| Birth | Jessie Rainey was born 17 March 1869 in Fort Colombo, Ceylon. |
| INFO | BAPTISM CERTIFICATE. 1869. #3. Born 17 March 1869. Baptism 22 April 1869 at Fort Colombo. Jessie, daughter of Roger Rainey and Emma Rainey, maiden surname Atkins. Rank of father: Gunner, Royal Artillery. Clergyman: Charles Herford?. "Extracted from the Register of Baptisms of St. Andrews Church, Colombo, Ceylon and certified: Charles Herford, Colonial Chaplain, Officiating Presbyterian troops, St. Andrews Church, Colombo." [no date for the extract given]. (McGintyFamPa Jessie Birth.) |
| INFO | SCOTLAND CENSUS 1891 (5 Apr 1891) [Transcription on Ancestry.com].#646/1 Plantation Dist. 8 Cecil Pl, Govan, Lanarkshire. Jessie Rennie, 22, servant, b. (British Subjt), Colembo Oylar [Colombo Ceylon]. Servant in household of James Martin, age 80, b. England Manchester, retired govern. inspect. of taxes. Daughter Agnes C. Martin, 56, b. Glasgow, Lanarkshire. (ScotCen91Anc.) |
| INFO | CERTIFICATE OF PROCLAMATION. "At Kinning Park, 21 Nov 1892, it is heeby certified that James McGinty, carter, 106 Stanley Str. and Jessie Rainey 28 Clark Str have been duly Proclaimed in order to Marriage in the Parish Church of Kinning Park and that no objections have been offered. William Ewen, B.D. Minister, Session Clerk. (McGintyFam Proclamation.) |
| Marriage | She married James McGinty, son of Malcolm McGinty and Rose Ann Kane, 25 November 1892 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. |
| INFO | EXTRACT OF MARRIAGE. #107. 1892, on the 25th Nov at Pringle Bark, Dumbreck, Glasgow, After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland. GROOM - James McGinty, Saw Mill Carter (Bachelor), age 29, 106 Stanley Street, Kinning Park, son of Malcolm McGinty, Gardener Hawker (deceased) and Rose Ann McGinty M[aiden] S[urname] Keane (deceased). BRIDE - Jessie Rennie, domestic servant, spinster, age 26, of 28 Clark Street, Kinning Park, parents: Robert [sic] Rennie, Soldier (Private) "An Army Pensioner" and Emma Rennie M.S. [maiden surname] Atkins (deceased). Signed William Ewen B.D. Minister of Kinning Park. Witnesses: P. McGinty, Eliz. Macdonald. Registered 26 Nov 1892 at Govan. (signed) Jack Brownlie, Registrar. (McGintyFamPa.) |
| Note | NOTE: In 1910 U.S. census listing Jessie is mother of 11 children, with 6 children living. |
| INFO | US CENSUS 1940 (1 Apr 1940) Philadelphia, ward 35. 1105 McKinley, McGlaskey, Howard K., head, 39, married, completed 1 year high school, b. Penna. Residence 1 Apr 1935 Penna, employed for pay, worked 44 hours wek prior to census as conductor on the elevated, worked 52 weeks in1939,$2600 income, no other income source. Wife Jessie, 38, completed 8th grade, b. Penna, residence 1 Apr 1935 Penna, not employed for pay, no income. Daughter Jessie, 15, single, in school, completed 8th grade, b. Penna., residence 1 Apr 1935 Penna. Not employed. Mother-in-law Jessie McGinty, age 76 [actual age 71], widow, completed 7th grade, b. Austria-Hungary, naturalized citizen, residence 1 Apr 1935 Penna, not employed, no income. Niece Helen Neuman, age 23, single, completed 3 yr. high school, b. Penna, residence 1 Apr 1935 Penna, not employed, no income. (USCens1940 T627-3727, ED 51-1273, sh 7A.) |
| INFO | EXHIBIT. Photograph of Jessie McGinty from about 1957. From McGinty Family Papers. (McGintyFamPa 1 Aug 2011.)  |
| INFO | CIV REG INDEX Death Pennsylvania Dept of Health. 1960. McGinty, Jessie, date of death 23 Apr 1960, Philadelphia, age 91. File 041060. (PennDeaInd.) |
| Death | Jessie Rainey died 23 April 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at age 91. |
| INFO | GRAVE INSCRIPTION. Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. McGINTY / 1858 James 1933 / 1869 Jessie 1960 // NEWMAN / 1883 Charles 1937 / 1893 Emma 1937 /. Information from photograph. (McGintyFamPa 31 Jul 2011.) |
Jessie Rainey