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Mainland, Henry

Mainland, Henry

Male 1840 - 1922  (81 years)


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  • Name Mainland, Henry  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Birth 16 Oct 1840  Garthsbanks, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 7, 8, 9] 
    Birth 16 Oct 1840  Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Birth 1841  Shetland Islands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1841  Orkney and Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Baptism 1 Jan 1841  Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Gender Male 
    Birth 1842  Dunrossness Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1851  Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 9] 
    9 Age: 9; Son RelationToHead: Son 
    Residence 1861  Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 24 May 1922  Carnarvon, Gascoyne Dist., Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 24 May 1922  Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 7] 
    Burial Carnarvon, Carnarvon Shire, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I685  Robinson Taylor
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2025 

    Father Mainland, James,   b. 11 May 1794, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1873, Brake, Quendale, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Bairnson, Mary,   b. 22 Jan 1796, Garth, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1879, Edinburgh, MLN, SCT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 30 Dec 1818  Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Butler, Mary,   b. 1836, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1913, Shark Bay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 16 Nov 1865  Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Children 
     1. Mainland, James,   b. 1875, Shark Bay, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1875, Shark Bay, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Mainland, Sarah,   b. 1869, Geraldton, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1874, Geraldton, Greater Geraldton City, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 5 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Mainland, Henry Owen,   b. 1877, Greenough, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1917, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Mainland, Mary Elizabeth,   b. 1868, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Oct 1941, Perth, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Mainland, Jane Drudge,   b. 1872, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1951, Leederville, Perth Dist., Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Mainland, Pearl Ida,   b. 1880, Shark Bay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1940, Gascoyne Dist., Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Mainland, Jessie Sinclair,   b. 1871, Gwalla Mine, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1936, Greenough, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F188  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Oct 1840 - Shetland, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Nov 1865 - Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 May 1922 - Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Histories
    Henry Mainland application    		Henry Mainland application
    1882 application for a wayside inn licence at Greenough

  • Notes 


    • From Erickson, R. (ed.) The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre-1829-1888, UWA Press, Nedlands.
      Arrived 12.12.1863 on the "Tartar". Special constable 1864 at Greenough. Postmaster. Shark Bay 1874.?Lance Cpl Police 1878. Transferred from Shark Bay to Geraldton 1881. Hotelkeeper Greenough 1882 "Golden Sheaf Hotel", bankrupt 1884.

      Numerous articles mention Henry Mainland in early WA newspapers. These can be viewed online at the National Library of Australia.
    • 0 Age: 0

  • Sources 
    1. [S43] Valli, Jack, Gascoyne Days (1983), (Name: Name: St George Books, Perth;;), 80.
      "If only pioneers such as mine host Mainland of the Pearlers' Rest Hotel had kept a diary!"

    2. [S18] Ancestry.com, Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
      Record for Henry Mainland

    3. [S1] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Henry Mainland

    4. [S44] Ancestry.com, Australia Death Index, 1787-1985, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Compiled from publicly available sources.Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources.;), Database online.
      Record for Henry Mainland

    5. [S42] Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online.
      Record for Henry Mainland

    6. [S22] Ancestry.com, Australia, WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920.
      Record for Henry Owen Mainland
      https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60864&h=340548&indiv=try

    7. [S206] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Record for Mary Mainland
      https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60528&h=169608440&indiv=try

    8. [S38] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
      Record for Henry Mainland
      https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60143&h=22551231&indiv=try

    9. [S222] Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Dunrossness; ED: 5; Page: 3; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1851_1; Year: 1851.
      Record for Henry Mainland
      https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1076&h=33064&indiv=try


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