Category: Rankin Family

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James Rankin

James Rankin was a Scottish immigrant who came to the United States in 1865. He was born on April 25, 1848 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland. According to the 1861 Scotland Census, James was 12 years old and working as a coalminer. On January 21, 1866, James boarded the City of New York at the docks […]