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- https://nzhistory.govt.nz/suffragist/mary-wallace-rainey
Mary Wallace Rainey
Signed family name Rainey
Signed given name Mary Wallace
Given address Lincoln
Sheet number 190
Town/Suburb Lincoln
City/Region Christchurch
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Biography contributed by Joyce Hislop
Mary Rainey was born in 1840 in Rasharkin, County Antrim, Ireland, daughter of Alexander and Maria (nee Glasgow) Wallace. Alexander was an undertaker and wheelwright. Mary married Robert Rainey on the 18 June 1861 and the couple sailed as assisted emigrants to New Zealand on 5 September that year on board the Sebastopol arriving in Canterbury on 14 December.
Robert and Mary first resided on Ferry Road then after some years bought land in Lincoln and Tai Tapu where Robert became a successful stock breeder. The Lincoln property was known as 'Lincoln Lodge'. He later became a Justice of the Peace and served on several local committees.
They had eight children – Maria Glasgow (1862-1939), Annie Matilda (1864-1923), James (1865-1866), Thomas Montgomery (1866-1940), Robert Wallace (1868-1958), Margaret (Marguerite) (1870-1960), Sarah Glasgow (1873-1960) and Martha Lavinia (1876-1963).
Robert, Mary and two of their unmarried daughters Annie and Sarah, moved to Mather’s Road, Spreydon in 1908. Their third unmarried daughter Martha Lavinia continued to live with her brother Robert Wallace on the farm at Lincoln until his marriage in 1912.
Mary died on 2 October 1914 aged 74 years and is buried in the Sydenham Cemetery. Robert died on 15 August 1934 aged 92 years and is buried with Mary at Sydenham.
Sources
BDM’s & IGI
Shipping Records
Electoral Rolls
Papers Past
Note: Mary RAINEY is the mother of Sarah Glasgow RAINEY (190) and sister of Lavinia RAPLEY (503)
Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand. [2]
- Mary was a daughter of Alexander Wallace (1820-) & Maria Glasgow (1822-) of Ireland. She signed Sheet 190 of the Womens Suffrage Petition, in Lincoln, Christchurch in 1893
A sister, Lavinia Rapley (1842-1900) is buried Old Gorge cemetery, Woodville.
They had eight children
1862 - 1939 Maria Glasgow Rainey (+Gray)
1864 - 1923 Annie Matilda Rainey (didn't marry)
1865 - 1866 James Rainey (aged 5 months)
1866 - 1940 Thomas Montgomery Rainey (+Sharp)
1868 - 1958 Robert Wallace Rainey (+Morrow)
1870 - 1960 Margaret (Marguerite) Rainey (+Ballantyne)
1873 - 1960 Sarah Glasgow Rainey (didn't marry)
1876 - 1963 Martha Lavinia Rainey (didn't marry)
Robert, Mary and two of their unmarried daughters Annie and Sarah, moved to Mather's Road, Spreydon in 1908. Their third unmarried daughter Martha Lavinia continued to live with her brother Robert Wallace on the farm at Lincoln until his marriage in 1912.
Mary died 2 Oct 1914 aged 74 years
Robert died 15 Aug 1934 aged 92 years and is buried with her. [1]
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1840 - 1914 (74 years)