Robert Joseph "Charles" Cairns

1874 -

• Name	Robert Joseph "Charles" Cairns  [1, 2]
  	Names in 1881 census as "Charles King Cairns," and found in the family history in the list of children as "Charles."
  Born	1 Jan 1874	Halton County, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Difficult to read the register. It may say "6th January" instead of "1st."
  Gender	Male
  Parents	Marriage record 1901 names parents as Samuel Cairns and Maria Gilmore.  [3]
  Person ID	I335	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	14 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  [4, 5]
  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.  [4]
  Family ID	F116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret E. "Maggie" Weir,   b. Abt 1873, Nassagaway, Halton County, Ontario, Canada
  Married	27 Feb 1901	Nassagaway, Halton County, Ontario, Canada   [3, 6]
  	Daughter Vera's 1904 birth record identified her parents as Charles Cairns and Maggie E. Weir.
  Children	1. Vera Weir Cairns,   b. 18 Dec 1904, Nelson, Halton County, Ontario, Canada
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2015
  Family ID	F173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Birth register, Robert Joseph Cairns, 1874. Naming parents Samuel Cairns and "Mariah Gilmour." Attendant "Mrs. Kidney." Halton County, Ontario, birth registration no. 005121, for Robert Joseph Cairns (1874); digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 July 2015); citing Archives of Ontario, Series MS929, reel 15.

  
  

• Sources

  [S279] Halton County, Ontario, birth registration no. 005121, for Robert Joseph Cairns (1874); digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 July 2015); citing Archives of Ontario, Series MS929, reel 15. [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. [S391] FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y399-MGK4 : accessed 13 September 2015), Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927 > Marriages > 1901 > no. 6819-12010 > images 349-350, Charles Cairns-Margaret E. Weir, registration no. 008023 (1901); FHL film no. 1,871,080; Register General, Archives of Ontario, 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. [S390] FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y3S7-GNQ : accessed : 13 September 2015) > "Ontario Births, 1869-1912" > Births > 1905 > no. 12138-18947 > image 895, for Vera Weir Cairns, Halton County, registration no. 018810 (1904); FHL film no. 2,257,200; original data, Registrar General, Archives of Ontario, Toronto.