Last Update - 17 February 2016
Events Registered in Newtownards

Cairns, Alexander - 1819

Cairns, George - c1826 - (Father John Cairns) - (Mother Mary ..?) - Later emigrated to Scotland and then Australia

Cairns, Mary Ann - 1832 - (Wife of Arthur McClain) - Mother of William McClain

Cairns, James - 7th. December 1834 - (Father Samuel Cairns) - (Mother Jane McBurney) - Baptised 21st. December 1834
Cairns, James - 7th. December 183? - (Father Samuel Cairns) - (Mother Jane McBurney) - Baptised 10th. December 183? - (sic)
Cairns, Margaret - 25rd. July 1836 - (Father Samuel Cairns) - (Mother Jane McBurney) - Baptised 7th. August 1836
Cairns, Charles - 4th. January 1841 - (Father Samuel Cairns) - (Mother Jane McBurney) - Baptised 25th. January 1841
Cairns, Agness - 6th. April 1845 - (Father Samuel Cairns) - (Mother Jane McBurney) - Baptised 16th. May 1845
Cairns, James - 1st. July 1847 - (Father Samuel Cairns) - (Mother Jane McBurney) - Baptised 27th. November 1847 - (sic)

Cairns, Jane - 14th. August 1834 - (Wife to Arthur Doggart) - Mother of Adam Doggart

Cairns, Eliza Ann - 3rd. or 23rd. September 1845 - (Father Alexander Cairns) - (Mother ........)

Cairns, Archibald - July 1848 - {Father Alexander Cairns} - {Mother ?}

Cairns, Elina C.Cumming - 10th. April 1849 - (Father Thomas Cairns) - Mother Jane Cumming) - Baptised 1st. June 1849

Cairns, Agness - 20th. March 1864 - {Father Charles Cairns} - {Mother Eliza Craig}

Cairns, Eliza Ann - 24th. May 1864 - (Wife of John Martin) - Mother of Agnes Martin

Cairns, John - 31st. July 1865 - {Father John Cairns} - {Mother Ann Scott}

Cairns, Female - 31st. July 1865 - {Father William John Cairns} - {Mother Margaret Belshie}

Cairns, Racheal - 8th. November 1865 - (Wife of Edward Lenard) - Mother of William Lenard

Cairns, Eleanor Jane - 1st. July 1866 - (Father John Cairns) - (Mother Anne McKee)
Cairns, Archibald - 4th. November 1869 - (Father John Cairns) - (Mother Anna McKee)
Cairns, George 1871 - (Father John Cairns) - (Mother Anna McKee)
Cairns, Archibald - 9th. May 1872 - (Father John Cairns) - (Mother Anna McKee) - (sic)
Cairns, Anna - 16th. September 1874 - (Father John Cairns) - (Mother Anna McKee)
Cairns, John - 28th. September 1877 - (Father John Cairns) - (Mother Anna McKee)
Cairns, Alexander - 14th. September 1879 - (Father John Cairns) - (Mother Anna "Annie" McKee)
Cairns, Samuel - 1882 - (Father John Cairns) - (Mother Anna McKee) - (sic)
Cairns, Archibald - c1885 - (Father John Cairns) - (Mother Anna McKee) - (sic)
Cairns, David - c1887 - (Father John Cairns) - (Mother Anna McKee) - (sic)

Family had 9 children - 8 still alive 1911 - Family were Methodist

Cairns, Jane - 23rd. March 1867 - (Father Charles Cairns) - (Mother Catherine Rafferty)
Cairns, Charles - 26th. March 1869 - (Father Charles Cairns) - (Mother Catherine Rafferty)
Cairns, Margaret - 15th. April 1871 - (Father Charles Cairns) - (Mother Catherine Rafferty)

Cairns, Agnes - 26th. December 1867 - (Father John Cairns) - (Mother Ellen Cardy)

Cairns, Agnes - 14th. July 1869 - {Mother Agnes Cairns}

Cairns, Agnes - 1870 - (Wife of James Dunlop) - Mother of Agnes Dunlop

Cairns, Samuel - 1870

Cairns, Sarah - 1870 - (Wife of William Dunlop/Dunlap) - Mother of Grace Dunlop/Dunlap

Cairns, Mary - 20th. March 1870 - (Wife of Samuel Garret) - Mother of Agnes Cairns Garret

Cairns, Samuel - 24th. April 1870 - (Father Samuel Cairns) - {Mother Sarah Murray}
Cairns, Henry John Ritchie - 4th. October 1872 - (Father Samuel Cairns) - {Mother Sarah Murray} @ Comber

Cairns, Thomas - 19th. March 1871 - {Mother Elizabeth Cairns} - Twin and died in infancy
Cairns, Samuel George - 19th. March 1871 - {Mother Elizabeth Cairns} - Twin and died in infancy

Cairns, Agnes - 21st. June 1871 - (Wife of Thomas Cardy) - Mother of Thomas Cardy

Cairns, John Watson - 2nd. July 1871 - (Father Alexander Cairns) - (Mother Mary Watson)

Family emigrated to the USA and settled in Philladelphia c1872

Cairns, Agnes - 8th. August 1873 - (Father Alexander Cairns) - (Mother Mary Watson)
Cairns, Ellen - 2nd. September 1880 - (Father Alexander Cairns) - (Mother Mary Watson)

Cairns, Agnes - 1872 - {Wife to Francis Clement} - Mother of Agnes Clement

Cairns, Maria - 28th. July 1873 - (Wife to William Cassidy) - Mother of Mary Elizabeth Bennett Cassidy

Cairns, Thomas David - 1878

Cairns, Thomas - 27th. November 1878

Cairns, Margaret - 24th. January 1880 - {Wife to Joseph Dunken} - Mother of Margaret Dunken

Cairns, John - 5th. February 1896 - {Father George Cairns} - {Mother Agnes ?}
Cairns, Ellen - 10th. June 1898 - {Father George Cairns} - {Mother Agnes ?}
Cairns, Annie - 16th. April 1901 - {Father George Cairns} - {Mother Agnes ?}
Cairns, Samuel - 18th. December 1905 - {Father George Cairns} - {Mother Agnes ?}

Cairns, Samuel Hamilton - 1898 - Father William Cairns} - {Mother Catherine Anderson} 1901 Census @ Mill Street, Comber
Cairns, Thomas McRoberts - 1904 - Father William Cairns} - {Mother Catherine Anderson} 1911 Census @ Mill Street, Comber
Samuel Hamilton Cairns Emigrated to the USA in 1921 aged 23 ...

Cairns, Archibald - 1916

Cairns, George Denning - 1919

H = Headstone Image

McClain, Arthur - 1864
McClain, Mary Ann nee Cairns - 28th. November 1870 aged 59 - Wife to above Arthur McClain
McClain, John - 1870 - Son of above and husband to Mary Ann Barbour
McClain, Female - 1870 - Daughter of above
McClain, Mary Jane - 1874 - Daughter of above

McClain, William - 1906 - In Iowa USA - Son of above McClain, Thomas - 1911 - In Iowa USA - Son of above McClain, Nancey Agnes - 1914 - In Iowa USA - Daughter of above McClain, Eliza - 1925 - In Iowa USA - Daughter of above

Cairns, Archibald - 10th. January 1867 infancy

Cairns, Samuel - 7th. June 1869 aged 60 - {b.c1809}

Cairns, Archibald - 31st. January 1873 aged 30 - {b.c1813}

Kearns, Jane - 24th. April 1879 aged 62 - {b.c1817}

Cairns, Thomas - 10th. February 1879 infancy

Cairns, Samuel - 15th. May 1881 aged 45 - {b.c1836}

Cairns, Samuel - 11th. January 1887 aged 75 - {b.c1812}

Cairns, Samuel - 17th. March 1887 aged 17 - {b.c1870}

Cairns, Samuel John - 30th. January 1896 aged 14 - {b.c1882}

Erected by Jane Anderson - H
Cairns, Margaret - 25th. December 1896 aged 75 - {b.c1821} - Mother of above
Anderson, Jane - 20th. June 1923 aged 87 - {b.c1836} - The above
Anderson, Jane - 16th. April 1929 aged 27 - {b.c1902} - Grandaughter of above

Cairns, John Bell - 12th. August 1902 aged 60 - {b.c1842} ..?
Cairns, Robert James - 22nd. June 1909 aged 34 - {b.c1875}

Cairns, Eliza Ann - 4th. February 1909 aged 64 - {b.c1845} - (Father Alexander Cairns) - Wife to John Martin of Balfast

Perry, Agnes nee Martin - 21st. March 1948 aged 83 - {b.24th. May 1864} - Daughter of John Martin and Eliza Cairns and widow of Martin Perry - Died @ Salt Lake City, Utah. USA

Erected by Margaret J. Cairns - H
Cairns, Robert J. - 22nd. June 1909 aged 34 - {b.c1875} - Husband to above

Cairns, Archibald - Fatality WW1 - Private - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - Under research - Son of John and Annie Cairns of Forde Street 1901 Census
Many thanks to John Cairns in Canada for advising that Archibald was not a fatality and actually survived the war with a serious head wound .. he was the son of John and Annie Cairns

Newtownards Chronicle 23rd. January 1915

Cairns, William John - Wounded 1st. July 1916 - Died 192 @ the UVF Hospital in Belfast - (Possibly Rifleman 2218 13th. R.I.R. - Still under research)

Movilla Cemetery
Cairns, Agnes - 7th. September 1927 - Infancy
Cairns, Charles - 20th. July 1974
Cairns, Charlotte Annie - 30th. September 1994

Cairns, James - 9th. April 1928 - A retired farmer of "Rosemount" Victoria Avenue
10th. July 1928 - Cairns James of "Rosemount" Victoria Avenue Newtownards county Down retired farmer died 9 April 1928 Probate Belfast 10 July to Sarah M. Cairns the widow. Effects £3271-11s- 8d.

Cairns, Hugh - 4th. August 1936 - A farmer of 83 Victoria Avenue
28th. September 1936 - Cairns, Hugh of 83 Victoria Avenue Newtownards county Down farmer died 4 August 1936 at Newtownards county Down Probate Belfast 28 September to Sarah Cairns widow. Effects £263 19s. 10d.

Cairns, John - 8th. January 1939 - Of 69 Court Street
20th. March 1939 - Cairns, John of 69 Court Street Newtownards county Down designer died 8 January 1939 Administration Belfast 20 March to Jeannie Cairns the widow. Effects £358 0s. 3d.

Movilla Cemetery
Cairns, Celia - 31st. January 1947 aged 4 months
Cairns, Sarah Agnes - 13th. January 1992 - Mother of above Celia
Cairns, Samuel - 15th. September 1996 - Father of above Celia

Mahood, Ethel nee Cairns - 29th. March 1960 - Wife to William Mahood - H

Movilla Cemetery
Cairns, Samuel - 24th. July 1980
Cairns, Gloria - 24th. April 1982 - Daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth
Cairns, Elizabeth - 28th. February 1986 - Wife to above

Cairns, Isabella - 13th. February 1834 - Of Cronstown - Married Robert Wallace Witnesses were, Jane Kyle, Thomas Moore and Isaac Milliken - 1st. Presbyterian

Cairns, Agnes - 27th. April 1839 - Married William Thompson - {Father Robert Thompson} - @ Greenwell Street Presbyterian

Cairns, William - 23rd. January 1848 - Married Elizabeth McKim of McKinnon

Cairns, Samuel - 17th. May 1850 aged 24 years - {b.c1826} - (Father John Cairns) - Married Sarah Murray

Cairns, John - 14th. May 1851 - (Father Samuel Cairns) - Married Ellen Cardy

Carnes, William John - 23rd. July 1851 - {Father James Carnes} - Married Margaret Belshey - {Father John Belshey}

Cairns, Alexander - 16th. May 1853 - (Father Alexander Cairns) - Married Eliza McCullough

Cairns, Mary - 2nd. September 1861 - {Father Archibald Cairns} - Married Samuel Phillips - {Father John Phillips}

Cairns, Sarah - 14th. July 1862 - (Father Archibald Cairns) - Married William Dunlop/Dunlap

Cairns, Eliza Ann - 21st. August 1863 - (Father Archibald Cairns) - Married John Martin of Belfast - (Father George Martin)

Cairns, John - 13th. August 1864 - {Father Archibald Cairns} - Married Anna McKee - {Father George McKee}

Cairnes, Ellen - 8th. July 1865 aged 22 - {b.c1843} - (Father Samuel Cairns) - Married William Kerr aged 22 - (Father George Cairnes)

Cairns, Agnes - 10th. August 1868 - {Father Archibald Cairns}  - Married David Grey of Greenwell Street - {Father William Gray} - 2nd. Presbyterian

Cairns, Alexander - c1870 aged 22 - {b.c1848} - {Father Archibald Cairns} - Married Mary Watson aged 18 - {b.c1852} - {Father John Watson} Later emigrated to the USA

Cairns, Maria - 7th. August 1872 - (Father Samuel Cairns a mason) - Married William Cassidy
Witnesses were, William Hodgin and Ellen Arnold @ 1st.Presbyterian

Cairns, Rowley Margaret - 15th. May 1874 - (Father Archibald Cairns) - Married John Boal Witnesses were David and Agnes Gray nee Cairns @ 2nd.Presbyterian

Cairns, Alexander - 1877 - Married ?

Cairns, Sarah - June 1878 - Married Thomas Ingram of Ballyloughan Co. Antrim

Cairns, David - 1886 - Married ?

Cairns, A.C.A - 17th. September 1894 - Married Ellen Jane McDowell - {Father William McDowell a labourer}
Witnessed by Hugh Smyth and Maggie Woods @ Ballyblack

Cairns, Robert James - 1904 - {Father John Bell Cairns} - Married ?

Cairns, Archibald - 1906 - {Father John Cairns} - Married Maggie Clotworthy - {Father David Clotworthy a tram conductor}

Cairns, James - 22nd. February 1911 - Married Sarah Davidson nee McFerran a widow - {Father John McFerran a farmer}
Witnessed by Alice Maude Adgey and John Niblock

Cairns, Samuel - 1920 - Married ?

Cairns, John - 1926 - {Father William John Cairns} - Married - Margaret Cairns - {Father Archibald Cairns}

Kearns,Mr. - 1784 - Had one of the first street lamps positioned outside his home on Conway Square

Kearns, Nevin -1798 - Of Magherascourse - On a list of rebels wanted during  the United Irishmens Rebellion

Kearns, Henry - 30th. March 1799

Kairns, James - 1821 - @ Newtownards - Convicted of being an accomplice to robbery at the markets and sentenced to be transported for 7 years - His brother fought in Wellingtons Army - Mother lived at Lenavy, Co.Antrim

Cairns, Alexander - March 1845 - At Newtownards Courthouse - Found guilty of stealing oats from James Davison on 25th. February 1845

Cairns, Hugh - 1852 - Of Regent Street - A Grocer

Cairns, Alexander - 21st. December 1853 - Witness to the marriage of Agnes Carlton and Richard Kelly

Cairns, Archibald - 1863 - Of 89 Greenwell Street - Leased house,offices,yard and garden from Mary McKee

Cairns, Hugh - 1863 - A Grocer of South Street - Leased a house,yard and small garden from the Marquis of Londonderry

Kearns, John - 1863 - Leased at property 22 Ann Street to William Ferguson
Kearns, John - 1863 - Leased at property 23 Ann Street to Jane McCormick

Cairns, John - 1863~1920 - Of 135 Greenwell Street - Leased a house and yard from Thomas McBlain

Cairns, Mary Jane - 1863 - At 112 Greenwell Street - Leased a house and yard from Elizabeth Bell

Cairns, Sarah - 1863 - Of Russell Place - Leased a house and yard from James Rea

Kearns, Ann - 1863 - Of Movilla Street - Leased out a house to Elizabeth Garrett

Cairns, Hugh - 1863~65 - A Grocer of South Street

Cairns, Margaret - 12th. July 1873 - Witness to the marriage of George Boal and Alice Stone

Cairns, Hugh - 1884~97 - A Boot and Shoe maker of South Street

Cairns, John - c1885 - Leased a house,office,yard and garden @ 25 West Street from Adam McWhinney

1901 Census - Residents of a house 17 in Curry's Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Suspect above George was in fact "Samuel George Cairns" - Born 18th. March 1871 - Mother Elizabeth Cairns - Under further research
See Gallery below for pic which includes George

1901 Census - Residents of a house 9 in Ford Street (Newtownards Urban, Down) *

John leased the property from 1894 until 1921 when Eliza Barber became the tennant - He had previously 1888~1894 lived at #12 which at that time was one of a section called "Train View Cottages"
See Gallery below for pic which includes John and Annie with daughters Ellen Jane and Anna and sons Archibald and Samuel

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1901 Census - Residents of a house 11 in Ford Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1911 Family were living at Ballybeen, Dundonald with children Alexander, John, Ellen Jane, Sarah and George with Brother-in-Law William Walsh

1901 Census - Residents of a house 46 in Georges Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

No record of Cairns family in 1911
Ellen Clarke was living at 28 Derwent Street, Victoria Co.Down 1911 and was a Baptist ... also in the house were William Alfred Blackmore aged 26 head of the house - Agnes Rodgers his half-sister - James Rodgers his half-brother and Anna Rodgers his half-sister - all were Baptist
1902 Selina Armour married .. ?

1901 Census - Residents of a house 79 in Greenwell Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1901 Census - Residents of a house 60 in John Street Part of. (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1901 Census - Residents of a house 23 in Wallace's Street No. 2 (Newtownards Urban, Down)

Suspect James died 1906 - Under further research

Cairns, Anna - 12th. February 1909 - Witness to the marriage of Hannah Neill Rutherford and William Morrison

1911 Census - Residents of a house 5 in Curry's Quarter Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1918 Still resident

John later married Jeanie Mawhinney daughter of Edward - Ellen married James Kelly - Annie married Alexander Kelly brother of James - Samuel married Elizabeth Glendenning

1911 Census - Residents of a house 75 in East Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1911 Census - Residents of a house 154 in Greenwell Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1911 Census - Residents of a house 7 in James' Street (Newtownards Urban, Down) *

1918 Still resident

1911 Census - Residents of a house 2 in William Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1918 Still residnet

1911 Census - Residents of a house 75 in William Street (Newtownards Urban, Down)

1918 - J.Cairns a resident of Frances Street

1920 - Charles Cairns leased a property @ 17 Wallaces Street No.2 from William H.McBride Jnr.
1924 - Charles Cairns leased a house @ 1bb Bowtown Townland from George Warden
1925 - Charles Cairns leased a property @ 10 Zion Place from Mrs.Robert Finlay

1960s - Joe Cairnds was a member of Carroll's Memorial Accordion Band

c1900
L-R Rear = Alexander - Samuel - George - Archibald - William John
L-R Middle = Ellen Jane - Anna - John and Annie
Front = David
Also many thanks to John Cairns Gr.Grandson of George for helping with this family line ...  email address is 

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