Charles Runciman Jr
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Charles John Thomson Runciman Jr (1915 - 1974)

Charles John Thomson Runciman Jr
Born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdommap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1948 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 59 in Bristol, England, United Kingdommap
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Contents

Biography

This biography was partly auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and partly by Charles' nephew Alan Runciman.

Name

Name: Charles John Thomson /Runciman/ [1]

Birth

Birth:
Date: 22 MAR 1915
Place: , , , Scotland[2][3]


Marriage

Husband: Charles John Thomson Runciman
Wife: Isabella McKay
Marriage:
Date: 1948[4][5]
Husband: Charles John Thomson Runciman
Wife: Elizabeth Armstrong
Child: Arthur Alan Runciman
Child: Charles John Thomson Runciman
Marriage:
Date: 1914
Place: Kelvin, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland[6]


Residences

After moving to Bristol Charles & Isabel lived at 18 Bartlett's Road BEDMINSTER Bristol.

Foster Family

I can provide very few facts but what little I know may be worth providing for the benefit of someone in the future. Charles & Isabel didn't have family of their own and they took the decision to foster. I think it would be in the late 1950s they fostered a girl. The girl's name was Vinnie and if I recall correctly she would have been around 9 at the time she came to live with her new foster family. Charles & Isabel brought Vinnie to Glasgow to meet Charles' family at my parents' home. I have no clear recollection of when the arrangement came to an end but it continued for, I think, at least a couple of years and could have been longer. I have a handful of photographs featuring Vinnie, some including the family dog at that time too. It would be wonderful to reunite Vinnie to her photographs and of course to meet her again.


Occupation

Charles was a Master Baker. He & his wife moved to the city Bristol, England, in the 1950s when the Tesco supermarket chain decided to introduce one of its first (perhaps the first?) in-store bakeries, at its Bristol store. Charles represented a ground-breaking move by Tesco in that he was the first master baker in the whole country to be employed by them (first-hand family information). He remained with Tesco for the rest of his working life.

President of the Bristol branch of the National Association of Master Bakers.


Death

Death:
Date: 21 JUL 1974 (recorded on Charles' headstone)
Place: Bristol, Avon, England
Note: aged 58-59[7][8]

Imported only JUL 1974 from Death Date and marked as uncertain.

Burial

Although Charles lived in Bristol for almost all his married life he is buried in the same cemetery as his parents, Newton Mearns Cemetery in Scotland. This is also the cemetery where his younger brother Alan was buried some 6 years previously.

Charles' gravestone (Isabelle is commemorated but not buried here.


Reference

Reference: 71314

Data Changed

Data Changed:
Date: 28 AUG 2013

Prior to import, this record was last changed 28 AUG 2013 .

Ancestors of Interest

John Potter, a Scottish Covenanter captured after the Battle of Airdsmoss & hanged at the Mercat Cross, Edinburgh in 1680.

William Runciman of Crail, who drowned with 7 other fishermen in the Crail Fishing Disaster, 1765.

More information about the Crail Fishing Disaster & its 250th Anniversary Commemoration is here Disaster.

WikiTree Profiles of Interest -

To visit any of the Free Space Profiles follow the appropriate link below-

Runciman Lineage 1b-The Early Generations As the name implies this Profile covers the latest research known of the earliest ancestors on the 'Crail' Line.

Crail Fishing Disaster History and Latest News

Charles is a descendant of William of Crail who drowned with 7 others in the 1765 Crail Fishing Disaster. A 250th anniversary commemoration for the drownings was held in Crail on 16 May 2015.


Sources

  • Source: S3222 Title: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004) plus subsequent research by Alan RUNCIMAN, Ros RUNCIMAN, Lawrence FLETCHER, Lorna HENDERSON & many, many others, Compiler Address: UK, Australia and New Zealand Abbreviation: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004), plus subsequent research Author: Diane Middleton Jen Jelley Alan Runciman Ros Runciman Laurie Fletcher Lorna Henderson and many others Publication: Jul 2013 Note: imported on 2013/07/24 at 15:44:27.
  • Source: S3225 Title: Death Registration Abbreviation: Death Registration
  • Source: S3234 Title: Marriage Registration Abbreviation: Marriage Registration
  1. Source: #S3222
  2. Source: #S3225 Page: Bristol, ENG - Vol 22 Page 0969 CONT 1974 DOB stated on Death Register
  3. Source: #S3222
  4. Source: #S3234 Page: Blythswood, Glasgow - 644/08 0624 CONT 1949
  5. Source: #S3222
  6. Source: #S2970 Page: Marr. 1914 Charles J Thoms RUNCIMAN & Elizabeth ARMSTRONG, re.g Kelvin, LKS 644/13 0145, extracted from index Jan 2012
  7. Source: #S3225 Page: Bristol, ENG - Vol 22 Page 0969 CONT 1974
  8. Source: #S3222

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Alan Runciman for creating WikiTree profile Runciman-665 through the import of RUNCIMANAlansPaternal4WikiTreeAug2013.ged on Aug 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Alan and others.






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