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James Cairns 1848 – 1892 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 January 1848

Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: Aft. 1892

Death Location: Govan, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: David Cairns

Mother: Helen Hunter

Spouse(s): Elisabeth DRYBURGH

Children(s): David Cairns, James Cairnes, John Cairns, William Cairns, Andrew Cairns, Thomas Cairns

1848 marked the beginning of James Cairns's life in Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, to parents David P Cairns and Helen Thomson Hunter. Eventually, James Cairns married Elisabeth DRYBURGH, and they welcomed David Cairns, James Cairnes, John Dryburgh Cairns, William Cairns, Andrew Cairns and Thomas Cairns. James Cairns passed in 1892 at Govan, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Parents

David Cairns
1820 – 1865
Birth Location: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
DC
Helen Hunter
1825 – 1906
Birth Location: Dysart, Fife
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Spouses(s)

Elisabeth DRYBURGH
1851 – 1891
Birth Location: Markinch, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

David Cairns
1876 –
Birth Location: Nth Leith, Edinburghshire
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James Cairnes
1879 – 1911
Birth Location: North Leith, Midlothian, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
JC
John Cairns
1877 – 1950
Birth Location: 8 Victoria Place. Leith, Edinburghshire, Scotland
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William Cairns
1884 –
Birth Location: Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
WC
Andrew Cairns
1887 –
Birth Location: Dysart, Fifeshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
AC
Thomas Cairns
1890 –
Birth Location: Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
TC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 17 JAN 1848
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 2 Jan 1848
    Event Place: Coaltown Of Wemyss, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 2 January 1848
    Event Place: Wemyss, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 10 August 1902
    Event Place: Govan, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Aft. 1892
    Event Place: Govan, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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