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John Cairns 1889 – 1961 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Dec 1889

Birth Location: Lugar, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland

Death Date: 9 Aug 1961

Death Location: Western Infirmary, Glasgow

Father: John Cairns

Mother: Jane Hamilton

Spouse(s): Margaret Campbell

Children(s): John Cairns

It was in 1889 that John Cairns was born in Lugar, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland, a child of John Cairns and Jane (Jeanie) Hamilton. John Cairns went on to marry Margaret Dunsmuir (Dunsmore) Campbell and had children such as John "Jack" Cairns. John Cairns was deceased by 1961 in Western Infirmary, Glasgow.

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Parents

John Cairns
1852 – 1925
Birth Location: Ireland
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Jane Hamilton
1856 –
Birth Location: county down, Ireland
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Spouses(s)

Margaret Campbell
1888 – 1917
Birth Location: Old Cumnock, Ayr
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Children(s)

John Cairns
1915 – 1959
Birth Location: Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 15 Dec 1889
    Event Place: Lugar, Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1891 Scotland Census, 1901 Scotland Census, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, Militia Attestation Papers, 1800-1915, UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, Parish: Auchinleck; ED: 1; Page: 9; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1901_216, Parish: Auchinleck; ED: 1; Page: 9; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1891_197, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War Wo363

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1891
    Event Place: Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Auchinleck; ED: 1; Page: 9; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1891_197

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1901
    Event Place: Auchinleck, Ayrshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1901 Scotland Census, Parish: Auchinleck; ED: 1; Page: 9; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1901_216

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1915
    Event Place: 45 Alverstone Rd, ??ton Park Liverpool
    Record Source: UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920, The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War Wo363

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 9 Aug 1961
    Event Place: Western Infirmary, Glasgow

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