George Rankeillor, b. 17 January 1897 at 20 Bank Street, Edinburgh, to George Rankeillor, labourer in rubber works, and Julia McDonald, who had married 16 November 1894 in Edinburgh. (Without a doubt, the "rubber works" implies the North British Rubber Company, which operated in Edinburgh from 1857 to 1967). The family was living at 11 Lothian Street in Edinburgh at the time of the 1901 Census and at 6 Newton Street, Edinburgh, in the 1911 Census returns. George was an apprentice mason at that time.
