Emmeline Anderson (Buchanan) Runciman (1846 - 1927)

Born 28 May 1846 in Pietermaritzburg Townlands, Natal, South Africa

Ancestors

Wife of John Aitchison Runciman — married 28 Nov 1866 in Presbyterian Church, Church Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Descendants

Died 18 Jul 1927 at age 81 in Queenstown, Cape Province, South Africa

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Biography

Because she was under 21 (b. 28 May 1846) when she married, her father had to give his consent and hence had to sign the Marriage Declaration to indicate this. Afterwards they travelled by wagon to her father’s house on his estate Cleland (just before the edge of the escarpment when leaving PMB for Durban on the old main road, at the top of the hill that was always known as Polly Shorts). Then from there they rode to Durban for their honeymoon. It appears that they went on to stay for a month at a “comfortable house” in Park Rynie lent to them by a Colonel Lucas. According to Shelagh Towert (Gallwey-11), “Granny Runciman was quite a small woman. In spite of having had fifteen children her hair remained brown almost to the day of her death, at eighty two. She had twinkling brown eyes and a lovely smile. Their house was a haven for all members of the family, especially in time of troubles. A large garden at the back was planted with vegetables and the "offices” included stables for two horses and a "Coach-house" with a loft for storing feed for the animals”.

Name

Name: Emmeline Anderson /Buchanan/ ^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 28 MAY 1846 corrected to 28 March 1846 as per note below

Place: Pietermaritzburg, NAT, SAF^[2]

Correction? http://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/18-newspaper-extracts/natal-witness gives the date as 28 March. But it looks unreliable because the announcement of the birth was made in the issue of 5 June 1846 whereas the other announcments all occur within a week of the birth. Also, other records not available here give May. hence I have opted for May

Death

Death:

Date: 18 JUL 1927

Place: Queenstown, CPC, SAF^[3]

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 29 AUG 2006

Prior to import, this record was last changed 29 AUG 2006 .

Burial

Burial:

Place: Pietermaritzburg, NAT, SAF^[4]

Marriage

Husband: John Aitchison Runciman

Wife: Emmeline Anderson Buchanan

Child: Henry David John Runciman

Child: Emmeline Jessie Runciman

Child: Janet Acheson Runciman

Child: William Robert Runciman

Child: Annie Isabella Runciman

Child: Alexander Edwin Runciman

Child: May Alice Runciman

Child: Ethel Aitcheson Runciman

Child: Jessie Lilian Runciman

Child: John Acheson Runciman

Child: Stuart Erskine Runciman

Child: Mina Effie Aitcheson Runciman

Child: Nora Elizabeth Runciman

Child: Kenneth Comin Runciman

Child: Mirelle Runciman

Marriage:

Date: 28 NOV 1866

Place: Pietermaritzburg, NAT, SAF^[5]

Husband: David Dale Buchanan

Wife: Mary Amm

Child: Emmeline Anderson Buchanan

Marriage:

Date: BEF 1846

Place:  ?SAF or ?SCT^[6]

Sources

Unpublished autobiography of Shelagh Towert (Gallwey-11).

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1. ↑ Source: #S2333 Page: RUNCIMAN mailing list resources, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Runciman_(4) pdf file on brothers John and William RUNCIMAN in Sth Africa, written by Mrs Mary RUNCIMAN, extracted Sep 2005 Note: (Mary's husband being a descendant of the Dunbar RUNCIMAN families)
2. ↑ Source: #S2333 Page: RUNCIMAN mailing list resources,https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Runciman_(4) pdf file on brothers John and William RUNCIMAN in Sth Africa, written by Mrs Mary RUNCIMAN, extracted Sep 2005
3. ↑ Source: #S2333 Page: RUNCIMAN mailing list resources,https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Runciman_(4) pdf file on brothers John and William RUNCIMAN in Sth Africa, written by Mrs Mary RUNCIMAN, extracted Sep 2005
4. ↑ Source: #S2333 Page: RUNCIMAN mailing list resources, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Runciman_(4) pdf file on brothers John and William RUNCIMAN in Sth Africa, written by Mrs Mary RUNCIMAN, extracted Sep 2005
5. ↑ Source: #S2333 Page: RUNCIMAN mailing list resources, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Runciman_(4) pdf file on brothers John and William RUNCIMAN in Sth Africa, written by Mrs Mary RUNCIMAN, extracted Sep 2005 Note: (Mary's husband being a descendant of the Dunbar RUNCIMAN families)
6. ↑ Source: #S2333 Page: RUNCIMAN mailing list resources,https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:William_Runciman_(4) pdf file on brothers John and William RUNCIMAN in Sth Africa, written by Mrs Mary RUNCIMAN, extracted Sep 2005