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James Cooper CAIRNS 1850 – 1919 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Oct 1850

Birth Location: Barony, Lanarkshire, SCOT

Death Date: 10 Aug 1919

Death Location: Norsewood, Hawkes Bay, NZ

Father: James Cairns

Mother: Jane Cooper

Spouse(s): Jessie Ritchie

Children(s): Archibald Cairns

Born in 1850 in Barony, Lanarkshire, SCOT, James Cooper CAIRNS was the child of James Cairns and Jane "Jean" Cooper. In time, James Cooper CAIRNS married Jessie Ritchie, and they raised a family that included Archibald Douglas Cairns. James Cooper CAIRNS died in Norsewood, Hawkes Bay, NZ in 1919.

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Parents

James Cairns
1811 – 1857
Birth Location: Larkhall, Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JC
Jane Cooper
1823 – 1898
Birth Location: Dalserf, Lanarkshire, Scotland
JC

Spouses(s)

Jessie Ritchie
1868 – 1937
Birth Location: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
JR

Children(s)

Archibald Cairns
1897 –
Birth Location: New Zealand
AC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 12 Oct 1850
    Event Place: Barony, Lanarkshire, SCOT

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 10 Aug 1919
    Event Place: Norsewood, Hawkes Bay, NZ
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