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Nancy Zalena Rankin 1835–1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 December 1835

Birth Location: Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 14 November 1900

Death Location: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA

Father: Robert Beaty

Mother: Nancy Leeper

Spouse(s): Samuel Rankin

Children(s): Mary Rankin, Nancy Rankin, Samuel Rankin, Edward Rankin, Julia Rankin, Alice Rankin, John Rankin, Benneville Rankin

Nancy Zalena Rankin was born in 1835 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Robert A Beaty And Nancy Elizabeth Leeper. Nancy Zalena Rankin married Samuel N Rankin, and had children including Alice Eleanor Rankin, Benjamin Rankin, Benneville Pinkney Rankin, Edward Caldwell Rankin, John Hancock Rankin, Julia A Rankin, Mary Elizabeth Rankin, Nancy Louisa Lula Rankin, Samuel Nicholas Rankin. Nancy Zalena Rankin passed away in 1900 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA.

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Biography

  • Nancy Zalena Rankin was born in 1835 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA, the child of Robert A Beaty And Nancy Elizabeth Leeper.
  • Nancy Zalena Rankin married Samuel N Rankin, and had children including Alice Eleanor Rankin, Benjamin Rankin, Benneville Pinkney Rankin, Edward Caldwell Rankin, John Hancock Rankin, Julia A Rankin, Mary Elizabeth Rankin, Nancy Louisa Lula Rankin, Samuel Nicholas Rankin.
  • Nancy Zalena Rankin passed away in 1900 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA.

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Nancy Rankin's Ancestors

Self
Nancy Rankin
1835–1900
Birth Place: Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
Parents
Robert A Beaty
1794–1881
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Nancy (Elizabeth) Leeper
1798–1849
Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
John ("Oliver") Leeper
1757–1804
Augusta, Virginia, Colonial Virginia
Elizabeth Davidson
1761–1835
Augusta, Hampshire, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Nicholas Leeper
1720–1785
John Sr
1728–1801
Tabitha Porter
1730–1812
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Leeper
1695–1763
Margaret Curry
1700–1765

Nancy Rankin's Descendants

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Nancy (Zalena) Rankin (4 December 1835–14 November 1900) m. Samuel (N) Rankin (17 Mar 1819–9 April 1899)
  1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Rankin 1851–1928
  2. 2. Nancy (Louisa "Lula") Rankin 1871–1948 m. Cyrus (Alexander) Elliott 1866–1938
    1. 1. Rhea (Rankin) Elliott 1900–1987 m. Effie ("Mabel") Cline 1906–1987
  3. 3. Samuel (Nicholas) Rankin 1865–1939
  4. 4. Edward (Caldwell) Rankin 1860–1915
  5. 5. Julia (A) Rankin 1856–1929
  6. 6. Alice (Eleanor) Rankin 1862–1878
  7. 7. John (Hancock) Rankin 1874–1893
  8. 8. Benneville (Pinkney) Rankin 1880–1931

Nancy Rankin's Timeline

2 Records

1835
4 December 1835
Birth of Nancy Zalena Rankin in Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
1900
14 November 1900
Age 65
Death of Nancy Zalena Rankin in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 December 1835
    Event Place: Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 November 1900
    Event Place: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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