James Edmund Cairncross

1830 - 1893  (63 years)

• Name	James Edmund Cairncross
  Born	1830	Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland   [1]
  Christened	6 Jul 1830
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215453248
  Residence	1881	South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-31073
  Died	13 Dec 1893	Birtle, , Manitoba, Canada
  Buried	Birtle Cemetery, Birtle, , Manitoba, Canada
  Person ID	I31073	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  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

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Lindsay,   b. 29 Mar 1835, Dalkeith, , Midlothian, Scotland ,   d. 19 Sep 1928, Vancouver, , British Columbia, Canada  (Age 93 years)
  Married	31 Jan 1866	South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F16052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  James Edmund Cairncross, born 1830, bapt. Jul 6, 1830, died Dec 13, 1893. Born in Birsay, Orkney. Joined Royal Navy when a boy. Emigrated to Ontario, Canada with his parents about 1850 by boat and wagon. Worked on a steamboat as a river boatman on the Mississippi. Then he turned his hand to building houses in the summer and coffins in the winter, in Ontario. Married Elizabeth Lindsay, (born 29 Oct 1835 in Dalkieth, Scotland, daughter of Robert Lindsay and Martha Warden) on 31 Jan 1866, in Brant County, Ontario. Became a builder in Ontario. After the 1873 panic went to Manitoba to farm. Had a farm and store near Shakespeare, Perth County, Ontario. Died Dec 13, 1893, Birtle, Manitoba, Canada. Elizabeth died 1928. 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 _______________ Another of our pioneers gone. This was the announcement yesterday shortly after Mr. James Cairncross Sr., breathed his last. The deceased located his homestead at Birtle in the spring of '80 where he has continuously resided since. He was a native of the Orkney Islands and emigrated to Shakespeare, Canada, forty-seven years ago, coming to Manitoba with the rush of immigration that followed the opening of railway communication to the province. The immediate cause of his death was a paralytic stroke though he had been failing for some months. His genial disposition and sterling honesty won him hosts of friends who sympathise with the bereaved family. The funeral will take place to-morrow, Friday, at 11 o'clock, from the homestead. Birtle Eye-Witness, 1893 Dec 14

  
  

• Sources

  [S50] Vit - ON, Brant - Marriage Register 1858-1869. Name: James Cairncross Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 31 Jan 1866 Event Place: Brant, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Age: 35 Birth Year (Estimated): 1831 Birthplace: Orkney Scotland Father's Name: James Cairncross Mother's Name: Ann McKay Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Lindsay Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 29 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1837 Spouse's Birthplace: Dalkeith Scotland Spouse's Father's Name: Robert Lindsay Spouse's Mother's Name: Martha Warden [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 7 Feb 1866. Lindsay, Elizabeth married 31 Jan 1866 to James Caincross In South Dumfries by Rev. John Dunbar, Glenmorris. Groom of Shakespeare, son of the late Rev. James Caincross. Bride, only daughter of the late Rev. Robert Lindsay, formerly of Ayr.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1830 - Birsay, , Orkney Islands, Scotland Married - 31 Jan 1866 - South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1881 - South Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Died - 13 Dec 1893 - Birtle, , Manitoba, Canada Buried - - Birtle Cemetery, Birtle, , Manitoba, Canada  = Link to Google Earth