Rev. James Cairncross

Other Events:

• Occupation: minister
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-119817
• Residence: 1823, Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland

Notes:

Ordained by the Original Secessionist Church in Birsay, Orkney 1819 (James, having problems surviving on his church stipend of 70 Pounds annually, demitted his charge in 1842 and emigrated in 1845 to Wisconsin, USA.) He was ordained in 1819 in Birsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK.8 minister of the Original Secessionist Church

James married Hannah Hedley McKay on 28 Sep 1822 in Birsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK. Hannah Hedley was born in 1795 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, was christened on 8 Nov 1795 in Thurso, Caithness, Scotland, and died after 1851 in Ontario, Canada. They had six children: Barbara Campbell, John, Robert, James Edmund, Helen Elizabeth and Edmund Alphemy.

Family of James Cairncross, born circa 1791, Orkney, Scotland.. (2019). Home.freeuk.com. Retrieved 16 August 2019, from https://home.freeuk.com/iancx/F-T-4.html

Occupation:
Presbyterian Church

James — Hannah Hedley McKay. Hannah was born 1795; died 3 Sep 1868, Shakespeare, Perth County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. Barbara Campbell Cairncross was born 27 Jul 1823, Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland; was christened 1 Sep 1823, Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland; died 11 May 1902, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada.
2. William Cairncross was born 1828, , Scotland; died 15 Oct 1854, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. James Edmund Cairncross was born 1830, Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland; was christened 6 Jul 1830; died 13 Dec 1893, Birtle, , Manitoba, Canada; was buried , Birtle Cemetery, Birtle, , Manitoba, Canada.
4. Alexander Cairncross was born 1833, , Scotland; died 25 Feb 1855, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. Helen Elizabeth Cairncross was born 1833, Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland; died 23 Sep 1907, Burford, Burford Twp., Brant Co., Ontario; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
6. Edmund Alphemy Cairncross was born 22 Nov 1836, Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland; died 26 Jan 1907, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shakespeare, Perth County, Ontario, Canada.