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Louisa Melissa Rankin 1600–1660 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1600

Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Death Date: 1660

Death Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Father: Orville Rankin

Mother: Melissa Gray

Spouse(s): David I

Children(s): David II, David Dinwiddie, Robert Dinwiddie, David (Dunwoody), David Dinwiddie, Robert Dinwoody, David Dinwiddie

In 1600, Louisa Melissa Rankin entered the world in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Orville C Rankin And Melissa Fairchild Rankin Gray. Louisa Melissa Rankin married David Dunwoody Dinwiddie I, and had children including David Dinwiddie, David Dinwiede Dunwoody, David Dunwoody Dinwiddie Ii, Robert Dinwiddie Dinwoody, Robert Dinwiddie. Louisa Melissa Rankin passed away in 1660 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1600, Louisa Melissa Rankin entered the world in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, born to Orville C Rankin And Melissa Fairchild Rankin Gray.
  • Louisa Melissa Rankin married David Dunwoody Dinwiddie I, and had children including David Dinwiddie, David Dinwiede Dunwoody, David Dunwoody Dinwiddie Ii, Robert Dinwiddie Dinwoody, Robert Dinwiddie.
  • Louisa Melissa Rankin passed away in 1660 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Orville Rankin
1580–1645
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Melissa Gray
1580–1625
Birth Location: Dowhill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

David I
1592–1645
Birth Location: Dumfries, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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Children(s)

David II
1631–1689
Birth Location: County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland
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David Dinwiddie
1611–1666
Birth Location: Ulster, Ireland
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Robert Dinwiddie
1635–1689
Birth Location: Maynes of Lochwood, Dumfrieshire, Scotland
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David (Dunwoody)
1631–1681
Birth Location: County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland
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David Dinwiddie
1631–1681
Birth Location: Ulster, Ireland
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Robert Dinwoody
1620–1689
Birth Location: Maynes of Lochwood, Dumfries-shire, Scotland
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David Dinwiddie
1631–1877
Birth Location: Ulster, Ireland
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Louisa Rankin's Ancestors

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Louisa Rankin
1600–1660
Birth Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Parents
Orville C. Rankin
1580–1645
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Melissa (Fairchild Rankin) Gray
1580–1625
Dowhill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Louisa Rankin's Descendants

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Louisa (Melissa) Rankin (1600–1660) m. David (Dunwoody\Dinwiddie) I (1592–1645)
  1. 1. David (Dunwoody (Dinwiddie)) II 1631–1689 m. Jeane Broun 1623–1682
    1. 1. David (Dinwiddie) IV 1662–1740 m. Sarah McClellan 1668–1744
      1. 1. Mary Dinwiddie 1690–1717 m. John Means 1663–1739
        1. 1. Nancy (Ann) MEANS 1717–1776 m. William (John) Sloan 1714–1743 m. James Sloan 1690–1753 m. Dell (R) Wasson 1730–1756 m. John (H.) Wasson 1715–1756 m. John Wasson 1715–1756
      2. 2. Martha Dinwiddie 1692–1717
      3. 3. David Dinwiddie 1686–1740
      4. 4. Robert Dinwiddie 1684–1770
  2. 2. David Dinwiddie 1611–1666
  3. 3. Robert Dinwiddie 1635–1689
  4. 4. David (Dinwiede) (Dunwoody) 1631–1681
  5. 5. David Dinwiddie 1631–1681
  6. 6. Robert (Dinwiddie) Dinwoody 1620–1689
  7. 7. David Dinwiddie 1631–1877

Louisa Rankin's Timeline

2 Records

1600
1600
Birth of Louisa Melissa Rankin in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
1660
1660
Age 60
Death of Louisa Melissa Rankin in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1600
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1660
    Event Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
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