CURRAN OR CAIRNS, Helen ¹

   Another name for Helen was CAIRNS, Ellen.

  General Notes:

The informant of Helen's birth was her father Hugh Curran. He gave notice before the registrar at Musselburgh on 5 July 1875 and made his X mark.

The 1881 census recorded Margaret living in her parents' home at Cairnie Hinds House, Inveresk where she was born. She was aged 5 years.

In 1898 Helen Cairns was a witness at the marriage of her sister, Margaret.

H. Curran, daughter [sic] of the deceased, gave notice of Hugh's death before the registrar, S. F. Forbes, at Cockpen on 11 January 1904. ^{1 2}

Helen married Laurence Ramsay GRAY, son of M.I. GRAY and Unknown. (Laurence Ramsay GRAY was born in 1860 in Dalkeith parish, Midlothian, Scotland, baptised on 20 February 1860 in Dalkeith parish, Midlothian, Scotland,³ died on 19 December 1936 in Morningside, Edinburgh, Scotland and was buried on 22 December 1936.)