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Walter Beveridge CAIRNS 1840–1910 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1840

Birth Location: Aberdour, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 29/7/1910

Death Location: Kurow, Waitaki, Canterbury, New Zealand

Father: John (SwinlayTr)

Mother: Janet Beveridge

Spouse(s): Mary GEDDES

Children(s): Robert Cairns

The story of Walter Beveridge CAIRNS began in 1840 in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. Walter Beveridge CAIRNS married Mary Ann Geddes, and had children including Robert Andrew Cairns. Walter Beveridge CAIRNS passed away in 1910 in Kurow, Waitaki, Canterbury, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • The story of Walter Beveridge CAIRNS began in 1840 in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland.
  • Walter Beveridge CAIRNS married Mary Ann Geddes, and had children including Robert Andrew Cairns.
  • Walter Beveridge CAIRNS passed away in 1910 in Kurow, Waitaki, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

John (SwinlayTr)
1808–1877
Birth Location: Wemyss Fife Scotland
J(
Janet Beveridge
1811–1885
Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
JB

Spouses(s)

Mary GEDDES
1840–1925
Birth Location: Middlesex, England
MG

Children(s)

Robert Cairns
1870–1953
Birth Location: Wharekuri, Waitaki District, Otago, New Zealand
RC

Walter CAIRNS's Ancestors

Self
Walter CAIRNS
1840–1910
Birth Place: Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Cairns (SwinlayTr)
1808–1877
Wemyss Fife Scotland
Janet Beveridge
1811–1885
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Cairns
1784–1852
Coaltown of Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Margaret Hutton
1785–1863
Wemyss, Fife, Scotland
Walter BEVERIDGE
1776–1825
Dalgety, Fife, Scotland
Margaret Grieve
1780–1863
Largo, fifeshire
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Walter CAIRNS's Descendants

1.
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Walter (Beveridge) CAIRNS (1840–29/7/1910) m. Mary (Ann) GEDDES (abt 1840–3 Sep 1925)
  1. 1. Robert (Andrew) Cairns 1870–1953 m. Mary Frewen 1883–1946
    1. 1. Ellen (Ann) Taylor 1918–2009 m. Sidney (Wilfred) Taylor 1920–1981 m. Sidney (Wilfred) TAYLOR 1919–1981
      1. 1. Lindsay (Robert) TAYLOR 1939–2022
      2. 2. Colin (Sidney) TAYLOR 1943–2023
      3. 3. Brian (Vincent) TAYLOR 1947–2018
      4. 4. Nola (Anne) TAYLOR 1944–2018
    2. 2. Josephine (Agnes (Jo)) CAIRNS 1913–2003 m. Edward (Allen) HAIR 1905–1960
      1. 1. Colleen (Josephine Agnes) HAIR 1943–2014
    3. 3. Robert (Andrew) Cairns 1908–1910
    4. 4. Mary (Margaret (Molly)) CAIRNS 1906–1992 m. Edward (Peter) Anderson 1893–1971
      1. 1. Edward (Peter ( Peter )) ANDERSON 1929–2009
    5. 5. Frances (Monica) Cairns 1912–1917
    6. 6. Teresa (Agatha) Cairns 1915–1990 m. James (Henry) Kilner 1916–2008

Walter CAIRNS's Timeline

2 Records

1840
1840
Birth of Walter Beveridge CAIRNS in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
1910
29/7/1910
Age 70
Death of Walter Beveridge CAIRNS in Kurow, Waitaki, Canterbury, New Zealand
Kurow, Waitaki, Canterbury, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1840
    Event Place: Aberdour, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2971910
    Event Place: Kurow, Waitaki, Canterbury, New Zealand
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