From 18311014 baptism Middleton Rayne son of Edward & Margaret Rayne of Merton farmer at St Mary Merton Surrey 4772 40761_312053-00244

Friday, 14 October 1831 baptism of Middleton Rayne, son of Edward Rayne, farmer, and Margaret Rayne residing at Merton, at St Mary Merton Surrey, by [E? H?] Bond [pl?] Curate

From MyHeritage: Edward Rayne in 1841 England & Wales Census

6 June 1841 Census for residents of West Barns Farm, Merton, Surrey SW20 0JL 51.402622, -0.238597, England

• Edward Rayne, head (implied), male, aged 60 - 64 [born between 1777 and 1781], out of County
• Mary Rayne, wife (implied), female, aged 48 [born about 1793], out of County
• Middleton Rayne, son (implied), male, aged 10 [born about 1831], in Surrey
• 3 siblings, 1 governess, 3 servants

From MyHeritage: Mary Rayne in 1851 England & Wales Census

30 March 1851 Census for residents of West Barns, Merton, Surrey, England

• Mary Rayne, head, widow, female, aged 59 [born about 1792], in Winston, County Durham; Farmer of 200 acres employing 5 labourers
• Middleton Rayne, son, single, male, aged 20 [born about 1831], in Merton, Surrey; Manager of farm
• 1 sibling, 5 servants

From British Newspaper Archive: Morning Herald (London) Thursday, 16 January 1868 Page 6 The Institution of Civil Engineers

At the general meeting on Tuesday, 14 January 1868, Mr. Charles Hutton Gregory, president, in the chair, the following candidates were balloted for and duly elected:... as Associates,...

Middleton Rayne, Kingston upon Thames;

From FreeBMD - Registration of marriage of Middleton Rayne in 1868 and FreeBMD - Registration of marriage of Ann Maria Randall in 1868

• October to December 1868: Registration of marriage of Ann Maria Randall; in Hackney, London (Volume 1b, Page 663)
• October to December 1868: Registration of marriage of Middleton Rayne; in Hackney, London (Volume 1b, Page 663)

From British Newspaper Archive: South London Journal Saturday, 19 December 1868 Page 4 Marriages

Marriages: Middlesex, On Saturday, 12 December 1868 [inst.], at South Hackney Church, by the Rev. G. P. Lockwood, M.A., rector, assisted by the Rev. A. J. Bennoch and Dr. Egon, Middleton Rayne, Esq., C.E., eldest son of the late Edward Rayne, of West Barnes Park, Merton, London SW20 9AZ 51.402664, -0.235472, in the county of Surrey, Esq., to Ann Maria Randall, eldest daughter of C. R. Randall, Esq., of Woburn Place, Hackney.

From British Newspaper Archive: Home News For India, China and The Colonies Friday, 11 December 1868 Page 25 List of Passengers

The Following Passages Have Been Engaged Per Overland Route.

Saturday, 26 December 1868. For Bombay. From Marseilles: Mr. and Mrs. Middleton Rayne,

From Middleton Rayne - born in 1831 in Merton Surrey Ealing - 1881 England & Wales Census and ancestry

From London Gazette Issue 23953 Thursday, 27 February 1873 Page 1260

[Page 1237] Name of Firm: the Agra Bank Limited.

Persons of whom the Company or Partnership consists:

[Page 1260] Middleton Rayne; residence: Lahore; occupation: Merchant

From London Gazette Issue 24300 Saturday, 26 February 1876 Page 1469

[Page 1447] Name of Firm: the Agra Bank Limited.

Persons of whom the Company or Partnership consists:

[Page 1469] Middleton Rayne; residence: Mooltan, Punjaub [Punjab]; occupation: Esquire William Thomas Rayne; residence: Care of Messrs. Richmond and Co., Manan Toddy Mananthavady, Wayanad, Kerala, India 11.800, 76.000, Madras; occupation: Esquire

From Wikipedia: Indus Valley State Railway

The Indus Valley State Railway (reporting mark IVSR) was a railway founded in 1871 to provide a rail link between Kotri, Sindh, Pakistan 25.373964, 68.301315 and Multan, Punjab, Pakistan 30.19778, 71.46972 and to replace the Indus Steam Flotilla. The opening of the line thus connected Karachi with Lahore.

History

The survey of the Indus Valley railway line began in 1869 and was undertaken by John Brunton, the Chief Resident Engineer of Scinde Railway, and assisted by his son William Arthur Brunton. The Empress Bridge, opened in 1878, carried the IVSR over the Sutlej River near Bahawalpur. The Indus and Sutlej rivers were seen as major impediments in the expansion of the railways. The IVSR had reached Rohri in 1879 and a steam ferry would transport eight wagons at a time across the Indus River between from Rohri to Sukkur. This was found to be cumbersome and time-consuming. The opening of Lansdowne Bridge in 1889 solved this bottleneck, as rail traffic could now travel from Karachi uninterrupted to Lahore. The Indus Valley State Railway was merged in 1886 to form the North Western State Railway. Today, this line forms a section of the Karachi-Peshawar Railway Line.

Personnel

• Middleton Rayne, 1876-1879, Engineer-in-chief. See British Library India Office Records, 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB 51.5297, -0.1269 IOR MSS EUR D904; "Middleton Rayne papers" with the catalogue contents 'Papers of Middleton Rayne (1830–82), Public Works Dept, Government of India 1868-79, Engineer in Chief, Indus Valley State Railway 1876-79, comprising diaries, sketchbooks, letters and photographs; also two diaries, dated 1871 and 1883, of his wife Annie.

From MyHeritage: Middleton Rayne: 1881 England & Wales Census

3 April 1881 Census for residents of [Shirley Lodge, Ealing, Middlesex, location?] England

• Middleton Rayne, head, married, male, aged 50 [born about 1831], in Merton, Surrey; Civil Engineer
• Ann M Rayne, wife, married, female, aged 40 [born about 1841], in London, Middlesex
• Bessie E R Rayne, daughter, single, female, aged 10 [born about 1871], in Indies East; Scholar
• Lilian M R Rayne, daughter, single, female, aged 8 [born about 1873], in Indies East; Scholar
• Harold S R Rayne, son, single, male, aged 3 [born about 1878], in Indies East
• Dorothy E C R Rayne, daughter, single, female, aged 11 months [born about May 1880], in Ealing, Middlesex
• Eliza Stocker, servant, single[?], female, aged 42 [born about 1839], in Shepton Mallet, Somerset; Cook Domestic Servant
• Hannah Patten, servant, single, female, aged 21 [born about 1860], in Hatfield, Hertfordshire; House Maid Domestic Servant
• Charlotte Biggins, servant, single, female, aged 40 [born about 1841], in Stourbridge, Middlesex; Nurse Domestic Servant

From FreeBMD - Registration of death of Middleton Rayne in 1882

October to December 1882: Registration of death of Middleton Rayne; aged 51 [born about 1831]; in Brentford (Volume 3a, Page 52)

From British Newspaper Archive: St James's Gazette Wednesday, 11 October 1882 Page 14 Deaths

Deaths: Mr. Middleton Rayne, M.I.C.E., late Chief Engineer of the Indus Valley State Railway, at Sherley Lodge, Ealing, aged 51, Monday, 9 October 1882.

From Families in British India Society - Allens Indian Mail - Deaths 19 October 1882 and also PDF FORMAT: The Freemason 14 October 1882 Page 569 Births, Marriages and Deaths

9 October 1882 Death of Middleton Rayne in Ealing

Rayne, 9 October, at Shirley Lodge, Ealing, after a very short illness, Middleton Rayne, M.I.C.E., late Chief Engineer of the Indus Valley State Railway, aged 51.

From Graces Guide to British Industrial History - Middleton Rayne Obituary

In 1859 he went to India on the staff of the Great Southern of India Railway in a subordinate position, and worked his way, under Mr. G. B. Bruce and Mr. Mark William Carr (M. Inst. C.E.), to an appointment as Executive Engineer in 1863.

From Ancestry 18821113 probate Middleton Rayne Mooltan East Indies Civil Engineer Shirley Lodge Castlebar Ealing Middlesex d 18821009 pr Ann Maria R widow Charles Randall £13920

13 November 1882 probate (will with codicil) of Middleton Rayne formerly of Mooltan in the East Indies, Civil Engineer, but late of Shirley Lodge, Castlebar, Ealing, Middlesex, who died 9 October 1882, at Shirley Lodge, probate granted at Principal Registry on 13 November 1882 to Ann Maria Rayne of Shirley Lodge, widow, and Charles Silvester Randall of 4 Copthall Buildings in the City of London, solicitor, the executors. Effects £13919 13s. 2d.

From BillionGraves: Middleton Rayne Died: 9 October 1882 and findagrave: Middleton Rayne (1830-1882)

• Name: Middleton Rayne
• Born: Monday, 1 November 1830
• Died: Monday, 9 October 1882 (aged 51)
• Buried: [St Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Church Path, Merton, London SW19 3HJ 51.40990, -0.20230]

From The Langstaffs of Teesdale and Weardale by George Blundell Longstaff Published 1923 Page 472

Eldest son, Middleton Rayne, born Monday, 1 November 1830; of the Public Works Department, India; married Maria Randall, daughter of C. B. Randall, Solicitor, of Woburn Place; died Monday, 9 October 1882. A younger son, Geoffrey Middleton Randall Rayne, Commander R.N.; in 1917 of H.M.S. "Resolution."