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Percival Duncan Cairns 1917 – 1959 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 14 Oct 1917

Birth Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Death Date: 22 Feb 1959

Death Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: Peter Cairns

Mother: Zenobia KITTELTY

Spouse(s): Joyce DOWNER

Children(s): Michael Cairns

Percival Duncan Cairns was born in 1917 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, the child of Peter William James Cairns and Zenobia Ethel KITTELTY. Percival Duncan Cairns married Joyce Evelyn DOWNER, and had children including Michael Winston Cairns. Percival Duncan Cairns passed away in 1959 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Percival Duncan Cairns was born in 1917 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, the child of Peter William James Cairns and Zenobia Ethel KITTELTY.
  • Percival Duncan Cairns married Joyce Evelyn DOWNER, and had children including Michael Winston Cairns.
  • Percival Duncan Cairns passed away in 1959 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Peter Cairns
1890 – 1959
Birth Location: <Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand>
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Zenobia KITTELTY
1895 – 1975
Birth Location: Lyall, Westland, New Zealand
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Spouses(s)

Joyce DOWNER
1923 –
Birth Location: Folkestone, Kent, England
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Children(s)

Michael Cairns
1955 –
Birth Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
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Percival Cairns's Ancestors

Self
Percival Cairns
1917 – 1959
Birth Place: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Parents
Peter William James Cairns
1890 – 1959
<Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand>
Zenobia (Ethel) KITTELTY
1895 – 1975
Lyall, Westland, New Zealand
Grandparents
Peter Cairns
1858 – 1929
Yarrow, Selkiek, Scotland
Matilda (Beatrice) Butler
1861 – 1918
Porto, Opopto, Portugal
James (Henry) Kittelty
1870 – 1919
Salt Water, Westland, New Zealand
Grace (Mary) FITZROY
1874 – 1958
Sydney, Australia
Great-Grandparents
Peter Cairns
1827 – 1910
Eliza Lunn
1832 – 1917
Thomas Butler
1826 – 1890
Susan Annear
1841 –
James KITTELTY
1842 – 1898
Eliza Odd
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Peter Cairns
1792 –
Hannah Skelton
William Lunn
Ann McLaren
Thomas Annear
1813 –
Susan Champion
William Kittelty
Eliza Burgess

Percival Cairns's Descendants

1.
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Percival (Duncan) Cairns (14 Oct 1917 – 22 Feb 1959) m. Joyce (Evelyn) DOWNER (31 Dec 1923 – )
  1. 1. Michael (Winston) Cairns (06 Jan 1955 – ) m. Diana (Elizabeth) Bristow (06 May 1955 – )
    1. 1. Joseph (Robert) Cairns (21 Oct 1978 – )
    2. 2. Rebekah (Eileen) Cairns (06 May 1980 – )

Percival Cairns's Timeline

3 Records

1917
14 Oct 1917
Birth of Percival Duncan Cairns in Christchurch
Christchurch
1917
14 Oct 1917
Birth of Percival Duncan Cairns in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
1959
22 Feb 1959
Age 42
Death of Percival Duncan Cairns in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1917
    Event Place: Christchurch

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1917
    Event Place: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Feb 1959
    Event Place: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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