Charles Rankin 1797 - 1886, born in Enniskillen

Enniskillen

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, Ireland

Ireland

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, died at Owen Sound, Ontario

Owen Sound, Ontario

Owen Sound , the county seat of Grey County, is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada...

. Charles Rankin moved to Upper Canada

Upper Canada

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 in his early years, in 1820 he was appointed deputy provincial surveyor

Surveying

See Also: Public Land Survey SystemSurveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional position of points and the distances and angles between them...

 and worked in the Southwestern Ontario

Southwestern Ontario

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 area. He began work in Nottawasaga Bay

Nottawasaga Bay

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 in 1833 and settled on some 200 acre (0.809372 km²) of land west of the present town of Thornbury. His more important surveys included; several township

Township

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s in the present county of Grey; the Garafraxa Colonization Road; the town plot of Sydenham

Owen Sound, Ontario

Owen Sound , the county seat of Grey County, is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada...

 (now Owen Sound); the Toronto-Owen Sound Road; the Muskoka Road; and the town plot of Southampton

Southampton, Ontario

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In his later years Charles Rankin lived in Owen Sound, until his death, he is buried in Greenwood Cemetery.

External links

Ontario Plaqueshttp://www.ontarioplaques.com/Plaques_GHI/Plaque_Grey03.html indicate Charles Rankin's death as 1886.

Greenwood Cemetery records http://www.e-owensound.com/cemetery/index.cfm indicate Charles Rankin’s death as October, 12, 1888.

Charles Rankin is also the name of the former Nazi played by Orson Welles in the 1946 film The Stranger.