Jane GEMMELL

1770 - 1854  (84 years)

• Name	Jane GEMMELL
  Born	1770
  	The gravestone which is attached to this profile has it that Jane was 84 years old when she died in 1854 - ie born about 1770.
  Gender	Female
  Residence	Boag farm, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, UK  [1, 2]
  Died	6 Apr 1854	Barr Village Ayr Scotland   [3]
  Person ID	I-9242	Christina and Donald McLean
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	John GREMMELL
  Family ID	F-3011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James RANKINE,   b. 1765,   d. 15 Jun 1850, Barr Village Ayr Scotland  (Age 85 years)
  Children of marriage	They had 8 children. Three of them migrated on the Fairfield in 1839 - Dr John, Matthew, & James Gemmell.   [4]
  Note	A Wikipedia entry for their son (Dr John Rankine) has the father as James Rankine - that is correct. But the entry has the mother as Jane Paterson - which is wrong because there is an OPR confirming that John's brother, William, married Jane Paterson in 1826 in Barr, Scotland. (This note by Don Gordon on 26th June 2021)
  Children	1. Elizabeth RANKINE,   b. 1795, Dalblair Ayr Scotland  []   2. Sarah RANKINE,   b. 1797, Dalblair Ayr Scotland  [] + 3. William (snr) RANKINE,   b. 19 Jan 1799, Dalblair Barr Ayr UK ,   d. 2 Nov 1882, Belalie Hindmarsh Island SA  (Age 83 years)  []   4. Dr John RANKINE,   b. 19 Oct 1801, Kirkintillock Ayreshire Scotland ,   d. 15 Mar 1864, Helensburgh Scotland UK  (Age 62 years)  []   5. Jean RANKINE,   b. 1804  []   6. Margaret RANKINE,   b. 1806  []   7. Hugh RANKINE,   b. 1808,   d. 15 May 1853  (Age 45 years)  []   8. Susan RANKINE,   b. 1810,   d. 8 Feb 1834, Ayr Scotland  (Age 24 years)  []   9. James Gemmell RANKINE,   b. 1810,   d. 10 Aug 1873  (Age 63 years)  []
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2021 08:22:53
  Family ID	F-3143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Rankine gravestone - Barr cemetery Erected in memory Susan daughter of James Rankine in Northballoch who died the 8th Feb 1834 aged 24 years Also Mary daughter of William Rankine in Northballoch who died the 10th Jan 1828 aged ?? Also James Rankine late farmer in Northballoch who died at Barr 15th June 1850 aged 85 years Also Jane Gemmell his spouse also died at Barr 6th April 1854 aged 84 years

  
  

• Sources

  [S-260] Pam Revell - ID 9351, Email on 9th June 2021. [S-261] DON GORDON-LIBRARIES-'Rankine Family' - in the Library directory on Don Gordon's computer, Rankine Family 1839-1982 cowritten by Jan Stephenson, Page 3. [S-259] Gravestone attached to this profile. [S-260] Pam Revell - ID 9351, FaceBook to Lorna McLean in May 2021.