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Hello Tom Taylor,
My maiden name was Taylor. I was brought up in the Canonbie area. My mother's maiden
name was Cairns and we had assumed her father's (Adam Cairns) family had always lived
in the Gateshead area. After much hunting, I traced my g g grandfather, Adam Cairns back
to his birthplace, Nicholforest (his wife, my g g grandmother Ann(ie) Hogg was born in
Nicholforest also).
Adam married Ann Hogg in Wigton, Cumberland in 1889 and their first (I think) child,
Jonathan, was born that year at Little Bampton.
In the 1891 Scottish Census they are shown as living at "Building" next to
Woodhouselees, a large house on the outskirts of Canonbie - that is still the name of the
house today. Adam and Annie had by that time a daughter, Jane, shown as 4 mths old in
that census (the birth register shows her DOB as 1/12/1890. She was born at Canonbie.
Two visitors were present at the Cairns household when the census was taken, Euphemia Hogg
and Mary Hogg, who I assume were relatives of Ann(ie). Adam is shown as a ploughman in
that census.
The 1901 Census shows Adam (coal miner/hewer) and Annie were living at 12 Bel Vue Terrace,
Ryton, Crawcrook. They had had 3 further children born in Scotland, Eleanor 8, Thomas 6
and John 4.
My great grandgather, George William Cairns, was born on 24/10/1901 at Bell Vue Terrace,
Crawcrook, Ryton to Adam and Annie Cairns.
Unfortunately my Granda, Adam Cairns died in August 1978 so I was too young to ask him
about his family then. George died in 1924 of glandular fever when Adam (Granda) was only
months old. Martha, his wife remarried some years later and moved to Haltwhistle,
Northumberland.
There is a Thomas in 3 generations until Adam (Granda) was born, when the name stopped
obviously because his father died before any other children could be born to the family.
I hope this helps you make some connections. I would love to hear from you if you can
assist me with my ancestors too!
Amanda.