Michigan Family Group Sheet

 Alexander Cairns Family

Counties: Kent & Ottawa
 

Submitted by: Tabitha Herr-Bush
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 HUSBAND & WIFE
Husband: Alexander Cairns
Birth Date: May 9, 1817
Birth Place: Bankhead, Berwickshire, Scotland
Death date: 1898
Death Place: Grand Rapids, MI
Burial Place: Martin Township Cemetery, Muskegeon, or ALlegan Co, MI
Father: James Cairns
Mother: Elizabeth Patterson
Wife: Harriet Trusler
Birth Date: Sept. 1, 1829
Birth Place: Sussex, England
Death date: 09/24/1910
Death Place: Grand Rapids, MI
Burial Place: Martin Twp, Cemetery, Muskegeon or Allegan Co, , MI
Father: John Trusler
Mother: Jane Childs
Marriage Date: 1846 Marriage Place: 

CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Jane "Jennie" Cairns
Sex: f
Birth Date: Sept. 1847
Birth Place: PLympton Twp., Lambton Co, Ontario, Canada
Death date: 1912
Death Place: Grand Rapids, MI
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Spouse's name: John Grant
Child No. 2: James Cairns
Sex: m
Birth Date: 02/27/1850
Birth Place: Plympton Twp., Lambton Co, Ontario, Canada
Death date: 01/26/1913
Death Place: Reynolds Twp., Montcalm CO, Michigan
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Marriage date: 10/22/1872
Marriage place: Martin Twp, Allegan Co., MI
Spouse's name: Mary Walker
Child No. 3: Walter Cairns
Sex: m
Birth Date: Aug. 1853
Birth Place: PLympton Twp., Lambton, Co.Ontario, Canada
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Spouse's name: Mary Talladay
Child No. 4: Eliza Cairns
Sex: f
Birth Date: Aug 1854
Birth Place: Plympton Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario, Canada
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Marriage date: 12/19/1871
Marriage place: Martin Twp., Allegan CO., MI
Spouse's name: James Walker
Child No. 5: Martha Mary Cairns
Sex: f
Birth Date: 06/08/1858
Birth Place: Plympton Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario, Mi
Death date: 10/18/1935
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Marriage date: 06/08/1875
Marriage place: Martin Twp, Allegan Co., MI
Spouse's name: Charles Fetterly
Child No. 6: Alexander Cairns
Sex: M
Birth Date: 1862
Birth Place: Plympton Twp., Lambton Co, Ontario, Canada
Death date: 1921
Death Place: Muskegon Heights, Muskegeon CO, MI
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Spouse's name: 1) Miss Smith 2) Martha Baldwin
Child No. 7: Ellen Cairns
Sex: f
Birth Date: 05/08/1866
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Death date: 08/16/1875
Death Place: Martin Twp., Allegan Co, MI
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Child No. 8: Ida Cairns
Sex: f
Birth Date: 08/12/1870
Birth Place: Grand Rapids,Kent Co,, MI
Death date: 08/18/1875
Death Place: Martin Twp., Allegan CO., MI
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Child No. 9: Alice Cairns
Sex: f
Birth Date: March 1872
Birth Place: Plympton twp., Lambton Co, Ontario Canada
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Marriage date: 01/26/1909
Marriage place: Grand Rapids, MI
Spouse's name: Adam Klinkner

Documentation: direct descendant of John Grant and Jane Cairns Grant, Cairns/Grant Family bibles, written letters from various Cairns family members, census reports, cemetery records, obits

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