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Louisa Ellen Cairns 1881 – 1954 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 31 Jul 1881

Birth Location: Masterton, New Zealand

Death Date: 26 Dec 1954

Death Location: Private Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand

Father: Patrick Cairns

Mother: Bridget Duffy

Spouse(s): Leonard Sherwin, Robert McMullian

Children(s): Leonard Sherwin, Moira McMullian, Jocelyn McMullian

Born in 1881 in Masterton, New Zealand, Louisa Ellen Cairns was the child of Patrick Cairns and Bridget Duffy. In time, Louisa Ellen Cairns married Leonard James Sherwin and Robert McMullian, and they raised a family that included Leonard Maxwell Patrick Sherwin, Moira Elaine McMullian and Jocelyn Agnes McMullian. Louisa Ellen Cairns died in Private Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand in 1954.

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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)

Leonard Sherwin
1881 – 1907
Birth Location: –
LS
Robert McMullian
1886 – 1965
Birth Location: Toko, Taranaki, New Zealand
RM

Children(s)

Leonard Sherwin
1907 – 1950
Birth Location: Petone, New Zealand
LS
Moira McMullian
1922 – 1962
Birth Location: Stratford, New Zealand
MM
Jocelyn McMullian
1923 –
Birth Location: Stratford, New Zealand
JM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 31 Jul 1881
    Event Place: Masterton, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1881
    Event Place: 1881 Louise Ellen Cairns 2506

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 28 Mar 1881
    Event Place: In School Admission Record for Petone Central Register No 375/86

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Retirement
    Event Year: Aft. 1882
    Event Place: 26 High Street, Petone, New Zealand
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Education
    Event Year: Bet. 29 Mar 1886–14 Mar 1892
    Event Place: Petone Central School, New Zealand to Standard 3
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Education
    Event Year: Aft. 14 Mar 1892
    Event Place: Convent School, Hutt, Lower Hutt, New Zealand (during Standard 3) left school at 10 to look after the family
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1908
    Event Place: Petone, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981, BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1913
    Event Place: Petone, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, City & Area Directories, 1866-1954, BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; Collection Title: New Zealand City & Area Directories, 1866-1955; Directory: Wise´s New Zealand Post Office Directory

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: 1915
    Event Place: Proprietor of Tearooms in Masterton

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1919
    Event Place: New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981, BAB Microfilming; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Year: Abt. 1921
    Event Place: Farmer in Taranaki later Publican at Foxton, Taita, Foresters Arms in Ghuznee Street Wellington, Regent in Manners Street Wellington
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: Abt. 1922
    Event Place: Masterton, New Zealand
    Record Source: Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 26 Dec 1954
    Event Place: Private Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Cairns Doole.FTW

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: Aft. 26 Dec 1954
    Event Place: from St Mary of the Angels, then Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand
    Record Source: Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Cairns Doole.FTW

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