↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9QC-7W4 : 5 January 2021), William S Rankins in household of William F Rankins, Williams Judicial Township, Colusa, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-10, sheet 1A, line 32, family 11, 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 194.
↑ "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPCH-1RN : 26 November 2014), William Sherer Rankin, 09 Aug 1958; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
↑ College City Cemetery (College City, California, United States.) William S. Rankins’ headstone. Personally photographed by Kim Collins, Nov 2017.