Louise Hilliard Turner (Rankin) O.B.E. Who was she?

[Sc00p]

LouisA Hilliard WILSON m. David Guthrie RANKIN 1936 Hillhead Ref 644/13 446.

David Guthrie Rankin died 20th Sep 1937 in a St. Andrews hotel following a round of golf.
Probate Calendar 1938:
RANKIN David Guthrie of 4 Hatfield drive Glasgow died 20 September 1937 at ST. Andrews Fife Confirmation of Frederick Powlett Rankin lead manufacturer Louise Hilliard Wilson or Rankin widow and John George Ferrier Robb solicitor. Sealed London 18 February.

If she did live to 102, there is a Louisa Hilliard Wilson b. 1907 Hillhead  Ref 644/12 130 that seems to fit nicely.  Maybe somebody with access to Scottish records could confirm.

[JJen]

What brilliant research Sc00p 

There is a death of a Louisa Hilliard Wilson, 10 Nelson Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow on 27 Oct 1908.

Probate to James Montgomery Wilson and Louisa Hilliard Wilson wife of Thomas Nisbet Wilson.

Perhaps Louisa and Thomas Nisbet Wilson are the parents of Louisa/e Hilliard Wilson born 1907.

JJ

[rkive82]

Wow! Thanks very much for that. I shall add this info to my Anc****** tree and see what I find.
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It was the electoral register that suggested a birth of 1906-1908 wasn't it?
So Louise/Louisa would have been 30 when she married Mr. Rankin.
Rkive

[rkive82]

I found a travel document for 1927 on the S.S.Britannia. Miss Louise H Wilson, 20, is travelling with Mr James M Wilson, 58, a stationer and Mrs Mary Keith Wilson, 54 and Miss Eliza Maj (?), 27. The address for the family is 35 Kirsland Street, Glasgow.
So this could well be her family.
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I also found an electoral register with David Guthrie Rankin and Mrs Eliza Rankin prior to 1936 when David married Louisa. So David was probably married before. He was born in 1888 in Kensington and was significantly older than Louise(a).
Rkive

[johnP-bedford]

Marriage notice in Dundee Courier 8 March 1902,
At 9 Westminster Gardens, Hillhead, Glasgow on 6th inst. Thomas N Wilson to Louisa Hilliard Wilson, 3rd daughter of the late John Wilson

[JJen]

1891 -

John Wilson   52
Louisa Wilson   50
Lizzie Wilson   25
James Wilson   22
William Wilson   19
Louisa Wilson   18
Patrick Wilson   15
Linda Wilson   13
Eveline Wilson   12
Norah Wilson   10
Jane Halliday   26
Elisabeth Scott   34

17 Wilson St, Glasgow, Lanarkshire

1901 -

Louisa H Wilson   60
William B Wilson   29
Louisa H Wilson   dau 28
Linda G Wilson   24
Eveline Wilson   22
Thomas N Wilson visitor 34
Isabella Granger   17
Maggie Drummond   22

17 Wilson St, Glasgow, Lanarkshire

It would appear that Thomas N Wilson was living with Louisa's family before they married.

JJ

[JJen]

Baptism -

Louisa Hilliard Wilson
Birth Date - 3 Nov 1872
Birth Place - Govan, Lanark, Scotland
Father - John Wilson
Mother - Louisa Hilliard

JJ

[JJen]

I found a travel document for 1927 on the S.S.Britannia. Miss Louise H Wilson, 20, is travelling with Mr James M Wilson, 58, a stationer and Mrs Mary Keith Wilson, 54 and Miss Eliza Maj (?), 27. The address for the family is 35 Kirsland Street, Glasgow.
So this could well be her family.

Looking at census previously posted I believe that Mr James M Wilson is Louise/a Hilliard Turner (b.1907) is her Uncle and Eliza May being her cousin.

1901 -

James M Wilson   31 Wholsale Stationers
Mary Keith Wilson   27
Charlotte W Henderson   16
Eliza May Wilson   Under 11 Mt
36 Kersland Street, Glasgow

JJ

[rkive82]

I just received details of the marriage certificate for Charles Kenneth Turner and Louise Hilliard Rankin on Third (?) August 1945 at Leighton Buzzard.
Louise Hilliard Rankin, 37 years and a widow of Leighton Buzzard; a squadron leader. Her father was James Montgomery Wilson (decd.), paper manufacturer.
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Richard