William Finch Rayner
1843–1905
Gamekeeper. Born in Manningtree, Essex. Woollen warehouseman in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, circa 1861. Police constable and assistant sheriff’s officer in Essex in the late 1860s. Imprisoned for bankruptcy, 1869–70. Commission agent in Springfield, Essex, circa 1871. Gamekeeper at Wemysshall, Cupar, Fife, from at least 1873 to 1874. Butcher and poulterer in Yester, East Lothian, circa 1881. Horse dealer, circa 1891, and commission agent, circa 1901, in Haddington, East Lothian. Died in Haddington.
Sources
BMD (Birth index)
Census returns of England and Wales 1861 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG9/3267/14), 1871 (RG10/1665/30/13)
Census returns of Scotland 1881 (The National Archives of Scotland: Yester 1/3), 1891 (Haddington 7/16), 1901 (Haddington 7/14)
London Gazette, 4 January 1870, p. 89
Scotland statutory deaths 709/00 0023 (Scotlandspeople.gov.uk, accessed 23 September 2013)
Bibliography
BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.
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