Henry Mainland

1840 - 1922  (81 years)

• Name	Henry Mainland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	16 Oct 1840	Garthsbanks, Dunrossness, Shetland Islands, Scotland   [3, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	16 Oct 1840	Shetland, Scotland   [3]
  Birth	1841	Shetland Islands
  Residence	1841	Orkney and Shetland, Scotland   [3]
  Baptism	1 Jan 1841	Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland   [8]
  	0 Age: 0
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1842	Dunrossness   [5]
  Residence	1851	Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland   [3, 5, 9]
  	9 Age: 9; Son RelationToHead: Son
  Residence	1861	Dunrossness, Shetland, Scotland   [3]
  Death	24 May 1922	Carnarvon, Gascoyne Dist., Western Australia, Australia   [3]
  Death	24 May 1922	Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia   [3, 4, 7]
  Burial	Carnarvon, Carnarvon Shire, Western Australia, Australia   [7]
  Person ID	I685	Robinson Taylor
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2025

  
  

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

  
  

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

  
  

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• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [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!" [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 [S1] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Henry Mainland [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 [S42] Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Henry Mainland [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 [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 [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 [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