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John Mill Cairns 1883 – 1963 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Aug 1883

Birth Location: Petone, Wellington, New Zealand

Death Date: 13 Aug 1963

Death Location: Masterton, New Zealand

Father: Patrick Cairns

Mother: Bridget Duffy

Spouse(s): Marion Allsworth

Children(s): John Cairns, Kathleen Cairns, Desmond Cairns, Keith Cairns, Terence Cairns, Maureen Cairns

1883 marked the beginning of John Mill Cairns's life in Petone, Wellington, New Zealand, to parents Patrick Cairns and Bridget Duffy. Eventually, John Mill Cairns married Marion Allsworth, and they welcomed John Bernard Cairns, Kathleen Monica (Kit) Cairns, Desmond Arthur Cairns, Keith Raymond Cairns, Terence Joseph (Terry) Cairns and Maureen Agnes Cairns. John Mill Cairns passed in 1963 at Masterton, New Zealand.

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Parents

Patrick Cairns
1839 – 1917
Birth Location: Glasgow, Lanarch, Scotland
PC
Bridget Duffy
1840 – 1916
Birth Location: Coatbridge, Armagh, Ireland
BD

Spouses(s)

Marion Allsworth
1890 – 1970
Birth Location: at "Brancepeth" Masterton, New Zealand
MA

Children(s)

John Cairns
1915 – 1941
Birth Location: Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand
JC
Kathleen Cairns
1917 – 1990
Birth Location: Cornwall street, Masterton, New Zealand
KC
Desmond Cairns
1922 – 1996
Birth Location: Waltons Avenue, Masterton, New Zealand
DC
Keith Cairns
1925 – 1987
Birth Location: 26 now 28 Waltons Avenue, Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand
KC
Terence Cairns
1927 – 2012
Birth Location: Waltons Avenue, Masterton, New Zealand
TC
Maureen Cairns
1929 – 1999
Birth Location: Waltons Avenue, Masterton, New Zealand
MC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 10 Aug 1883
    Event Place: Petone, Wellington, New Zealand
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Cairns Doole.FTW, New Zealand, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1840-1902, Department of Internal Affairs; New Zealand; New Zealand, Registration Birth Index, 1840-1901, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 02 Oct 1883
    Event Place: Sacred Haert Catholic Church, Petone, New Zealand
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1883
    Event Place: 1883 John Mill Cairns 3636
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Aft. 10 Aug 1883
    Event Place: 26 High Street, Petone, New Zealand
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Cairns Doole.FTW, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Education
    Event Year: 28 Jan 1890
    Event Place: Petone Central School Started Petone School 28 January 1890. (birth date in school register wrongly shown as 1 Sept 1890). Further particulars on John Mill Cairns are torn out of school register.(KMP notes)
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Cairns Doole.FTW, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Education
    Event Year: 1895
    Event Place: Left earlier than Standard 7 (highest level) maybe at Convent School, Hutt, Lower Hutt, New Zealand because he went to work after the house burnt down
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: Aft. 1895
    Event Place: New Zealand Railway Apprentice (in Engine Cleaning Sheds in Petone)
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Bet. 1905–1908
    Event Place: Labourer, Jackson Street Petone in Electoral Rolls

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Apr 1909
    Event Place: 28 Waltons Avenue, Masterton
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: Bef. 1910
    Event Place: Worked at Gear Meat Works in Petone
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Cairns Doole.FTW, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Bet. 1910–1963
    Event Place: Walton's Avenue, Masterton
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: Aft. Apr 1910
    Event Place: Worked at the Waignawa Meat Works, near Masterton, New Zealand
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1914
    Event Place: 123 Cornwall St Masterton

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: 22 Oct 1914
    Event Place: Packer
    Record Source: Marriage Certificate of John Mills Cairns and Marian Allsworth

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 22 Oct 1914
    Event Place: Lincoln Road Masterton
    Record Source: Marriage Certificate of John Mills Cairns and Marian Allsworth

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: Bet. 1920–1929
    Event Place: Pram and cycle repairer from his home in Walton's Avenue, Masterton
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: Aft. 1930
    Event Place: After the Depression he returned to work at the Waignawa Meat Works, near Masterton, New Zealand
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 18
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1931
    Event Place: Masterton, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981, BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981

    Genealogy Event 19
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: 26 Sep 1949
    Event Place: Fellmonger on Will

    Genealogy Event 20
    Event Type: Will
    Event Year: 26 Sep 1949
    Event Place: no. 132/63 Masterton, New Zealand Filed 28 August 1963
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 21
    Event Type: Retirement
    Event Year: Abt. 1952
    Event Place: Presented with a lounge chair, apair of slippers and six months pay after working ar Waignawa for 42 years
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Cairns Doole.FTW, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 22
    Event Type: Custom Fact

    Genealogy Event 23
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 13 Aug 1963
    Event Place: Masterton, New Zealand
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Cairns Doole.FTW, Database online.

    Genealogy Event 24
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 15 Aug 1963
    Event Place: Masterton Cemetery, New Zealand
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Cairns Doole.FTW, Database online.

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