John Aitcheson Runciman

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Biography ==John travelled frrom Scotland with his brother William on the 224 ton three-masted schooner Olympia which sailed from Glasgow on 10th April 1862 and disembarked at Port Natal on 10th July. He went into businessin Pietermaritzburg where he advertised his services in a newspaper as "Accountant, Conveyancer and Agent". He was an enormous man reputed to have weighed over 300 pounds and is described once as Manager Pietermaritzburg branch Land and Colonization Company and later as Accountant. He married at the old Presbyterian Church in Church Street, Maritzburg by special licence as his bride was under 21. .After their wedding they travelled by wagon to her father’s house on his estate Cleland. Then they rode to Durban for their honeymoon. It appears that from there they went on to stay for a month at a “comfortable house” in Park Rynie lent to them by a Colonel Lucas. John’s business appears to have been at 23 Longmarket Street and residence at one stage at4 Loop Street (from PMB Directory). Their house was a haven for all members of the family, especially in time of troubles. A large garden at the back was planted with vegetables and the "offices” included stables for two horses and a "Coach-house" with a loft for storing feedfor the animals (from memoirs of Shelagh Gallwey [Gallwey-11], his grand-daughter).

Name ===: Name: John Aitchison /Runciman/ <ref>Source: #S1596 RUNCIMAN/AITCHISON births/baptisms, batch C119905, extracted Sep 2005</ref>

Birth

: Birth: :: Date: 06 MAY 1842:: Place: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, MLN, SCT<ref>Source: #S1596 RUNCIMAN/AITCHISON births/baptisms, batch C119905, extracted Sep 2005</ref><ref>Source: #S2342 Dr David RUNCIMAN, from Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland fromthe reformation (1915), online at http://www.archive.org/details/fastiecclesiasco03scotuoft, extracted May 2007</ref>

Death

: Death: :: Date: 10 JUN 1900:: Place: Pietermaritzburg, NAT, SAF<ref>Source: #S2333 RUNCIMAN mailing list resources, (http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/runciman/) pdf file on brothers John and William RUNCIMAN in Sth Africa, written by Mrs Mary RUNCIMAN, extracted Sep 2005</ref><ref>Source: #S2355 Dth 1900 John Aitchison RUNCIMAN, from page 12 Wed 8th Jul 1900, extracted Dec 2005</ref><ref>Source: #S2342 Dr David RUNCIMAN, fromFasti ecclesiae scoticanae; the succession of ministers in the Churchof Scotland from the reformation (1915), online at http://www.archive.org/details/fastiecclesiasco03scotuoft, extracted May 2007</ref>

Burial

: Burial: :: Place: Pietermaritzburg, NAT, SAF<ref>Source: #S2333 RUNCIMAN mailing list resources, (http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/runciman/) pdf file on brothers John and William RUNCIMAN in Sth Africa, written by Mrs Mary RUNCIMAN, extracted Sep 2005</ref>

Marriage

: Husband: John Aitchison Runciman : Wife: Emmeline Anderson Buchanan
: Child: Henry David John Runciman
: Child: Emmeline Jessie Runciman
: Child: Janet Acheson Runciman
: Child: William Robert Runciman
: Child: Annie Isabella Runciman
: Child: Alexander Edwin Runciman
: Child: May Alice Runciman
: Child: Ethel Aitcheson Runciman
: Child: Jessie Lilian Runciman
: Child: John Acheson Runciman
: Child: Stuart Erskine Runciman
: Child: Mina Effie Aitcheson Runciman
: Child: Nora Elizabeth Runciman
: Child: Kenneth Comin Runciman
: Child: Mirelle Runciman
: Marriage:
:: Date: 28 NOV 1866:: Place: Pietermaritzburg, NAT, SAF<ref>Source: #S2333 RUNCIMAN mailing list resources, (http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/runciman/) pdf file on brothers John and William RUNCIMAN in Sth Africa, written by Mrs Mary RUNCIMAN, extracted Sep 2005 Note: (Mary's husband being a descendant of the Dunbar RUNCIMAN families)</ref>

Parents
: Husband: David Runciman
: Wife: Janet Aitchison
: Child: David Williamson Runciman
: Child: Mary Ker Runciman
: Child: William Aitchison Runciman
: Child: John Aitchison Runciman
: Child: James Brody Runciman
: Child: Janet Lockie Runciman
: Child: Robert Inglis (Peel) Runciman
: Child: Alexander Ewing Runciman
: Child: Anne Cumin Runciman
: Child: Elizabeth Isabella Runciman
: Marriage:
:: Date: 16 AUG 1836:: Place: Edinburgh, MLN, SCT<ref>Source: #S56 Dth 12 Sep 1872 David s/o David RUNCIMAN & Janet LOCKIE, Elie, FIF, 427 #4, copy d/loaded Sep 2005</ref><ref>Source: #S1596 RUNCIMAN/AITCHISON 1836 marriage, batch M195007 (Canongate) and M119898 (St Cuthberts), extracted Sep 2005</ref><ref>Source: #S56 Birth cert 1855 Elizabeth RUNCIMAN, copy d/loaded Sep 2005</ref><ref>Source: #S2342 Marr. 1836David RUNCIMAN & Margaret AITCHISON, from Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae;the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation (1915), online at http://www.archive.org/details/fastiecclesiasco03scotuoft, extracted May 2007</ref>

Sources

<references />* Source: S1596 IGI: Online searches, Subject: Online search: assorted surnames * Source: S2333 Rootsweb Msge Board, Url: http://boards.rootsweb.com * Source: S2342 Miscellaneous RUNCIMAN web searches and correspondence* Source: S2355 The Scotsman Archive, Location: http://archive.scotsman.com * Source: S56 Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php

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