David Pinkney Rainey

Brief Life History of David Pinkney

When David Pinkney Rainey was born on 1 February 1818, in Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, United States, his father, David Lemuel Rainey, was 42 and his mother, Nancy Davis, was 43. He married Margaret Minerva Kerr Andrews in 1839, in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, United States. He registered for military service in 1860. He died on 6 November 1888, in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Richmond, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Pinkney Rainey
1818–1888
Dorothy Jane Dennis
1840–1920
Marriage: 9 February 1857
David William Rainey
1858–1934
Margaret Minerva Rainey
1859–1917
Joseph Pinkney Rainey
1861–1863
Mary Elizabeth Rainey
1863–1937
George Washington Rainey
1865–1932
James Albert Rainey
1866–1906
Fredrick Henry Rainey
1868–1936
Emma Catherine Rainey
1870–1952
Grace Ann Rainey
1872–1873
Talitha Dean Rainey
1873–1924
Sine Alvira Rainey
1874–1875
Chloe Eugene Rainey
1875–1957
Junius Rowland Rainey
1877–1877
Jennie Belle Rainey
1879–1967
Inez Leona Rainey
1883–1920

Sources (57)

  • David P. Rainey, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Family Data Collection - Births
  • David P Rainey, "United States Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Irish (Antrim and Down) and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ráighne, from a personal name derived from the Old Norse name Rǫgnvaldr, itself from ragn- ‘god, divine power’ + vald ‘power, rule’ (see Ronald , Reynold ). In Ireland the name became Mac Raighne, Ó Raighne, with modern forms Rainey, Raney, Reaney, Reanney, Reanny, Reany, Reinny, Rennie, Reyney, Ryney.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Regny (Loire, France) common in the 12th and 13th centuries.

English: from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Rayn(e)y, Renie, a pet form of Reynold .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sketch of the Life of David Pinkney Rainey

Sketch of the Life of David Pinkney Rainey David Pinkney Rainey, son of David and Nancy Davis Rainey was born in McNarey County Tennessee on the 1st of February 1818. He was the youngest child of a …

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