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Author: dtcairns1
Surnames: CAIRNS, DONALDSON, MCBRIDE, SMYTH
Classification: queries
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Joseph Cairns was born 1862 in Guilford, County Down,(although he claimed Armagh as his
home county) Northern Ireland.
In 1883, he married Rachel Donaldson, in Laurencetown, Co. Down. Rachel was the daughter
of Christy Donaldson and Eliza McBride of Seapatrick, Co. Down. Per Marriage Certificate,
Joseph Cairns' father's name was John, a farmer. Witness to the marriage were
Joseph Smyth and Mary Donaldson, who subsequently married. In the 1911 Census of Ireland,
Joseph and Mary Smyth, along with Eliza Donaldson, were living in Knocknagore, Co. Down.
Joseph, Rachel and eldest son, John, moved to the Kilbarchan, Linwood, Johnstone area of
Renfrewshire, sometime between 1884 and 1881. Other children born to them in this area
include: Joseph, James, Elizabeth, Margaret, Christian (died young), Christopher, William
and Thomas.
The family emigrated to Westbrook, Maine, USA in 1910 and 1911....Joseph and James first,
then the rest of the family.
I know that Joseph had a brother, named John, who also lived in the Johnstone area.
John's son, also named Joseph, came to Maine to visit his uncle Joseph in 1914.
Any information on any of these families (CAIRNS, DONALDSON, MCBRIDE and SMYTH) would be
very much appreciated.
Donn Cairns
dtcairns(a)comcast.net
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
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