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Alexander Ewing Runciman1

ID#41536, (8 December 1850 - September 1878)
Alexander Ewing Runciman|b. 8 Dec 1850\nd. Sep 1878|p41536.htm|David Runciman|b. 1804\nd. 12 Sep 1872|p41524.htm|Janet Aitchison|b. cir. 1816\nd. 1 Feb 1890||David Runciman|b. 29 Oct 1751\nd. 16 Jan 1825|p11353.htm|Janet Lockie|b. cir. 1757\nd. 25 Sep 1830||William Aitchison|b. say 1770||Mary R. Ker|b. say 1770||
FatherDavid Runciman1 b. 1804, d. 12 Sep 1872
MotherJanet Aitchison1 b. cir. 1816, d. 1 Feb 1890
ChartsRUNCIMAN
Relationship2nd cousin 4 times removed of Lorna Henderson.
     
     Alexander Ewing Runciman was born on 8 Dec 1850 in Edinburgh St Cuthberts, MLN, SCT.1
     Alexander Ewing Runciman died in Sep 1878 at Buenos Aires, ARG, at age 27; (Father's Fasti entry has "died 1874").2,3 He was buried on 25 Sep 1878 from St Andrews Scots Ch, Buenos Aires, ARG, Alex. Ewing RUNCIMAN, 23 (should be 28 - ?typo) b SCT.2
     Alexander is just one of the family in Sth America, his main reason for inclusion on the web site is to get a marker on the map for Argentina!4
     The census of 1851 showed David, William, John, Robert and Alexander and their sisters Mary and Janet in the household of their parents David and Janet Runciman at 13 Annfield Pl, Barony, LKS, SCT, enumerated as RUNCIMAN: David D.D. 47, Minister of St Andrew b nr Lauder, Berwick; wife Janet 35 b Edin; Children: David W 13, Mary K (ancestry indexed as R) 12, William A 10, John A 8 all scholars all b Edin; Janet L (ancestry indexed as B) scholar, Robert Peel 2, Alexander E 3mths all b Glasgow; Servants: LANDES, HENNESY; BOWNER.5
     The census of 1861 showed David, William, John, Robert and Alexander and their sisters Mary, Janet and Elizabeth in the household of their parents David and Janet Runciman at 317 Duke St, Srpingburn, Glasgow, LKS, SCT, enumerated as RUNCIMAN: David D.D. 57, Minister of St Andrew Parish, Glasgow, b Lauder, BEW; wife Janet 45 b Peebles; Children: David W 23 (ancestry has 28) Mat student, Mary K 21, William 20 calico printer clerk, John A 18 merchants clerk, all b Edin; Janet L 15, Robert 12, Alexander 10, all scholars b Glasgow; Elizabeth N 5 b Glasgow; Servants: McNEILLAGE, McCULLICK.6 Alexander Ewing Runciman was not found with David Runciman in the census of 1871 no search criteria I can as yet think of has managed to locate the family in Scotland or England via the Ancestry indices.7
     David, Mary, John, Alexander, Robert, Elizabeth and Janet were beneficiaries in the 12 Aug 1872 will of their father David Runciman at Elie, FIF, SCT.8
     By 1874 Alexander Ewing Runciman was living in the ARG.9
Last Edited20 Oct 2008

Citations

  1. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), RUNCIMAN/AITCHISON births/baptisms, batch C119889, extracted Sep 2005.
  2. Www RUNCIMAN, online at Various, RUNCIMAN burials registered St Andrew's Scots Church, Buenos Aires, extracted Sep 2005, From http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jnth/SanAentierros/…, posted by Jeremy HOWAT, home page last updated 16 Sep 2005.
  3. Www RUNCIMAN, online at Various, Dr David RUNCIMAN, from Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation (1915), online at http://www.archive.org/details/fastiecclesiasco03scotuoft, extracted May 2007.
  4. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Oct 2008.
  5. 1851 Census, ENG, Via Ancestry.com, Barony, LKS, Par. 622 ED 2C Pg 16 Sched 73, hsehold of David & Janet RUNCIMAN, extracted May 2007.
  6. 1861 Census, ENG, Via Ancestry.com, Springburn, High Church, Glasgow, LKS, Par. 644/2 ED 121 Pg 7 Sched 36, hsehold of David & Janet RUNCIMAN, extracted May 2007.
  7. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Jun 2007.
  8. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins, online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Trust Dispostion and Settlement, 1872 Rev David RUNCIMAN DD, copy d/loaded Sep 2005, (SC36/51/62, Glasgow Sheriff Court, Wills).
  9. Ancestry.com, online at http://search.ancestry.com, 1874, Alexander Ewing RUNCIMAN, from index to David DOBSON's"Scots in Latin America" Genealogical Publishing Co, Baltimore, 2003, extracted Jun 2007.

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