George Rennie
5x Great-grandfather of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #252, MMMMMFF)
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ℹ Added from a record, not in the GEDCOMNot in the GEDCOM. Added from a ScotlandsPeople record downloaded on 29 October 2026. Born 8 October 1803 and baptised 16 October at Kinghorn, the son of John Rennie and Margaret Anderson. A seaman, he married Marion Inglis at Kinghorn on 10 December 1827 and is named as the father of John Rennie in the 1856 Leith marriage entry.
Born
8 Oct 1803, Kinghorn, Fife
Died
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Parents
Documents
4 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Marriage, 1801
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_OPR439_000_0040_0199Z.pdf· match unconfirmed
The Rennie entry is the last on the page, written under the 1802 entries.
Birth and baptism, 1803
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_OPR439_000_0040_0065Z.pdf
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
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Marriage of John Rennie and Margaret Anderson, 1801
Old Parish Registers, Marriages 439/00 0040 0199 · Kinghorn parish, Fife, 1801
Entry
John Rennie and Margaret Anderson, both in this parish, having declared their purpose of marriage, the same was published and they were married
Date
18 July 1801 (the day could also be read as 13)
⚠ Entered out of orderThe entry sits at the foot of the page, below marriages from early 1802, so it may have been written in late.
ℹ No parents or occupationsOld parish marriage entries of this date name only the couple and their parish.
Birth of George Rennie, 1803
Old Parish Registers, Births 439/00 0040 0065 · Kinghorn parish, Fife, 1803
Entry
John Rennie and Margaret Anderson his wife had a son
Born
8 October 1803
Baptised
16 October 1803
Named
George
ℹ Two years after the marriageHe was born about two years after his parents' marriage in July 1801. He may have older siblings; the 1802 baptisms would show.
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.