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Rev. James CAIRNCROSS
(Abt 1791–1851)
Hannah Hedley McKAY
(1795-After 1851)
James Edmund CAIRNCROSS
(1830 –1893)
Elizabeth LINDSAY
(1835 –1928)
Matilda CAIRNCROSS
(1871–1943)

 

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Spouses & Children

1. Joseph MACCHESNEY

Matilda CAIRNCROSS 1 2 3
  • Born: 26 January 1871, Shakespeare, Perth County, Ontario, Canada 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Joseph MACCHESNEY on 19 June 1895 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1 2
  • Died: 1943, prob British Columbia, Canada at age 72
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bullet  Recorded Events in Her Life

  • Nickname: Tillie.
  • She appeared on the census in 1891 in Birtle, Marquette, Manitoba, Canada.

    1891 census - "Marquette" District of Manitoba:
    Division 1, Location: Birtle Town;
    pg 14, Family #73, Entry #7
    Film #T-6293 (I believe this refers to the film # of
    the Canadian Archives):

    James CAIRNCROSS, age 61, b. Scotland; Presbyterian; Farmer; (so b ca 1830)

    others in same household:
    Elizabeth CAIRNCROSS, age 52, b. Scotland, Presbyterian (b ca 1839)
    James R. CAIRNCROSS, age 24, b. Ontario, Presbyterian (so b ca 1867)
    Matilda CAIRNCROSS, age 20, b Ontario, Presbyterian (b ca 1871)
    Edward W. CAIRNCROSS, age 17, b Ontario, Presbyterian (b ca 1874)
  • She worked as a music teacher in 1901 in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. 4
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Matilda married Joseph MACCHESNEY on 19 June 1895 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.1 2 (Joseph MACCHESNEY was born on 15 September 1868 in Ontario, Canada 4.)


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bullet   Sources   bullet

  1. Manitoba, Canada — Vital Statistics Index. Manitoba government website:  http://web2.gov.mb.ca/cca/vital/Query.php
  2. Kirsty M. Haining.
  3. Personal knowledge of John Boyd Craven (1930 – 2014), family historian.
  4. Ancestry.com, 1901 Census of Canada [database on-line] (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2006. Original data: Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1901. Ottawa, Canada: Library and Archives Canada. RG31, T-6428 to T-6556).
  5. John B. Craven, “The Hainings and the Cravens: A Twentieth Century Family History” (mss. privately published in 1995, but it was a work in progress. John continued to update, add content, and re-write his manuscript up until his death in 2014.), Chapter 19:  The Cairncrosses and the Lindsays.


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