Biographical Sketch of John Rankin

Rankin, John; cement contractor; born, Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 12, 1878; son of John and Elizabeth Wilson Rankin; educated, Alexander School. Glasgow; married, Cleveland, O., March 9, 1910, Margaret Brocklehurst; issue, Elizabeth Watson, Rebecca Margaret, John Ambler; gunner 82nd Light Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, 1897-1900; foreman on the concrete Breakwaters, Clyde, built by the Glasgow Harbor Trust; came to Canada in 1902, and filled important concrete contract at Indian Head, and elsewhere in Saskatchewan; came to Cleveland in 1907, and engaged in same business here; installed the only reinforced platform in the city. Recreations: Horsemanship and Automobiling.


Surnames:
Rankin,

Topics:
Biography,

Collection:
The Book of Clevelanders: A Biographical Dictionary of Living Men of the City of Cleveland. Burrows Book Company. 1914.

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