Rankin Family

  We have wondered for ages where the name Ainsworth came from.  Well known is that William Ainsworth Rankin, Sr. and William Ainsworth Rankin, Jr. got their name from Major Ainsworth Rankin. But was their another Ainsworth before the Major??                                                     William Ainsworth Rankin,Jr.  WHAT’S IN A NAME??? Bill often spoke of his dislike for his middle name, Ainsworth.   Bill was named after his father, William Ainsworth Rankin, Sr.                                        William Ainsworth Rankin, Sr. His father’s middle name, Ainsworth, must have come from his uncle, Ainsworth Hanna Rankin a major in the Army, who also did not like the name Ainsworth. Major Rankin always used the nickname “DOC.”   ...

  NEW RESOURCES NOW AVAILABLE ON LINE HAVE REVEALED ANOTHER GENERATION ON OUR RANKIN ANCESTRY! So this update is coming your way at this time...Just in time for our Rankin Mini-Reunion on March 31, 2018 in Caldwell, Idaho.  We will present a Scottish theme throughout the weekend and have the following information shared and displayed in various ways to honor our Scottish heritage. We Now have a JOHN...after so many Alexander's and William's.. James'..we have John Rankine from New Monkland, Scotland..our oldest documented ancestor. John Rankine (1724-New Monkland) and Margaret Finlay (1729-Hamilton, Lanarkshire ) md March 31, 1751 New Monkland Three children: 1) William Rankin (December 3,1749- New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland) married  Margaret Horn (July 29,1753-  Sunnny Hills, Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland) married at Barony (Parish), Lanark, Scotland on November 12, 1775 2)John (September 23, 1752-) New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotlan...

Previous posts listed James Rankin (Surgeon) as the earliest Rankin we could find with enough information to share.  But further research into his parents ( Alexander and Margery Banks), grandparents (William and Margaret Horn ), and great grandparents (John and Margaret Finlay)  has led to many discoveries about our Rankin ancestry.  This blog entry will feature Alexander's family. The following blog entry will feature the rest of the story including a time line of Rankin Scottish history as far as it is recorded. ALEXANDER RANKIN was born in November 12, 1789 to William and Margaret (Horn) Rankin at Broomfield, Barony Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland and was Christened on November 22, 1789 at the Church of Scotland, Borony Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland. (record copied from "Scotland Births and Baptisms 1564-1950" ) The 1861 Census records birth town as Tollcross. Other siblings of Alex: Margaret (July 27, 1778-) Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland Marion (October...