| Birth | Mary Ann Rainey was born 6 April 1859 in Hougham, Kent, England. |
| INFO | BIRTH CERTIFICATE. Kent, Dover Dist, Sub-dist Hougham. #225 Born 6 April 1859at 25 Hartley Street Hougham. Mary Ann [Rainey], girl; father Roger Rainey; mother Emma Rainey, formerly Atkins. Father: Gunner, Royal Artillery. Informant father . . . Registered 23 April 1859 Wm Coo,l Registrar. (GBCertBirONS Dover 2a:674 JunQ 1859.) |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Birth JunQ 1859 Mary Ann Rainey Dover 2a,674 (FreeBMD.) |
| INFO | BROTHER'S BIRTH CERT: Mary Ann Rainey, age 8, is listed as a sibling on the birth certificate for her brother James Edward, born 3 Feb 1867, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (McGintyFamPa.) |
| INFO | WITNESS IN COURT CASE. Reported in the newspaper, Whitstaple Times and Herne Bay Herald, Sat., 2 Nov 1872. " HYTHE. The Borough Quarter Sessions were held on Monday last. . .. Maria Austen, single woman, was indicted for stealing a black silk dress, three white petticoats, six white bodies, a night gown, and other articles, together of the value of £8, the property of Roger Rainey, a widower and a gunner in the Coast Brigade Royal Artillery, stationed at Fort Moncreiff, on 28th July, 1872. --Mr. Croft prosecuted, and called Roger Rainey, who said that the prisoner had been living with him as a servant for four or five weeks. She was to mind the children. He made no arrangement to give her any money for her services; she had her food. He had two boxes which he kept locked in his room, containing wearing apparel and other articles. On July 29, he missed the articles. He did not give any of them to the prisoner. --Mary Ann Rainey, a daughter of the previous witness, said that the prisoner lived with them as a servant, and had her meals with them, but went away to sleep. She had never seen her father give the prisoner any clothes, except the dress she was then wearing, and a petticoat and jacket. -Supt John Friend proved to going to the Prince of Wales public house, Dymchurch Road and finding the prisoner there. He charged her with stealing a gold ring and various other articles belonging to Roger Rainey. She said that Rainey had given them to her, and she had witnesses to prove it. He asked her where the ring was, and she took it off her finger and gave it to him. He asked her for the dress and other things. . .. Mrs. Stone, the landlady, went upstairs and brought the things. . . and gave them to the witness. --For the defence, Thomas Kemp Stone, father of the landlord of the Prince of Wales . . . stated that he heard Rainey say that he was going to make the prisoner his wife, and saw him take the ring and put it on prisoner's finger, telling her that the wearing apparel he had got she was welcome to. --Thomas Watson proved seeing Rainey put the ring on the finger of the prisoner, and Rainey called him (witness) as a witness to it. --The jury retired for a short deliberation, and . . . found the prisoner not guilty. --The Recorder said he quite concurred with the verdict, and requested Mr. W.S. Smith (the Clerk of the Peace) to take the necessary proceedings for indicting Rainey for perjury. (BrNewspapFMP.) |
| INFO | SCOTLAND CENSUS 1881 (3 Apr 1881) [Transcription on Ancestry.com]. Tradeston dist #644/13. 32 Leven St., Glasgow Govan, Lanarkshire. Household of William Ewen, age 40, b. Montrose, Forfarshire, Minister of Kinning Park Parish. Wife Catherine Ewen, age 35. General servant Mary Ann Rennie, age 21, b. England. (ScotCen81Anc.) |
| INFO | Note: The minister who officiated at the wedding 18 Nov 1881 was Mary Ann's employer at the time of the 1881 census in April 1881. |
| Marriage | She married Neil McEachern, son of Donald McEachern and Flora Robertson, 18 November 1881 in Kinning Park, Glasgow, Scotland. |
| INFO | MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. 1881- Marriages in the District of Kinning Park in the County of Lanark. #220 Married 1881 on the eighteenth day of November at 9 Anderson Street, Kinning Park, after Banns according to the forms of the established Church of Scotland. Neil McEachern, steam engine stoker (bachelor) age 29, residence 9 Anderson Street, Kinning Park; father- Donald McEachern, mason (Journeyman); mother- Flora McEachern M.S. Robertson. Mary Ann Rennie, domestic servant (spinster), 22, residence St. James' Street, Kinning Park District, Glasgow; father - Rodger Rennie, stoker; mother- Emma Rennie M.S. Atkins (deceased). Officiating William Ewen B.D., Minister of Kinning Park Parish Church. Witnesses: Alexander McEachern, Emma J. Rennie. Registered 22 Nov 1881 at Glasgow, Wm Dunemok?? Assisant registrar. (ScotMarrCert.) |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Scotland Marriage. Neil McEachern and Mary A. Rennie married 1881, Kinning Park District. (ScotPeople.) |
| INFO | US CENSUS 1920 (1 Jan 1920) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ward 31. 2037 Sergeant St. Mary A. MacEachern, head, owns home, free of mortgage, female, widow, age 60, to U.S. 1898, naturalized in 1914, can read and write, b. England, Father b. Scotland, Mother b. England, can speak English, occup.: operator in towel mill, wage earner. Son Archie, 31, widower, to US 1898, naturalized 1916, can read and write, b. Scotland, father b. Scotland, mother b. England, can speak English, occup: manager in grocery store, wage earner. Son Alexander, 16, in school, can read and write, b. Pennsylvania, father b. Scotland, mother b. England, occup: sorter in hosiery mill, wage earner. (USCens1920 T625-1635, p.6B, ED 1031.) |
| INFO | US CENSUS 1930. (1 Apr 1930) Moorestown, Burlington, New Jersey. Erickson Ave. Mac Eachern, Mary A., head, owns home, $4800 value, has radio, not on farm, age 71, widow, can read and write, b. England, parents b. England, speaks English, to US 1898, naturalized, no occup. Son Alexander, 25, single, can read and write, b. Pennsylvania, father b. Scotland, mother b. England, speaks English, occup: machinist at machine shop, wage earner, not a veteran. [Also in household: female maid and her son.] (USCens1930 T626-1318 ED 044, p.2A.) |
| Death | Mary Ann Rainey died 10 March 1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at age 74. |
| INFO | DEATH CERTIFICATE. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Death in Philadelphia General Hospital. Mary MacEachern of 4627 Hoeruk ?? St. 10 March 1934. Female, white, widow, wife of Neil, born 6 April 1859, age 75-11-4, occupation- at home. Born England, father - Rodger Rannie, b. England. Mother - Emma Atkins, b. England. Informant Harry ?? MacEachern 7204 Clondge ?? St. Medical -- inquest pending, Chas. H. Hersh, coroner. Burial 14 March 1934 Greenmount Cemetery. H. O. Gerush ??. File no. 22905, registered no. 5662. (PenDeaCerAnc.) |
Mary Ann Rainey