When Mary Anne Rankin was born on 8 September 1847, in Muff, County Donegal, Ireland, her father, Paul Rankin, was 38 and her mother, Margaret Nelson, was 34. She married Alexander McKay on 24 December 1868, in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Linwood, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Kilbarchan, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 8 December 1913, in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 66.
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Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
End of transportation to Western Australia.
Scottish and English: from Middle English Ran(d)kin, a diminutive of Ran(d), a pet form of the personal name Ran(d)ulf. See Rand , Randolph , Randall . This name was brought to Northern Ireland (Derry) from Scotland in the 17th century.
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