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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

Walter Beveridge CAIRNS was born in 1840 in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Cairns (SwinlayTr) and Janet Beveridge. 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

  • Walter Beveridge CAIRNS was born in 1840 in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Cairns (SwinlayTr) and Janet Beveridge.
  • 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

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Walter CAIRNS's Ancestors

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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

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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 (07 Jun 1870 – 11 Aug 1953) m. Mary (Frances) Frewin (28 Sep 1883 – 24 July 1946)
    1. 1. Mary (Margaret (Molly)) CAIRNS (27 Jan 1906 – 6 Jul 1992) m. Peter (Edward) Anderson (21 April 1893 – 18 May 1971)
      1. 1. Edward (Peter ( Peter )) ANDERSON (16 Sep 1929 – 6 Mar 2009)
    2. 2. Robert (Andrew) CAIRNS (03 Oct 1908 – 03 Dec 1910)
    3. 3. Frances (Monica) CAIRNS (1912 – 17 Oct 1917)
    4. 4. Josephine (Agnes (Jo)) CAIRNS (27 Dec 1913 – 30 Jan 2003) m. Edward (Allen) HAIR (01 Mar 1905 – 27 Apr 1960)
      1. 1. Colleen (Josephine Agnes) HAIR (06 01 1943 – 28 12 2014)
      2. 2. JOHN HAIR
    5. 5. Teresa (Agatha) CAIRNS (1915 – 14 Dec 1990) m. James (Henry) Kilner (14 Jun 1916 – 15 June 2008)
      1. 1. Frances (Elizabeth) Kilner (12 Oct 1941 – ) m. Peter Whitlock m. Gary (Rowland) McHardy (Abt. 1938 – 18 Oct 2000)
        1. 1. Keith (Warren) Kilner (Abt. 16 Dec 1959 – ) m. Donna Smith
        2. 2. Murray (Stephen) Kilner (16 Jul 1960 – ) m. Shirley m. Janice
        3. 3. Barry (James) Kilner (06 Jul 1961 – ) m. Laura Bragge
        4. 4. Tony (Paul) Kilner (15 Dec 1963 – ) m. Sonia Herbert (19 Jan 1967 – )
    6. 6. Ellen (Ann) Cairns (15 June 1918 – 9 December 2009) m. Sidney (Wilfred) TAYLOR (24 Nov 1919 – 8 Jul 1981) m. Sidney (Wilfred) Taylor (abt 1920 – 8 Jul 1981)
      1. 1. Lindsay (Robert) TAYLOR (18 Dec 1939 – 12 Jun 2022)
      2. 2. Colin (Sidney) TAYLOR (10 Mar 1943 – 30 Mar 2023)
      3. 3. Nola (Anne) TAYLOR (27 Sep 1944 – 31 Aug 2018)
      4. 4. Brian (Vincent) TAYLOR (8 May 1947 – 18 Jan 2018)

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: 29/7/1910
    Event Place: Kurow, Waitaki, Canterbury, New Zealand

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