William NAIRN was born on 1 December 1791 in Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland. The son of William NAIRN 1766-1863 and Sarah Jane, nee BARBER.
On the 21 August 1814. in Colman, London, William or Billy as he was usually known, married Mary Ann RAWLINSON, she had been born on the 21 August 1796, at St Katherine, Colman, London, England and died on the 16 December 1870 in Perth Western Australia.
The couple arrived in "Marquis of Anglesea" his occupation was listed as Master Whitesmith. The couple settled in Perth and Billy died in Perth on the 28 November 1855 He's buried at East Perth, Cemetery.

The children of Billy and Mary Ann were:-

1. James NAIRN, b: 18 May 1816, Stepney, Middlesex, England , d: 10 December 1897, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia James Nairn was Chairman of the Irwin Road Board in 1874, 1878 and 1879
he married Sarah PETTIT 1821-1893 the daughter of Samuel Baukham PETTIT 1786-1845 and Rebecca LONG 1783-1839, who had arrived on the 'Gilmore' with husband and 7 children in 1829.
James and wife Sarah married on the 16 March 1840.
Both are buried at Dongara.

The children of this marriage were:-

1. William John NAIRN b: 22 Jan 1842 Perth, d: 29 December 1918, Popanyinning, Western Australia
m. Sarah Ann PELL 1852-1924 in 1873
2. Amelia NAIRN, b. 28 July 1843, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, m. Alexander FRANCISCO 25 April 1867 at St.George's Cathedral Perth.
3. Francis Edward NAIRN, b. 1845, Perth, Western Australia d: 1 August 1910, Dongara, m. Harriet Emma LONG in 1877
4. Clementine NAIRN, b. 1847, Perth, Western Australia, Australia , d: 6 August 1934, West Leederville, Western Australia, Australia
5. Sarah NAIRN, b. 1849,
6. Charlotte NAIRN b. 1851, Perth, Western Australia, d: 1942 m. Edward ROBERTS in 1871
7. Emma NAIRN, b. 1854, Perth, Western Australia, d: 2 May 1918
8. Walter James NAIRN, b. 1856, Perth, Western Australia, d: 1903 Byro Station, Upper Murchison
9. Charles Joseph NAIRN b: 1859, Perth, Western Australia,
d: 17 Jul 1935, Claremont, Western Australia, Australia
10. Jane NAIRN, b. 1860, Perth, Western Australia d: 1945
11. Mary NAIRN, b: Abt 1862, Perth, Western Australia, Australia ,
12. Henry Robert Rawlinson NAIRN, b: 7 July 1866, Irwin, Western Australia, Australia d: 18 Jun 1939, Geraldton, Western Australia


2. Margaret NAIRN, b: 1823, in England and died 27 October 1897 at York, m. Thomas GRIGSON 1823-1890 in 1842. The children of this marriage were:-
1. John GRIGSON, b: 1 June 1846,
2. Elizabeth GRIGSON, b: 7 November 1847


3. Charlotte NAIRN, born 1826 in London, died 1895 she married Walter PADBURY 1820-1907 in 1844 in Perth

4. William NAIRN, b. 22 April 1829 in London, died 1898 in Linwood, South Australia. m. Jane GRAVES 1830-1910 in Perth in 1854.
William went to South Australia as a young man to work on the new railway being built between Adelaide and Port Adelaide

The children of this marriage were:-
1. Charles Thomas NAIRN, b: 23 Jan 1855, Perth d: 24 Jan 1862 at Light Scrub, South Australia
2. Ellen NAIRN, b: 10 October 1856,
3. Ann NAIRN, b: 14 April 1858, d: 8 February 1860
4. William NAIRN, b: 5 April 1860, d: 6 Jan 1926
5. Alice NAIRN, b: 5 January 1862,
6. Esther NAIRN, b: 30 September 1863, d: 11 July 1934, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
7. Charlotte NAIRN, b: 16 May 1865,
8. Anne NAIRN, b: 22 July 1867,
9. James NAIRN, b: 19 April 1869, Grace Plains, South Australia, Australia, d: 1934
10. Albert Victor NAIRN, b: 22 March 1871, Linwood, South Australia ,
11. Sydney NAIRN, b: 1 May 1874,
12. Margaret Daisy NAIRN, b: 8 Jul 1876, d: 17 April 1877

5. Walter James Nairn b: 1830 died in November 1903 at Byro Station, Upper Murchison, leaving to his brother William John Nairn, a total of 2,133-16s.
6. Jane NAIRN, b. 1832, m. Thomas ROACH in 1850
The children of this marriage were:-
1. W. H. ROACH,
2. W. J. ROACH,
3. Thomas William ROACH,


7. Charles NAIRN, b. 1834, d. 1867 Drowned off N.W. coast when the schooner "Emma" owned by Walter PADBURY was lost at sea.

8. Emma NAIRN, b. 22 January 1837, Swan River Colony died 19 October Perth,Western Australia, married James John OUGDEN 1835-1871 in Perth on the 4 March 1858

9. Ellen NAIRN, b. 1838, m. (1) James GRIEVES 1827-1866 at Fremantle in in 1865. This union produced 2 children;
William Charles Grieves 1865 1866
Clara Ellen Grieves 1866 1866
(2)Richard George William MEARES 1848-1882 at Perth in 1874
1 child from thia marriage was Seymour Grant Meares 1875 1947


Swan River Colony, History of Fremantle
Western Australia