AMELIA S. (BORCHERDT) RANKIN (Emily Estella Rankin)

MRS. RANKIN IS CALLED BY DEATH
Prominent Pioneer Woman is Summoned to Her Final Rest
Pneumonia, which developed from a severe cold which she contracted on New
Year’s day caused the death Monday night of Mrs. Emily Estella Rankin, widow
of the late Joseph Rankin, her demise occurring at the home on York street.
The death of Mrs. Rankin removes one of the earliest pioneer residents of the
county, she having come here in 1841 with her parents, who located first in
Neshoto and later removed to Two Rivers. Mrs. Rankin came to the city in 1862
after her marriage on April 17, that year. She was the daughter of Fred
Borcherdt, who in the latter 60’s and early 70’s was publisher of the Tribune
of this city, and later served as consul to Italy. After her marriage to Mr.
Rankin, the couple came here to reside. Mr. Rankin was elected captain of Co.
D, a local company of the Wisconsin 26th regiment and later he was elected to
congress. Mrs. Rankin became prominent as a social leader and was one of the
foremost ladies of the city and state. Since the death of Mr. Rankin twenty
years ago, Mrs. Rankin had lived in retirement. She was 68 years of age at the
time of her death, having been born in 1838. One son, only, Joseph Rankin, now
a resident of Dallas, Texas, who is here, and three sisters and one brother
survive. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. from the home, Rev. Rogers
of Fond du Lac officiating. Mrs. Rankin was a woman who was admired and loved
by a large circle of friends and her death will bring personal sorrow to many.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, January 16, 1906 P. 1
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Death Monday (15 Jan.) of Mrs. Emily Estella Rankin of pneumonia which followed a
cold she caught on New Year’s Day. She is the widow of Joseph Rankin who
died 20 years ago. Mrs. Rankin was born in Detroit in 1838, the daughter of Fred
Borcherdt, former publisher of the local Tribune and later Consul in Livorno.
She came to Manitowoc with her parents in the 40’s and married Mr. Rankin here in
1862. She is survived by one son, Joseph Rankin who resides in Dallas, Texas,
and who arrived here shortly before his mother died. Also surviving are 3 sisters and
one brother. The funeral was held yesterday afternoon.
Der Nord Westen, 18 Jan. 1906
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[cause: typhoid]
(Mrs. Emma A./d. 6 Jan. 1906/from record of St. James Epis. ch., Manitowoc)
(Note: The 1 may have been left off the day of death in the church record)
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First publication January 26, 1906.
State of Wisconsin-County Court for Manitowoc County
In the matter of the estate of Amelia S. Rankin, deceased, in probate.
An instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of
Amelia S. Rankie (sic) of Manitowoc, Wis., in said county, having been
delivered into said court:
And W.H. Bates of Memphis Tenn., having presented to said court his petition
in writing duly verified, representing among other things, that said Amelia S.
Rankin died testate at the cith (sic) of Manitowoc, in said county, on the
15th day of Jan., 1906 that said instrument is the last will of said deceased
and that W.H. Bates is named therein as executor and praying that said
instrument be proven and admitted to probate and that letters testamentary be
thereon issued to said W.H. Bates.
It is ordered: That said petition and the matters therein be heard and proofs
of said last will and testament be taken at a special term of said county court
to be held at the probate office in the city of Manitowoc on Tuesday, the 20th
day of February, 1906, at 10 o'clock A.M.
And it is further ordered: That notice of the time and place of said hearing
be given by publication hereof for three successive weeks, once each week,
previous to the time of said hearing, in the Manitowoc Post a newspaper published
in said Manitowoc County.
Dated January 18, 1906.
By the Court,
John Chloupek, County Judge.
Nash & Nash, Attorneys.
Manitowoc Post, Thursday, February 22, 1906 P. 1