Emma Esther Cairns: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Generation: 1

Emma Esther Cairns was born about 1853 in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of James Alexander Cairns and Eve Catherine Aletta Potgieter); died on 24 Apr 1915 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Emma married Charles Henry AmosAberdeen, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Charles (son of Edward Taylor Amos, 1820 Settler and Maria Catharina Froneman) was born about 1844 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 9 Mar 1920 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Catherine Elizabeth Amos was born on 17 Oct 1871 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Henrietta Alexandra Amos was born on 20 Nov 1872 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
James Alexander Amos was born on 8 Apr 1876.
Charles Henry Amos was born on 5 May 1880.
Ethel May Amos was born on 4 May 1882.
Eira Mary Emma Amos was born on 27 Aug 1885.
Gordon Vernon Amos was born on 25 Dec 1890 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Jul 1965 in Bloemhok Farm, Haenertsburg, Northern, South Africa.
Norman Albert Erns-Cliff Amos was born about 1889 in Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Avril Alice Amos was born about 1891.
Harry Clifton Amos was born about 1895.
Henry James Amos was born on 8 Apr 1876.
Jessy Hope Amos was born on 27 Mar 1884.

Generation: 2

2.	James Alexander Cairns was born about 1826 in Kowie, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa (son of James Alexander Cairns and Maria Johanna Nortje); died on 28 Jun 1904 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. James + Eve Catherine Aletta Potgieter. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eve Catherine Aletta Potgieter

Children:

1. Emma Esther Cairns was born about 1853 in Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Apr 1915 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Mary Johanna Cairns
Catherine Agnes Cairns
James Alexander Cairns was born on 14 Jun 1854 in Tyumie, Eastern Cape Colony, South Africa; was christened on 23 Jul 1854; died on 12 Jun 1900 in Glennifer, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Susanna Elizabeth Cairns
Hester Magdalene Cairns was born about 1870 in Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Aug 1936 in Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Henrietta Adelaide Cairns
Nina Alice Cairns was born about 1874 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Aug 1927 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

Generation: 3

James Alexander Cairns

James married Maria Johanna Nortje on 6 Oct 1825 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Maria was born on 10 Apr 1781 in Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Nov 1850 in Olifant's Hoek, Albany didstrict, Easter Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Maria Johanna Nortje was born on 10 Apr 1781 in Swellendam, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Nov 1850 in Olifant's Hoek, Albany didstrict, Easter Cape, South Africa.

Children:

2. James Alexander Cairns was born about 1826 in Kowie, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Jun 1904 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.