Kia ora David, my apologies for taking so long to respond - I didn't receive an alert when you posted to the thread.

I would like to contact you so I can share information I have. You can email me directly leonie dot molloy at gmail dot com

I Look forward to hearing from you. I will be visiting Scotland next month and hope to find out a bit more about the Rankins while I am there. I have a photo of James C Rankin from one of his Australian marriages which may help identify the correct JC Rankin

Cheers

Leonie