John Aitchison Runciman (1842 - 1900)

Born 6 May 1842 in Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Emmeline Anderson (Buchanan) Runciman — married 28 Nov 1866 in Presbyterian Church, Church Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1900 at age 58 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

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Biography

John Aitchison Runciman was born in 1842 to David Runciman D.D. and Janet Aitchison^[1][2]

John travelled from Scotland with his brother William on the 224 ton three-masted schooner Olympia which sailed from Glasgow on 10th April 1862 and disembarked at Port Natal on 10th July.

He went into business in Pietermaritzburg where he advertised his services in a newspaper as "Accountant, Conveyancer and Agent".

He was an enormous man reputed to have weighed over 300 pounds and is described once as Manager Pietermaritzburg branch Land and Colonization Company and later as Accountant.

He married at the old Presbyterian Church in Church Street, Maritzburg by special licence as his bride was under 21. After their wedding they travelled by wagon to her father’s house on his estate Cleland. Then they rode to Durban for their honeymoon. It appears that from there they went on to stay for a month at a “comfortable house” in Park Rynie lent to them by a Colonel Lucas.

John’s business appears to have been at 23 Longmarket Street and residence at one stage at 4 Loop Street (from PMB Directory).

Their house was a haven for all members of the family, especially in time of troubles. A large garden at the back was planted with vegetables and the "offices” included stables for two horses and a "Coach-house" with a loft for storing feed for the animals (from memoirs of Shelagh Gallwey Gallwey-11, his grand-daughter).

Died 10 JUN 1900 Pietermaritzburg, NAT, SAF^[3][4][2]

Buried Pietermaritzburg, NAT, SAF^[3]

Marriage

Husband: John Aitchison Runciman

Wife: Emmeline Anderson Buchanan

Child: Henry David John Runciman

Child: Emmeline Jessie Runciman

Child: Janet Acheson Runciman

Child: William Robert Runciman

Child: Annie Isabella Runciman

Child: Alexander Edwin Runciman

Child: May Alice Runciman

Child: Ethel Aitcheson Runciman

Child: Jessie Lilian Runciman

Child: John Acheson Runciman

Child: Stuart Erskine Runciman

Child: Mina Effie Aitcheson Runciman

Child: Nora Elizabeth Runciman

Child: Kenneth Comin Runciman

Child: Mirelle Runciman

Marriage:

Date: 28 NOV 1866

Place: Pietermaritzburg, NAT, SAF^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth/Bap. 6 May 1842 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, MLN, SCT, from RUNCIMAN / AITCHISON births/baptisms, batch C119905, from IGI: Online searches, surname Runciman
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Dr David RUNCIMAN, entry in 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
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} RUNCIMAN mailing list resources, ( was online at www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/runciman/) pdf file on brothers John and William RUNCIMAN in Sth Africa, written by Mrs Mary RUNCIMAN, extracted Sep 2005
4. ↑ Dth 1900 John Aitchison RUNCIMAN, from page 12 Wed 8th Jul 1900, The Scotsman Archive: http://archive.scotsman.com, extracted Dec 2005

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