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KEARNS James   

Male 1814 - 1890  (76 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document



KEARNS John Monahan District in Ireland		 KEARNS John,  
b. Ireland (perhaps Monaghan) Find all individuals with events at this location 
Family ID F181  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart










UNKNOWN_KEARNS Catherine,  
b. Ireland(Monaghan) Find all individuals with events at this location 
Family ID F181  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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documents (8)
Documents
'd: English Marriages'"d: English Marriages"
'd: Bounty Immigrants'"d: Bounty Immigrants"
'd: Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists -Argyleshire 1840'"d: Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists -Argyleshire 1840"
'd: Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists -Argyleshire 1840'"d: Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists -Argyleshire 1840"
'd: Death Inquest'"d: Death Inquest"
'd: Marriage Manchester'"d: Marriage Manchester"
'd: Arrival 12 Nov 1840, Sydney Cove'"d: Arrival 12 Nov 1840, Sydney Cove"
'd: Campbells Wharf 1842, where James and Eleanor landed Dec 1840'"d: Campbells Wharf 1842, where James and Eleanor landed Dec 1840"
headstones (11)
Headstones
'h: shadow from lot 5 over lot 6( grave of James KEARNS)'"h: shadow from lot 5 over lot 6( grave of James KEARNS)"
'h: James Kearns Grave Site at Rookwood'"h: James Kearns Grave Site at Rookwood"
'h: Rookwood Cemetery'"h: Rookwood Cemetery"
'h: Rookwood Grave Site'"h: Rookwood Grave Site"
'h: Grave'"h: Grave"
'h: Grave'"h: Grave"
'h: Grave'"h: Grave"
'h: Rookwood Cemetery Grave Location'"h: Rookwood Cemetery Grave Location"
'h: Rookwood Cemetery Details'"h: Rookwood Cemetery Details"
'h: Newspaper Report of Death'"h: Newspaper Report of Death"
'h: Sandgate Grave 1886 Aged 1'"h: Sandgate Grave 1886 Aged 1"
certificates (2)
Certificates
'c: Marriage Record 1840'
'c: Death Transcription'
residences (2)
Residences
'r: 1878_79 Newcastle Electoral Roll'
'r: 13 Cardwell Street, Balmain re James Kearns'
  • 'h: shadow from lot 5 over lot 6( grave of James KEARNS)'    		 KEARNS James 
    Birth 1814  Clones, Monaghan Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 04 Jul 1890  13 Cardwell St Balmain NSW Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 06 Jul 1890  RC Cemetery Necropolis, Rookwood SEC*M1*EE**6 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I81  NewcastleLinks
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2025 

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    'c: Death Certificate - Eleanor Armstrong 1877'    		 ARMSTRONG Eleanor,  
    b. Abt 1821, Clones, Monaghan, Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
    d. 05 Jul 1877, Perkins St,Newcastle NSW Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jun 1840  Cathedral,Manchester, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F883  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Apr 2025 

James and ARMSTRONG Eleanor's children :
F883
'h: Headstone at Rookwood'KEARNS Jane,  
b. 08 Oct 1841, Cockabill NSW Find all individuals with events at this location
d. 02 May 1910, Balmain NSW Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
m. CHADWICK John (1864)
'h: St Saviours Cemetery Goulburn'KEARNS William(1846),  
b. 17 Jun 1846, Maitland NSW Find all individuals with events at this location
d. 23 Dec 1881, Goulburn Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
m. SHARPE Sarah Jane (1873)
KEARNS Ellen gravesite at Ramdwick CemeteryKEARNS Ellen,  
b. 12 Jun 1850, Maitland NSW Find all individuals with events at this location
d. 27 May 1930, Kennington, Sydney Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
m. JOSEPH Emanuel Mauchel Mark (1877)
'KEARNS, John'KEARNS John Joseph,  
b. 21 Apr 1853, West Maitland Find all individuals with events at this location
d. 24 Apr 1927, Wickham, Carrington NSW Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
m. JONES Caroline (1877)
'h: Gravesite - Waverley Cemetery'KEARNS Francis,  
b. 1858, West Maitland Find all individuals with events at this location
d. 21 Nov 1903, Waterloo Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)



NOTES:
  • Notes 
    • James kearns was born about 1814 in Monaghan, Ireland to John and Catherine (maiden name not known).
      He married Eleanor Armstrong on 15th June 1840 at Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire, England. Elenaor was also from Ireland and not a Catholic.
      --->marriage record



      James and Eleanor arrived Sydney 12 Dec 1840 on the "Argyleshire" as bounty emigrants
      arrived Sydney 12 Dec 1840 on the "Argyleshire" as bounty emigrants.--->shipping record --->shipping record
      (James and Ellen Cairns on passenger records)
      --->What were Bounty Immigrants?





      The "Argyleshire arrived Sydney Cove on 12 Dec 1840






      Campbells Wharf 1842, where James and Eleanor landed 12 Dec 1840





      They settled in Maitland and later Newcastle.
      James secured work as a Fencer and Splitter.
      James and Ellen had 5 children that grew to adulthood but sadly they
      lost another 7 children.


      James died on 4th july 1890, aged 76, from Natural Causes(senile decay) at his daughter's, Jane Chadwick,
      house at 13 Cardwell Street in Balmain.
      --->death inquest
      His wife Eleanor had died in 1877 in Newcastle.
      At the time of his death he had 4 living childen (Jane 49, Ellen 40, John 36 and Francis 32).
      One son William had died in Dec 1881, the result of an accident, in Gouburn.
      --->accident report
      BDM NSW reg #2583/1890 (death) "KEARNS JAMES" f-john m-unknown district-balmain











      Article in Sydney Morning Herald






      13 Cardwell Street in Balmain








      James was burried on 6th July 1890 at the Roman Catholic Cemetery Necropolis at Rookwood:
      Sect. M1 Row EE Plot 6 Rookwood,Cumberland Council, Sydney
      Unmarked Grave at Rookwood :
      Section M1 EE Lot 6 Just grass patch now between EE lot 5 (Ellen Robertson) And 2 unrecognisable graves (lot 7 and lot 8) then Lot 9 (Timothy DEHY) another grass patch then Lot 11 (Michael Higgins) more grass Then Lot15 (William Chevell)



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