Harriet Cairns

1868 - 1953  (84 years)

• Name	Harriet Cairns  [1]
  Born	12 Nov 1868	Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  	Both Harriet's 1901 census and her cemetery marker offer her birth date as 12 November 1871. However, the 1871 census gave her age as "2" and the 1881 census gave her age as "12," so it is more likely that she was born on 12 November 1868, or possibly 1869. Her husband's birth year is consistently given as 1872, probably her incentive for making herself a bit younger than her true age.
  Gender	Female
  Census	8 Apr 1901	Milton (town), Halton County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	1. Roper, P. John, male, white, head, married, born 19 September 1872, 28, born Ontario, English descent, Presbyterian, clerk, income $400, can read and write 2. _____, Harriet, female, white, wife, married, 12 November 1871, 29, Ontario, Irish, Presbyterian, can read and write 3. _____, Charlie, male, white, son, single, 31 October 1895, 5, English, Presbyterian
  Census	1911	Milton, Halton County, Canada   [5]
  	1. Roper, John P., residence Milton, male, head, married, September 1872, 38, born Ontario, English origins, Canadian nationality, Presbyterian, hotel clerk, hotel, income $1000, cost of insurance $7.24, can read and write 2. _____, Harriett, Milton, female, wife, married, November 187[1?], 39, Ontario, English, Canadian, Presbyterian, no occupation 3. _____, Charles, male, son, October 1895, 15, Ontario, English, Canadian, Presbyterian, attended school 9 months, can read and write 4. [Nixon?] [first name illegible], boarder, male, single, February 1877, 34, Ontario, Irish, Canada, Methodist, merchant, hardware, can read and write
  Died	Sep 1953  [3]
  Buried	Evergreen Cemetery, Campbellville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Person ID	I445	Gilmore-Donald
  Last Modified	8 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	John Pollard Roper,   b. 19 Sep 1872, England ,   d. Jun 1949  (Age 76 years)
  Married	Before 1895  [8]
  Children	1. Charles Pollard Roper,   b. 31 Oct 1895, Milton, Halton County, Ontario, Canada   2. Frank Albert Roper,   b. 1897,   d. 3 Oct 1898, Halton County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 1 years)
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2015
  Family ID	F170	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. [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. [S376] Patricia Jackson, creator, ?Harriet Cairns Roper," database and digital image of marker (Evergreen Cemetery, Campbellville, Halton Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada), 1953, memorial no. 121543541, FindAGrave (http://www.findagrave.com/ : viewed 7 September 2015). . [S372] 1901 census of Canada, Ontario, population schedule, Halton (68), subdistrict Milton (town), p. 6, dwelling 72, family 72, P. John Roper; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ : accessed 7 September 2015); Censuses > Census of 1901 > image no. z000066815. [S378] 1911 census of Canada, Ontario, population schedule, District Halton (76), Sub-district Milton (3), p. 9, dwelling 85, family 88, John P. Roper; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/ : accessed 8 September 2015); Censuses > Census of 1911 > image no. e001990433. [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. [S370] FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed : 6 September 2015) > "Ontario Births, 1869-1912" > Births > 1895 > no. 7342-15311 > image 399, for Halton Regional Municipality, [book not stated]:378, no. 22, registration no. 010990 (1895), Charles Pollard Roper.