
Alan Runciman Jr
Honor Code SignatorySigned 30 Jun 2013 | 6,152 contributions | 131 thank-yous | 704 connections
Alan has a late former wife & living family comprising wife, children, grandchildren, siblings & their families, all of whom have no Wiki profile in the interest of their personal data security, in line with current WikiTree practice. Any of those relatives who wish to create their own profiles are welcome to do so, using the same WT conventions. If so, I’m happy to help if desired.
Alan is interested in all his ancestors and the life and social history surrounding them. These profiles hold a particular interest & much information -
John Potter, a Scottish Covenanter, was captured in Ayrshire in 1680 and imprisoned at Edinburgh, then hanged at the Mercat Cross. His wife Isobell Callender, equally devout, participated in the short-lived Gibbites group (aka The Sweet Singers).
William Runciman eldest of 9 children, owned his own fishing boat manned by a crew of 8, all of whom drowned in a storm off Crail harbour in 1765.
William Martin was Dunedin's pioneer horticulturist. Born Lanarkshire, Scotland. Arrived New Zealand 1848 on the "Philip Laing". Within a short time he was able to buy 186 acres of land beyond Green Island Bush and planted out 10 acres as a nursery, naming it "Fairfield" and leased out the rest for farming. Martin's garden in Fairfield was recognised as Otago's finest for more than 50 years. Martin Road, Fairfield commemorates its site.
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John Kirkland, furthest back on this line, born about 1705 in Forfarshire, Scotland.
Runciman histories in associated profiles:
A comprehensive list of links to the profiles of Runciman family people, events & places on the Crail lineage is available here.
Kirkland Links:
I am a member of the worldwide Kirkland One Name Study, a project in its early stages, and a team co-ordinator of the Scotland Team within the project. If you have Kirkland ancestors in your tree anywhere in the world you should join.Connections to Super Bowl halftime show performers: Alan is 30 degrees from Prince Nelson, 23 degrees from Dan Aykroyd, 26 degrees from Garth Brooks, 27 degrees from Chubby Checker, 31 degrees from Ella Fitzgerald, 26 degrees from Dusty Hill, 37 degrees from Whitney Houston, 21 degrees from Mick Jagger, 26 degrees from Paul McCartney, 25 degrees from Tom Petty, 26 degrees from Chris Stapleton and 27 degrees from Shania Twain on our single family tree. Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.
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Categories: Runciman Lineage 1b - William Runciman of Crail | Kirkland Name Study | Scotland, Kirkland Name Study
Thanks for your part in making this information available. I have traced my paternal line back to the 1850s in Dundee and have found James and David to be a recurring first names throughout. Also I have confirmed through shipping records that my surname Kay was spelt Keay before the move to Australia in the late 1850s. I stumbled across the Crail story and wonder if I may have a connection with James. I am new to wikitree and have not been able to piece together a lineage before the 1850s as yet. Cheers, Paul Kay
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Tina
Many thanks
Tina Mason
Cheers Alan
Regards
Alex
Regards S.Hart
Wish you a Happy New Year. May 2018 bring you all you need to be happy.
Congratulation for adding your contributions in December. Whatever the quantity of your contributions, they all count. As I always say "Quality is better than quantity" to make a great family tree.
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for his wife. Until later...M.
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I will get there :) I must of did some reflection during sleep as I have some more thoughts. I also thought of researching on how to up load an online book. Then we can can also have a similar format to SaB1. Thank you for your assistance. Diane