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John Cairns 1857 – 1920 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Nov 1857

Birth Location: Ballynagarrick, County Down, Ireland

Death Date: 26 Jul 1920

Death Location: Wakanui, Ashburton, New Zealand

Father: Ebenezer Cairns

Mother: Margaret Magginis

Spouse(s): Margaret McCleary

Children(s): Sarah Cairns, Margaret Cairns, Samuel Cairns, Joseph Cairns, David Cairns, William Cairns, Elizabeth Cairns, John Cairns, Isabella Cairns, Robert Cairns, Jane Cairns

It was in 1857 that John Cairns was born in Ballynagarrick, County Down, Ireland, a child of Ebenezer Cairns and Margaret Magginis. John Cairns went on to marry Margaret McCleary and had children such as Sarah Ann Cairns, Margaret Cairns, Samuel Cairns, Joseph Ebenerzer Cairns, David Cairns, William Cairns, Elizabeth Cairns, John Cairns, Isabella Cairns, Robert Ezekiel Cairns and Jane Cairns. John Cairns was deceased by 1920 in Wakanui, Ashburton, New Zealand.

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Parents

Ebenezer Cairns
1821 –
Birth Location: Ballynagarrick, County Down, Ireland
EC
Margaret Magginis
1826 –
Birth Location: Ballynagarrick, County Down, Ireland
MM

Spouses(s)

Margaret McCleary
1859 – 1903
Birth Location: Knocknamuckly, Down, Ireland
MM

Children(s)

Sarah Cairns
1890 – 1903
Birth Location: New Zealand
SC
Margaret Cairns
1891 –
Birth Location: –
MC
Samuel Cairns
1892 – 1914
Birth Location: New Zealand
SC
Joseph Cairns
1893 –
Birth Location: New Zealand
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David Cairns
1894 –
Birth Location: New Zealand
DC
William Cairns
1896 – 1910
Birth Location: –
WC
Elizabeth Cairns
1897 –
Birth Location: –
EC
John Cairns
1898 –
Birth Location: –
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Isabella Cairns
1900 – 1985
Birth Location: –
IC
Robert Cairns
1901 –
Birth Location: New Zealand
RC
Jane Cairns
1902 –
Birth Location: –
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 25 Nov 1857
    Event Place: Ballynagarrick, County Down, Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Immigration
    Event Year: 21 Jan 1875
    Event Place: Lyttelton, NZ, from County Down on the Lady Jocelyn

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Place: farmed at Wakanui near Ashburton

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 26 Jul 1920
    Event Place: Wakanui, Ashburton, New Zealand

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