William Cairns with his mother nigh 100 years old & son
James b1818 d1892 m Mary Ann Moore b1818 d 1905
daughter of William, ..Elizabethb1802 d1890 m William Cunningham 1829
son of James is George b1856 d 1952 m 1886 Martha Kearns b1857 d 1945 son of George, Elmer Cairns b1889 d1958 m 1921 Ida Cottingham Geddes b1893 d 1976
son of Elmer, Melville Everet Cairns b1927 d 1996 m1944 Joyce Alice Evans b1924 d 1994 have gleaned a lot of info. can I help and can any one add? . Family is interned Union Cemetery, Ormstown e-mail me....thank you

Just browsing and found your question...do you know where/Parish/Townland in Co. Derry your Cairns were from.

Feeny/Furey from Co. Derry around the same time frame. Cannot find Parish/Townland. Family buried Huntingdon/Ormstown Catholic Cemeteries.

Kathleen

My family came to Ormstown from Limavady County Derry,
We also have decendance in Huntingtom
Thanks for your query, regards Ron

Thank you Ron, I will look at the Names in that Town.

What I am seeing is that most of the Irish in and around Huntingdon/Ormstown came from Co. Derry. That is stated on a lot of the Tombstones. I've even been to PRONI in Belfast to try and find our Feeny/Fury family they told me we came out too early (1821)for them to have good records. I would have had a better chance if they came out in the Famine years.

Any help greatly appreciated.

Kathleen

Yes the early records are sparce. There was a great fire in the Ormstown are where many of the records were kept. Some what like the fire that destroyed many records in Ireland in 1917. I have been searching since the early 80's my letter mail. I think I have come to the hard part now. Thats ok I keep on looking. I will keep an eye open for your names also. The Union Cemetery is where my ancestors are interned. My sisters and I spend a sunny afternoon there last August. I said to my sisters, it was nice to spend an afternoon where our forefathers walked, and lay. Thank you for your time and e-mails, Ron

Ron,

Do you live close to Huntingdon?

There are 2 other women doing this with me...1 lives in Huntingdon the other one is from Idaho...her people went West!
My family came down to Philadelphia and I live outside Philadelphia!

I was up to Huntingdon last April, 2006..maybe sometime we'll all meet!

Have a good weekend...we're having beautiful Sun!!

Kathleen

I often go over posts and such. How is your search going as it has been a while

all the best, Ron

I got a little sidetracked...started my husband's family in Boston...just finished finding what I needed this past week.

Now I'm ready to go back and do the Feeny/Fury family, don't know if I'll get up to Huntingdon this year.
But, you never stop looking. Fantastic hobby/obsession!!

Kathleen
(kfbarrett@verizon.net)

Have a new email
ronaldcairns1@gmail.com
The other one works from timeto time, try both
Thanks