William Runciman was born in 1840. He was the son of William Runciman and Mary Ann Brown[1] He was baptized on 26 Feb 1840 in Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland.[1] He passed away on 1908 in Kansas, USA.[2][3][4]
William Runciman married Susannah Baldwin between 1860 and 1870 possibly in Grass Lake, Jackson County, Michigan, USA.[5][2][6]
RANSMAN: William 58 farmer $2500 real estate, $1200 personal property b ENG; Mary 46 b SCT; William 20 farm laborer b SCT; Andrew 15, Betsy 12 both at school in last yr, b MI; Genett 5 b MI (next door, a family of ALLENs) [6]
1870
Grass Lake, Jackson, Michigan, USA
RUNCIMAN: William 30 farmer $8000 real estate $1500 personal property b SCT; Susannah 29 keeping house b MI, all parents of foreign birth [5]
9 May 1910
Culber, Ottawa, Kansas, USA
RUNCIMAN: William B 27? farmer b KS F b SCT M b MI; wife Ethel E 19 b KS F/M b PA (married 1 yr); Mother Susan 69 wid 2 children, both living, b MI F/M b NY[3]
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 RUNCIMAN births 1553 to 1854, Gordon/Earlston/Lauder/Westruther, BEW, ScotlandsPeople OPR index searched Oct 2005
↑ 2.02.1 James & William RUNCIMAN Michigan, from Jan 2003 posting (of 1974 information) by Ros RUNCIMAN, extracted May 2007; Miscellaneous RUNCIMAN web searches by, and correspondence with, Lorna Henderson
↑ 3.03.1 1910 Census: Culver, Ottawa, KS, roll: T624_452; Pg: 12A; ED 85; Image 633 hsehold of William B & Ethel RUNCIMAN, extracted from image on Ancestry.com
↑ Dth 1908 William RUNCIMAN, extracted Dec 2007; The Michigan RUNCIMAN "Wheel" Chart, Compiler Mary Gorton Runciman BROWN (Stockbridge, MI, USA) Publication: 1968 Note: copy rcvd by Lorna H. from Jerry & Glenna RUNCIMAN, Dec 2007
↑ 5.05.1 1870 Census: Grass Lake, Jackson, MI, roll: M593_678; Pg: 90; Image: 181, hsehold of William & Susannah RUNCIMAN, extracted from image on Ancestry.com
↑ 6.06.1 1860 Census: Waterloo, Jackson, MI Roll: M653_547; Image: 721, hsehold of William & Mary RANSMAN, extracted from image on Ancestry.com
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