William John Rainham b. 05 Oct 1862 Clarkes Creek, Mudgee, NSW, Australia d. 20 Dec 1906 Glen Quarry, Dunedin

1862 - 1906 (44 years)

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Name	William John Rainham
Residence	1862	Meroo River, NSW, Australia
	Occupation: Gold Miner.Abode of parents: Meroo River, NSW, Australia. This is near Mudgee.
Birth	05 Oct 1862	Clarkes Creek, Mudgee, NSW, Australia [1]
Gender	Male
Death	20 Dec 1906	Glen Quarry, Dunedin
	Wanganui Herald > 22 December 1906 > Page 4 > ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES "Inquest (Per United Press Association) Dunedin, Dec 1921 At the inquest on Rainham, one of the victims of the Glen Quarry accident, a verdict of accidental death, no blame attachable, was returned."
Burial	22 Dec 1906	Southern Cemetery, Dunedin
Person ID	I00322	Vine and Taylor Families, Aotearoa New Zealand
Last Modified	10 May 2021

Father	Henry Bartholomew Martin Rainham, b. 09 Dec 1834, Gravesend, Kent, England d. 20 Sep 1919, Talboys Benevolment Home, Dunedin (Age 84 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Jane Whitfield, b. 09 Apr 1844, Maitland, NSW, Australia d. 13 Apr 1916, 846 Colombo Street, Christchurch (Age 72 years)
Marriage	1861	Mudgee, NSW, Australia [2]
Family ID	F00111	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Georgina Booth, b. 26 Dec 1870, Ophir, Central Otago d. 19 Oct 1919, Public Hospital, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 48 years)

Marriage 23 Aug 1888 Registrars Office, Blacks, Central Otago

Gweneth Evans, 3rd child of Gwenith (Winnie) and George SCHDROSKI, Gwenith Winnie was the third child of Margaret Georgina and Henry Arthur MOYLE and in a letter dated 7 October? indicated that William John RAINHAM and Georgina
divorced i 1902

Children

	1. Margaret Georgina Rainham, b. 02 Nov 1889, Ophir, Central Otago d. 10 Sep 1977, 41 Alexander Street, Wanganui (Age 87 years)
	2. William James Rainham, b. 01 Oct 1897, Clyde, Otago, New Zealand d. 26 Mar 1973, Napier, New Zealand (Age 75 years) [Father: Adopted] [Mother: Adopted]

Family ID F00107 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 20 May 2021

Family 2 Jane Elizabeth Raper, b. 1868, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England d. 13 Aug 1933, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 65 years)

Marriage 29 Mar 1902

Children

	1. William Albert Rainham, b. 17 Mar 1902, Dunedin d. 2 Nov 1975 (Age 73 years)
	2. Robert Archibald Rainham, b. 25 Feb 1906, Dunedin d. 11 Feb 1967, 8 Coleman Avenue, Herald Island, Auckland (Age 60 years)

Family ID F00108 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 6 Aug 2025

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Residence - Occupation: Gold Miner.Abode of parents: Meroo River, NSW, Australia. This is near Mudgee. - 1862 - Meroo River, NSW, Australia

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[S21] Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011, Page 20, No. 205 (Reliability: 3).
[S194] Ancestry.com. Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line], Registration 2355, Windeyer, NSW, Australia (Reliability: 3).
Windeyer is a locality in the Mid-Western Regional Council of New South Wales, Australia. It had a population of 176 as of the 2016 census. Windeyer is a former goldmining town which has been described as "nearly a ghost town".Wikipedia