Mary Henrietta Catherine Cairns

1871 - 1964  (92 years)

• Name	Mary Henrietta Catherine Cairns  [1, 2, 3]
  	Named as "[Mary?] Henrietta" in the 1881 census, and listed among the children of Maria and Samuel Cairns as "Henrietta" in the family history. Conflicts with birth record, but possibly they later changed the name unofficially. Birth record for her daughter Ruth Evelyn Davidson names her as "Mary Henrietta Catherine Cairns."
  Born	26 Jul 1871	Nassagaweya, Halton County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4]
  	Henrietta's cemetery marker gives her year of birth as 1872.
  Gender	Female
  Census	1911	Milton, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	1. Davidson, James, male, head, married, born January 1865, 46, born Ontario, Scotch descent, Canadian citizen, Methodist, no occupation, income $2000, insurance $36, can read and write 2. _____, Henrietta, female, wife, February 1879, 32, Ontario, Irish, Canadian, Methodist, can read and write 3. _____, Ruth, female, daughter, March 1910 [1911], 2 months old, Ontario, Methodist
  Parents	Mary's 1871 birth registry names her parents as Samuel Cairns and Maria "Gilmour." Attendant "Mrs. Kidney." [Mrs. Kidney was Eliza (Gilmore) Kidney, the sister of Thomas Kidney]  [1]
  Died	1964	Milton, Halton County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Evergreen Cemetery, Campbellville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I334	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	Samuel Cairns,   b. Abt 1828, Campbellville, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1893, Campbellville, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Mother	Maria Gilmore,   b. 6 Aug 1839, Ireland ,   d. 9 Feb 1900  (Age 60 years)
  Married	Abt 1859  [6, 7]
  Narrative	The Cairns family history document indicates they had 10 children, but names them as "Margaret, Richard, William, Eliza, Samuel Jr. Harriet, Henrietta, Charles, Louisa and Roy." There is some discrepancy between this list and those found in census and in birth/death/marriage records.  [6]
  Family ID	F116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James A. Davidson,   b. 20 Dec 1853,   d. After 1911  (Age 58 years)
  Married	Before 1911  [3]
  Children	1. Ruth Evelyn Davidson,   b. 1 Mar 1911, Milton, Halton County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Apr 1912, Milton, Halton County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)   2. Katharine Alberta Davidson,   b. Abt Dec 1912 or Jan 1913,   d. 25 May 1914, Milton, Halton County, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 1 years)
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2015
  Family ID	F171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Birth of Mary Catherine Cairns, 1871, Halton County. Naming parents Samuel Cairns and Maria "Gilmour" with "Mrs. Kidney" attendant. Halton County, Ontario, birth registration no. 024978, for Mary Catherine Cairns (1871); digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 July 2015); citing Archives of Ontario, Series MS929, reel 6.

  
  

• Sources

  [S278] Halton County, Ontario, birth registration no. 024978, for Mary Catherine Cairns (1871); digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 July 2015); citing Archives of Ontario, Series MS929, reel 6. [S373] 1881 census of Canada, population schedule, district Halton (150), subdistrict Nassagaweya (Div. 1), p. 13, dwelling 56, family 62, Samuel Cairns; digital image, (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ : accessed 7 September 2015), Censuses > Census of 1881 > image no. e008190930. [S379] "Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed : 8 September 2015), Ruth Evelyn Davidson, 1 March 1911, Halton County, Ontario, Canada; FHL film no. 2,424,648. [Image not available, but cited image at https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMH7-7RN]. [S382] Patricia Jackson, creator, ?Henrietta C. Cairns Davidson," database and digital image of marker (Evergreen Cemetery, Campbellville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada), 1964, memorial no. 146114517, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/ : viewed 11 September 2015). [S383] 1911 census of Canada, Ontario, population schedule District Wellington, Subdistrict Milton, p. 8, dwelling 90, family 95, James Davidson household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 September 2015); citing RG31-C-1, microfilm reels T-20326 to T-20460 [specific reel not stated], Library and Archives of Canada, Toronto. [S266] Roy William Cairns, "The Cairns Family History," unpublished document, written 12 April 1964, in Milton, Ontario); transcription, posted by dcairns456621, "Cairns/Lewis Family Tree," tree pages, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 June 2015), for Samuel Cairns, born 1828, Ontario, Canada, and wife Maria Gilmore. The author, Mr. Cairns, lived 1900-1980. Transcription by Jennifer Schuyler Silvera, 2005, Milton, Ontario. [S265] rsboulton_1, "Boulton Family Tree," tree pages, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 June 2015), for Samuel Cairns, born 1828, Ontario, Canada.