Clifford Cecil Cairns

Brief Life History of Clifford Cecil

When Clifford Cecil Cairns was born on 2 September 1906, in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States, his father, Henry M Cairns, was 45 and his mother, Florence H Ruchty, was 26. He married Evelyn Mabel Horn on 3 September 1927, in Olympia, Thurston, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1930 and Tacoma Election Precinct, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 22 October 1944, in Elma, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Sumner Cemetery, Sumner, Pierce, Washington, United States.

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Clifford Cecil Cairns
1906–1944
Evelyn Mabel Horn
1909–2005
Marriage: 3 September 1927
Clifford Eugene "Bud or Buddt" Cairns
1928–1988

Sources (19)

  • Cecil Cairns in household of Ira B Parrott, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Clifford Cecil Cairns, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
  • Clifford Cecil Cairns, "Washington, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"

World Events (8)

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

1907 · Pike's Market

Pike’s Market is one of the oldest still working farmer’s markets in the US. It is located in Seattle’s central business district, just north of Belltown , and southwest of central waterfront and Elliott Bay. One of the attractions there is the gum wall. 

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

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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