hmtl5 Sarah Glasgow Rainey b. 16 Aug 1873 d. 29 Jul 1960: McKeown Genealogy

Sarah Glasgow Rainey

Female 1873 - 1960  (86 years)


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  • Name Sarah Glasgow Rainey 
    Born 16 Aug 1873 
    Gender Female 
    Died 29 Jul 1960 
    Person ID I1869  McKeown
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2025 

    Father Robert Rainey,   b. 1842, County Antrim, Northern Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Aug 1934, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Mother Mary Wallace,   b. 1840, Rasharkin, County Antrim, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1914, Christchurch City, Canterbury, New Zealand Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 18 Jun 1861 
    Family ID F783  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • https://nzhistory.govt.nz/suffragist/sarah-glasgow-rainey

      Signed family name Rainey
      Signed given name Sarah Glasgow
      Given address Lincoln
      Sheet number 190
      Town/Suburb Lincoln
      City/Region Christchurch
      Notes
      Originally mistranscribed as J Avis Glasgow Bainey

      Biography contributed by Joyce Hislop

      Sarah was born on 16 August 1873, the fourth daughter of Robert and Mary (nee Wallace) Rainey. She lived with her parents, who had been assisted emigrants from Ireland, on their farm at Lincoln, Canterbury. She never married and did not give an occupation on the electoral rolls, just stating she was a spinster.

      She moved into Mather’s Road, Spreydon with her parents when her father retired from farming in 1908 and continued to live with her father after her mother’s death in 1914. Sarah later moved to Hansons Road, Riccarton with her father and unmarried sisters around 1919. After her father’s death in 1934 Sarah and her sister Lavinia continued to live together in the Hansons Road property. The sisters later moved into Harakeke Street where their retired widowed brother Robert Wallace Rainey lived. Robert died on 17 September 1958 and left his sisters his property.

      Sarah died on 29 July 1960 aged 80 years.

      Sources
      BDM’s

      Electoral Rolls

      Wills

      Note: Sarah Glasgow RAINEY is the daughter of Mary Wallace RAINEY (190)

      Click on sheet number to see the 1893 petition sheet this signature appeared on. Digital copies of the sheets supplied by Archives New Zealand.
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  • Sources 
    1. [S68] New Zealand History, https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage/petition.