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Note: N184 Some records, including the Charles Ellis/Fannie May Brewster Bible, have the last name as “Rand”. The Bible also has “Rank”. It isn’t known how his name was changed from Rank to Rand (his father’s name was “Rank”), but James Lindley Rand changed it back to Rank in 1930. However, his wife, Frances, continued to use “Rand”.
1930 - Scarsdale Inquirer, Number 37, 1 August 1930
LEGAL NOTICE
In the Matter of the Application of JAMES LINDLEY RAND for Leave to Assume another Name. UPON the annexed petition of JAMES LINDLEY RAND verified the 10th day of July, 1930, and after due consideration and deliberation, the Court being satisfied that the said petition is true, and that there is no reasonable objection to the relief prayed for therein, it is ORDERED that the Petitioner James Lindley Rand be and he hereby is authorized to assume the name James Lindley Rank on and after the 25th clay of August, 1930, and it is FURTHER ORDERED that this order shall be entered and the papers on which it is granted shall be filed within ten days after the date hereof in the ofiice of the Clerk of the County of Westchester, and it is FURTHER ORDERED that within ten days after the entry thereof a copy of this order shall be published in the Scarsdale Inquirer, a newspaper published in the County of Westchester, at least once. ENTER FREDERICK P. CLOSE. 8-1 J.C.C.
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James Lindley Rank
Birth:
Oct. 25, 1895
Lonaconing
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
Death:
Jan. 18, 1961
Frostburg
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
Family links:
Parents:
Henry Clay Rank (1869 - 1904)
Mary Jane Dando Rank (1871 - 1955)
Burial:
Frostburg Memorial Park
Frostburg
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
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Johns Hopkins half-century directory: a catalogue of the trustees, faculty, holders of honorary degrees, and students, graduates and non-graduates, 1876-1926 gives both “Rand” and “Rank” as the last name for James Lindley. This provides a second documentation of the use of both spellings seen in the Brewster family bible.
“Rand, James Lindley (James Lindley Rank) [17-18, 19-20 AB] AM Columbia 22. MS and Proof Reader, Book Compilation. 85 Crooke Av Brooklyn NY.”
1900 Census - Henry Rank (30), Mary J (29), James L (4) (b. Oct 1896), and Lawrence (2) (b. Apr 1898) are living in Lonaconing, Allegany, Maryland.
This may be our James L Rand, and it may be that he changed the last name from Rank to Rand and both spellings have appeared in family records. The Charles Ellis Brewster family bible has “Rand (rank)” for the last name for James Lindley Rand in the marriage entry for Frances Rachel Brewster.
1919 - Wed, Feb 19 - CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, Cumberland, MD
VISITED WOUNDED SON BACK FROM FRANCE
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Mrs. Mary J Rank Also Bids Adieu to Nurse Sister, Who Sails for Constantinople
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Frostburg, MD., Feb 19 - Mrs. Mary J Rank returned from New York where she went Saturday to visit her son, Private James Lindley Rank who arrived from France on Thursday. He was taken to the U. S. Debarkation Hospital No. 3, Green Hut Building, New York, where he will be a convalescent patient until he is able to be removed to some hospital near home.
Private Rank was wounded in the Argonne Forest near Verdun on September 26. He was a patient for three months in the U. S. Base Hospital No 31st Contrexeville, France, a famous European summer resort. He was later removed to Linagern Hospital, No. 13, and started from Bordeaux on January 13. After a rough voyage of 14 days he landed at Hoboken on Februrary 13.
Private Rank is rapidly gaining strength and hopes to be home in a few weeks.
Mrs. Rank also visited her sister, Miss Anna Dando, who sailed for Constantinople, Turkey on Sunday with a party of 600 workers composed of physicians, surgeons, trained Red Cross nurses, and social workers. They will engage in reconstruction work in Armenia.
The party sailed on the Leviathan, the largest ship afloat and expects to be away for at least a year.
1928 - CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES, Wed Jan 4, FROSTBURG PERSONALS - James Lindley Rank, New York, was the guest of his mother, Mrs. Mary J. Rank
1930 Census- Veteran of WWI, unemployed magazine editor, living in Greenburgh, Westchester Co, New York, James was 35 Frances 30
1942 - Apr 27 - World War II draft registration:
James Lindley Rank
142 E Loo St
Frostburg, Alleghany, MD
Mailing address: Perry Point, MD
Age: 46, Born near Frostburg, MD
Telephone: Frostburg 359J
Date of Birth: Oct 22, 1895
Name of person who will always know your address:
Mrs. Mary J. Rank 142 E Loo St, Frostburg, Md
Employer's name: Patient Perry Point
Race: White
Height: 6ft
weight: 170
light complexion
gray eyes, gray hair
(note: Perry Point is a Veterans Affairs hospital)
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An entry in a book about the Henry Clay Rank family had the following:
“James Lindley Rank is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland, from which he took his degree of Bachelor of Arts, and he took his degree of Master of Arts from Columbia University, New York City. He enlisted in the World war in 1917, and was severely injured by a gunshot wound in the right lung during the Argonne offensive, September 27, 1918, from which he has never recovered.”
(from History of Allegany County, Maryland, by James Walter Thomas, Thomas John Chew Williamd, 1969, Regional Pub. Co. )
Henry Clay Rank had two sons, James Lindley Rank, and Lawrence H Rank. The above truncated entry in Google Books immediatel preceeds “Lawrence H Rank enlisted in the World war in 1917 and received his rank of second lieutenant...” I am assuming the entry for the wounded son is for James Lindely.
1961 - Thursday, Jan 19 - CUMBERLAND EVENING TIMES -
OBITUARIES
James L. Rank
FROSTBURG - James L. Rank, about 65, was found dead in bed by two Frostburg Police officers last night at his residence, 142 East College Avenue.
Neighbors called police yesterday after becoming concerned when Mr. Rank had not been seen all day.
A son of the late Henry and Mary Jane (Dando) Rank, he was born in Frostburg. He was a graduate of Princeton University and was employed by Harpers magazine, New York prior to World War I.
Mr. Rank was a veteran of World War I , during which time he saw extensive combat duty. He was wounded in action,
He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He is survived by two aunts, Miss Sarah Dando, formerly of Frostburg, who resides in Baltimore, and Mrs. Fred Dillon of here, and also a number of cousins living here.
The body is at the Durst Funeral Home.
(note: He was a graduate of Johns Hopkins, not Princeton, and his work at Harpers was after the World War, not before. )
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Name: James Lindley Rank
Race: white
Address: 142 E. Loo St., Frostburg, Allegany Co.
Birth Place: Lonaconing, Md.
Birth Date: 22 Oct 1895
Comment: Ind 4/27/18 pvt, Co B 314 Inf;
Patient at Hosp AEF 9/26/18;
Patient at 3 Debark Hosp 2/13/19;
Patient at Walter Reed Gen Hosp D.C. 2/23/19;
18 Co 154 Dep Brig 3/4/19;
17 Co 154 Dep Brig 5/5/19,
Hon disch 5/22/19, Overseas 7/8/18 to 2/14/19, Avocourt Sector; Meuse-Argonne, Wounded severely 9/26/18
From: Maryland in the World War 1917-1919 Military and Naval Service Records In Two Volumes and Case of Maps Volume II
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Henry Clay Rank
Birth:
Dec. 27, 1869
Lonaconing
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
Death:
Mar. 25, 1904
Cumberland
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
The following was sent to me. Found no obit for Henry..
Henry died March 25, 1904 in Cumberland, Maryland
"History of Allegany County" beginning with page 1049
HENRY CLAY RANK - In the untimely death of Henry Clay Rank, at that time owner and editor of the Cumberland Independent, Allegany County, lost a citizen of extreme worth, and journalism and able and brilliant exponent. Few men of his years had made so marked an impression or were widely known in newspaper circles, and his vigorous editorials brought the journals, he owned and edited into deserved prominence. Had longer life been vouchsafed him his talents would undoubtedly have brought him to an eminent place in his profession.
Mr. Rank belonged to an old and substantial family of Western Maryland, originally from German extraction but himself American born, His birth took place at Lonaconing, Allegany County Maryland, December 27, 1869. His parents were Lawrence and Minnie (Schaidt) Rank, people of sterling personal worth, and his inheritance of heir study traits was often manifested in later life, as he forged forward in the vocation he had early chosen. After attending the public schools, Mr. Rank learned the newspaper trade, and in the course of time became the owner of the Lonaconing Review, a journal that became noted for its timely editorial work as long as he continued as it proprietor.
After Disposing of that newspaper he purchased the Cumberland Independent and soon made it a leading organ of the Republican Party in Allegany County. He was never a seeker for political honors for himself, but was a loyal and willing worker for his friends. He was a genial temperament and sociably inclined and was identified with a number of representative fraternal organizations. Included in which were the Royal Arcanum, the Heptasophs and the Eagles. Especially public spirited in everything concerning the welfare of his state and city, he lent his influence to establish substantial enterprises with this end in view. He was long identified with the Maryland State Firemen's Association, and for some time served as its secretary. Reared in the faith of the Lutheran Church he was a member of that denomination from boyhood. The arts had in him a liberal patron, and he was an accomplished musician. On June 15, 1893, Mr. Rank was married at Frostburg, Maryland, to Miss Mary Jane Dando
and they became the parents of two sons, James Lindley and Lawrence Henry.
James Lindley Rank is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, from which he took his degree of Bachelor of Arts, and he took his degree of Master of Arts from Columbia University, New York City. He enlisted in the World War in 1917, and was severely injured by a gunshot wound in the right lung during the Argonne offensive, September 27, 1918, from which he has never recovered (he lived many years after that. I remember Lindley Rank and his bicycle in the 1950's.)
Lawrence H. Rank enlisted in the World War, 1917 and received his rank of Second Lieutenant at Camp Gordon Officers' Training Camp. In June, 1922, he was graduated from the Carnegie Technical School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and is now engaged in the practice of architecture in that city. He married Miss Emma Edwards, daughter of U.B.F. Edwards a prominent citizen of Frostburg, in June 1923, Both the young men possess exceptional ability and can number with their advantages an inheritance of talent from both parents.
Family links:
Spouse:
Mary Jane Dando Rank (1871 - 1955)
Children:
James Lindley Rank (1895 - 1961)*
Lawrence Henry Rank (1898 - 1952)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Frostburg Memorial Park
Frostburg
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
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Mary Jane Dando Rank
Birth:
Jun. 2, 1871
Frostburg
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
Death:
Aug. 31, 1955
Frostburg
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
In the two obituaries posted on her Memorial Miss Sarah Jane Rank and Mrs. Frederick Dillon were her two sisters, not her dautghters.
"History of Allegany County" by Thomas & Williams
Mrs. Rank was born at Frostburg, Maryland, and is a member of an old and distinguished family of Allegany County. Her father, the late Judge James Dando, was exceedingly prominent in Western Maryland for many years, and a dominant citizen of Frostburg throughout his active life. After serving most usefully in civic offices at Frostburg, he was elected a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, and still later was made Judge of the Orphans' Court, and was serving on the bench at the time of his death. It was largely through Judge Dando's efforts that the State Normal School was brought to Frostburg. Judge Dando is survived by his family of eleven children, namely William whose interests were in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is now a resident of Frostburg, Owen, Elizabeth and James E. all of whom live at Frostburg, Sarah who is a newspaper woman, has been connected with the Frostburg Mining Journal for 27 years, Mary Jane who is the widow of Henry Clay Rank, resides at Frostburg, Grace who is principal of the Model School department of the State Normal School at Frostburg, Anna who was a member of the Tuberculosis Commission, New York City, was a Red Cross nurse and served sixteen months abroad with the Near East Relief Commission in 1917 and 1918 and was engaged in establishing clinics in Armenia and the Near East, is now residing in Florida, having married Mr. Hillis C. Parmalee, John T. who resides at Frostburg, Lettie who is the wife of J.F. Dillon, a business of Frostburg, and Elsie who has always resided in the old home at Frostburg, married Mr. Clifton Geis, a construction contractor and prominent citizen of Frostburg, in July, 1923.
Mrs. Mary J. Rank, like other members of father's family, had public school advantages at Frostburg, and when she had completed her courses, she turned her attention to a professional career rather than devote herself entirely to social life, for which she and her sister's had also been well prepared. For five years she was one of the teachers of the Beall High School, Frostburg, but then retired from the educational field in order to maintain a well-appointed home and look after her young sons. Following the death of her husband, Mrs. Rank returned to Frostburg and has since maintained her home there ever since. She spent four summers at John Hopkins Summer School, having re-entered the educational field, and is well known and extremely popular all over the county, as an instructor. She has been principal of the Grahamtown School, Frostburg, the Marland Avenue School of Cumberland, and for the past seven years has been principal of the Hill Street Grammer School, Frostburg. Mrs. Rank was elected the first woman president of the Allegany Teachers Association, and held that office for three years. During the World War she was chairman of the Woman's Work of Frostburg District of the American Red Cross for one year, and organized and conducted the first Junior Red Cross of the county at the Hill Street Grammer School, for the aid and relief of soldiers and sailors. Mrs. Rank also takes an active interest in the public questions of the day, in the club activities or her sex, and in social life is a factor as she is in various charities.
Family links:
Parents:
James Dando (1837 - 1905)
Sarah Price Dando (1841 - 1918)
Spouse:
Henry Clay Rank (1869 - 1904)*
Children:
James Lindley Rank (1895 - 1961)*
Lawrence Henry Rank (1898 - 1952)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Frostburg Memorial Park
Frostburg
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
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Lawrence Henry Rank
Birth:
Feb. 26, 1898
Lonaconing
Allegany County
Maryland, USA
Death:
Sep. 24, 1952
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania, USA
Family links:
Parents:
Henry Clay Rank (1869 - 1904)
Mary Jane Dando Rank (1871 - 1955)
Burial:
Mount Lebanon Cemetery
Mount Lebanon
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania, USA
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