Jane Mortimer Cairns

From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms

• 21 October 1840 birth or baptism of Jane Matthew, daughter of Alexander Matthew and Jane Mortimer [child 1], in the parish of Auchterless

From MyHeritage: Jane Matthew: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

• name: Jane Matthew
• gender: Female
• born: Thursday, 10 September 1840
• christening: Wednesday, 21 October 1840, Auchterless, Aberdeen, Scotland
• father: Alexander Matthew
• mother: Jane Mortimer
• indexing project (batch) number: C11173-2
• system origin: Scotland-ODM
• gs film number: 991255

From MyHeritage: Alexander Mathew: 1841 Scotland Census (transcription only)

6 June 1841 Census for residents of [Bruckhalls, location?], Auchterless, Aberdeenshire 57.46083, -2.48417, Scotland

• Alexander Mathew, male, aged 24 [born about 1817], in Aberdeenshire; Merchant
• Jane Mathew, female, aged 24 [born about 1817], in Aberdeenshire
• Jane Mathew, female, aged 8 months, [born about September 1840], in Aberdeenshire
• 1 servant

From MyHeritage: Alexander Matthew: 1851 Scotland Census (transcription only)

30 March 1851 Census for residents of [11 Drum's Lane, Aberdeen AB10 1BA 57.1488104, -2.0984667], Scotland

• Alexander Matthew, head, married, male, aged 35 [born about 1816], in Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire 57.30639, -2.47222; Mill Overseer
• Jane Matthew, wife, married, female, aged 35 [born about 1816], in Insch, Aberdeenshire
• Jane Matthew, daughter, single, female, aged 10 [born about 1841], in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire
• 3 siblings, 1 lodger [probably uncle]

From New Zealand marriages

Reference: 1870/5103 Monday, 2 May 1870 Marriage of Jane Mathews and Dougald Cairns

From NZ National Library: Auckland Star Friday, 6 May 1870 Marriages

Marriages: Cairns — Matthew. — On Monday, 2 May 1870, at Argyle Farm, Wairoa, Auckland, N.Z., by the Rev. T. Norrie, Mr. Dougald Cairns, "late of Argyllshire, Scotland, to Jane Matthew, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Alexander Matthew, merchant, Aberdeen, Scotland. Home papers please copy.

From New Zealand deaths

Reference: 1885/4327 Saturday, 3 October 1885 Death of Jane Cairns aged 44 [Born about 1841] NOTE date conflicts with news report below

From NZ National Library: New Zealand Herald Monday, 12 October 1885 Deaths

Deaths: Cairns.— On Friday, 2 October 1885 at Ness Valley, the beloved wife of Dougald Cairns, aged 44 years, after a short illness. — Melbourne papers please copy.

From MyHeritage: Jane Cairns (born Matthew): FamilySearch Family Tree

• name: Jane Cairns (born Matthew)
• married name: Mrs Jane Cairns
• gender: Female
• parents: Alexander Matthew, Jean Matthew (born Mortimer)
• born: Tuesday, 10 September 1839 at Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
• christening: Wednesday, 21 October 1840, Auchterless, Scotland
• siblings: Isabella Smith Brown (born Matthew), Margaret Ward (born Mathew), Alexander Matthew, David Mortimer Matthew
• marriage: on Tuesday, 26 April 1870 at Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand
• husband: Dugald Cairns
• children: Alexander Matthew Cairns, Jane Mortimer Macdonald (born Cairns), George Cairns, Victoria Alberta Barnett (born Cairns), Lewis Edward Cairns, Christina Isabella Cairns
• died: Saturday, 3 October 1885 at Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
• source: FamilySearch