John Renton

William Renton
(1766-1826)

Marion Shiel
(1763-1819)

George Wallace
(Abt 1773-)

Janet Whitelaw
(Abt 1778-)

Andrew Renton
(1796-1877)

Agnes Wallace
(1801-1854)

John Renton
(1842-1931)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Margaret M. J. Kemp

John Renton ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰

Born: 20 September 1842, Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ ⁶ ⁷ ⁹ ¹⁰
Baptized: 9 October 1842, Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland ⁵
Marriage (1): Margaret M. J. Kemp in 1865 ¹ ² ³ ⁴
Died: 26 November 1931, Belleville, MI at age 89
Buried: After 26 November 1931, Belleville, MI

bullet Birth Notes:

Name: John Renton
Event Type: Christening
Event Date: 9 Oct 1842
Event Place: Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Sep 1842
Father's Name: Andrew Renton
Mother's Name: Agnes Wallace
Reference ID: - 2:15RP14M

Citing this Record
"Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTYW-MF6 : 12 February 2020), Agnes Wallace in entry for John Renton, 1842.
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bullet Baptism Notes:

bullet Death Notes:

Name: John Renton
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 26 Nov 1931
Event Place: Belleville, Wayne, Michigan, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 89
Marital Status: Widowed
Birth Date: 20 Sep 1842
Birthplace: Scotland
Father's Name: Andrew Renton
GS Film number: 001973141
Digital Folder Number: 005240802
Image Number: 01624

Citing this Record
"Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KF7T-ZQQ : accessed 09 Aug 2013), Andrew Renton in entry for John Renton, 1931.
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bullet Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1851 Scotland Census in Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland on 31 March 1851.

⁶ 1851 Census of Scotland
Page 10, Line 10, Schedule 38, District 1, Roll CSSCT1851_192
Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, SCOTLAND
Address: Innerwick Farm
John Renton..Son..8..b. Innerwick, Haddingtonshire..Occupation: Scholar
(Living with parents.)
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• He immigrated onboard the ship Harmonia arriving on 14 July 1851 at New York, NY.
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• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Van Buren Township, Wayne County, MI on 14 June 1860. ⁷

1860 US Census
Page 45, Roll 564, Dwelling 384, Family 369
Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan
John Renton..17..SCOTLAND..Laborer
(Living with widowed father.)
.

• Military: Civil War, 1862 to 1864, Michigan. Enlisted on 8/11/1862 at Detroit, MI as a Private.
On 8/13/1862 he mustered into "D" Co. MI 24th Infantry
He was transferred out on 4/10/1864
On 4/10/1864 he transferred into Veteran Reserve Corps
He was listed as: Wounded 7/1/1863 Gettysburg, PA
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• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI on 10 June 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 2, Roll 710, Dwelling 13, Family 12
Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan
John Renton..28..SCOTLAND..Farmer
(Living with wife, two daughters, and two step-sons.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 20 Sep 1842, then his age should have been 27 instead of 28.
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• He was naturalized in 1880. ⁹

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI on 8 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 443D, District 265, Family 108, Roll 610
Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan
John Renton..Self..37..SCOTLAND..Farmer
(Living with wife, two daughters, and two step-sons.)
.

• He appeared on the 1900 US Census in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI on 8 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 205, Family 92, Roll 755
Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan
farm owned, no mortgage
married 35 years
John Renton..Head..57..Sep 1842..SCOTLAND..Immig. 1850..Farmer
(Living with wife.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Belleville, MI on 25 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 308, Family 322, Roll 679
Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan
Columbia Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Married 44 years
John Renton..Head..67..SCOTLAND..Immig. 1851..Laborer, Odd Jobs
(Living with wife.)
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• He appeared on the 1920 US Census in Detroit, MI on 5 January 1920. ⁹

1920 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 566, Family 81, Roll 817, Ward 18
Detroit Wayne County, Michigan
41 Reissman;
John Renton..Father-in-Law..77..Widowed..SCOTLAND..Immig. 1850..Naturalized 1880
(Widowed and living at the home of his married daughter, Margaret, and her family.)
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• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Belleville, MI on 17 April 1930. ¹⁰

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, District 1052, Family 115, Roll 1077
Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan
Columbia Avenue; Home owned, $2500
John Renton..Father-in-Law..87..Widowed
(Widowed and living at the home of his married daughter, Margaret, and her husband.)
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• He was buried after 26 November 1931 in the Hillside Cemetery in Belleville, MI.

"Father - John, 1842-1932; Co. D, 24th Mich. Inf."

Find A Grave Memorial #18412741
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John married Margaret M. J. Kemp in 1865.¹ ² ³ ⁴ (Margaret M. J. Kemp was born in August 1842 in Ireland,¹ ³ ⁴ ⁸ ¹³ died in 1918 ¹³ and was buried in 1918 in Belleville, MI ¹³.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI on 10 June 1870. ⁸

1870 US Census
Page 2, Roll 710, Dwelling 13, Family 12
Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan
John Renton..28..SCO..Farmer
Margaret M. Renton..27..IRE..Keeping House
Charles Gilbert..8..NY
James F. Gilbert..5..NY
Margaret A. Renton..3..MI
Eliza J. Renton..11m..MI

NOTE - Charles Gilbert and James Gilbert are children from a previous marriage of Margaret Kemp. The 1880 census shows the name of Charles and James with the Renton surname but it is my opinion that John Renton had "adopted" them as his own. Whether this adoption was official or legally documented is doubtful as most such adoptions during those years were done merely by convenience and without any official fanfare.
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• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI on 8 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 443D, District 265, Family 108, Roll 610
Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan
John Renton..Self..37..SCO..Farmer
Margaret M. J. Renton..Wife..42..IRE..Keeping House
Charles Renton..Son..18..NY
James Renton..Son..15..NY
Margaret Renton..Dau..13..MI
Joanna Renton..Dau..11..MI..At School

NOTE - Charles and James Renton were actually Charles and James Gilbert, children from Margaret's first marriage and should have been listed as Step-son instead of Son.
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• They appeared on the 1900 US Census in Sumpter Township, Wayne County, MI on 8 June 1900. ³

1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 205, Family 92, Roll 755
Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan
farm owned, no mortgage
married 35 years
John Renton...Head..57..Sep 1842..SCO..Immig. 1850..Farmer
Margeret M. Renton..Wife..57..Aug 1842..IRE..7/5..Immig. 1855
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• They appeared on the 1910 US Census in Belleville, MI on 25 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 308, Family 322, Roll 679
Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan
Columbia Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Married 44 years
John Renton..Head..67..SCO..Immig. 1851..Laborer, Odd Jobs
Margert M. J. Renton..Wife..67..IRE..Immig. 1855..7/5
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bullet Marriage Notes:

In 1880 John and Margaret lived next to his brother, Robert.
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1 April Padgett, "Renton Connections," database(http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7187472/).

2 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 265, p. 443D, family 108, John Renton and Margaret M. J. Kemp; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Apr 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 610.

3 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 205, sheet 4B, dwelling 92, family 92, John Renton and Margaret M. J. Kemp; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 755.

4 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 308, sheet 4B, family 322, John Renton and Margaret M. J. Kemp; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 26 Dec 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 679.

5 "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1771030 : accessed 25 Jun 2020), John Renton, 1842.

6 1851 census of Scotland, 30 Mar 1851, Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, enumeration district (ED) 1, page 10, schedule no. 38, Andrew Renton.

7 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan, p. 45, dwelling 384, family 369, Andrew Renton; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 11 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 564.

8 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan, p. 2, dwelling 13, family 12; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 30 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 710.

9 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Detroit Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 566, sheet 4B, family 81, Daniel G. Savage and Margaret Agnes Renton; index and images (accessed 3 Apr 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 817.

10 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 1052, sheet 4A, family 115, Daniel G. Savage and Margaret Agnes Renton; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 3 Apr 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1077.

11 "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," online images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ : accessed 26 Apr 2019), manifest, Harmonia, 14 Jul 1851, Andrew Renton Family.

12 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 20 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18412741.

13 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 20 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63203602.

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