At the start of the decade the family of John Rankin are still in residence at the Lodge.
1940
Sheffield Telephone Directory shows:
Rankin Jno T, Broomgrove ldg, Broomgrove rd, 10 .. Broomhill 61235
The Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Electoral Registers (1857-1962) also show's John and Margaret S. Rankin being on the Electoral register in Glasgow while living at Broomgrove Lodge:
Rankin, John Tennant
Rankin, Mrs. Margaret S.
135 Buchanan Street, Glasgow
(ancestry.co.uk)
Happy times for the family as John and Margaret scott's eldest son, James Tennant, announces his engagement...
The following article is published in both the Angus (Scotland) Evening Telegraph and Dundee Evening Telegraph's publication's of Friday 18th October 1940:
"Captain's Romance
The engagement is announced of Captain James Tennant Rankin, the Yorks and Lancs Regiment, elder son of Mr and Mrs John T. Rankin, of Broomgrove Lodge, Sheffield, to Pamela Gereth Bickersteth (Peggy) Page, only daughter of Major and Mrs Geoffrey Page, present address, 9 Learmonth Terrace, Edinburgh.
Major Page served in the last war, was three times mentioned in despatches, and gained the D.S.O. He retired last year."
Source: The British Newspaper Archive, © D.C.Thomson & Co. Ltd., All Rights Reserved
...IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE WE HAD A WEDDING TO ATTEND, EITHER
The Scotsman publication of Monday 25th November 1940 states:
WEDDING AT ST GILES'
Rankin - Page
"THE wedding took place on Saturday at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh, of Miss Pamela Gereth Bickersteth Page and Captain James Tennant Rankin, son of Mr John T. Rankin, Sheffield. The bride is the daughter of Major G. F. Page, D.S.O., Edinburgh, who gave her away. The ceremony was performed by the Very Rev. Charles L. Warr, D.D., Dean of the Thistle. There were between fifty and sixty guests, and a reception was held at the home of the bride, 9 Learmonth Terrace. The bride chose a suit of Air Force blue trimmed at collar and pockets with beaver fur, which also formed the upturned brim of her small blue hat. She carried a Victorian posy of anemones. Miss Isobel Rankin, sister of the groom, acted as brides-maid. She wore a wine red coat with silver fox collar and matching felt hat, trimmed under the brim with a ribbon bow of Air Force blue. The best man was Mr C. B. W. Rankin."
Source: The British Newspaper Archive, © Johnston Press plc, All Rights Reserved
1942
"9th April - Death of John Tennant Rankin"
The National Probate Calendar later reported:
"RANKIN John Tennant of Broomgrove Lodge, Broomgrove-road Sheffield died 9 April 1942 Probate Llandudno 17 July to Margaret Scott Rankin widow Thomas Horace Warskett Solicitor and Montagu Mark Firth steel Manufacturer. Effects £24189 0s. 1d."
(ancestry.co.uk)
The London Gazette of the 2nd of June 1942 carried the following article:
"KOPPERS COKE OVEN COMPANY Limited
(In Voluntary Liquidation.)
The Companies Act, 1929
NOTICE is herby given that a Meeting of the creditors of the above named Company will be held at the Royal Victoria Station Hotel, Sheffield, on Wednesday the 10th day of June 1942 at 11 o'clock in the forenoon for the purpose of filling the vacancy in the office of Liquidator of the Company and of considering and, if thought fit, passing the following Resolution (namely) -
"That Mr Charles Rodger Urquhart of 301 Glossop Road Sheffield Chartered Accountant be and he is herby appointed Liquidator of the Company in place of Mr John Tennant Rankin deceased the former Liquidator thereof."
Dated this 28th day of May 1942.
For and on behalf of BABCOCK & WILCOX Ltd.,
HAROLD B CLARK, Babcock House, Farringdon Street, London, E.C.4, Secretary, (121) Creditors."
The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer publication of Saturday 25th July 1942 listed the family notice:
"Mr. John Tennant RANKIN, of Broomgrove Lodge, Broomgrove Road, Sheffield, partner in Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., chartered accountants, of Sheffield (net personalty £18,868) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . £24,189"
Source: The British Newspaper Archive, © Johnston Press plc, All Rights Reserved
1942, 1945-46, 1949
Sheffield Telephone Directory shows:
Rankin Mrs. M. S, Broomgrove ldg, Broomgrove rd, 10 .. Broomhill 61235
(ancestry.co.uk)
1944
The 22nd of December 1944's edition of the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer carried the notice:
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN ITALY : AWARDS TO NORTHENERS
O.B.E.
Major (Temporary Lieut.-Colonel) James Tennant Rankin, York and Lancaster.
1947
