John RANKIN

1820 - 1900  (~ 79 years)

• Name	John RANKIN
  Birth	Oct 1820	New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census	1851	Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Census	1861	Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Innkeeper
  Census	1871	Bowmanville, Durham, Ontario, Canada
  Census	1881	Bowmanville, Durham, Ontario, Canada
  Census	1891	Bowmanville, Durham, Ontario, Canada
  Death	3 Sep 1900	Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Burial	Bowmanville, Durham, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I15882453	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Colin RANKIN,   b. Abt 1799, , , , Scotland d. 1867, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Mary ROBERTSON
  Family ID	F5204578	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Stuart JOHNSTON,   b. Abt 1811, , , , Scotland d. 3 Jun 1896, Bowmanville, Durham, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 85 years)
  Marriage	8 Oct 1850	, Bathurst District, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. John RANKIN,   b. Abt 1848, , , Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown   2. Catheine Sarah RANKIN,   b. 10 Oct 1850, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Aug 1934, Cedar Croft, Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F5212750	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2018

  
  

• Documents		Rankin, John politician https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rankin_(Canadian_politician)
  		John RANKIN was first MP for Renfrew North Newspaper clipping from the collection of Girlie Bennett, provided by Clair Huckabone.

  
  

• Notes

  From Cobden then & Now p. 17: John Rankin became a merchant and hotel keeper at Cobden. He was an associate of Jason Gould and was one of teh directors of the Horton & ross Plank and Macadamized Road Co. He owned abt a dozen lots on the eastern side of Bonnechere St. in Cobden. in 1852 he bought a hotel which had been recently constructed by Mr. Laycock (lot 14). A couple years later he bought Bisson's Hotel which was next door (lot13) and opened a store in it. He was Reeve of Ross Twp 1862-1867; Warden of RC 1865-1866. Twp meetings were held in his hotel until a twp hall ws built on lot 30 or 31. He became 1st federal MP for RC defeating Thomas Murray. He sold his hotel to Thomas Hill; his store to Robert Delahey and moved to Bowmanville

  
  

• Sources

  [S172094] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Death Registrations Online at Ancestry.ca", (Subscription www.ancestry.ca), 002516 Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada (Reliability: 3). [S172096] FamilyTree.Com, "Ontario Marriage Registrations online at Ancestry.com", (subscription www.ancestry.ca).