Walter Runciman

1832 -

• Name	Walter Runciman  [1]
  Born	08 May 1832	Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	date/Dunbar assumes correct id in Merchant Seaman records
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	14 Sep 1847	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [2]
  	assumed to be the merchant navy register ticket 219,530 which shows Walter as an apprentice, born 8 May 1832 Dunbar, Haddington, 5'1" fair complexion, brown hair and gray eyes, first went to sea a boy 1846. Had not served in Royal Navy or foreign service; When unemployed resides at Dunbar; Age when ticketed: 15; cannot write;
  Reference Number	70966
  Person ID	I70966	Runciman Lineage 1c - Thomas & Alison (GRIEVE) RUNCIMAN
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Thomas Runciman,   b. 25 Feb 1791, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 04 Sep 1880, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Isabella Craig,   b. Abt 1793, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 28 Dec 1857, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Married	11 Sep 1812	Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland   [3, 4]
  Census	1841	Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	RUNCIMAN: Thomas 49 mer s; Isabella 46; Assumed children: Peter 25, William 18, Isabella 14, Walter 8, Beatrice 16 (10 on fmp), all b ELN; Assumed grdchildren: Isabella 5, Thomas 3, both b England; Janet 2, b ELN
  Census	1851	Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland   [5]
  	RUNCIMAN: Thomas 60 sailor b Dunbar; wife Iabella 58 both b Dunbar, Haddingtonshire; Dtr: Jane 11 scholar b Dunbar; Gt (?) grandchildren: Isabella 15 hse servant b Swanpool, England; Thomas 13 scholar, pauper b Swanpool (Liverpool?); Grdchildren: Isabella 8, Thomas 5, Agnes 3, all paupers b Dunbar;
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 08 May 1832 - Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland Occupation - assumed to be the merchant navy register ticket 219,530 which shows Walter as an apprentice, born 8 May 1832 Dunbar, Haddington, 5'1" fair complexion, brown hair and gray eyes, first went to sea a boy 1846. Had not served in Royal Navy or foreign service; When unemployed resides at Dunbar; Age when ticketed: 15; cannot write; - 14 Sep 1847 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S201] Census: 1841 Scotland via Ancestry, (1841), Dawell Brae, Dunbar, East Lothain, Par. 706 ED 3 Pg 7, hsehold of Thomas & Isabella RUNCIMAN, extracted Feb 2010. [S3654] Britain, Merchant Seamen 1835-1857, Walter RUNCIMAN, b. 8 May 1832 Dunbar, East Lothian, ticket 291,530, from BT113/110, extracted Oct 2016. [S801] Census: 1851 Ancestry, (1851), Dunbar, ELN Par. 706 ED 2 Pg 5 Sched 38, hsehold of Thomas & Isabella RUNCIMAN, extracted Feb 2010. [S56] BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855, Marr. 11 Sep 1812 Thomas RUNCIMAN & Isabel CRAIG, Dunbar, 706/ 0050 0211, extracted from index Feb 2010. [S203] Census: 1851 Scotland via Ancestry, (1851), Dunbar, ELN Par. 706 ED 2 Pg 5 Sched 38, hsehold of Thomas & Isabella RUNCIMAN, extracted Feb 2010.