William George Cairns

1864 - 1928  (64 years)

• Name	William George Cairns  [1]
  Born	19 Feb 1864	Nassagaweya township, Halton County, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  	Granddaughter Jennifer Schuyler Silveira is quite firm that he was born in Feb, not Jan--regardless of documentation.
  Gender	Male
  Census	6 Apr 1901	Nasagawaya, Halton District, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	1. Cairns, William G., male, white, head, married, 19 January 1864, 37, born Ontario, Irish origins, Presbyterian, farmer, own account, can read and write 2. _____, Emma, female, white, married, 21 March 1876, 25, England, immigrated 1882, English, can read and write
  Parents	William's 1928 death cert names his parents as Samuel Cairns born in Ontario and Maria "Gilmour" born in Ireland.  [2]
  Died	2 May 1928	Campbellville, Halton County, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3]
  Buried	St. David's, Campbellville, Halton County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I442	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	14 Sep 2016

  
  

  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  [5, 6]
  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.  [5]
  Family ID	F116	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eva Dennis,   d. After 1928
  Married	Before 1901  [2, 4]
  	Wife "Eva" was informant for Williams 1928 death certificate.
  Children	+ 1. Archie Dennis Cairns,   b. 17 Jun 1905, Nassagaway, Halton County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Mar 2000, Milton, Ontario, Canada  (Age 94 years)
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2015
  Family ID	F167	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. [S353] "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JK4Q-J3G : accessed 31 August 2015), William George Cairns, 02 May 1928; citing Halton, Ontario, Canada, 017015, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,184,480. [S723] Jennifer Schuyler Silveira (jennsilveira@gmail.com) to Janis Walker Gilmore, email, 2 September 2016, subject "Jennifer Lynn Schuyler - Pedigree.". [S368] 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, population schedule, Halton (68), subdistrict Nasagaway, p. 3, dwelling 28, family 28, William G. Cairns; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ : accessed 6 September 2015); Censuses > Census of 1901 > image no. z000066842. [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.