Lillie D. (Cowan) Rankin (abt. 1877 - 1965)

Born about 16 Dec 1877 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Cornelius Alexander Rankin — married 29 May 1895 in Barringer Township, Iredell, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 11 Sep 1965 at about age 87 in Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Native Tar Heel

Daughter of John Cowan and Emma Griffin.

29 May 1898 -- married Cornelius Alexander Rankin in Iredell Co, NC. Children include:

1. Emma b1898 -- later Heaggans
2. Ollie/Allie b1900 -- later Torrence, then Irby
3. Claude Dewitt b1902
4. Albert Alexander b1903
5. Floyd b1904
6. William Theodore b1907
7. Raymond Wilford b1908
8. Thelma Mayfield b1911 -- never married ?
9. Leroy Wilson b1913
10. Richard Elihue b1915
11. Lilly May b1917 -- later Wilson
12. Johnny Cornelius b1920

Lillie (age 19), daughter of John H Cowan & Emma Cowan, married Cornelius Abrander Rankins on 29 May 1898 in Iredell, North Carolina, United States.^[1]

In the 1940 census Lillie (age 61) was the wife of A Alexander Ranken in Mount Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage: "North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011", database with images, North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 60548 #14258982 (accessed 2 February 2023), Lillie D Cowan (19) marriage to Cornelius Abrander Rankins on 29 May 1898 in Iredell, North Carolina, USA.
2. ↑ 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census", database with images, Year: 1940; Census Place: Mount Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-02968; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 80-23, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #153973827 (accessed 2 February 2023), Lillie Ranken (61), wife, in household of A Alexander Ranken (65) in Mount Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina. Born in North Carolina.

• Birth - not found
• 1880, age 1 - NC, Rowan, Mount Ulla, ED 239, pages 33+34, family 308. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCXL-NCT : 14 January 2022), Lillie Cowan in household of Charles Cowan, Mount Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
• 1898 marriage -
  • index - "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJS-K2WH : 9 March 2021), Cornelius A Rankin and Lillie D Cowan, 29 May 1898; citing Iredell, North Carolina, United States, p. 227, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 548,949.
  • index - "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJS-LFXF : 9 March 2021), Cornelius A Rankin and Lillie D Cowan, 29 May 1898; citing Iredell, North Carolina, United States, p. 186, North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm 548,950.
• 1900, age 21 - NC, Rowan, Cleveland, ED 103, sheets 4A+4B, family 62. "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSB2-BQM : 22 January 2022), Lillie Rankin in entry for Alex Rankin, 1900.
• 1910, age 31 - NC, Rowan, Mount Ulla, ED 101, sheet 12B, family 192. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML3G-QHG : accessed 29 January 2023), Lilly Rankin in household of Alex Rankin, Mount Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 101, sheet 12B, family 192, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1131; FHL microfilm 1,375,144.
• 1920, age 41 - NC, Rowan, Mount Ulla, ED 119, sheet 11B, family 199. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZJP-CJ6 : 3 February 2021), Lillie D Ranken in entry for Alex Ranken, 1920.
• 1930, age 52 - NC, Rowan, Mount Ulla, ED 80-23, sheet 2B, family 41. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37M-XY4 : accessed 29 January 2023), Lilly Rankin in household of Alex Rankin, Mount Ulla, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 2B, line 70, family 41, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1718; FHL microfilm 2,341,452.
• 1940, age 61 - NC, Rowan, Mount Ulla, ED 80-23, sheet 2A, family 17. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW38-FKH : 9 January 2021), Lillie Ranken in household of C Alexander Ranken, Bear Poplar, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 80-23, sheet 2A, line 9, family 17, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2968.
• 1950, age 71 - NC, Rowan, Mount Ulla, ED 80-37, sheet 10, family 74. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X11-RVJ4
• Death -
  • cert - "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPMP-92T : 30 September 2022), Lillie Cowan Rankin, 1965.
  • cert - "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H4GN-466Z : 21 January 2020), Lillie Cowan Rankin, 1965.
  • index - "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP2H-X6L7 : 14 January 2022), Lillie Cowan Rankin, 11 Sep 1965; citing Death, North Carolina State Archives, Division of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 102504781.
• Obituary - not found
• Burial - Find A Grave: Memorial #118134716

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