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Margaret Janet Cairns 1817 – 1902 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Feb 1817

Birth Location: Dalrymple, Ayrshire

Death Date: 29 Jan 1902

Death Location: Greenock East, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Father: John Cairns

Mother: Mary Edgar

Spouse(s): Robert Mcfarlane

Children(s): Robert McFarlane

In 1817, Margaret Janet Cairns entered the world in Dalrymple, Ayrshire, born to John Anthony Cairns and Mary Elizabeth Edgar. Margaret Janet Cairns married Robert Mcfarlane, and had children including Robert John McFarlane. Margaret Janet Cairns passed away in 1902 in Greenock East, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1817, Margaret Janet Cairns entered the world in Dalrymple, Ayrshire, born to John Anthony Cairns and Mary Elizabeth Edgar.
  • Margaret Janet Cairns married Robert Mcfarlane, and had children including Robert John McFarlane.
  • Margaret Janet Cairns passed away in 1902 in Greenock East, Renfrewshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Cairns
1798 – 1881
Birth Location: Ireland
JC
Mary Edgar
1784 – 1865
Birth Location: Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, , Scotland
ME

Spouses(s)

Robert Mcfarlane
1798 – 1875
Birth Location: Johnstone, Forfarshire
RM

Children(s)

Robert McFarlane
1855 – 1933
Birth Location: Middle OR New Parish,Greenock,Renfrew,Scotland
RM

Margaret Cairns's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Cairns
1817 – 1902
Birth Place: Dalrymple, Ayrshire
Parents
John Anthony Cairns
1798 – 1881
Ireland
Mary (Elizabeth) Edgar
1784 – 1865
Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, , Scotland
Grandparents
John Edgar
1766 – 1865
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland
Sarah Maconnachie
1762 – 1865
Kirkmichael, Ayrshire
Great-Grandparents
Charles Edgar
1741 –
Annabella Nicol
1741 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Nicol
1715 – 1789

Margaret Cairns's Descendants

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Margaret (Janet) Cairns (23 Feb 1817 – 29 Jan 1902) m. Robert Mcfarlane (4 Feb 1798 – 28 Jul 1875)
  1. 1. Robert (John) McFarlane (21 Dec 1855 – Jan 1933) m. Isabella (S) Grieve (12 Feb 1867 – 1918)
    1. 1. Agnes (Grieve) McFarlane (27 Feb 1893 – 5 Aug 1984) m. Alexander (Reed) Robinson (11 Sep 1874 – 19 Sep 1958)
      1. 1. Margaret (Cairns) Robinson (Jul 1911 – )
      2. 2. Katherine (Blair) Robinson (25 Oct 1913 – 2 Dec 1988)
      3. 3. Albert (Robert) Robinson (24 Sep 1917 – May 1979)
      4. 4. Walter Robinson (Jun 1920 – 1946)
      5. 5. Harold Robinson (4 July 1922 – 1 Mar 2000)
      6. 6. Jean (Veronica) Robinson (1931 – ) m. Juliusz (Arthur John) Gsodam (21 February 1931 – 21 April 2020)
        1. 1. Mark (Alexander) Gsodam m. Gillian (Michelle) Lanham m. Ngaire June
        2. 2. Helen (Frances) Gsodam
      7. 7. Alexander Robinson

Margaret Cairns's Timeline

2 Records

1817
23 Feb 1817
Birth of Margaret Janet Cairns in Dalrymple, Ayrshire
Dalrymple, Ayrshire
1902
29 Jan 1902
Age 85
Death of Margaret Janet Cairns in Greenock East, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Greenock East, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 Feb 1817
    Event Place: Dalrymple, Ayrshire

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Jan 1902
    Event Place: Greenock East, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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