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Walter Kenneth Runciman (1886 - 1961)

Walter Kenneth Runciman
Born in Sth Shields, Durham, Englandmap
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Husband of — married 1912 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, Englandmap
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Died at age 75 in High River, Alberta, Canadamap
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Biography

Walter Kenneth Runciman [1]

Born 03 JUN 1886 Sth Shields, Durham, England[2][3]

Died 20 SEP 1961 High River, Alberta, Canada[4]

Arrived 08 APR 1910 New York, New York, USA

the manifest for alien passengers showing Walter K as a 23 yr old clerk, last resid. Newcastle on Tyne, relative whence came Mrs RUNCIMAN, Blackmore Rd, Taradale, Whitby Bay, bound for Carberry, MAN, didn't have ticket for destination, had $50, going to join friend J DUREAN?, at Wellwood, Carberry, MAN, 5'6" fair complexion fair hair, blue eyes, born South Shields, England[5]

Buried SEP 1961 Highwood Cemetery, High River, Alberta, Canada

Birth: 1886
Death: Sep. 20, 1961 [6]

Family

Husband: Walter Kenneth Runciman
Wife: Ruth Learmont

Married 1912 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England[7][8]

Census 1901 Dist of Bellingham, Northumberland, England

RUNCIMAN: John Finlay 58 master mariner retired b Spittal, NBL; wife Amelia Webster 57 b Stepney, LND; Dtr Annie Lawson 25 b Sth Shields, DUR; Visitor; John Robert WILSON 23 commercial traveller b Newcastle upon Tyne;[9]

Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S3085 Extracted Oct 2007
  2. ↑ Source: #S5 Walter Kenneth RUNCIMAN, born 3 Jun 1886, Sth Shields, Durham, NOKin Mrs Ruth Hayton R. wife, reg.#:2110057, from Canadian soldiers of World War I, 1914-1918, extracted Oct 2007
  3. ↑ Source: #S3085 Extracted Oct 2007
  4. ↑ Source: #S3085 Extracted Oct 2007
  5. ↑ Source: #S2301 1910 Walter K RUNCIMAN, "Mauretania", from Liverpool, 2 Apr, arr. 8 Apr, M'film T715_1447, pg 69, extracted Dec 2007
  6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 May 2020), memorial page for Walter Kenneth Runciman (3 Jun 1886–20 Sep 1961), Find A Grave: Memorial #52628872, citing Highwood Cemetery, High River, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada ; Maintained by jaynetty (contributor 46830617) .
  7. ↑ Source: #S3085 Extracted Oct 2007
  8. ↑ Source: #S1595 Marr. 1912 Walter K RUNCIMAN & Ruth M LEARMOUNT, reg. Newcastle Upon Tyne, Dec qtr 10b/328, extracted Dec 2007
  9. ↑ Source: #S213 Bellingham, Northumberland, RG13; Piece: 4829; Folio: 7; Page: 6; Sched. 28, hsehold of John Finlay & Amelia Webster RUNCIMAN, extracted May 2012
  • Source: S1595 www FreeBMD Note: transcriptions of the published St Caths indices for English Births Deaths and Marriages 1837 to ??
  • Source: S1599 findmypast
  • Source: S213 1901 Census images for England and Wales via Ancestry.com
  • Source: S2301 USA Immigration Records ex Ancestry
  • Source: S2923 RUNCIMAN/GRIEVE ex Steve GIBBS (d. 2009) RUNCIMAN pages, Compiler Address: http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/runciman/wr-1810.html : Family of Thomas RUNCIMAN and Alison GRIEVE ex Steve G's RUNCIMAN pagesNote: Extracted and published under the sources page of the RUNCIMAN One Name Study
  • Source: S3085 Walter RUNCIMAN (1810-78): web pages by Steve Gibbs (d. 2009),
  • Source: S5 Ancestry.com, Url: http://search.ancestry.com Abbreviation: Ancestry.com

Acknowledgments

Thank you to L Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Runciman-440 through the import of RUNCIMANThomasGRIEVEAlison4WikiTreePlaceUpdated.ged on Jun 15, 2013. (Reference: 52309)





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Skillings-87 Wendy (Skillings) Taylor
I believe this is his grave memorial
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52628872 : accessed 25 April 2020), memorial page for Walter Kenneth Runciman (3 Jun 1886–20 Sep 1961), Find a Grave Memorial no. 52628872, citing Highwood Cemetery, High River, Calgary Census Division, Alberta, Canada ; Maintained by jaynetty (contributor 46830617) .

If you lower your privacy setting to Open, other contributors will be able to add sources. Many thanks

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