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QUIGLY, Peter
(About 1765-)
LOGAN, Mary
(About 1768-About 1811)
CAIRNEY, Cornelius
(About 1800-)
QUIGLY, Mary
(About 1789-)
CAIRNEY, James
(1827-)

 

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CAIRNEY, James 1

  • Born: 3 July 1827
  • Baptised: 14 October 1827, St Mirin's RC Chapel, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland

  General Notes:

Father John Murdoch baptised James. His godparents were William Quigley and Mary Cairney. 1

  Research Notes:

JAMES CAIRNEY

Another James Cairney - possibly related - was attacked and burned with vitriol in late September 1820 by an Irish spinner Patrick Mellon. Cairney was 17 years old and had been a strike breaker. 2

Sources

1 GRO Scotland, St Mirin's Paisley baptisms 1827.

2 Martin Mitchell, The Irish in the West of Scotland 1797 - 1848: Trade Unions Strikes and Political Movements (1998), pages 22-23.

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