Janet Cairns
ID # 9704, (1787-1864)
| Birth | Janet Cairns was born in 1787 at Scotland. |
| Marriage | She married Andrew Dryden on 21 November 1803 at Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland. In Ancestry's Scotland Select Marriages, 1561-1910, there is a marriage shown that took place in Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland, on 21 Nov., 1803, between Andrew Dryden and Janet Cairns. This reads as follows: Andrew Dryden in the Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 Andrew Dryden and Janet Cairns Marriage Date 21 Nov 1803 Marriage Place Wilton, Roxburgh, Scotland FHL Film Number1067954 Source Information Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. |
| Death | She died on 18 March 1864 at North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Co.. |
| Burial | She was buried at Sec. 3, Mountview Cemetery, Galt, Ontario. |
| Note | The Waterloo-Wellington branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society provides transcriptions of the Dumfries Reformer death notices for the years 1860-1865.The 23 March, 1864, edition of this paper tells that Mrs. Janet Dryden died on 18 March, 1864 in North Dumfries at the home of her son William. She is said to have come to Canada about 30 years previous with her husband Andrew. They came from Hawick Parish in Roxboroughshire, and that all of her family, 7 sons and two daughters, attended her funeral. She is said to have died at age 80. |
Children of Janet Cairns and Andrew Dryden |
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| Last Edited | 24 Jan 2025 |