Robert was born in New Zealand in 1864 to Mary and James [1][2]
Agnes Don Sutherland and Robert James Merrilees Runciman married in New Zealand in 1893 [3]
Note: at the home of Alexander Sutherland; cert. shows Robert James Merrilees as farmer bachelor s/o James Runciman, settler and Mary m.s. Binnie and Agnes Dow as d/o Alexander Sutherland, farmer, and Bertha m.s. Dow. Both were born Otago and resident West Taeiri, both signed, wit: Helen Sutherland West Taieri and Richard John Binnie Runcmian, Brighton [4][5]
Robert died in Waimate, New Zealand on the 15th of March 1939 [6][7][8][9], and was buried at Waimate Cemetery [10]
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Source: #S3222 Page: Birth 1863 (Dunedin) Dth 1939 (Waimate) Robert James Merrilees s/o James & Mary (BINNEY) RUNCIMAN, Pg 194
↑ Source: #S2640 Page: Dth 1939 Robert James Merrilees RUNCIMAN, aged 75, reg. 1939/28319, extracted Jan 2012
↑1939 Newspaper:
"Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21296, 16 March 1939, Page 1 Papers Past Article (accessed 25 June 2023)
↑1939 Newspaper:
"Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21296, 16 March 1939, Page 1 Papers Past Article (accessed 25 June 2023)
↑ Source: #S3222 Page: Birth 25 May 1827 (Edin.) Dth 5 Sep 1896 (East Taeri) James s/o Richard & Barbara (MERRILEES) RUNCIMAN; Marr. 11 Dec 1856 (Auckland) Mary BINNEY(b. 1830 Edin.), Pg 194
↑ Source: #S57 Page: Marr. 1856 James RUNCIMAN & Mary BINNIE, ref. 1856/1472, extracted Jan 2012
↑ Source: #S2505 Page: H/stone Richard RUNCIMAN & Barbara MERRLIESS, Green Island, OTG, posted Jun 2001, extracted Jan 2008
Source: S2640 Title: Papers Past (NZ National Library), Url: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/ Abbreviation: Papers Past (NZ National Library)
Source: S3222 Title: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004) plus subsequent research by Alan RUNCIMAN, Ros RUNCIMAN, Lawrence FLETCHER, Lorna HENDERSON & many, many others, Compiler Address: UK, Australia and New Zealand Abbreviation: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004), plus subsequent research Author: Diane Middleton Jen Jelley Alan Runciman Ros Runciman Laurie Fletcher Lorna Henderson and many others Publication: Jul 2013 Note: imported on 2013/07/24 at 15:44:27.
Thank you to Alan Runciman for creating WikiTree profile Runciman-549 through the import of RUNCIMANAlansPaternal4WikiTreeAug2013.ged on Aug 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Alan and others.
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