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My 2nd great grandfather was a William Cairns. In fact I have TWO of them, one from Nth
Ireland I think and one from the South. Both of them had sons who married in Glasgow in
1875.
The one I think may be connected to you is Robert Cairns born 1852-53(according to his
death cert he was born in Maboy Antrim but cant establish that fact)
Robert Married Mary Lamont, daughter of John Lamont and Agnes Wylie. Now THEY definitely
came from Maboy, Antrim.
Robert and Mary came to NZ in 1878 and settled in Oamaru.
I have never been able to find out the names of any brothers and sisters of Robert.
Robert's sons were William, Robert, John and Stuart.
He had a string of daughters but they were in the most part named after people in
Mary's Lamont family I believe.