Ancestry of
William Johnston Rankin

(1876–1954)

William Johnston Rankin

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • William Rankin 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Johnston   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Jun 1876 
  • Birth Location:
  • Maloon, Tyrone, Ireland 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 5 Jan 1954 
  • Death Location:
  • Eugene, Lane, Oregon 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • West Lawn Memorial Park, Eugene, Lane, Oregon 
  • Notes: 

  • Spanish American War veteran

• Marriages for William Johnston Rankin

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  • Spouse:
  • Ruby O. Myers
  • Marriage Date:
  • 17 Jun 1902
  • Marriage Location:
  • Champaign County, Illinois

• Sources for William Johnston Rankin

  • ¹ Federal Census, CA, Los Angeles County, 1930, Santa Monica, E.D. 1506, Sheet 8B, Image 16 of 40.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/06/2023).
  • ³ Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, Marriage record for William J Rankin and Ruby O Myers.
  • ⁴ Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911, Birth record for William Johnston Rankin, transcription gives birth year as 1878.
  • ⁵ The Eugene Guard (Eugene, Oregon), 06 JAN 1954, p. 17, Obituary for William Rankin.
  • ⁶ U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Record for daughter Kathleen Louise Ainge.