James Rainey (1853 - 1923)

Born 26 May 1853 in Randalstown, County Antrim, Ireland

Husband of Lillian Adelle (Hovenden) Rainey — married 26 Jun 1884 in Scott Valley, Siskiyou, California, United States

Died 20 Nov 1923 at age 70 in Horse Creek, Siskiyou, California, United States

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Biography

James Rainey was born in Ireland.

James was born in 1853 in County Antrim, Ireland. He was the son of William Rainey and Jane Livingstone.

James emigrated to USA. In 1880, he was already living in California working as a teamster. He appeared in the 1880 US census as James Rainey, age 26, living as a lodger in the household of Festus Payne in Siskiyou, California^[1].

James Rainey married Lilian A Hovenden on 26 June 1884, at Scott Valley, California^[2].

James and his brother Robert, who had also emigrated from Ireland to the United States, set up in business together as "Rainey Bros.", and are listed in an 1885 business directory for Siskiyou County, California, under Seiad^[3].

James and Lillian Rainey had eight known children: Etta Jane Rainey (b. 1886), Charles William Rainey (b. 1887), Estella May Rainey (b. 1889), Cora Alma Rainey (b. 1890), Clarence Alexander Rainey (b. 1891), Ruth Elizabeth Rainey (b. 1892), Effie Adelle Rainey (b. 1894), Maud Lillian Rainey (b. 1895),

Lillian A Rainey died in 1896, not long after the birth of their last child.

James remained living in Oak Bar, Siskiyou, California and appears with various family members in census records for 1900^[4], 1910^[5] and 1920^[6].

James Rainey died in 1923^[7]. He was buried at Fort Jones Cemetery^[8].

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6P2-7RK : 29 July 2017), James Raney in household of Festus Payne, South, Siskiyou, California, United States; citing enumeration district ED 103, sheet 215A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0083; FHL microfilm 1,254,083.
2. ↑ CAGenWeb Project "Siskiyou County marriages, 1852 thru 1910" Page 163 https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE520968

   Notes: 26 JUN 1884 RAINEY, James 31 Ireland HOVENDEN, Lilian A. 22 California Scott Valley, California

3. ↑ Genealogy Trails. http://genealogytrails.com. California. 1885 Siskiyou County Directory. http://genealogytrails.com/cal/sisk/1885directory.html

   Notes: SEIAD Ashton, Frank - laborer; Bailey, Charles M. - Postmaster, gen mdse; Bailey, Charles T. - photographer; Bailey, George H. - farmer; Grider, William T. - hotel, farmer; Lowden, George W. - miner; Lowden, John S. Jr. - miner; McKay, John G. - laborer; Postmaster - Charles M. Bailey; Rainey Bros. - farmers; Rainey, James - Rainey Bros.; Rainey, Robert - Rainey Bros.; Shinan, Marmaduke J. - farmer; Thorpe, Samuel K. - miner; Wood, William H. - miner

4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9GL-721 : accessed 6 January 2019), Jas Rainey, Mountain and Oak Bar Townships, Siskiyou, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 131, sheet 1A, family 6, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,113.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVGT-DF1 : accessed 8 December 2018), James Rainey, Oak Bar, Siskiyou, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 116, sheet 3B, family 74, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 108; FHL microfilm 1,374,121.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH4P-2RP : accessed 6 January 2019), James Rainey, Oak Bar, Siskiyou, California, United States; citing ED 131, sheet 5A, line 19, family 121, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 149; FHL microfilm 1,820,149.
7. ↑ "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-H9SK : 8 November 2017), James Rainey, 1923; citing 56744, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,046.
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV22-W7PZ : 13 December 2015), James Rainey, 1923; Burial, Fort Jones, Siskiyou, California, United States of America, Fort Jones Cemetery; Find A Grave: Memorial #73467542