| Birth | Emma Jane Rainey was born 16 December 1860 in St. Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands, England. |
| INFO | BIRTH IN NEWSPAPER. Jersey Independent and Daily Telegraph, Sat, 29 Dec 1860. Extract from the Civil Registerof St. Helier Jersey. Births. Dec 16.- Emma Jane, daughter of Mr. Robert Rainey. (BritNewspFMP.) |
| INFO | BROTHER'S BIRTH CERT: Emma Jane Rainey, age 6, is listed as a sibling on the birth certificate for her brother James Edward, born 3 Feb 1867, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. (McGintyFamPa.) |
| INFO | SCOTLAND CENSUS 1881. (3 Apr 1881). Milton Terrace, 63, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Head Roger Rennie, male, married, 49, general labourer, b. Ireland. Wife Mary, married, age 48, b. Ireland. Daughter Emma Jane, unmarried, 20, yarn worker, b. Channel Islands. Daughter Jessie, 12, b. 1869, --[no place listed]. Step-daughter Elizabeth Mary Moore, unmarried, 24, printfield worker, b. Ireland. Stepdaughter Martha Moore, 18, printfield worker, b. Ireland. (EngWSCens1881 RG11 Bonhill/13 73:13) Note: the transcription on Ancestry.com has birthplace Ceylon, India for Jessie. |
| INFO | WITNESS 18 November 1881. Emma J. Rennie signed the marriage certificate as a witness for the marriage of her sister Mary Ann Rennie to Neil McEachern at Kinning Park, Lanark, Glasgow, Scotland. (ScotMarrCert.) |
| Marriage | She married William Brock, son of Alexander Brock and Margaret Mills, 25 September 1885 in Milton, Dumbarton, Scotland. |
| INFO | MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Scotland, County of Dumbarton, Parish of Old Kilpatrick. 1885 on the 25th of September at Milton in the parish of Old Kilpatrick after publication according to the forms of the established Church of Scotland. Wm. Brock age 23, plumber (journeyman), bachelor, residence 11 Levenford Place Dumbarton; father-Alexander Brock, Cart-Wright (Journeyman); mother- Margaret Brock, M.S.[maiden surname] Mills. Emma Rennie, age 23, domestic servant, spinster, residence Oakvale Cottage, Glasgow road, Dumbarton, father: Roger Rennie, labourer formerly soldier, mother Emma Rennie M.S.[maiden surname] Acton, deceased. Marriage officiated by Robert Henderson, Minister of Old Kilpatrick. Witnesses Peter Brock, Jessie Rennie. Registered at Old Kilpatrick Sep 28th 1885 by M. Findlay, Registrar. (ScotPeople) [ Note: Emma's mother was "Atkins," not Acton.]. |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Scotland Marriage. 1885, William Brock married Emma Rennie. Index entry. (ScotPeople.) |
| INFO | SCOTLAND CENSUS 1891. Transcription from Ancestry.com. MS Emma Brock, age 28, b. abt 1863, female, servant, born Jersey, occup: housekeeper domestic. Civil Parish Lanark, Lanarkshire County #648. Hope Street. Enumerated in household of Robina E. Lackhart, age 51 , occupation: unpaid Christian worker. (ScotCens1891.) |
Emma Jane Rainey