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Anthony Alexander Rainey
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Anthony Alexander Rainey was my great-grandfather. He was born on 1st October 1898 and lived in Straid, Ahoghill. He had four brothers and three sisters: Alex, William, John (aka Jack), James (aka Jim), Elizabeth, Rose and Jane. (aka Jeannie) Anthony was the youngest of the children. His parents Anthony Rainey and Jane McCartney were married in Wellington St. Presb. Church on August 13, 1880. When Anthony was 15, he joined the North Irish Horse Regiment and was posted to France. He was later captured and sent to Merseburg Prisoner of war camp Germany. He was finally released in 1918. He married Georgina Cameron and they had six children. (5 boys and 1 girl)Sadly Anthony died in 1981. I am trying to trace the Rainey Family, as I have long-lost relatives in Canada and America. John Rainey moved to Canada in 1927 and Jim's son James has moved to America. Elizabeth Rainey msrried Charles Millar and William Rainey married Martha McGall. If anyone has any more information about these people, please, please contact me. I also have a lot of photographs of the Rainey family, Jane McCartney and the Millars- which I will be posting shortly.
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my name is Jake Alexander Rainey. My dad used to live in Ireland now i live in the middle east.
Submitted by: famhistorylearner Jul 31, 2008
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