Herbert Allan Rayner (1883 - 1949)

Born 11 Nov 1883 in Mullamuddy, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Keightly) Rayner — married 22 Nov 1911 in St John the Baptist's Church of England, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 28 Dec 1949 at age 66 in Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Herbert Rayner was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Herbert married^[3] Alice Keightly on Wednesday, 22nd November 1911 in St John the Baptist's Church of England^[2], Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia. Together they had 6 children.

1. Hilton Rayner
2. Edna (Rayner) Walpole
3. Allan Rayner
4. Phylis (Rayner) Williams
5. Samuel Maxwell Rayner
6. Roy Rayner

Herbert passed away^[4] on Wednesday, 28th December 1949 at Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, aged 66 years, 1 month, 17 days, and is interred ^[5] at Mudgee General Cemetery, Anglican, O.

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954), Mon 16 Jan 1950, Page 2, OBITUARY^[6].

OBITUARY

Late Mr. H. A. Rayner

At Monday's meeting of the Mudgee P. P. Board. Chairman Jim Mills referred to the lamentable passing of Mr. Herbert Allen Rayner, who, he said, had served the ratepayers and the Board faithfully and well for very many years.

The chairman went on to say that the late Allen Rayner was a man with a long, honorable record and that his death was sincerely regretted right throughout the district.

Out of respect for a devoted friend and colleague the members of the Board observed a minute's silence.

A member of a pioneer district family, deceased carved out a home for himself in the Hargraves district. When he took over the property, it was almost virgin bush and the work of improvement was long and particularly strenuous. But, lion-hearted and persevering, he gradually transformed the area into one of the picked properties of the district.

In addition to his grazing activities, he established a fine orchard, and his apples were renowned in Mudgee and elsewhere. In addition to his service as a P. P. Board director, he was prominent in other public activities. When the bush fire brigade movement was initiated in this district Allen Rayner was one of the leading spirits, and held high executive positions in the Hargraves branch. Other movements having for their objective the welfare of the people in country areas found in him an ardent champion, while his benevolence knew no bounds. He was a man of firm convictions and never swerved from the straight and honorable path which he had mapped out.

Altogether, the late Allen Rayner was a great-hearted man and a citizen of true worth, and the whole district is the poorer by his passing.

The widow and family, have suffered a bereavement which is hard to bear, but they may find some consolation in the knowledge that their loved one has left behind an honored name, which will be held in reverence for long years to come.

Sources

• Space: The Rayner Roots Branches and Twigs 1740 ~ 1987 by Harold and Frances Atkins. Page 80.

1. ↑ Birth Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 11 Jan 2022), Index entry for RAYNER HERBERT ALLAN; Parents: SAMUEL & EMMA JANE; District: MUDGEE; Registration Number: 24013/1883
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Space: The Rayner Roots Branches and Twigs 1740 ~ 1987 by Harold and Frances Atkins. Page 80.
3. ↑ Marriage Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 11 Jan 2022), Index entry for HERBERT A RAYNER and ALICE KEIGHTLEY; District: MUDGEE; Registration Number: 6226/1911
4. ↑ Death Index (NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 11 Jan 2022), Index entry for RAYNER HERBERT ALLAN; Parents: SAMUEL & EMMA JANE; District: MUDGEE; Registration Number: 5635/1950
5. ↑ Australian Cemetery Index Inscription #8648268 - Herbert Allan Rayner: accessed 2 Jun 2022
   See also: Find A Grave: Memorial #48553694
6. ↑ 1950 'OBITUARY', Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative (NSW : 1890 - 1954), 16 January, p. 2. , viewed 02 Jun 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article156449330