Elizabeth (Mayes) Rankin (1908 - 1998)

Wife of Hugh Morrison McAulay — married 26 Jun 1924 (to 1937) in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States

Biography

• First w/o Hugh Morrison McAulay

Residence

1930 US Census; 4 Apr 1930; 1589? The Plaza, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA

Hugh M. Mc Auley, Head, 31, Married, North Carolina, lawyer-office

Elizabeth Mc Auley, Wife, 26

Elizabeth Mc Auley, Daughter, 4, North Carolina

William Mc Auley, Son, 1, North Carolina

John Mc Auley, Son, 2 mos, North Carolina ^[1]

1940 US Census; 2 Apr 1940; 411 (street name illegible), Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, United States

Residence 1 Apr 1935: Rural, York, South Carolina (for Clinton & Elizabeth)

Clinton Rankin Head M 31 North Carolina; Assistant Salesman-Retail Men’s Shop

Elizabeth Rankin Wife F 30 South Carolina

Clinton Rankin Son M 1 North Carolina ^[2]

Marriage

Elizabeth Mayes and Hugh M McAuley were married 26 Jun 1924 in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA.

Elizabeth:

Female; White; 20

Father: J H Mayes

Mother: Idella G Mayes

Hugh:

Male; White; 26

Father: W C McAuley

Mother: Edna W McAuley ^[3]

Divorce Records Index: Mecklenburg County, NC:

Plaintiff: Elizabeth Mayes McAulay

Defendant: Hugh M. McAulay

Year of Divorce: 1937 ^[4]

Death

From FindAGrave memorial.

Gravestone inscription:

Other data, excluding burial location, is unsourced and information only.

Elizabeth Mayes Rankin was born 25 Nov 1908 and died 10 Apr 1998 (aged 89). She is buried at Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA. (Plot: Grave located in Fountain section.)

Spouses:

Hugh Morrison McAulay 1897-1982

Clinton Price Rankin 1908-1986

Children:

Clinton Price Rankin 1938-2014 ^[5]

Research Notes

Marriage to Clinton in ~1938 based on divorce from Hugh in 1937 and being listed on 1940 census as married with a 1 y/o son. Unable to locate reference.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3QQ-Q2S : accessed 29 June 2019), Hugh M Mc Auley, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 4B, line 71, family 71, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1706; FHL microfilm 2,341,440.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW35-KJK : 5 December 2019), Clinton Rankin in household of Clinton Rankin, Ward 5, Gastonia, Gastonia Township, Gaston, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 36-26B, sheet 8B, line 55, family , 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 2914.
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. "North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011" [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC. Ancestry Record 60548 #15456157
4. ↑ Divorce Records Index: Mecklenburg County, NC 1846 - 1969. (https://www.cmstory.org/print/56033)
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 08 December 2019), memorial page for Elizabeth Mayes Rankin (25 Nov 1908–10 Apr 1998), Find A Grave: Memorial #128657433, citing Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Grave Wanderer (contributor 48154538).