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I know I'm a bit late to the show but I believe we share the same Rankin ancestors from Stranraer.
Alexander Rankin (born Ireland, 1791) and his wife, Mary McGhee (born wigtownshire) are my 4th great grandparents.
They had seven children: Alexander, James, Jane (aka Jean), Richard, Thomas, William and Mary.
They were Tile and Brickmakers and either rented or owned the Clasmahew factory in Stranraer. I'm still looking into this.

Richard Rankin (born 1819) is my 3rd great grandfather, he married Sarah Armstrong and later, Agnes Watson.

Richard and Sarah's daughter, Elizabeth is my 2nd great grandmother and sister to Margaret who married David Cosh.

They were a huge family and I'm still researching them...a few 2nd and third marriages, makes it more interesting!

Hi, I see this is an oldish post but Richard Rankin and Agnes Agnew are my 3rd G Granparents through their daughter Helen Rankin.  I am not sure if Richard and Agnes ever married as nothing on OPR records. Could also be that they they had 3 children in total before Richard married Sarah Armstrong in June 1848. Perhaps the marriage/death registrations for Jane 1844 and John 1847 will confirm this.

I have just started my research on this family group so it is early days but basically Helen married John Blain/Blaine in Milton Glasgow in 1865, her daughter Agnes Blain is my linage she married William Guthrie Docherty in 1888 in Troon.  Their son David Docherty was my Grandfather.

That is correct BaaMoo, do you have any connection here??

ok well that is new! at least to me!

Now I need to ask, Dundonald connection...is that Dundonald, near Troon in Ayrshire?

Sorry but unfortunately I don't think there is a connection. I have my McKinnons on Eigg in the 1851 Census then they appear to have moved to North Bute, on to Rothesay then Greenock/Glasgow before my branch end up in Ayrshire.

However having McKinnon as a middle name may suggest that his mother's maiden name was McKinnon or his grandmother..either way I would bet there is a family connection.  My Grandmother's maiden middle name was McKinnon, I didn't know her or much about her but it turned out to be the lead I needed to trace her family.  Her Mother's name was McKinnon!
Perhaps his Death certificate or his mother's will show the link. 
The Small Isles may be a good place to look as well as outer Hebrides, and Skye when you do find the link.

Good luck  with your search sorry I can't help you more.

Hi Marion

I was a wee bit excited by your reply because I have a Sarah McKinnon a sister of Catherine... sadly Sarah (Marion) wasn't born until abt 1838 so she is not (at the moment) a link.

However with respect to your own research, I HATE brickwalls, what I have discovered is it looks as though your Sarah McKinnon died before 1850, Daniel in fact had 4 wives in his life-time he did father a further 3 children, 2 girls (3 marriage ??) and a boy (4th Marriage ??) before his death, however I don't know for sure if Elizabeth was his only child with Sarah, what I do know is that Daniel's mother was called Elizabeth so that follows on with traditional family naming and his father was called John (Perhaps there was another child John  I can't be sure as it was all before statutory registration
I do have Daniel's death Registration, marriages of all his wives and some Census Records of which I am sure you would like....just let me know and I can let you know the details...

Sorry that I couldn't find a concrete link with my Sarah (Marion) and yours.... .....however I would be happy to find out how you get along with your research and if the info I have has helped in any way!

Kindest regards

Melanie