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Thomas Edwin Cairns 1895 – 1980 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Feb 1895

Birth Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Death Date: 23 Jul 1980

Death Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: Peter Cairns

Mother: Matilda Butler

Spouse(s): Pearl DOWNING

Children(s): George Cairns, Beverley Cairns

Thomas Edwin Cairns was born in 1895 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, the child of Peter Cairns and Matilda Beatrice Butler. Thomas Edwin Cairns married Pearl Victoria DOWNING, and had children including George Edwin Cairns, Beverley Doreen Pearl Cairns. Thomas Edwin Cairns passed away in 1980 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Thomas Edwin Cairns was born in 1895 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, the child of Peter Cairns and Matilda Beatrice Butler.
  • Thomas Edwin Cairns married Pearl Victoria DOWNING, and had children including George Edwin Cairns, Beverley Doreen Pearl Cairns.
  • Thomas Edwin Cairns passed away in 1980 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Peter Cairns
1858 – 1929
Birth Location: Yarrow, Selkiek, Scotland
PC
Matilda Butler
1861 – 1918
Birth Location: Porto, Opopto, Portugal
MB

Spouses(s)

Pearl DOWNING
1889 –
Birth Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
PD

Children(s)

George Cairns
1918 – 2005
Birth Location: –
GC
Beverley Cairns
1929 –
Birth Location: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
BC

Thomas Cairns's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Cairns
1895 – 1980
Birth Place: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Parents
Peter Cairns
1858 – 1929
Yarrow, Selkiek, Scotland
Matilda (Beatrice) Butler
1861 – 1918
Porto, Opopto, Portugal
Grandparents
Peter Cairns
1827 – 1910
Edinburgh
Eliza Lunn
1832 – 1917
Scotland
Thomas Butler
1826 – 1890
Redruth, Cornwell, England
Susan (Ann) Annear
1841 –
Gwennop, Cornwell, England
Great-Grandparents
Peter Cairns
1792 –
Hannah Skelton
William Lunn
Ann McLaren
Thomas Annear
1813 –
Susan Champion
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Thomas Cairns's Descendants

1.
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Thomas (Edwin) Cairns (26 Feb 1895 – 23 Jul 1980) m. Pearl (Victoria) DOWNING (21 Sep 1889 – )
  1. 1. George (Edwin) Cairns (1918 – 19 Jul 2005) m. Sadie
  2. 2. Beverley (Doreen Pearl) Cairns (27 Mar 1929 – ) m. William (John) ELLIOTT (23 Sep 1926 – 03 Jun 1973)
    1. 1. John (Edwin) Elliot (09 Sep 1947 – ) m. Anne Hutchins
      1. 1. Lisa Elliot (28 Sep 1969 – ) m. Phillip Minty
        1. 1. Unknown Minty
        2. 2. Unknown Minty
        3. 3. Unknown Minty
        4. 4. Unknown Minty
        5. 5. Unknown Minty
        6. 6. Unknown Minty
        7. 7. Unknown Minty
      2. 2. Martyn Elliot (13 Aug 1971 – )
      3. 3. Suzanne Elliot (11 Oct 1980 – )
    2. 2. Victoria Elliot (Abt. 1949 – )
    3. 3. Annette Elliot (Abt. 1951 – )

Thomas Cairns's Timeline

3 Records

1895
1895
Birth of Thomas Edwin Cairns in Battersea Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Battersea Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
1895
26 Feb 1895
Birth of Thomas Edwin Cairns in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
1980
23 Jul 1980
Age 85
Death of Thomas Edwin Cairns in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1895
    Event Place: Battersea Street, Sydenham, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 26 Feb 1895
    Event Place: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Jul 1980
    Event Place: Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
    Record Source: CAIRNS.ged
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