David Williamson Runciman b. 26 Jun 1837 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland d. 24 Jul 1910 Parliament St, Auckland, New Zealand
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David Williamson Runciman

Male 1837 - 1910  (73 years)


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  • Name David Williamson Runciman  [1] 
    Born 26 Jun 1837  Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Bef 1864  Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • Licensed by the Presbytery of Glasgow by Countess of Rothes, Asssitant to Rev Dr Caird, Park Church, Glasgow, Assistant to Rev Dr Leishman, Govan (presumably his later father-in-law)
    Occupation 01 Sep 1864  Leslie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    • ordained||reported in The Caledonian Mercury of Jun 7th Religious Intelleigence Patronage: The Countess of Rothes has appointed the Rev. David Runciman, now assistant to the Rev Dr Leishman of Glasgow, to the parish of Leslie, Fife, vacant by the translation fo the Rev. Alexander McLaren to Mertoun
    Immigration 19 Dec 1876  "Jessie Osborne", Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 6] 
    • London || 15 Sep 1876 || accompanied by their 7 scottish born children (the Presbyterian archives web site says Rev David arrived Jan 1877)
    Occupation From Feb 1877 to 04 Jun 1889  St Stephen's, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • supply AP||inducted AP 14.2.1878 - resigned 4.6.1889, resigned from the Presb. Council of NZ 1891
    Occupation From 1889 to 1904  Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Registrar of Auckland University for 13 yrs (dates approx) 
    Residence 1893  Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    • RUNCIMAN: David Williamson, a Minister; Isabella Agatha household duties; Jane Elizabeth Boag, domestic; William Atchison farmer||(no sign of sons David and Matthew Leishman, son Robert was a farmer over in Hawkes Bay)
    Died 24 Jul 1910  Parliament St, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9, 10, 11] 
    • Dth cert. shows David Williamson as 73, Presbyterian Minister, s/o David RUNCIMAN, Presbyterian Minister, & Janet m.s. AITCHISON; cod cardiac myasthenia (probable fatty infiltration) - 10 yrs; Aggravation of condition and syncope - 3 mths; certified by William McDOWELL, last seen alive 24 Jul 1910; Born Glasgow, in NZ 34 yrs; Marr. at Govan, Scotland at age 29 to Isabella Agatha LEUSHMAN (sic, should be LEISHMAN); age of widow blank (should be 62); Buried 26 Jul Tamaki West; Surviving issue: M 41, 39, 37, 35, 26 (ie Matthew, William, Robert, John, Alexander); F 42, 34, 31, 27 (ie Jane, Janet, Isabella, Elizabeth)
      See below for obituary and funeral reports.
    Probate 09 Sep 1910  Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • indexed as David Williamson Runciman, died 21 Jul 1910, Regstr Uni Coll, will held Auck archives (ref. BBAE 1569 7715/10)
    Reference Number 41526 
    Buried Point England Churchyard, Glen Innes, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    • H/stone #75 reads: Rev D W Runciman M A died 24 July 1910, aged 73; & his children - James Bruce aged 5 months died 27 Jan 1879; & Alexander, aged 6 months died 28 Sep 1882; & David aged 18 years died 10 Jan 1887; & Mary Russell Ker died 25 Jul 1889 aged 17 months
    Person ID I41526  Runciman Lineage 1a - Wanton Walls
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2014 

    Father David Runciman, D.D.,   b. 1804, Wantonwalls, Par. of Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1872, Elie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Janet Aitchison,   b. Abt 1809, Peeblesshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Feb 1890, Dist of Newington, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Married 16 Aug 1836  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15] 
    • (two entries on the igi, one presumably being banns: 10th Aug Canongate, 16th Aug St Cuthberts, this latter being what David put on his dtr Elizabeth's birth cert as his marriage date, in Edinburgh)
    Census 1841  8 Salisbury Pl, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    • RUNCIMAN: David 36 Min. of Newington Parish, Janet, 25, both b outside county. David W 4, Mary 2, William 1 all b MLN; Also Elizabeth Smith, 20 Independent, b outside cty; and three female servants: Euphemia McCaw, 22, b MLN; Janet Baxter, 24; Jane McKenzie 24, both b outside county
    Census 1851  Annfield Pl (13), Glasgow, Dist of High Church, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    • RUNCIMAN: David D.D. 47, Minister of St Andrew b nr Lauder, Berwick; wife Janet 35 b Edin; Children: David W 13, Mary K (ancestry indexed as R) 12, William A 10, John A 8 all scholars all b Edin; Janet L (ancestry indexed as B) scholar, Robert Peel 2, Alexander E 3mths all b Glasgow; Servants: LANDES, HENNESY; BOWNER
    Census 1861  317 Duke St, Srpingburn, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [18] 
    • RUNCIMAN: David D.D. 57, Minister of St Andrew Parish, Glasgow, b Lauder, BEW; wife Janet 45 b Peebles; Children: David W 23 (ancestry has 28) Mat student, Mary K 21, William 20 calico printer clerk, John A 18 merchants clerk, all b Edin; Janet L 15, Robert 12, Alexander 10, all scholars b Glasgow; Elizabeth N 5 b Glasgow; Servants: McNEILLAGE, McCULLICK
    CensusFail 1871  [19] 
    • no search criteria I can as yet think of has managed to locate the family in Scotland or England via the Ancestry indices
    Family ID F17  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Isabella Agatha Leishman,   b. Abt 1848, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Aug 1917, Fossoway, Kinross-shire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Married 24 Apr 1866  Manse, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 20] 
    • cert reads: D W Runciman, 28, Minister of the Par. of Leslie, Fife, s/o David, D.D. Minister of St Andrews Glasgow and Janet m.s. Aitchison; married Isabella Agatha Leishman, 18 of The Manse, Govan, d/o Matthew Leishman D.D. Minister of the Par. of Govan and Jane Elizabeth m.s. Boog (initially interprested as Boag), Min. Thomas Leishman, Minister of Linton. Wit: R I Runciman and Grace H McFarlane;
      Notice in the Glasgow Herald of Apr 25th reads: At Govan Manse, on the 24th inst., by the Rev. Thomas Leishman, M.A., minister of Linton, Roxburghshire, the Rev David Williamson Runciman, M.A., minister of Leslie, Fifeshire, to Isabella Agatha, youngest daughter of the Rev. Matthew Leishman, D.D., minister of Govan - No cards.
    Census 1871  Manse, Leslie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    • RUNCIMAN (19 (sic) rooms with 1 or more windows): David W 33 Minister of Leslie Parish, b Edinburgh; wife Isabella A 23 b Govan, LKS; Children (all b Leslie FIF): Jane E B 4; David 2; Matthew L 1. 3 servants (Wright, Nichol, Wilson)
    Notes 
    • This family is another New Zealand connection. I was rather surprised to find that I had NZ Runciman relations . David and Isabella apparently had 14 children, so up until recently (May 2007) I had a few more to find, but now I've only to confirm whether there were 13 as family say, or the 14 the Presbyterian archives reported. Several died young. I have found 4 of the 7 Scottish born children in assorted places subsequent to their emigration to NZ in 1877 - in Argentina, London, Edinburgh and NZ, so they are a well-spread family. Wife Isabella appears to have returned to Edinburgh after her husband David's death, as she was there when dtr Eliabeth married there in 1917. At least two of the daughters married Ministers in Scotland.
    Children 
     1. Jane Elizabeth Boog Runciman,   b. 15 Feb 1867, Manse, Leslie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1948, Glen Rest, Cruz Chica, La Cumbre, Cordoba, Argentina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     2. David Runciman,   b. 30 Apr 1868, Leslie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1887, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
     3. Matthew Leishman Runciman,   b. 09 Aug 1869, Manse, Leslie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Sep 1920, Buenos Aires, Argentina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     4. William Aitchision Runciman,   b. 09 Aug 1871, Leslie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Oct 1917, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     5. Robert Leishman Runciman,   b. 09 Jun 1873, Leslie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1951, La Cumbre, Argentina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     6. John Leslie Runciman,   b. 1875, Leslie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1924  (Age 49 years)
     7. Janet Aitchison Runciman,   b. 17 Jul 1876, Leslie, Fife, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1950, ?Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     8. James Bruce Runciman,   b. 20 Aug 1878, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1879, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     9. Isabella Ruth Runciman,   b. Abt 1877, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1966, ?Buenos Aires, Argentina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 89 years)
     10. Alexander Runciman,   b. Abt Mar 1882, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Sep 1882, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 0 years)
     11. Elizabeth Anderson Runciman,   b. Between Mar 1883 and Jun 1883, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1968, ?Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 84 years)
     12. Hugh Inglis Runciman,   b. 1885, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1950, ?Paraguay Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     13. Mary Russell Kerr Runciman,   b. Abt Feb 1888, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1889, Auckland, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 1 years)
    Last Modified 6 Mar 2016 
    Family ID F18  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Jun 1837 - Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Bef 1864 - Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - 01 Sep 1864 - Leslie, Fife, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 24 Apr 1866 - Manse, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1871 - Manse, Leslie, Fife, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 19 Dec 1876 - "Jessie Osborne", Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - From Feb 1877 to 04 Jun 1889 - St Stephen's, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Registrar of Auckland University for 13 yrs (dates approx) - From 1889 to 1904 - Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1893 - Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Jul 1910 - Parliament St, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 09 Sep 1910 - Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Point England Churchyard, Glen Innes, Auckland, New Zealand Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • His obit reads: "REV. D. W. RUNCIMAN. At St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Jervois-road, yesterday, the Rev. Isaac Jolly announced the death of the first minister of that church, the Rev. David William Runciman. Mr. Jolly spoke in appreciative and sympathetic terms of Mr. Runciman, and said he had seen that gentleman during his illness and found him awaiting withtranquillity for the end, which he recognised was not far off. The organist played the "Dead March" in "Saul" at the conclusion of the service, the congregation remaining standing as a mark of respect to their late pastor.
      The Rev. D. W. Runciman was born in Glasgow in 1837, and was the son of the Rev. David Runciman, D.D., minister of St. Andrew's Ohurch of that city.
      After leaving Glasgow School, Mr. Runciman went through the University at that town, and then entered the office of Messrs. Michaels and Connels, India tea merchants.
      A little later, however, he decided to enter the ministry of the Presbyterian Church, and was first licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Dunoon. He was ordained a minister of the parish church, Leslie, in Fifeshire, by the Presbytery of Kirkcaldy in 1864. Mr. Runciman laboured with much success in this charge until 1876, when bronchial affection necessitated his removal to a more genial climate. So highly were his services appreciated, that Mr. Runciman was allowed two years of absence from his charge, and came out to Auckland in 1866.
      The change so benefited his health that in 1877 he took temporary charge of the newly-formed congregation at St. Stephen's Church, which at that time met in the old Ponsonby Hall. On February 14th. he was inducted as the first minister of St. Stephen's, and during his charge the church building in Jervois road was put up at a cost of £1700 (including the purchase of the site), and was duly opened in 1880.
      Failing health again compelled Mr. Runciman to resign his charge on June 4th, 1889, and he then purchased a small farm at Papatoetoe.
      Shortly afterwards, Mr. Runciman was appointed registrar of the Auckland University College, which position he resigned 13 years afterwards, in 1907.
      Deceased was married to the youngest daughter of the late Matthew Leishman, D.D., minister of Govan.
      His only surviving brother is Mr. Robert Inglis Runciman, of Buenos Ayres, who is one of the leading merchants of the Argentine.
      The deceased's son, Mr. Matthew Runciman, went to the Argentine some years ago and joined his uncle in the business. The other four sons subsequently also went to Buenos Ayres.
      Owing to the state of their fathers health, two of the sons are at the present time on the way across to Auckland, being expected to arrive by the incoming Vancouver mail steamer. Mrs. Runciman and her two daughters are resident in Auckland."

      "The funeral of the late Rev. David W. Runciman, M.A., left his residence, Parliament-street, yesterday afternoon, for the Presbyterian Cemetery, Tamaki.
      A portion of the service was conducted in St. Andrew's Church by the Revs R. Somerville, A. A. Murray, and W. Trotter, at which all the professors of Auckland University College were present, while a large congregation, including many old colonists and prominent citizens, attended, to pay their last respects to the deceased clergyman.
      Students, in their academicals, acted as the pallbearers, and the "Dead March" in "Saul" was played by the organist, Mr. Sharpe. The Rev. Somerville, in the course of a eulogy of the late Mr. Runciman, gave an eloquent appreciation of his life and character and of his services to the church. The final obsequies took place at East Tamaki."
    • Runciman-227

  • Sources 
    1. [S1596] IGI: Online searches, RUNCIMAN/AITCHISON births/baptisms, batch C119905, extracted Sep 2005.

    2. [S56] BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855, Mar. cert 1866 D W RUNCIMAN and Isabella LEISHMAN, copy d/loaded Sep 2005.

    3. [S2052] NZ Soc. Gen. Index, Compiler: NZ Society of Genealogists, (NZ Society of Genealogists, Auckland, New Zealand, Vol 1:1999 Vol 3: 2003 Vol 5:), Birth 1837 D W RUNCIMAN, from Strays & more collection reference, detail from 1902 NZ Cyclopaedia rcvd Sep 2005.
      (D.W. RUNCIMAN born 26 Jun 1837 Edinburgh, Scotland - Vol 2 Auckland Provincial District p198)

    4. [S1844] Borders web searches & correspondence, NZ Presbyterian Archives (http://archives.presbyterian.org.nz/Page196.htm) David Williamson RUNCIMAN, extracted Sep 2005.

    5. [S1918] Newspaper clippings, "Religious Intelligence" Patronage Rev David RUNCIMAN, to the parish of Leslie, Fife, from The Caledonian Mercury, (Edinburgh, Scotland), Tuesday Jun 7, 1864; Issue 23375, extracted May 2008.

    6. [S2623] Auckland City Libraries, Auckland Area Passenger Arrivals 1838-1886, RUNCIMAN family on the Jessie Osborne. dep. London 15 Sep 1876 arr Akd Dec 19 1876, saloon, extracted Sep 2007.

    7. [S1421] Electoral Roll, New Zealand, 1893 (from NZSG cd) RUNCIMAN, searched Dec 2005.

    8. [S2052] NZ Soc. Gen. Index, Compiler: NZ Society of Genealogists, (NZ Society of Genealogists, Auckland, New Zealand, Vol 1:1999 Vol 3: 2003 Vol 5:), Probate index, RUNCIMAN, extracted Sep 2005.

    9. [S1034] Cemetery transcriptions, NZSG, (NZSG, Auckland, New Zealand), H/stone Rev D W RUNCIMAN, M.A. & family, B03.16, fiche 35, extracted May 2007.

    10. [S59] BDM: NZ Certificates, Dth 24 Jul 1910 David Williamson s/o David RUNCIMAN & Janet AITCHISON, h/o Isabella Agatha LEUSHMAN (sic, should be LEISHMAN), Auckland, New Zealand, cert. copy dated Aug 1975, rcvd from Ros R, Apr 2013.

    11. [S2640] Papers Past (NZ National Library), Obit 25 Jul 1910 Rev. D W RUNCIMAN, Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 174, 25 July 1910, Page 2, copy d/loaded Apr 2013.

    12. [S56] BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855, Dth 12 Sep 1872 David s/o David RUNCIMAN & Janet LOCKIE, Elie, Fife, 427 #4, copy d/loaded Sep 2005.

    13. [S1596] IGI: Online searches, RUNCIMAN/AITCHISON 1836 marriage, batch M195007 (Canongate) and M119898 (St Cuthberts), extracted Sep 2005.

    14. [S56] BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855, Birth cert 1855 Elizabeth RUNCIMAN, copy d/loaded Sep 2005.

    15. [S2342] RUNCIMAN Misc. web searches & correspondence, Marr. 1836 David 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.

    16. [S1610] FreeCensus, UK, 1841 Canongate, Par. of St Cuthberts, Edin, MLN Scotland1841/685 ED 4 Folio 223 Page 5, hsehold of David & Janet RUNCIMAN, extracted Sep 2005.

    17. [S203] Census: 1851 Scotland via Ancestry, (1851), Barony, Lanarkshire, Par. 622 ED 2C Pg 16 Sched 73, hsehold of David & Janet RUNCIMAN, extracted May 2007.

    18. [S205] Census: 1861 Scotland via Ancestry, (1861), Springburn, High Church, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Par. 644/2 ED 121 Pg 7 Sched 36, hsehold of David & Janet RUNCIMAN, extracted May 2007.

    19. [S3] RUNCIMAN Analysis, Lorna Henderson, Jun 2007, updated Dec 2010.

    20. [S1918] Newspaper clippings, Marr. 24 Apr 1866 Isabella Agatha, dtr of Rev, Matthew LEISHMAN & Rev David Williamson RUNCIMAN, M.A., minister of Leslie, at Govan Manse, from Glasgow Herald, (Glasgow, Scotland), Wed Apr 25, 1866; Issue 8206, extracted May 2008.

    21. [S56] BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855, 1871 Census Fife Dist 444 (ED2?) Pg1 Sched 1, copy d/loaded Dec 2005.


 

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