Cairns of Greenleaf, KsUpdated October 6, 2008 |
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| The following was kept by Elma Cushing Cairns Cairns Family Early History (Revised and up-dated July 1990) The Cairns Family we are tracing came to Canada from Scotland perhaps around 1835. The place of origin is listed as Hawick, Scotland. The earliest date we have is 1839 when the older brother, Thomas was married to Jane Shaw in Kingston, Ontario, at age 29. The younger brother, Robert Louis, was married to Ann(a) Cumming at Perth, Ontario, in 1845 at age 26, He was our ancestor. There is evidence they had a sister, Margaret, who married in Perth to George Castle in 1850. They could have come to Canada alone, or with their parents or others of their family, we have not been able to trace any farther. We know Thomas and Robert both had children born in this area of Eastern Canada. By 1857 Robert's family had moved to West Ontario, to Bruce County, Invermay Village, where his three youngest children were born. The older ones were born in East Ontario. In 1870 Robert sold his property there. The three older children were grown, married or left home. The oldest, Thomas went to Grand Haven Michigan, where he made his home and married. We know that later John and Julia lived in Vancouver, Canada. The three youngest children came to Kansas with their father, Robert Louis. His sons were Robert, 18, and Will 15, and daughter, Mary, 13. The wife and mother, Ann(a) stayed in Canada, she was a milliner. She came to Atchinson, Kansas, in 1895, where her daughter, Mary, lived. She died there in 1910. Robert Louis and his three children settled in Atchinson County, Kansas, the address was Kennekuk. We do not know what he did there. His son Robert, married there in 1876 to Grace Watson. Mary also married there to H.K. Merritt, and raised her family in that area. Records show that in 1877 Robert Louis Cairns had a store in the new town of Greenleaf, that was established by the railroad. The store was described as, "farm implements, hardware, and drugs". It was located in Block 4, just south of the tracks, east side of Main Street. In 1882 there was a Cairns Home in Greenleaf located in Block 11, lots 5 and 6. This is 1/2 block south of the standpipe on the east side of Park Street. This could have been the first home of Robert and Grace, we could also assume that his father also lived there with them. Robert Louis died in 1887 at the home of his son at the farm southwest of Greenleaf, on July 21, and was buried at the Greenleaf Cemetary. His son, Thomas of Pineville, Ky, had the monument placed there. This was the farm where Robert and Grace lived for many years, located in the SW 1/4 29-4-4, of Greenleaf Township. This is four miles south of town and 1 - 1/2 miles west. Robert built a house on this place. It was a square house with a peaked roof as was common at that time. Robert and Grace were still living in this home in 1907 when there son, Russ married Cora Pettey. Russ and Cora lived with his parents the first two years they were married. Later the old folks traded places with a son and moved to a farm on the Greenleaf road, where he built another square house. We know this as "the Crawford place". They lived there until they moved to town. We have pictures of them on the front porch there. Also it seems that Robert Louis's son, Will, came to Greenleaf as records show he had a Drug Store there in 1886. Possibly took the store over from his father who died in 1887. Robert Louis Cairns was the immigrant ancestory of our family. ######################### Thomas Cairns The oldest of Robert Louis' sons, Thomas left home at an early age. In later years, he told his family "he did not like his mother, she was so high-tempered". He made his home in Grand Haven, Michigan, and married there to Flora Darling. They had two daughters, and sons named Robert Louis, and Perley Thomas. Robert Louis died at age eighteen. It is said |
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Chris L Cairns 1320 Rifle Rd Minneapolis, Ks 67467 United States 785-392-2245 chris@cairns.us |
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