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Relatives of my grandfather, Walter Rankin
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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it | Report | 5 Jun 2017 10:15 |
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Have you looked for them on the Irish census |
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Aidan | Report | 5 Jun 2017 09:10 |
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I am looking for any relatives of my paternal grandfather, Walter Rankin - or people who knew his family. He was born in Belfast in c.1885-1890 (d. 1980): his father, David Rankin, came from Co. Derry (or Londonderry - not sure which is more correct?!) and his mother, Elizabeth Bradford, from Co. Armagh. He lived all of his life in Shaftesbury Square, Belfast. I know that his sister, Mabel, married a man called Gerald (or Gerard?)Reid, became a Catholic (having previously been Church of Ireland) and had an adopted son, Basil. That's all I really know because contact was minimal during his and my grandmother seems to have cut off all links with my grandfather's family. It's a big gap in my knowledge: I should add that I live in London and have only ever had minimal contact with Ireland. |
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