John Ranken, founder of the Troy family, and a pioneer woollen manufacturer, was born at Wood Bank, near Garvah, Londonderry, Ireland, February 26, 1810, died at Albia (Troy), September 10, 1864. He came to the United States when he was twenty-one years of age, located in Albany, afterward in Troy. He had learned his trade in the woollen mills at home, and began in Troy his long and successful business career as an employee of the Troy Woollen Company. He was connected with this corporation for a period of about fifty years, becoming a partner and in full charge of the Troy plant. A few years before his death he sold his interest and retired. He possessed a large estate and was a leading citizen of the city. He married Nancy McNally, born May, 1816, at Auburn, New York, died March 20, 1890, at Albia, New York. (Vol. I, pp. 182-183 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds - New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911)
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John Ranken, founder of the Troy family, and a pioneer woollen manufacturer, was born at Wood Bank, near Garvah, Londonderry, Ireland, February 26, 1810, died at Albia (Troy), September 10, 1864. He came to the United States when he was twenty-one years of age, located in Albany, afterward in Troy. He had learned his trade in the woollen mills at home, and began in Troy his long and successful business career as an employee of the Troy Woollen Company. He was connected with this corporation for a period of about fifty years, becoming a partner and in full charge of the Troy plant. A few years before his death he sold his interest and retired. He possessed a large estate and was a leading citizen of the city. He married Nancy McNally, born May, 1816, at Auburn, New York, died March 20, 1890, at Albia, New York. (Vol. I, pp. 182-183 of Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs, edited by Cuyler Reynolds - New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911)
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Family Members
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Hugh Fulton Ranken
1835–1854
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Hannah Cordelia "Delia" Ranken Billings
1836–1908
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Henry Sterns Ranken
1838–1913
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William John Ranken
1840–1914
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Robert Brown Ranken
1842–1906
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David Molyneux Ranken
1843–1926
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Peter Bullions Ranken
1847–1916
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Sarah L. Ranken McDowell
1848–1914
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Mary Ranken McLean-Spaulding
1850–1899
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