| Birth | Robert Henry Rainey was born 15 January 1865 in Royal Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |
| INFO | BIRTH CERTIFICATE. Births in the District of Melbourne (North), Victoria, Australia. 1865 #3541. Born 15 Jan 1865 at Royal Park, Robert Henry (not present), male. Father: Rodger Rainey, gunner, Royal Artillery, age 29, b. Connor Ireland. Married 1858 Dover England. Mother: Emma Rainey, formerly Atkins, 27, b. Dover Kent. Informant: [illegible] friend, of Royal Park. Witness: Mr. Lloyd. Registered 31 Jan 1865, Melbourne North, G.F.Nagle, Deputy Registrar. (McGintyFamPa.) |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Australia Victoria 1865 Birth Ramey [sic], Robert Henry. Father: Roger. Mother: Atkins Emma. Place: Melb. Registered Victoria 1865 #3541. (AVRI.) |
| INFO | BROTHER'S BIRTH CERT: Robert Henry Rainey, age2, is listed as a sibling on the birth certificate for his brother James Edward, born 3 Feb 1867, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (McGintyFamPa.) |
| INFO | SCOTLAND CENSUS 1881. (3 Apr 1881) Transcription on Ancestry.com. McDermid's Building, Old Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire. Robert Rennie, 16, b. Australia, occup: rivet heater ship yard. Grandson in household of Robert Rennie 71, b. Ireland, Coal dealer and wife Mary 71, b. Ireland. (ScotCen81Anc.) |
| Marriage | He married Mary McDonald, daughter of George McDonald and Ann Jane McKay, 26 September 1885 in Maryhill, Lanark, Scotland. |
| INFO | MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Marriages in the District of Maryhill in the County of Lanark [Scotland] no.125. 1885 On the 26th Sept at The Manse Maryhill after publication according to the forms of the Church of Scotland. GROOM: Robert Rennie, soldier (Private) 1st Scottish Rifles (Bachelor), age 21, usual residence Barracks Maryhill. Father: Rodger Rennie, General Labourer. Mother: Emma Rennie, M[aiden] S[urname] Atkins (deceased). Officiating: Wm S Shanks, Parish Minister, Maryhill. Registered 1885 Sep 28 at Maryhill. James M???, Assist Registrar. BRIDE: Mary McDonald, Steam Loom Weaver, age 19, usual residence 142 Barlock Street Possil park. Father: George McDonald, Fireman in Iron Foundry. Mother: Karin [?] McDonald M[aiden] S[urname] McKay. Signed John Davis, Witness. Fanney White, Witness. (ScotMarrCert 1885 p.63 #125.) |
| Note | NOTE: The surname RENNIE for Robert's marriage on 26 Sep 1885 in Scotland is consistent with the surname change from Rainey in English records to Rennie in Scottish records. |
| INFO | SCOTLAND CENSUS 1891. (5 Apr 1891) Back Row, Shotts, Lanarkshire. (Transcription on Ancestry.com) Shotts Middle dist. 655/1. Robert Rennie, 26, brother-in-law, b. Australia (British subject), occup: coal miner. Head: Archibald McDonald, 34, born at sea, coal miner. Wife Eliza Jane McDonald, 28. 4 McDonald children. (ScotCen91Anc) NOTE: no mention of Robert's wife Mary McDonald Rennie. |
| INFO | SCOTLAND CENSUS 1901. (31 Mar 1901) 19 Wood St., Govan, Lanarkshire. (Transcription on Ancestry.com) Partik dist. 646/4. Robert H Rennie, 37, head, b. Australia, Melbourne, occup: holder on (rivetters). Wife Mary Rennie b. Kilpatrick, Renfrewshire. Mother-in-law Ann Jane M. Mcdonald, 62, b. Ireland. Matthew Jowett, 32, brother-in-law, collier, b. England. David Black, 36, brother-in-law, collier, b. Shotts. Edward Clark, 29, visitor, soldier b. Newarthill. Ann Jane Jowett, 3, niece, b. England. (ScotCen01Anc.) |
Robert Henry Rainey