William Cairncross

1828 - 1854  (26 years)

• Name	William Cairncross
  Born	1828	, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	clerk
  	Lived with Alexander Mowat a merchant.
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-119818
  Died	15 Oct 1854	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I119818	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. James Cairncross,   b. 1789, of, Scotland ,   d. 23 Nov 1851, Blandford Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Hannah Hedley McKay,   b. 1795,   d. 3 Sep 1868, Shakespeare, Perth County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F30045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Div 1 Pg 8. [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 19 Oct 1854. William Cairncross died 15 Oct 1854 Age 25 years. Second son of the late Rev. James Cairncross.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1828 - , Scotland Occupation - clerk - 1852 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 15 Oct 1854 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth