KEARNS James   

1814 - 1890  (76 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	KEARNS James
  Birth	1814	Clones, Monaghan Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	04 Jul 1890	13 Cardwell St Balmain NSW
  Burial	06 Jul 1890	RC Cemetery Necropolis, Rookwood SEC*M1*EE**6
  Person ID	I81	NewcastleLinks
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	KEARNS John,   b. Ireland (perhaps Monaghan)
  Mother	UNKNOWN_KEARNS Catherine,   b. Ireland(Monaghan)
  Family ID	F181	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ARMSTRONG Eleanor,   b. Abt 1821, Clones, Monaghan, Ireland, United Kingdom d. 05 Jul 1877, Perkins St,Newcastle NSW (Age ~ 56 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1840	Cathedral,Manchester, Lancashire, England
  Children	1. KEARNS Jane,   b. 08 Oct 1841, Cockabill NSW d. 02 May 1910, Balmain NSW (Age 68 years) m. CHADWICK John (1864)   2. KEARNS William(1846),   b. 17 Jun 1846, Maitland NSW d. 23 Dec 1881, Goulburn (Age 35 years) m. SHARPE Sarah Jane (1873)   3. KEARNS Ellen,   b. 12 Jun 1850, Maitland NSW d. 27 May 1930, Kennington, Sydney (Age 79 years) m. JOSEPH Emanuel Mauchel Mark (1877)   4. KEARNS John Joseph,   b. 21 Apr 1853, West Maitland d. 24 Apr 1927, Wickham, Carrington NSW (Age 74 years) m. JONES Caroline (1877)   5. KEARNS Francis,   b. 1858, West Maitland d. 21 Nov 1903, Waterloo (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2025

  
  

• Documents		"d: English Marriages"
  		"d: Bounty Immigrants"
  		"d: Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists -Argyleshire 1840"
  		"d: Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists -Argyleshire 1840"
  		"d: Death Inquest"
  		"d: Marriage Manchester"
  		"d: Arrival 12 Nov 1840, Sydney Cove"
  		"d: Campbells Wharf 1842, where James and Eleanor landed Dec 1840"

  
  

  Headstones		"h: James Kearns Grave Site at Rookwood"
  		"h: Rookwood Cemetery"
  		"h: Rookwood Grave Site"
  		"h: shadow from lot 5 over lot 6( grave of James KEARNS)"
  		"h: Grave"
  		"h: Grave"
  		"h: Grave"
  		"h: Rookwood Cemetery Grave Location"
  		"h: Rookwood Cemetery Details"
  		"h: Newspaper Report of Death"
  		"h: Sandgate Grave 1886 Aged 1"

  
  

  Certificates		"c: Marriage Record 1840"
  		"c: Death Transcription"

  
  

  Residences		"r: 1878_79 Newcastle Electoral Roll"
  		"r: 13 Cardwell Street, Balmain re James Kearns"

  
  

• 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? 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 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)