Historically it has been identified that the Bain name originates from Scotland (for more information check out the Bain Name Meaning). Current research identifies progenitor Research to date has identified the earliest ancestore of our line of the Bain family as being Robert Bain of Clackmannan, Scotland. It is his grandson James Bain who emigrates to Australia in 1862.Biographies exist for the following Bain Family Members

The Bain ancestry goes back 8 generations and biographies exist for some members as indicated by links

• Robert Bain & Rachel McFarlane
  • Robert Alexander Bain & Margaret Cairns
    • James Bain 1836 - 1892 & Elizabeth McPherson McFarlane
      • Margaret Bain 1860 - 1930
      • Elizabeth McFarlane Bain 1868 - 1955
      • James Cairns Bain 1870 - 1945 & /wiki/spaces/HFHW/pages/2523599
        • James Bashford Bain 1893 - 1971 & Eva Mary Yates

          • Doreen Bain 1921 - 2000 & Douglas James Hardie

            • My father

      • Roderick Bain