John Cairnes^{[1, 2, 3]}

1816 - 1892  (76 years)

• Name	John Cairnes
  Born	1816	, Ireland   [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171216957
  Interesting	pioneer, story
  Occupation	1871	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1881	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Church of England
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Gentleman
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Anglcan
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-137422
  Died	18 Feb 1892	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I137422	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Family	Jane Capling,   b. 21 Jan 1836, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Feb 1903, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)
  Children	1. Anna Jane Cairns,   b. 1857, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Emily Cairnes,   b. 1 Jan 1858, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jul 1931, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)   3. Dr. George Cairnes,   b. 29 Jul 1861, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jan 1926, , Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)   4. Lavina Cairns,   b. 1863, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. William Cairnes,   b. 29 Oct 1865, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1942  (Age 76 years)   6. Annie Jane Cairns,   b. 23 Oct 1866, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Adeline "Ada" Cairns,   b. 30 Mar 1867, North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Mar 1948, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)   8. Mary E. Cairnes,   b. 1868, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. John Elliott Cairnes,   b. 24 Apr 1876, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Oct 1964  (Age 88 years)   10. Laura Cairnes,   b. 14 Feb 1878, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Aug 1964  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F31242	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  DEATH OF AN OLD PIONEER The Late John Cairnes As briefly noted in our issue of Saturday. Mr. John Cairnes, of Weber street, Berlin, passed peacefuly away to his long rest on the 18th inst. after a short and painfull illness. For several days he had been tired, nature could hold out no longer, and he passed away quietly, like the falling of a leaf. Deceased was born in the year 1818, in Tyrone Co, Ireland, being the oldest of a family of four, a brother and two sisters surviving him. He emigrated to Canada West with his father in 1841, and after spending a whole summer travelling through the wilderness from Hamilton to Lake Huron they finally settled ona bush farm in the township of North Easthope, County of Perth. The task of establishing a home in the Indian? forest fifty years ago, was beset by many privations and difficulites, but being possessed of robust health and a determination to succeed, they soon hewed out for themselves a comfortable home. The only available market in those days was Hamilton and the reader can easily imagine what it meant to team the products of the bush farms all that distance, necessitatiing a two days' trip there and back. After succeeding to the homestead on the death of his father, he carried on farming until his health gave way in 1867, when he sold out and moved to the village of New Hamburg where he resided for twelve years, being the moving spirit in all educational matters there. Being a man of wide and varied reading and desirouas of affording his family greater educational facilities, he moved to Berlin in 1879. In politics he was a staunch Conservative, and a strong admirer of the late Sir John A. MaDonald. The only time that the representation in the House of Commons was wrested from the Liberals of South Waterloo, ws when deceased championed the cause of our present Senator, the Hon. Saml. Merner. He was a familiar figure on the streets of Berlin during the past fourteen years, and although taking no active part in the town's affairs, he was keenly alive to what was going on. He leaves behind him a wife and nine children, three sons and six daughters to mourn his loss. Thus one by one all our first settlers are emigrating to their final home and we will soon be a nation lamenting the absence of the strong true and honest men, who laid the... Daily Telegraph 2 Feb 1892

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Laura Cairns Born: 14 Feb 1878 County: Waterloo Father: John Cairns Mother: Jane Caplin [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 011865-86. William P. Stein, 23, occ. Tailor, b. Canada, res. Berlin, son of William and Elizabeth, married Lovina Cairns, 22, b. Canada, res. Berlin, daughter of John and Jane, Witness: George Cairns and Elizabeth Stein, both of Berlin, 18 May 1886 at Berlin [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012330-94. William Cairnes, 28, occ. Glove Maker, b. Canada, res. Berlin, son of John Carines and Jeane Caplain--? (Off Page) married Anna Cuthbertson, 28, b. Canada, res. Berlin, Widow, daughter of William Rotharmel and Catharina Klein, Witn John Cairnes (?) of Berlin and Emma Rotharmel of Berlin, 3 September 1894 in Berlin. [S250] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1871, Page 49. [S158] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1881, Div. 2 Pg. 10. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 2 Feb 1892 - Obituary of John Cairnes. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 2 Page 22.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1816 - , Ireland Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1881 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Gentleman - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Anglcan - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 18 Feb 1892 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth