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Henry Johnstone Rankine was transported on the Layton, departing 17th Jun 1829 and arriving 8th Nov 1829 with 190 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Source; The Sydney Monitor. Sat 14 Nov 1829. Page 3. Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals.- On Sunday the Layton from Sheerness, with 190 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. James Osborne, R. N. Lieutenant Miller, 40th Regt; and 29 soldiers of different corps, 4 women and 3 children. Mustered; 188. Died on Voyage; 2. Total 190 Embarked.
Layton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 103 (54) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Henry Johnstone Rankine at the age of 22 gets a free ride (convict) on the ship LAYTON with his father John Rankine. They were convicted on 15th December 1828 at Edinburgh for life. They daparted on the ship LAYTON 17 June 1829 for New South Wales. Henry is listed as a cabinet maker and dealer with brown hair and hazel eyes. He had a diagonal scar on his left side of mouth and one near the right side of forehead, plus scar on left elbow He arrives in Sydney where he marries Eliza Bird on the 15th June 1835 at 2nd Scots Church in Elizabeth Street, Sydney. (Presbyterian). The minister was Rev. John McGarvie. Their witnesses were Henry Currie Dawson and Henry Johnstone’s sister Helen Rankine, (who married Henry Currie Dawson the same year in the same church in Sydney). But firstly they needed permission to marry. Permission was granted on 26 May 1835. Around 1838 Henry and Eliza move to Melbourne. The first ship into Melbourne with settlers was in 1835. He bought land in Post Office Place at the corner of Elizabeth Street, south west corner. At that time the Yarra was very shallow at the foot of Elizabeth street, and after heavy rains it used to overflow its banks and flood Elizabeth street. This happened very often so Henry sold the corner and went further up Post office place to the rise of the land. You will notice Rankin’s Lane on the map. He built a shop and residence and lived there east of Rankin’s Lane (named after him). He was a furniture and Cabinet Maker, also a Coffin Maker, and if needed would be an assistant undertaker. Later on it was also a secondhand shop and Ironmongers. His wife and family lived there, and the children were educated at St. John’s church of England day school in La Trobe Street. Photo and more info at www.rankine.com.au