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Groom: Robert CAIRNS.
Birth place: Given as Scotland.

Bride: Annie Eliza SYMONDS.
Birth place: Not stated.

Year married: 1876.
Place: Victoria, Australia.

Possible death for Robert is 1937 in Dromana, Victoria.
Age: 90 years.
Father named as David CAIRNS. Mother unknown.

Annie died 1922 in Kew, Victoria.
Death: Indexed under CARINES.
Age: 74 years.
Parents not recorded.

Buried: Dromana Cemetery, Victoria.
Annie's headstone reads:
Annie Elizabeth/ wife of Robert Cairns/ who died 26 July 1922/ aged 74 years.
Also their children/Ethel May/who died at infancy/George Cater/
who died 22 August 1915/aged 33 years.

Five children located Victoria for Robert and Annie.

[1]

David CAIRNS.
Born: 1877 Dromana, Victoria.
Died: 1943 Prahran, Victoria.
Age: 67 years.

[2]

James Symonds CAIRNS.
Born: 1880 Dromana, Victoria.
Died: 1964 Blackburn, Victoria.
Age: 84 years.

Married: Catherine Mowat RIVETT.
Year: 1906.
Place: Victoria.

Catherine was born 1879 in Williamstown, Victoria.
Parents named as James RIVETT and Margaret MOWAT.

Catherine died 1948 in North Williamstown, Victoria.
Age: 69 years.
Parents named as James RIVETT and Margaret unknown.

Seven children located Victoria for James and Catherine.

1.
Colin James CAIRNS.
Born: 1907 Dromana, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Grace Maud PYE.
Year: 1935.
Place: Victoria.

2.
Gordon Robert CAIRNS.
Born: 1909 Dromana, Victoria.
Died: 1983 Footscray, Victoria.
Age: 74 years.

Married: Nellie LEVER.
Year: 1934.
Place: Victoria.

3.
Hilda Annie CAIRNS.
Born: 1910 Williamstown, Victoria.
Died: 1962 Daylesford, Victoria.
Age: 51 years.

Married: David Keith MCINNES.
Year: 1935.
Place: Victoria.

David was born 1910 in Clarendon, Victoria.
Parents named as John MCINNES and Louisa JOHNSON.

David died 1971 in Daylesford, Victoria.
Age: 61 years.
Parents named as John Wells MCINNES and Louisa JOHNSON.

4.
Alan Godfrey CAIRNS.
Born: 1913 Portland, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Isabella Alice BROWN.
Year: 1938.
Place: Victoria.

5.
Edith Mary CAIRNS.
Born: 1915 Portland, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: John Wakeling ROBERTS.
Year: 1939.
Place: Victoria.

6.
Ida Catherine CAIRNS.
Born: 1915 Dromana, Victoria.
Died: 1981 Moyston, Victoria.
Age: 64 years.

Married: Norman Garner HODGSON.
Year: 1942.
Place: Victoria.

Norman was born 1909 in St Arnaud, Victoria.
Parents named as Joseph James HODGSON and Daisy GARNER.

7.
David Malcolm CAIRNS.
Born: 1919 Apollo Bay, Victoria.
Died: 1982 Heidelberg, Victoria.
Age: 63 years.

[3]

George Cater CAIRNS.
Born: 1882 Dromana, Victoria.
Died: 1915 Prahran, Victoria.
Died: 22 August 1915.
Age: 32 years.
Buried: Dromana Cemetery, Victoria. (With his mother)

Married: Christina TAYLOR.
Year: 1907.
Place: Victoria.

One child located Victoria for George and Christina.

1.
George Stewart CAIRNS.
Born: 1908 Dromana, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Stella May CUTTING.
Year: 1940.
Place: Victoria.

[4]

Godfrey Brown CAIRNS.
Born: 1886 Dromana, Victoria.
Died: 1927 Melbourne East, Victoria.
Died: 19 May 1927.
Age: 40 years.
Buried: Dromana Cemetery, Victoria.

[5]

Ethel May CAIRNS.
Born: 1886 Dromana, Victoria.
Died: 1887 Dromana, Victoria.
Age: 07 months.
Buried: Dromana Cemetery, Victoria. (With her mother)

Sources:
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.
Dromana Cemetery Records, Victoria.

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