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Rankin family of Geelong
The Rankins were a pioneering family of the Geelong district. The family produced a dynasty of champion Australian rules footballers, including three captains of the Geelong Football Club, two Carji Greeves medallists and played 582 games for Geelong, between them.
==Migration to Australia==
The Rankins came from the Braintree district of Essex. In 1841, Samuel Rankin, Sarah Rankin (née Warren) and five of their children were listed as "pauper" inmates of the Braintree Union Workhouse. Ten years later, they secured passage as "assisted migrants" to Australia, arriving in Geelong in 1852.〔J. and J. McDonald, ''Three William McDonalds'', Canberra, 2010, pp. 81–89.〕 After first settling at Freshwater Creek, near Duneed, the Rankins relocated to Highton. The family prospered in the district. An 1897 newspaper report records a gathering at which were counted 165 descendants, including 85 great-grandchildren.〔''The Rokewood Gazette'', 11 December 1897, p. 3.〕
It is one of the youngest boys, Walter Rankin (1849–1930), whose line was responsible for the Geelong football dynsaty. One of Walter's sons and one of his grandsons also served in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War, namely, Cornelius and Edwin's son, Cliff.〔War service files (bar codes 8025369 and 8025370) held in the Australian National Archives.〕
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