George Cairns

Maleabout 1840–after 1873

Brief Life History of George

George Cairns was born about 1840, in Merchiston, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom as the son of George Cairns and Margaret Bain. He married Janet Lowe Moffat on 22 February 1872, in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died after 1873, in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

George Cairns
1840–1873
Janet Lowe Moffat
1845–
Marriage: 22 February 1872
Archibald Moffat Cairns
1873–

Sources (3)

  • George Cairns, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
  • George Cairns, "Scotland Church Records and Kirk Session Records, 1658-1919"
  • George Cairns in entry for Archibald Moffat Cairns, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 February 1872Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

    • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (6)

    1843

    Age 3

    Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

    1843 · The Disruption in the Church of Scotland

    Age 3

    The Disruption of 1843 was a division within the Church of Scotland, which 474 evangelical ministers of the Church broke away from the Church to form the Free Church of Scotland. They didn’t reject the principles of the Church of Scotland but were trying to establish a purer version of the Church without the King or Parliament being its head. It had huge effects not only within the Church of Scotland, but also with Scottish civic life.

    1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway

    Age 14

    Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish (southern): habitational name from the lands of Cairns in Mid Calder (Midlothian).

    Irish (Down, Antrim, and Tyrone): in the north of Ireland, there may have been confusion between the Scottish surname and Irish Ó Ciaráin, Anglicized as Kieran and Kearns .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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