William CAIRNS

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: Jedburgh, Roxboroughshire, Scotland
• Reference Number: 43.0
• _TODO: Open
• _TODO: Open
• _TODO: Open
• _TODO: Open
• _TODO: Open
• _TODO: Open
• _TODO: Open
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: 6E1659A0398844DCAA2FCEFC8BF920933853
• Birth: Abt 1821, Scotland
• Birth: Abt 1821, Scotland
• Census: 1841, Jedburgh, Roxboroughshire, Scotland
• Residence: 29 Nov 1847, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; in No. 7 Drummond Street
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Census: 4 Apr 1881, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Residence: 4 Nov 1881, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Census: 1901, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; Newington
• Death: 15 Apr 1903, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; aged 82 years
• Death registration: 17 Apr 1903, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; was made by her daughter, Margaret Scott, to the Registrar

Notes:

Baptism:
If she was baptized in the United Presbyterian Church or the Free Church, her baptism records may be in other archives.

_TODO:
MARGARET (CAIRNS) SHERRIFF, widow of Alexander Sherriff, could be living in Douglas Street, Galashiels, with daughter Agnes. In 1876, she was at 23 High Street.

_TODO:
MARGARET (CAIRNS) SHERRIFF, married to Alexander Sherriff died on April 15, 1903. Digital image is not clear. Get a better copy or transcription. See A00811. Microfilm 1,819,303 - no Sneddons or Sorbies.

_TODO:
Wilton, Roxboroughshire. Possibly age 14, daughter of William Cairns and Margaret Douglas.

_TODO:
Jedburgh Associate Congregation of the Blackfriars United Presbyterian Church united with Jedburgh Boston United Free Church in 1917 to for Boston Blackfriars UF, C of S - CH3/350. /3 B 1737-1839; /4 B 1825-1858, 1892-1902; /5 B 1856-1917. Also, Jedburgh Relief High Street United Presbyterian Chruch, Boston UF church united with Jedburgh Blackfirars. CH3/351. /3 B 1840-1917. These records are in the National Archives of Scotland (NAS). Ref: Scottish Secession Churches. Diane Baptie. page 29.

_TODO:
Jedburgh Free Church, Abbey UF, C of S - call # CH3/1469. /15 B 1878-1890. These records are in the National Archives of Scotland (NAS).
Jedburgh Free Church - call # MR88. B 1812-1854. These records are at New Register House (General Register Office for Scotland). Ref: Scottish Secession Churches. Diane Baptie. pages 66-67.

_TODO:
MARGARET (CAIRNS) SHERRIFF, widow of Alexander Sherriff, could be living in Selkirk or Galashiels, or in Edinburgh.

_TODO:
MARGARET (CAIRNS) SHERRIFF, widow of Alexander Sherriff, could be living in Selkirk or Galashiels, or in Edinburgh.

_TODO:
MARGARET (CAIRNS) SHERRIFF was enumerated in Newington District of Edinburgh. 685/05 132/05 008. Photocopy entry. See A00812 index.

Birth:
Since she was age 82 when she died on April 15, 1903, her birth year was calculated as circa 1821.

Census:
Margaret was aged 35 and answered "no" to the question "born in county?"

Census:
She was enumerated as age 39, wife, and born in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire. She was living with her husband, sons Alexander and William Sherriff, and daughers Margaret, Elizabeth and Jane Sherriff on Bogus Close. Their house had 2 rooms with one or more windows. They were enumerated as living next to the Established Church Manse.

Census:
She was enumerated as age 49, born in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, and a wife. She was living with her husband, her son, Alexander Sherriff, her daughters Margaret, Elizabeth, Jane and Agnes Y. Sherriff, her granddaughter, Ann Sherriff, and a boarder, Andrew Grieve. They lived at 23 High Street in a house of two rooms with one or more windows.

Census:
Margaret was enumerated as a servant in the Hogg family, a widow, age 61, a sick nurse, and born in Jedburgh, Selkirkshire. She was living at 11 Beach Bank with Thomas Hogg 35, Isabella Hogg 24, and their children Andrew R. Hogg 7, Thomas Hogg 3, James Hogg 2, John W. Hogg 1 week. Also living with the Hogg family were Thomas Hoggs brothers William Hogg 29 and John A Hogg 21.

Residence:
Margaret was a widow and probably living in Douglas Street, Galashiels, at the time of the marriage of her daughter, Agnes.

Census:
She was enumerated as age 80.

Death:
[The document is difficult to read.]

Margaret married Alexander SHERRIFF on 29 Nov 1847 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Alexander (son of Alexander SHERRIFF, Senior and Elizabeth ROSS) was born in 1824 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 3 Jun 1876 in Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 21.1
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: 606B2453217D400BB74E1DE85EF83146025A
• Birth: Abt 1850, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland

Notes:

_TODO:
Born c. 1850 son of Alexander & Margaret (Cairns) Sherriff in Edinburgh. Age 11 on April 7, 1861.

Birth:
Since he was age 11 when the census was taken on April 7, 1861, his birth year was calculated as circa 1850.

Census:
He was enumerated as age 11, and born in Edinburgh. He was living with his parents, his brother, William Sherriff, and sisters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Jane Sherriff on Bogus Close. Their house had 2 rooms with one or more windows. They were enumerated as living next to the Established Church Manse.

Census:
He was enumerated as age 21, born in Edinburgh, Midlothian, unmarried, and a journeyman tailor. He was living with his parents, his sisters, Margaret, Elizabeth, Jane and Agnes Y. Sherriff, his neice, Ann Sherriff, and a boarder, Andrew Grieve. They lived at 23 High Street in a house of two rooms with one or more windows.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Margaret Scott

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 21.3
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: A098330A07954025B6A1DF6CE2DB447B9445
• Birth: Abt 1854, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland

Notes:

_TODO:
Born c. 1850 son of Alexander & Margaret (Cairns) Sherriff in Edinburgh. Age 7 on April 7, 1861.

Birth:
Since he was age 7 when the census was taken on April 7, 1861, his birth year was calculated as circa 1854.

Census:
He was enumerated as age 7, and born in Edinburgh. He was living with his parents, his brother, Alexander Sherriff, and sisters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Jane Sherriff on Bogus Close. Their house had 2 rooms with one or more windows. They were enumerated as living next to the Established Church Manse.

Census:
He was not enumerated with his parents. [He may have lived somewhere else or had died.]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 21.4
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: E81BAB1E707445BAA52A3A8ED6B330F7F6A5
• Birth: Abt 1855, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland

Notes:

_TODO:
Elizabeth Sherriff, daughter of Alexander & Margaret (Cairns) Sherriff born c. 1855 in Selkirk. Age 15 on April 2, 1871. May have extra info on family.

Birth:
Since she was age 6 when the census was taken on April 7, 1861, her birth year was calculated as circa 1855.

Census:
She was enumerated as age 6, and born in Selkirk, Selkirkshire. She was living with her parents, brothers Alexander and William Sherriff, and sisters, Margaret and Jane Sherriff on Bogus Close. Their house had 2 rooms with one or more windows. They were enumerated as living next to the Established Church Manse.

Census:
She was enumerated as age 15, born in Selkirk, Selkirkshire, unmarried, and a woolen darner. She was living with her parents, her brother, Alexander Sherriff, her sisters, Margaret, Jane and Agnes Y. Sherriff, her neice, Ann Sherriff, and a boarder, Andrew Grieve. They lived at 23 High Street in a house of two rooms with one or more windows.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 21.5
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: B83102D875C748E587EB2DC45B0F3AA1D48E
• Birth: Abt 1859, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland

Notes:

_TODO:
Jane Sherriff, daughter of Alexander & Margaret (Cairns) Sherriff, born c. 1859 in Selkirk. Age 12 on April 2, 1871.

Birth:
Since she was age 2 when the census was taken on April 7, 1861, her birth year was calculated as circa 1859.

Census:
She was enumerated as age 2, and born in Selkirk, Selkirkshire. She was living with her parents, brothers Alexander and William Sherriff, and sisters, Margaret and Elizabeth Sherriff on Bogus Close. Their house had 2 rooms with one or more windows. They were enumerated as living next to the Established Church Manse.

Census:
She was enumerated as age 12, born in Selkirk, Selkirkshire, unmarried, and a scholar. She was living with her parents, her brother, Alexander Sherriff, her sisters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Agnes Y. Sherriff, her neice, Ann Sherriff, and a boarder, Andrew Grieve. They lived at 23 High Street in a house of two rooms with one or more windows.

A.Y. married J.S. THOMSON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 21.21
• _TODO: Open
• _UID: D67BCAB34C94486BB992C3E1EE00AC18021C
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland

Notes:

_TODO:
Ann Sherriff, illegitimate daughter of Margaret Sherriff (probably), born c. 1870 in Selkirk. Age 1 on April 2, 1871. See A00815. May have info on family.

Census:
She was enumerated as age 1, and born in Selkirk, Selkirkshire. She was living with her mother [presumed], Margaret Sherriff, her grandparents, Alexander and Margaret Sherriff, her uncle, Alexander Sherriff, her aunts, Elizabeth, Jane and Agnes Y. Sherriff, and a boarder, Andrew Grieve. They lived at 23 High Street in a house of two rooms with one or more windows.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Willie Thomson

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Church records: Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Church records: Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Reference Number: 10.2
• Residence: New York, New York County, New York, United States
• _UID: 8AF55ACD439246A4B4E10301A429336664EF
• Census: 5 Apr 1891, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Census: 31 Mar 1901, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Notes:

Church records:
If he was baptized in the United Presbyterian Church, this event might be recorded in the records of South United Presbyterian Church, which became the United Free Presbyterian Church, which became the Church of Scotland, and united in 1936 with Galashiels Trinity to form Galashiels St. Cuthbert's. These records are number CH3/1256 births/baptisms 1877 to 1937 at the National Archives of Scotland.

Church records:
If he was baptized in the United Presbyterian Church, this event might be recorded in the records of Relief Galashiels United Presbyterian Church, which became the West United Free Presbyterian Church, which became the Church of Scotland, and united with Galashiels South to form Galashiels St. Cuthbert's. These records are number CH3/1257 /9 /baptisms 1838 to 1915 at the National Archives of Scotland.

Residence:
Frank and Hanna lived in New York City.

Census:
Frank was aged 6 and a scholar.

Census:
Frank S. Thomson was enumerated as son of the head of the household, single, male, age 15, an apprentice hatter [?], a worker rather than an employer or working on own account, and born in Galashiels, Selkirkshire. He was living with his parents, James S. Thomson and Agnes Y. Thomson, and his siblings William S. Thomson (19), Gladstone S. Thomson (13), Alfred S. Thomson (11), Clarence S. Thomson (10), and Madge S. Thomson (7) in a unit at #10 Torphichen Place which had 3 rooms with one or more windows.

Family/Spouse: Hanna. Hanna and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Church records: Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Church records: Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Marriage registration: Ontario, Canada; not found in marriage indexes for 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917 or 1918
• Name: Gladstone S. Thomson
• Reference Number: 10.3
• _UID: 8787799EB9B3492C981DEB4C0249E290AF80
• Birth: 1887, Scotland
• Census: 5 Apr 1891, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
• Census: 31 Mar 1901, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
• Immigration: 1910, Canada
• Occupation: 11 May 1910, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; butcher's assistant
• Occupation: 2 May 1911, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; butcher
• Census: 1 Jun 1911, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
• Immigration: Abt 1912, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 26 Mar 1915, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; in the army
• Residence: 26 Mar 1915, Toronto, York County, Ontario, Canada; at 44 Silverthorn Avenue

Notes:

See attached sources.

Church records:
If he was baptized in the United Presbyterian Church, this event might be recorded in the records of Relief Galashiels United Presbyterian Church, which became the West United Free Presbyterian Church, which became the Church of Scotland, and united with Galashiels South to form Galashiels St. Cuthbert's. These records are number CH3/1257 /9 /baptisms 1838 to 1915 at the National Archives of Scotland.

Church records:
If he was baptized in the United Presbyterian Church, this event might be recorded in the records of South United Presbyterian Church, which became the United Free Presbyterian Church, which became the Church of Scotland, and united in 1936 with Galashiels Trinity to form Galashiels St. Cuthbert's. These records are number CH3/1256 births/baptisms 1877 to 1937 at the National Archives of Scotland.

Census:
Gladstone was aged 1.

Census:
Gladstone S. Thomson was enumerated as son of the head of the household, single, male, age 13, a scholar, and born in Galashiels, Selkirkshire. He was living with his parents, James S. Thomson and Agnes Y. Thomson, and his siblings William S. Thomson (19), Frank S. Thomson (15), Alfred S. Thomson (11), Clarence S. Thomson (10), and Madge S. Thomson (7) in a unit at #10 Torphichen Place which had 3 rooms with one or more windows.

Occupation:
His son, Gladstone Wallace Thomson, was born this day.

Occupation:
His brother, Clarence Thomson, declared on the manifest of the "Casandra" on which he sailed to Canada, that he was going to his brother, who was a butcher, in Toronto.

Census:
Gladstone was enumerated as head of household, married, born in month of __, born in 1887, age 23 last birthday, born in Scotland, immigrated in 1910, of Scottish ethnic origin, Canadian nationality, Presbyterian religion, butcher, not an employer, an employee, not working on his own account, pork factory, 34 weeks worked in 1910, working 54 hours per week, earned $408 total in 1910, can read, can write, and speaks english. He was living at 120 Pearson Avenue with his wife, Barbara Thomson, son Gladstone W. Thomson (1), brother Alfred S. Thomson ( 21), brother Clarence S. Thomson (20) and cousin Andrew Scott (18).

Immigration:
Gladstone immigrated to Canada with his brother Clarence, and 3 other men. Two of the other men were Andy Scott and Bob Wallace.

Occupation:
He was a Private "2nd" in the Canadian Continent, on the day that his son, Leonard Singer Thomson, was born.

Residence:
This was his "domicile" on the day that his son, Leonard Singer Thomson, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Buried:
Gladstone is buried in Park Lawn Cemetery.

Gladstone married Barbara WALLACE on 15 Apr 1910 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Barbara was born in Feb 1885 in United States; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

A.S. married L.V.W. KININMONTH [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

C.S. married A.W. SNEDDON [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

M. married J. LOW [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]