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Alexander Wallace Cairns

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Alexander Wallace Cairns

Birth
Sorn, East Ayrshire, Scotland
Death
8 May 1912 (aged 73)
Cambridge, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Cambridge, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada GPS-Latitude: 43.3619747, Longitude: -80.3281531
Plot
Sec 1
Memorial ID
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Parents:
Alexander CAIRNS 1805 Ireland – 1868 Scotland
Elizabeth WALLACE 1803 Scotland – 1878 Scotland

Family record born 1838 / conflicts with date on gravestone 1840

1859 Marriage to Isabella Keating in Scotland

Abt 1864 Emigration to Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1864 Occupation: Machinist Expert Mechanic, Iron Turner, brought to Canada by Goldie & McCulloch, Dumfries foundry people of Galt.

Children:
Alexander W Cairns Jr 1860–aft 1900
Janet Kilpatrick Cairns 1861–1883
Perish Cairns 1862–
ELIZABETH WALLACE CAIRNS 1865–1899
Andrew Wallace Cairns 1867–1939
John Cairns 1869–
Samuel Clarke Cairns aka William Samuel Forrest 1871–1935 adopted by maternal aunt
aka Samuel Forrest, Capt

2nd Marriage 1872 Isabel Moffat in Canada
Children:
Jennie T Cairns Rutherford 1874–1942
Stephen Moffat Cairns 1877–1880
Isabella May Cairns Roelofson 1882–1955

Mountview Cem., Sec. 1; WA-4495, CAIRNS, Alexander, Isabel (Moffatt) 2nd wife, Isabella (Keating) 1st wife; Children: Janet K Cairns, Jennie T. Cairns Rutherford, Stephen M. Cairns
http://www.islandnet.com/ocfa/homepage.html
Parents:
Alexander CAIRNS 1805 Ireland – 1868 Scotland
Elizabeth WALLACE 1803 Scotland – 1878 Scotland

Family record born 1838 / conflicts with date on gravestone 1840

1859 Marriage to Isabella Keating in Scotland

Abt 1864 Emigration to Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
1864 Occupation: Machinist Expert Mechanic, Iron Turner, brought to Canada by Goldie & McCulloch, Dumfries foundry people of Galt.

Children:
Alexander W Cairns Jr 1860–aft 1900
Janet Kilpatrick Cairns 1861–1883
Perish Cairns 1862–
ELIZABETH WALLACE CAIRNS 1865–1899
Andrew Wallace Cairns 1867–1939
John Cairns 1869–
Samuel Clarke Cairns aka William Samuel Forrest 1871–1935 adopted by maternal aunt
aka Samuel Forrest, Capt

2nd Marriage 1872 Isabel Moffat in Canada
Children:
Jennie T Cairns Rutherford 1874–1942
Stephen Moffat Cairns 1877–1880
Isabella May Cairns Roelofson 1882–1955

Mountview Cem., Sec. 1; WA-4495, CAIRNS, Alexander, Isabel (Moffatt) 2nd wife, Isabella (Keating) 1st wife; Children: Janet K Cairns, Jennie T. Cairns Rutherford, Stephen M. Cairns
http://www.islandnet.com/ocfa/homepage.html

Inscription

Alex'r Cairns
1840-1912
his wife
Isabella Moffat
1837-1906



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  • Created by: SK
  • Added: Jan 17, 2018
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/186710498/alexander_wallace-cairns: accessed ), memorial page for Alexander Wallace Cairns (20 Aug 1838–8 May 1912), Find a Grave Memorial ID 186710498, citing Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada; Maintained by SK (contributor 46523854).