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George Cairncross

George Cairncross

Male 1867 - 1941  (73 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  George CairncrossGeorge Cairncross was born on 20 Sep 1867 in Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland; died on 30 Apr 1941 in Laverockbank Avenue, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: BE9493A601754929938D866A2D5EEC868037
    • Occupation: 1881; Farm Labourer
    • Residence: 1881, Gateshiels, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
    • Occupation: 1887; Ploughman
    • Residence: 10 Jun 1887, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland
    • Occupation: 25 Dec 1887; Dock Labourer
    • Residence: 25 Dec 1887, 31 Primrose Street, Leith, Mid Lothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 1890, 48 Bath Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh
    • Occupation: 1891; porter in shipyard
    • Residence: 1891, 48 Bath Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh
    • Occupation: 1892; Warehouseman
    • Residence: 1892, 17 Dalmeny Street, Leith, Mid Lothian, Scotland
    • Occupation: 3 May 1893, Warehouseman
    • Residence: 1895, 49 North Junction Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh
    • Residence: 1898, 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh
    • Occupation: 1901; Dock Foreman
    • Residence: 1901, 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh
    • Occupation: 22 Jun 1902; warehouseman
    • Residence: 22 Jun 1902, 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Occupation: 2 Apr 1911; stevedore
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    • Occupation: 4 Jul 1919; Contractor Railway
    • Occupation: 1921; Stevedore Contractor
    • Occupation: 20 Jun 1924; Dock Contractor
    • Residence: 10 Jul 1934, 24 Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 6 Mar 1936, 24 Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
    • Occupation: 30 Apr 1941; Railway Surfaceman
    • Residence: 30 Apr 1941, Laverockbank Avenue, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland

    Notes:

    Informant on the death of Peter Cooper was his father in law,George Cairncross

    Informant on the death of George Cairncross was his son in law, D. Goulding

    Residence:
    On his grandfathers farm

    George married Margaret Mutter on 10 Jun 1887 in Roddinglaw, Ratho, Mid Lothian, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of Andrew Mutter and Ann Gordon) was born on 17 Sep 1863 in West Linton, Peebleshire, Scotland; died on 10 Jul 1934 in 24 Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. George Cairncross  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Dec 1887 in 31 Primrose Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh; died in 1982 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
    2. 3. Andrew Cairncross  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Feb 1890 in 48 Bath Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh; died on 4 Oct 1916 in Arctic Ocean.
    3. 4. Agnes Russell Cairncross  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 Jan 1892 in 17 Dalmeny Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh; died on 28 Jul 1958 in Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    4. 5. Thomas Russell Cairncross  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 May 1893 in 17 Dalmeny Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh; and died.
    5. 6. Annie Gordon Cairncross  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Sep 1895 in 49 North Junction Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh; died on 6 Oct 1986 in St Columba.
    6. 7. Margaret Aitken Cairncross  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 5 Sep 1898 in 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh; died on 22 Nov 1959 in 113 Pitt Street, Leith, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland; was buried on 25 Nov 1959 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    7. 8. Ellen (Helen) Cairncross  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Apr 1900 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 15 Dec 1967 in Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was cremated on 19 Dec 1967 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    8. 9. Elizabeth Kinnaird Cairncross  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jun 1902 in 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 11 Apr 1973 in Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George CairncrossGeorge Cairncross Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born on 25 Dec 1887 in 31 Primrose Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh; died in 1982 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 334E1AF3917D47809B6A74B768083A1E5B49
    • Residence: 1891, 48 Bath Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh
    • Residence: 1901, 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Occupation: 24 Dec 1908; Dock Foreman
    • Residence: 24 Dec 1908, 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Occupation: 2 Apr 1911; dock foreman
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Notes:

    George sailed to Australia, as ship's Bosun, on the maiden voyage of the "Koopa" which then spent its time cruising from Brisbane to Moreton Bay as a ferry and day tripper. (Taken over during the war as a Fairmile tender.) Whether he brought his family out on the Koopa is unknown, but sometime between 1914 and 1915 the family came to Australia.

    George married Jessie Wardrop on 24 Dec 1908 in 209 Newhaven Road, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Jessie (daughter of James Wardrop and Christina Thomson) was born in 1886 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 22 Oct 1982 in Moreton Bay Nursing Care Unit Wynnum, QLD, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. George Cairncross  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 8 Nov 1909 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1982 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
    2. 11. James (Cecil) Thomson Cairncross  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 May 1914 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; died on 13 Jan 1989 in 62 Rodney Street, Lindum, QLD. Australia.
    3. 12. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 13. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Andrew CairncrossAndrew Cairncross Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born on 9 Feb 1890 in 48 Bath Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh; died on 4 Oct 1916 in Arctic Ocean.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 862679C6B7F141FAAACB6B2657D9C69A64B3
    • Residence: 1891, 48 Bath Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh
    • Residence: 1901, 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh

    Notes:

    During WWI he was in the Mercantile Marine. He was serving as Bosun on the SS Brantingham. After his ship left Archangel she was never seen again. It was later admitted by the German Navy that the Brantingham had been sunk by a U-Boat on 4 Oct 1916. All 24 crewmen were lost at sea in the Arctic Ocean. Andrew's death is commemorated on the tower Hill Memorial, London..


  3. 4.  Agnes Russell CairncrossAgnes Russell Cairncross Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born on 17 Jan 1892 in 17 Dalmeny Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh; died on 28 Jul 1958 in Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 72D894315FA041059EA6C1B23F76ABD23D68
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 14 Apr 1921, 24 Bonnington Grove, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Residence: 22 Jan 1924, 109 Ferry Road, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Residence: 28 Jul 1958, 109 Ferry Road, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Notes:

    Informant on the death of Agnes Cairncross was her husband John Goulding

    Agnes married John Duncan Goulding on 14 Apr 1921 in 13 Claremont Place, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. John (son of John Thomas Goulding and Elizabeth Susan Duncan) was born about 1889 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 1 May 1972 in Fairmile Nursing Home, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. John Duncan Goulding  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jan 1924 in 109 Ferry Road, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland; died on 22 Mar 1993 in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    2. 15. Andrew Mutter Cairncross Goulding  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1929; died in 1930.
    3. 16. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 5.  Thomas Russell CairncrossThomas Russell Cairncross Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born on 3 May 1893 in 17 Dalmeny Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh; and died.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 6ACAD7C5964D4F5DB81B676280D971DA9F03
    • Residence: 1901, 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Occupation: 2 Apr 1911; butcher
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    • Occupation: 4 Jul 1919; Butcher's Assistant
    • Residence: 4 Jul 1919, 24 Bonnington Road, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland

    Thomas married Mary Irvine Nicolson on 4 Jul 1919 in Smith's Road, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. Mary (daughter of James Nicolson and Margaret Swanson) was born in 1896; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  Annie Gordon CairncrossAnnie Gordon Cairncross Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born on 22 Sep 1895 in 49 North Junction Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh; died on 6 Oct 1986 in St Columba.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: A7A8ACBB0DC34DF88DA4BD357B803439564E
    • Residence: 1901, 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 27 Aug 1920, 24 Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 6 Oct 1986, 113 Pitt St, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland

    Notes:

    Informant om the death of Annie Cairncross was her daughter Margaret

    Annie married William Duke on 27 Aug 1920 in 4 Laverock Bank Road, Trinity, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. William (son of David Duke and Alison Bathgate) was born in 1896 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 28 Jun 1955 in 113 Pitt Street, Leith, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Margaret Mutter Duke  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Apr 1921; died on 24 Apr 1988 in 318 Byres Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

  6. 7.  Margaret Aitken CairncrossMargaret Aitken Cairncross Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born on 5 Sep 1898 in 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Midlothian, Edinburgh; died on 22 Nov 1959 in 113 Pitt Street, Leith, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland; was buried on 25 Nov 1959 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 2C601904AA2A431FA3D2BD8E3D160EB0B079
    • Residence: 1901, 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    • Occupation: 25th Apr 1919; Printers Warehouse Worker
    • Residence: 25th Apr 1919, 24 Admiralty Street, Leith, Scotland
    • Occupation: 22 Feb 1940; Clinic Nurse
    • Residence: 22 Feb 1940, 113 Pitt Street, Leith, Scotland

    Notes:

    The informant on the death of Margaret Cairncross was her husband Duncan Campbell Cameron

    Margaret married Duncan Campbell Cameron on 22 Feb 1940 in Warrant of the Sheriff Substitute, Edinburgh, Scotland. Duncan (son of James Stewart Cameron and Ann Campbell) was born on 28 Mar 1908 in Bank Terrace, Ardrishaig, Lochgilphead, Argyll, Scotland; died on 8 Nov 1977 in 80 Ivanhoe Rise, Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland; was cremated on 11 Nov 1977 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Margaret married Peter Cooper on 25th Apr 1919 in United Free Church of Scotland, Leith, Scotland. Peter (son of Peter Cooper and Rhina Douglas) was born on 1 Feb 1897 in 4 Crown Street, Leith, Scotland; died on 6 Mar 1936 in Leith Hospital, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 8.  Ellen (Helen) CairncrossEllen (Helen) Cairncross Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born on 4 Apr 1900 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 15 Dec 1967 in Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was cremated on 19 Dec 1967 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: BA2B2FBD82C94C86B5650E500C188F2740C5
    • Residence: 1901, 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    • Occupation: 20 Jun 1924; Clerkess
    • Residence: 20 Jun 1924, 24 Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 15 Dec 1967, 25 Beresford Avenue, Leith, Mid Lothian, Scotland

    Notes:

    Informant on the death of Ellen Cairncross was her nephew, R M Clark

    Ellen married William Muir on 20 Jun 1924 in 11 Hillside Cres, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. William (son of William Muir and Catherine McAndrew) was born on 14 Jul 1892 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 25 Mar 1982 in Corstorphine Hospital, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 9.  Elizabeth Kinnaird CairncrossElizabeth Kinnaird Cairncross Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born on 22 Jun 1902 in 26 North Junction Street, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 11 Apr 1973 in Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: A1B39036AFFF446E9652DDEE7B8D391A88BB
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 20 Jun 1924, 24 Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Mid Lothian, Scotland
    • Residence: 11 Apr 1973, 16 S.Laverockbank Avenue, Leith, Scotland

    Notes:

    Elizabeth was a witness at the wedding of her sister, Ellen, in 1924

    Informant on the death of Elizabeth Cairncross was D. Goulding, nephew, of 30 Summerside Place, Leith



Generation: 3

  1. 10.  George CairncrossGeorge Cairncross Descendancy chart to this point (2.George2, 1.George1) was born on 8 Nov 1909 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland; died in 1982 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: Service Number QX42966
    • _UID: 8CCAA6672F444EF48B2714DC65BFFAB8904F
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Bonnington Grove, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Notes:

    He enlisted in the Autralian Imperial Forces (AIF) at Brisbane. Service number QX42966. His next of kin was given as Hazel Cairncross. I take it from this that he was married

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 19. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 11.  James (Cecil) Thomson CairncrossJames (Cecil) Thomson Cairncross Descendancy chart to this point (2.George2, 1.George1) was born on 11 May 1914 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; died on 13 Jan 1989 in 62 Rodney Street, Lindum, QLD. Australia.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: radiator repair business
    • Occupation: Storeman packer
    • _UID: 5F3F7E093C694A4D9811A1F9D6D66A2CE69A

    Notes:

    He enrolled in the Australian Imperial Forces, at Manly, QLD, Service Number QX38485. Name on his enlistment papers was Cecil James Thomson Cairncross. Always answered to the name Cec, it was only at the time of enrolling that he found out that his birth name was James not Cecil.

    James married Elsin Ellinor Watson on 22 Aug 1941 in Wynnum, Brisbane, Qld, Australia. Elsin (daughter of George Watson and Evelyn Atthow) was born in 1914 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; died on 13 Apr 1982 in 62 Rodney Street, Lindum, QLD. Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 21. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 22. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 12.  LivingLiving Descendancy chart to this point (2.George2, 1.George1)

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 24. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 13.  LivingLiving Descendancy chart to this point (2.George2, 1.George1)

  5. 14.  John Duncan GouldingJohn Duncan Goulding Descendancy chart to this point (4.Agnes2, 1.George1) was born on 22 Jan 1924 in 109 Ferry Road, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland; died on 22 Mar 1993 in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: BB84CD1F099746EAA39CE2A6C14EDE05B4A9
    • Residence: 22 Jan 1924, 109 Ferry Road, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Residence: 1 May 1972, 30 Summerside Place, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Occupation: 22 Mar 1993; Teacher of Electrical Engineering (Retired)
    • Residence: 22 Mar 1993, 39 Easter Warriston, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

    Notes:

    In 1972 John was the informant on his father's Death Certificate

    In 1973 he was the informant on the death of his aunt Elizabeth Kinnaird Cairncross.

    The informant on the death of John Goulding was his sister Margaret Clark

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Andrew Mutter Cairncross GouldingAndrew Mutter Cairncross Goulding Descendancy chart to this point (4.Agnes2, 1.George1) was born in 1929; died in 1930.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: 8BE31526673440959693F915783A9745DED3


  7. 16.  LivingLiving Descendancy chart to this point (4.Agnes2, 1.George1)

    Family/Spouse: Robert Clark. Robert died on 9 May 1994. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 17.  Margaret Mutter DukeMargaret Mutter Duke Descendancy chart to this point (6.Annie2, 1.George1) was born on 1 Apr 1921; died on 24 Apr 1988 in 318 Byres Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

    Other Events:

    • _UID: CA477A6F84234F25B4CA5C8E607222B92A13
    • Occupation: 3 Nov 1945; Shorthand Typist
    • Residence: 3 Nov 1945, 113 Pitt Street, Leith, Scotland
    • Residence: 28 Jun 1955, 45 Hamilton Drive, Hillhead, Glasgow, Scotland
    • Residence: 6 Oct 1986, 318 Byers Road, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

    Notes:

    Informant on the death of William Duke, in 1955, was his daughter Margaret
    Informant om the death of Annie Cairncross, in 1986 was her daughter Margaret

    The informant on the death of Margaret Duke was her son J McGlone

    Margaret married John McGlone on 3 Nov 1945 in Bonnington Church of Scotland, Summerside Street, Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland. John (son of John McGlone and Mary Hotchkiss Vickers) was born in 1915; died in 1978 in 23 James Nisbet Street, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Living  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 18.  LivingLiving Descendancy chart to this point (10.George3, 2.George2, 1.George1)

  2. 19.  LivingLiving Descendancy chart to this point (10.George3, 2.George2, 1.George1)

  3. 20.  LivingLiving Descendancy chart to this point (11.James3, 2.George2, 1.George1)

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 27. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  4. 21.  LivingLiving Descendancy chart to this point (11.James3, 2.George2, 1.George1)

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 29. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  5. 22.  LivingLiving Descendancy chart to this point (11.James3, 2.George2, 1.George1)

    Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Living  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 31. Living  Descendancy chart to this point

  6. 23.  LivingLiving Descendancy chart to this point (12.Living3, 2.George2, 1.George1)

  7. 24.  LivingLiving Descendancy chart to this point (12.Living3, 2.George2, 1.George1)

  8. 25.  LivingLiving Descendancy chart to this point (17.Margaret3, 6.Annie2, 1.George1)


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