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David P Cairns 1820 – 1865 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 Mar 1820

Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 8 Nov 1865

Death Location: Coaltown of Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

Father: John Cairns

Mother: Janet Dryburgh

Spouse(s): Helen Hunter

Children(s): John Cairns, James Cairns, Isabella Cairns, Thomas Cairns, Janet Cairns, Helen Cairns, Margaret Cairns, Ann Cairns, David Cairns, William Cairns

Born in 1820 in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, David P Cairns was the child of John Cairns and Janet Drybrough \ Dryburgh. In time, David P Cairns married Helen Thomson Hunter, and they raised a family that included John Cairns, James Cairns, Isabella Mathewson Cairns, Thomas Dryburgh Cairns, Janet Cairns, Helen Cairns, Margaret Cairns, Ann Cairns, David Cairns and William Cairns. David P Cairns died in Coaltown of Wemyss, Fife, Scotland in 1865.

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Parents

John Cairns
1775 – 1862
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
JC
Janet Dryburgh
1779 – 1862
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
JD

Spouses(s)

Helen Hunter
1825 – 1906
Birth Location: Dysart, Fife
HH

Children(s)

John Cairns
1847 – 1891
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
JC
James Cairns
1848 – 1892
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
JC
Isabella Cairns
1850 – 1861
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife
IC
Thomas Cairns
1852 – 1905
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
TC
Janet Cairns
1853 – 1865
Birth Location: Coalton of Wemyss, fifeshire
JC
Helen Cairns
1855 – 1907
Birth Location: Wemyss, fifeshire
HC
Margaret Cairns
1857 – 1908
Birth Location: Wemyss,Fife,Scotland
MC
Ann Cairns
1860 –
Birth Location: Coalton of Wemyss, fifeshire
AC
David Cairns
1863 – 1942
Birth Location: Leith,Midlothian,Scotland
DC
William Cairns
1864 – 1945
Birth Location: Coaltown of Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
WC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 28 Jan 1822
    Event Place: Coaltown of Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 9 Mar 1820
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 20 Mar 1820
    Event Place: Wemyss,Fife,Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1841
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Wemyss; ED: 2; Page: 14; Line: 670; Year: 1841

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1851
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Wemyss; ED: 2; Page: 6; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1851_94; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1861
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Wemyss; ED: 10; Page: 1; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1861_60

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 Nov 1865
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 8 Nov 1865
    Event Place: Coaltown of Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

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