Rankin Family Of Geelong
The Rankins were a pioneering family of the Geelong district. The family produced a List of Australian rules football families, dynasty of champion Australian rules footballers, including three captains of the Geelong Football Club, two Carji Greeves Medal, Carji Greeves medallists and played 582 games for Geelong, between them. Migration to Australia The Rankins came from the Braintree, Essex, Braintree district of Essex. In 1841, Samuel Rankin, Sarah Rankin (née Warren), and five of their children were listed as "pauper" inmates of the Braintree Union Workhouse. Ten years later, they secured passage as "assisted migrants" to Australia, arriving in Geelong in 1852. After first settling at Freshwater Creek, near Mount Duneed, Victoria, Mount Duneed, the Rankins relocated to Highton. The family prospered in the district. An 1897 newspaper report records a gathering at which were counted 165 descendants, including 85 great-grandchildren. It is one of the youngest boys, Walter Ra ...
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