John Rennie
4x Great-grandfather of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #126, MMMMMF)
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ℹ Added from a recordHis baptism entry (Kinghorn, Fife) gives his birth as 29 November 1828, baptised 14 December, to George Rennie and Marion Inglis. The 1856 marriage entry gives him as a sailor aged 27 and names his parents. His grandparents were John Rennie and Margaret Anderson, married at Kinghorn in 1801.
Born
29 November 1828, Kinghorn, Fife
Died
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Parents
Documents
4 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Marriage, 1827
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_OPR439_000_0050_0222Z.pdf
Birth and baptism, 1828
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_OPR439_000_0050_0054Z.pdf
Marriage, 1856
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_M1856_692_01_0008Z.pdf
Entry 16. Entry 15 (Joseph Zuick and Mary Fraser) is unrelated.
Birth, 1865
Source: Scotlands people downloads — Elizabeth Rennie 1865 Birth.pdf
Born 11 June 1865 at South Leith, not 1864 as in the GEDCOM. Parents match.
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Birth of Elizabeth Young Rennie, 1865
Statutory Births 692/02 0533 · South Leith district, County of Edinburgh, page 178, entry 533
Name
Elizabeth Young Rennie
Born
11 June 1865, about 9:30 pm
Place of birth
16 Queen Street, Leith
Father
John Rennie, Seaman (Mate)
Mother
Helen Rennie, maiden surname Dickson
Parents married
5 April 1856, Leith
Informant
Helen Rennie, mother (her mark)
Registered
30 June 1865, South Leith
⚠ Year differs from the GEDCOMThe GEDCOM has Elizabeth born in 1864. This record is for 1865 and the parents match exactly, so the year in the GEDCOM is likely out by one. A 1864 Edinburgh record for an Elizabeth Rennie (parents William Rennie and Margaret Mills) was a different child and has been removed.
ℹ Age at marriageIn February 1881 she gave her age as 17, which fits a June 1865 birth.
Marriage of John Rennie and H. Dixon, 1856
Statutory Marriages 692/01 0016 · North Leith district, County of Edinburgh, 1856, page 8, entry 16
Married
8 April 1856 at North Leith, after banns, according to the forms of the Established Church of Scotland
Groom
John Rennie, 27, sailor, bachelor, 15 Dock Street (as read)
Groom's parents
George Rennie, seaman; Marion Rennie, maiden surname Inglis
Bride
H. Dixon (signed with an initial), 26, spinster, 15 Dock Street (as read)
Bride's parents
Andrew Dixon, seaman; Elizabeth Dixon, maiden surname Young
Witnesses
Alexander Davidson, minister of North Leith, officiating; Wm Renton and William Anderson, witnesses (names as read)
Registered
10 April 1856, North Leith, John Wallace, registrar
⚠ Date differs from the treeThe tree had 5 April 1856, taken from Elizabeth Rennie's birth certificate. The marriage entry itself gives 8 April, so the entry is the better source.
ℹ The bride's first nameShe signs as "H. Dixon". The tree calls her Helen Dickson. Helen fits the later family names, but no entry spells it out yet.
ℹ Both grandfathers were seamenGeorge Rennie and Andrew Dixon are both seamen, and the groom was a sailor, so this is a Leith seafaring family on both sides.
ℹ Other entries on the pageEntry 15 (Joseph Zuick and Mary Fraser) is unrelated.
Marriage of George Rennie and Marion Inglis, 1827
Old Parish Registers, Marriages 439/00 0050 0222 · Kinghorn parish, Fife, 1827, page 108
Entry
George Rennie and Marion Inglis, both in this parish, having declared their purpose of marriage, the same was published and they were married
Date
10 December 1827
ℹ Dated by the pageThe entry gives day and month only. The page is headed 1827 and the 1828 entries start below it.
Birth of John Rennie, 1828
Old Parish Registers, Births 439/00 0050 0054 · Kinghorn parish, Fife, 1828
Entry
George Rennie and Marion Inglis his wife had a son
Born
29 November 1828
Baptised
14 December 1828
Named
John
ℹ Fits the 1856 marriageA boy born in November 1828 would be 27 in April 1856, as the marriage entry says, and his parents match.
Spouse & children
Spouse — married 8 April 1856, North Leith, Edinburgh
Children