William Aitchision Runciman

1871 - 1917  (46 years)

• Name	William Aitchision Runciman  [1]
  Born	09 Aug 1871	Leslie, Fife, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	41542
  Residence	Bef 1917	Argentina   [2]
  Died	30 Oct 1917	London, England   [2, 3]
  	at a nursing home in London, on Oct 30th, William Aitchison, 3rd son of the late Rev D W RUNCIMAN and Mrs RUNCIMAN, 10 Western Tce, Murrayfield (On arrival from the Argentine to join HM's forces) (his niece, Mary, thought 1916)
  Person ID	I41542	Runciman Lineage 1a - Wanton Walls
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2008

  
  

  Father	David Williamson Runciman,   b. 26 Jun 1837, Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 24 Jul 1910, Parliament St, Auckland, New Zealand  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Isabella Agatha Leishman,   b. Abt 1848, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland ,   d. 13 Aug 1917, Fossoway, Kinross-shire, Scotland  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Married	24 Apr 1866	Manse, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [4, 5]
  	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   [6]
  	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.
  Family ID	F18	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 09 Aug 1871 - Leslie, Fife, Scotland Residence - Bef 1917 - Argentina Died - 30 Oct 1917 - London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1596] IGI: Online searches, RUNCIMAN/LEISHMAN births, batch C114441, extracted Sep 2005. [S2355] The Scotsman Archive, Dth 1917 William Aitchison RUNCIMAN, pg 12 Wed 31st Oct 1917, extracted Dec 2005. [S2562] RUNCIMAN Corres., Ros Runciman, Via 1974 letter from Miss Mary R in Argentina, desc of Robert Leishman R, info rcvd May 2007. [S56] BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855, Mar. cert 1866 D W RUNCIMAN and Isabella LEISHMAN, copy d/loaded Sep 2005. [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. [S56] BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855, 1871 Census Fife Dist 444 (ED2?) Pg1 Sched 1, copy d/loaded Dec 2005.