John CAIRNS

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
John CAIRNS (1848 - 1901)	John CAIRNS + Rosanna MILLAN

+. Rosanna MILLAN

Near Relatives of John CAIRNS
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Self	John CAIRNS

Spouse/Partner	Rosanna MILLAN

Son	John CAIRNS	abt 1848	Scotland	1901	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	53

Daughter in Law	Margaret Wylie DEXTER	1870	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1947	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	77

Events in John CAIRNS's life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1848		Birth of son John CAIRNS	Scotland	Note 1
1901		Death of son John CAIRNS (aged 53)	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	Note 2	52, 60

Note 1: Ancestry trees

Died 1901 - age 52 (on headstone) = c 1848

Note 2: 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

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 ??

Personal Notes:

from death reg of son John

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