Runciman: PER (SCT)

FatherRunciman: SCT
NameAnalysis(Earliest)1627;No significant gaps in the birth registers (1628 - 1854), biggest being 19 years between 1820 and 1829, with another 12 years 1774 to 1786, rest under 10 years
Earliest marriage 1627 (Kinfauns). As for the birth registers, not many years without a Runciman marriage: 16 year gap between 1643 and 1659; 9 year gap between 1683 and 1692; 13 year gap between 1798 and 1811, then 12 years from 1811 to 1823; 10 between 1832 and 1842; an occasional 8-9 yr gap but most gaps are 5 years and under1,2 
SurnameVariant1628;Runsiman;91 instances: earliest 1628 (Kinfauns), latest 1805 (Inchture), 75 in Kinfauns, rest scattered over the other eight parishes: Abernyte, Dron, Errol, Inchture, Kinnoull, Perth, St Madoes, St Martins1 
SurnameVariant1653;Runciemane;Four instances, earliest Thomas in Kinfauns (1653); two Kinnoull 1670s, one to James, one to John; last 1713 St Martins3 
SurnameVariant1654;Runcemane;One instance, Kinfauns, no mother's name mentioned4 
SurnameVariant1656;Runceman;Seven instances, 1656 (Kinfauns) to 1746, no mothers' names listed, three to George, two to an Androu, two to separate Johns5 
SurnameVariant1664;Runsieman;Seven instances all within 1664 - 1667, two from the same family (who are also recorded under other surname variants); two parishes, Perth and Kinfauns6 
SurnameVariant1664;Runcimane;Only two instances, earliest Kinnoull (1664), the other 1711 Perth7 
SurnameVariant1672;Runcieman;22 instances, earliest 1672 (Kinnoull), last 1715 (St Martins), only four with mothers' names listed. Most were Kinnoull (14), St Martins (4) with Perth (3) and Kilspindle (1) making up the rest8 
SurnameVariant1675;Runciman;75 of the 220 births (or baptisms): earliest 1675 in Perth (22 of the 75); 12 in St Martins, 10 in Cargill, 9 Inchture, rest spread over Abernethy, Abernyte, Kilspindie, Kinnaird, Kinnoull9 
SurnameVariant1705;Rwnciman;Only 3 instances of what has to be the oddest variant of the surname, all the same family, 1705 to 1713, all Perth I've not checked that it may be a consistent transcription error10 
SurnameVariant1714;Runchiemane;Only the one, 1714, Dunkeld11 
SurnameVariant1722;Runseman;Four instances, earliest 1722, all Kinfauns (to 1751), possibly two families, John 1722, 1726, and Robert 1746, 175112 
SurnameVariant1752;Ronsomen;just one instance, assumed to be the same family recorded as both Ronsoman and Runsiman13 
SurnameVariant1755;Ronsaman;just two instances, both same family, same date, family also recorded on other dates as Ronsomen and Runsiman14 
Cens18511851;Perthshire (1851), SCT;FamilySearch: 9 of the RUNCIMAN like names listed. Surnames indexed: RUNCIMAN (6), RUNCEMAN (2), RUNCYMAN (1), over 5 parishes15 
Last Edited11 Oct 2013

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Citations

  1. [S113] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth, Scotland, Births 1538-1854", Birth 1628 Robert s/o Robert RUNSIMAN, Kinfauns, 366/ 0010 0036, extracted from index, Mar 2010.
  2. [S114] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth Scotlands People Marriages 1538-1854", Marr. 1627 Robert RUNSIMAN & Isabell LYELL, Kinfauns, 366/00 0010 0023, extracted from index, Feb 2012.
  3. [S113] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth, Scotland, Births 1538-1854", Birth 1653 Thomas s/o Jon. RUNCIEMANE, Kinfauns, 366/ 0010 0100, extracted from index, Mar 2010.
  4. [S113] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth, Scotland, Births 1538-1854", Birth 1654 Annas d/o Androw RUNCEMANE, Kinfauns, 366/ 0010 0104, extracted from index, Mar 2010.
  5. [S113] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth, Scotland, Births 1538-1854", Birth 1656 Elspeth d/o John RUNCEMAN, Kinfauns,366/ 0010 0109, extracted from index, Mar 2010.
  6. [S113] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth, Scotland, Births 1538-1854", Birth 1664 Allexr s/o George RUNCIEMAN & Christane DOWGLAS, Perth, 387/ 0020 0477, extracted from index, Mar 2010.
  7. [S113] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth, Scotland, Births 1538-1854", Birth 1664 Robert s/o Robert RUNCIMANE, Kinnoull, 369/ 0010 0210, extracted from index, Mar 2010.
  8. [S113] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth, Scotland, Births 1538-1854", Birth 1672 John s/o John RUNCIEMAN, Kinnoull, 369/ 0010 0246, extracted from index, Mar 2010.
  9. [S113] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth, Scotland, Births 1538-1854", Birth 1675 Christane d/o Georg RUNCIMAN & Christane DOWGLAS, Perth, 387/ 0020 0608, extracted from index, Mar 2010.
  10. [S113] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth, Scotland, Births 1538-1854", Birth 1705 Thomas s/o Thomas RWNCIMAN and Janit FOORD, Perth, 387/ 0030 0148, extracted from index, Mar 2010.
  11. [S113] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth, Scotland, Births 1538-1854", Birth 1714 James s/o Alexr RUNCHIEMANE, Dunkeld, 349/ 0010 0075, extracted from index, Mar 2010.
  12. [S113] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth, Scotland, Births 1538-1854", Birth 1722 Thomas s/o John RUNSEMAN, Kinfauns, 366/ 0010 0208, extracted from index, Mar 2010.
  13. [S113] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth, Scotland, Births 1538-1854", Birth 1752 Elisabeth d/o George RONSOMEN & Margt McKARN, Perth, 387/ 0040 0374, extracted from index, Mar 2010.
  14. [S113] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Perth, Scotland, Births 1538-1854", Birth 1755 Mary & Patrick, children of George RONSAMAN & Margt McKERMICH, Perth, 387/ 0050 0041, extracted from index, Mar 2010.
  15. [S611] 1851 Census, Scotland, indexes from FamilySearch, RUNCIMAN-like names , extracted Apr 2010.
 
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