson, 11, b. WI, in school; David, 9, b. WI, in school; and Martha, 6, b. WI, in school.^[2]

His death record shows his parents as James and Mary Rankin. ^[3]

Burial: Lisbon Central Cemetery, Sussex, Wisconsin. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Barbara Rankin.
2. ↑ 1860 US Census, Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW96-B16)
3. ↑ "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL65-657 : 10 March 2018), Jas. Rankin in entry for John Rankin, 1902; citing Death, Waukesha, Waukesha, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,311,662.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 03 May 2021), memorial page for James Rankin Sr. (1804–1874), Find A Grave: Memorial #41639325, citing Lisbon Central Cemetery, Sussex, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by GenealogyNora (contributor 46855416) .