Marion Rankine

   Cause of her death was old age.

   Another name for Marion was Marion Rankin.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the census in 1841 in Blackness, Carriden, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. Recorded (aged 55) living with husband Archibald Ritchie (50, agricultural labourer) and son John (20, agricultural labourer).

• She appeared on the census in 1851 in Blackness, Carriden, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. Recorded (aged 70) living with husband Archibald (63, agricultural labourer) and grandson Archibald Ritchie younger (8, scholar).

• She appeared on the census in 1861 in Blackness, Carriden, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. Recorded (aged 82) living with husband Archibald (75, general labourer), daughter Mary (46, farm worker) and grandson John Ritchie (9, scholar) in a house with one windowed room.

• She had a residence from 1851 to 1868 in Blackness, Carriden, Linlithgowshire, Scotland.

Marion married Archibald Ritchie, son of Archibald Ritchie and Agnes Kidd, on 22 Aug 1808 in Carriden, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. (Archibald Ritchie was born circa 1788 in Carriden, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, christened on 18 Jul 1788 in Carriden, Linlithgowshire, Scotland and died on 18 Feb 1867 in Blackness, Carriden, Linlithgowshire, Scotland.) The cause of his death was old age.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They had marriage banns published on 22 Aug 1808 in Carriden, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. 'Irregularly married'

• They had marriage banns published on 12 Jun 1809 in Carriden, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. Archibald Ritchie and Marion Rankine having compeared before the Session in the 12th June 1809 and acknowledged themselves to have been irregularly Married on the 22nd August 1808 and having paid 10/6 to the poor as penalty were suitably exhorted to adhere to one another like husband and wife and dismissed accordingly.