WILLIAM RANKINE
William Rankine was born on the 12th day of January 1799, in Dalbair, Ayrshire, Scotland. His parents were James Rankine and Jane Rankine nee Gemmell. (ancestry 2016)
On the 10th day of March 1826, he married Jane Patterson at Old Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. (ancestry 2016)
Their first child, James, was born in 1828 in Ayrshire, Scotland. (ancestry 2016)
William emigrated to South Australia in 1839 aboard the Fairfield.
Their son Andrew was born on the 14th day of April 1841, and was the first European to be born in Strathalbyn.
William's first wife, Jane, died on the 27th day of March 1870, at Strathalbyn, aged
On the 22nd day of February 1871, he married Jane Anthony Strype at Norwood, South Australia.
Jane died in February 1876, in London, England.
In July 1877, William married Sarah Elizabeth Roberts in Scotland.
William died on the 5th day of September 1882, at Glenbarr, Strathalbyn, South Australia, aged 83 years.
