| [Index] |
| John CAIRNS (1848 - 1901) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| John CAIRNS (1848 - 1901) + Margaret Wylie DEXTER (1870 - 1947) |
John CAIRNS | |||
| Rosanna MILLAN | ||||
| b. abt 1848 at Scotland |
| m. 1899 Margaret Wylie DEXTER (1870 - 1947) at Queensland, Australia |
| d. 1901 at Cairns, Queensland, Australia aged 53 |
| Near Relatives of John CAIRNS (1848 - 1901) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Father in Law | John DEXTER | 1833 | London, Middlesex, England | 1882 | Queensland, Australia | 49 |
| Mother in Law | Margaret Wylie MATHIE | 1840 | Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland | 1892 | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | 52 |
| Father | John CAIRNS | |||||
| Mother | Rosanna MILLAN | |||||
| Self | John CAIRNS | abt 1848 | Scotland | 1901 | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | 53 |
| Wife | Margaret Wylie DEXTER | 1870 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1947 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 77 |
| Brother in Law | John George DEXTER | 1863 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1883 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 20 |
| Brother in Law | Thomas Stanley DEXTER | 1865 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1866 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1 |
| Brother in Law | Stanley Cowell DEXTER | 1867 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1867 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 0 |
| Sister in Law | Emma Jane DEXTER | 1869 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1932 | 63 | |
| Sister in Law | Agnes Annie DEXTER | 1873 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 1873 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 0 |
| Events in John CAIRNS (1848 - 1901)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| abt 1848 | John CAIRNS was born | Scotland | Note 1 | ||
| 1899 | 51 | Married Margaret Wylie DEXTER (aged 29) | Queensland, Australia | Note 2 | 52, 60 |
| 1901 | 53 | John CAIRNS died | Cairns, Queensland, Australia | Note 3 | 52, 60 |
| Source References: |
| 52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record |
| - Reference = (Death) |
| - Notes: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name John Cairns Death Date 16 Jun 1901 Death Place Queensland Father's Name John Cairns Mother's Name Rosanna Millan Registration Year 1901 Registration Place Queensland Registration Number 000679 Page number 3676 |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |
| - Notes: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name John Cairns Spouse Name Margaret Wylie Dexter Marriage Date 18 Dec 1899 Marriage Place Queensland Registration Place Queensland Registration Year 1899 Registration Number 002447 Page number 3676 Household Members NameAge NameJohn Cairns NameMargaret Wylie Dexter |
| 60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au |
| - Reference = (Death) |
| - Notes: Morning Post (Cairns) 18 June 1901
Suicide ot Mc John Cairns. On Sunday morning Cairns, was shocked to its centre with the almost incredible news that Mr John Cairns, the well-known princi- pal of John Cairns, Limited, had at 10.30 a.m. committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver through the head. The fatal deed was effected in his office during the quiet of Sunday morning, just a few minutes prior to Mr C. Martin attending the office, where he was due at 10.30. at the request of the de ceased, who on the previous afternoon asked him to be down in the morning, sharp, at 10.30. When Mr'Martin was passing the Empire Hotel he heard a shot, but attached no importance to it until told by Antonio, the well-known Austrian fisherman, who was outside the office that "someone had fired a revolver. When Mr Martin, who was cor- respondence clerk for Mr Cairns, entered, he found his late chief lying dead on his back on his office floor with a revolver near his hand, a pool of blood pointing unmistakably to what had occurred: Mr Cairns was one of our most respected citizens, trusted by everybody and universally esteemed. He had been identified with the district for nearly twenty years and was ever to the front whenever his purse or energies were appealed to. He was a charitable kind-hearted man, an indulgent father, good husband, and is every way a worthy citizen. His health, however, has been far from right for many months, and business worries have latterly troubled him a lot. It is but fair and just to say that his mind was unbalanced when he took his life -the result of long standing nervous disorder. On all sides genuine expressions of heartfelt regret have been voiced and not an unkind or uncharitable whisper has been ven- tured. He leaves a widowand one child, and three children by his first wife. The body was removed to his home in Shield-street and the funeral took place at 5 p.m. the same day, when a large number of sincere friends paid him the last homage possible. The age of deceased has been variously stated, but we believe he was approaching the ?? |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |
| - Notes: Brisbane Courier 3 Feb 1900
CAIRNS-DEXTER - On the 18th Dec, 1899, at the vicarage, Townsville, by the Rev. Stanley Marris, John Cairns to Margaret Wylie Dexter, both of Cairns. |
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