Rev. James Cairncross

1789 - 1851  (62 years)

• Name	James Cairncross
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	1789	of, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	minister  [1]
  	Presbyterian Church
  Residence	1823	Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland   [2]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-119817
  Died	23 Nov 1851	Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I119817	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Hannah Hedley McKay,   b. 1795,   d. 3 Sep 1868, Shakespeare, Perth County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Children	1. Barbara Campbell Cairncross,   b. 27 Jul 1823, Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland ,   d. 11 May 1902, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)   2. William Cairncross,   b. 1828, , Scotland ,   d. 15 Oct 1854, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 26 years)   3. James Edmund Cairncross,   b. 1830, Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland ,   d. 13 Dec 1893, Birtle, , Manitoba, Canada  (Age 63 years)   4. Alexander Cairncross,   b. 1833, , Scotland ,   d. 25 Feb 1855, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 22 years)   5. Helen Elizabeth Cairncross,   b. 1833, Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland ,   d. 23 Sep 1907, Burford, Burford Twp., Brant Co., Ontario  (Age 74 years)   6. Edmund Alphemy Cairncross,   b. 22 Nov 1836, Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland ,   d. 26 Jan 1907, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F30045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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

  
  

• Sources

  [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . In memory of/ Rev'd James Cairncross/ of the Presbyterian Church/ of Canada/ died at Blandford/ on Sabbath the 23 Nov/ 1851: aged 61 years/ Them also which sleep in Jesus,/ will God bring with him/ I. Thess. 4: 14/ also his wife/ Hannah/ died at Shakespeare/ Sep 3 (illeg)/ aged 71 yrs. [S1609] Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11013-4 System Origin: Scotland-ODM GS Film number: 919497. Name: Barbara Campbel Cairncross Gender: Female Christening Date: 01 Sep 1823 Christening Place: BIRSAY,ORKNEY,SCOTLAND Birth Date: 27 Jul 1823 Father's Name: James Cairncross Mother's Name: Hannah Mckay [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 28 Feb 1855. Alexander Cairncross died 25 Feb 1855 At Galt, age 22 years. Fifth son of the late Rev. James Cairncross.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1789 - of, Scotland Residence - 1823 - Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland Died - 23 Nov 1851 - Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth