Richard Thomas Cairns

1862 - 1926  (63 years)

• Name	Richard Thomas Cairns  [1]
  Born	19 Jul 1862	Nassagaway, Halton County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Census	11 Apr 1901	Nassagaway, Halton County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	1. Cairns, Richard T., male, white, head, married, born 19 July 1862, 39, born in Ontario, Irish origins, Presbyterian, farmer, can read and write 2. _____, Eliza, female, white, wife, married, 6 January 1859, 42, Ontario, Irish, Presbyterian, can read and write
  Parents	Richard's 1926 death registration named his parents as Samuel Cairns, born in Nassagaway, Halton County, Ontario, and Maria "Gilmour," born in Ireland. Informant was Richard's brother, Samuel Jr. Richards 1899 marriage record also names his parents as Samuel Cairns and Maria "Gilmour."  [3]
  Died	15 Feb 1926	Halton County, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I441	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	30 Aug 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	Eliza Weir,   b. Abt 1861, Nassagaway, Halton County, Ontario, Canada
  Married	1 Nov 1899	Nassagaway, Halton County, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2015
  Family ID	F166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S282] 1871 census of Canada, Ontario, Halton, District 38, Nassagaweya division, subdistrict East division Nassagaweya, p. 1, dwelling 55, family 58, Samuel Cairns household; image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 July 2015; citing Library and Archives of Canada, roll C-9956. [S352] 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, population schedule, District Halton, subdistrict Nassagaway, p. 6, dwelling 56, family 56, Richard T. Cairns; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ : accessed 30 August 2015), Censuses > Census of 1901 > image no. z000066845. [S350] "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFTR-XBK : accessed 29 August 2015), Richard Thomas Cairns, 15 Feb 1926; citing Halton, Nassagaweya, Ontario, Canada, P464, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,079,876. [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. [S351] FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 28 August 2015) > Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927 > Marriages > 1899 > no. 4395010366 > image 651; Halton County, marriage book D:345-346, registration no. 007118, Richard T Cairns-Eliza Weir, 1 Nov 1899; [series MS 932, reel 98, Archives of Ontario, Toronto]; FHL film no. 1,870,923. .