Alexander Cairns

Alexander 'Sandy' Cairns was the son of John Cairns and his second wife, Mary Ann McMillan. Alexander was born 25th April 1875 and died in 1962. He is buried in the Hillcrest Cemetery, Brancroft, Ontario.

He married Annie Letitia Jenkins (17 June 1908, Monteagle Valley, Hastings Co., ON) and they had the following children:

1. Earl - married Martha Aileen Nicholson

2. Florence May - 1911 - 2000; married Wm. Albert (Abbie) Jenkins

3. Lillian Jane - b. May 21, 1914 - d. 10 Nov. 2002

4. Lura Pearl - Bancroft Times 12 Feb 2009 - Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:42:59 -0500 - BRODOFSKI, Lura Pearl (CAIRNS); 87; Pembroke ON; Bancroft T; 2009-2-12

5. Angus

6. Don

7. Bill

Hastings Co., ON., 1908 - Marriage Record

10367-08 (Hastings Co): Alexander CAIRNS, 32, farmer, Ontario, Wicklow twp., s/o John CAIRNS & Mary Ann McMILLAN, married Annie JENKINS, no age given, Ontario, Monteagle twp., d/o William JENKINS, farmer, & Sarah J. McDONALD, witn: James DAVIS of Wicklow twp & Eliza J. JENKINS of Monteagle twp., 17 June 1908 at Monteagle Valley.

From: "C Olmstead" <cwolmstead@fcicanada.net>
Subject: Re: [CAN-ONT-HASTI] John CAIRNS & Mary Ann McMILLAN
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 19:29:50 -0400
References: <00ea01c6927d$66b65330$74089744@Bonita>

Hi Bonita I am clifford Olmstead and as a younge boy I lived not to far from sandy cairns at Hybla ont I remember sandy florence angus and don matter of fact I have a picture of Florence taken at bartletts store at hybla She married Albert Jenkins of
monteagle if this is any help keep in touch have more info on where they lived in bangor township cliff

From: Dave Giacomelli <dgiacomelli@shaw.ca>
Subject: RE: [CAN-ONT-HASTI] John CAIRNS & Mary Ann McMILLAN
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:54:35 -0700
In-Reply-To: <000301c693f8$a8004400$0ba8f3c7@hp724e0a23f592>

Hello Clifford,

My wife's grandmother was a Bartlett. That store in Hybla belonged to her family. We visited the area last year from BC. We too would love to receive a photo of that store...thanks in advance.

Dave and Pam Giacomelli in Victoria

The figured pegmatite is from the old Cairns mine in Monteagle township, Hastings county, one of many small, abandoned feldspar mines in the Proterozoic Grenville province in southeastern Ontario (Sabina, 1986, p.32; Udd, 1999, pp.41-42). The mine, a small open pit, was an insignificant feldspar producer in the early 1920s. It is situated in the Hybla valley area of Monteagle township, northeast of Bancroft, an area particularly noted for feldspar pegmatites (Hewitt, 1967, 1969; Sabina, 1986). http://www.turnstone.ca/2143peg.htm

Zion United Church Cemetery
Monteagle Township - Hastings County - Ontario
Located Lot 11, Concession 8

CAIRNS

John Angus
1919 - 1999
Iona May SUTHERLAND
Parents of Claude & Wilmina

Thy presence is fullness of Joy

JENKINS

William JENKINS
June 3, 1859 - Oct. 19, 1938
Fanny EDWARDS
his wife
Sept. 20, 1860 - Mar. 29, 1943
"Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep"

JENKINS

Vera Muriel
daughter of
A. & Florence JENKINS
1932 - 1934
"Till he cometh"

Hillcrest Cemetery, Bancroft, Ontario

CAIRNS:- Alexander - 1875 - 1962 - Spouse:- Annie L. JENKINS
CAIRNS:- Florence May - 1911 - 2000 - Spouse:- Wm. Albert "Abbie" JENKINS
CAIRNS:- Lillian Jane - May 21, 1914 - Nov. 10, 2002

1944 Flesherton Newspaper:

155 ACRES—LOTS 2t). 21, 7th Concession of Monteagle, school on premises; 125 acres workable, balance pasture and wood land, IM miles station and store. Rural mail, frame dwelling, 10 room house, furnace, cistern, woodshed, drive shed, barn 45 x 75; never failing well in basement, sheep shed, pig and hen stable, sugur bush with boiling camp near house, small orchard, further Iformation apply Alex Cairns, Hybla, Ont.

Nobbs Cemetery, Dungannon Twp., Hastings County, ON: CAIRNS:- William James - Dec. 3, 1912 - Feb. 26, 1992 - Spouse:- Violet A. WANNAMAKER

"Hybla" is supposed to have come from one of it's founders George Bartlett noticed the large number of bees in stumps and hay which reminded him of Hybla an ancient Roman town known for it's honey. Which George had learned in English grammer. The hamlet of Hybla once contained a railway station, stores, boarding houses,ice house stables and blacksmith shop which has all but vanished. The Zion United Church, which is over a 100 years old, was build as a Methodist church and a beautiful cemetery and Hybla Gospel Tabernacle church and a few farms are all that remain of the pioneer community of Hybla.

Take Hwy. 62 north from Bancroft about 11 km to the Hybla Road (on the right). Follow the road east about 2 km and you come to the Hybla Gospel Tabernacle, a small, insulbrick building almost hidden by trees and bushes, but close to the road on it's north side. Continue on the Hybla Road another 3.5 km and you come to a T in the road, turn left 3 km down the road, on the north side the Zion United Church stands. The small train station is now the residence of the Woodcox family.

Hybla Gospel Tabernacle

In 1925, Fred Brose heard David McLean preach in a logging camp and invited him to the Graphite area. One of the many people who were saved under his ministry was Robert William Jenkins. Not long after his conversion, Robert Jenkins began to witness to family and friends giving evidence of an evangelist’s heart. In 1928, he married Janie Rutledge and moved to a farm east of Hybla. During the summer months of about 1930 through 1932 he held Sunday school in the morning in his childhood schoolhouse at Greenview, often walking the seven or eight miles to Greenview, conducting a Sunday School, then walking back home for an afternoon Sunday School. In about 1933, the Jenkins’ moved into Hybla Station and continued with an afternoon Sunday School in their home. By the early 1940s, attendance at Hybla averaged between thirty-five and forty.

In the fall of 1943, the Hybla Gospel Tabernacle, ON was opened through the efforts of the [[Jenkins]’. Although this work was not a brethren assembly in the historical sense, many assembly preachers were invited and held meetings there. The Lord’s Supper was held there only during the first year or so and even then it was on an irregular basis. Janie Jenkins later stated that Robert chose to call the building a Tabernacle to avoid the use of the word Hall, because of its association with dances, the Orange Lodge, and other halls.

Les Sutherland was faithful in his assistance with the Hybla work. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins moved to Bancroft in the spring of 1947, but continued with the Hybla afternoon Sunday School and evening Gospel Meeting for another year or two. With better roads and more reliable automobiles available, people were able to travel with greater ease to either Graphite or Bancroft and the decision was made to discontinue the Hybla work.

Hastings County, ON, 1900

7616-00 Robert JENKINS, 27, farmer, Monteagle, same, s/o William JENKINS & Mary JACKSON, married Ruth Alice LOGAN, 19, Carlow, same, d/o Alexander LOGAN & Eliza EDWARDS, witn: Alexander JENKINS & Mary A. ROBINSON, both of Monteagle, 25 April 1900 at Bancroft

007716-00 James JENKINS, 32, of Monteagle Tp., Farmer, s/o William JENKINS & Mary JACKSON married Mary Ann ROBINSON, 26, of Monteagle Tp., d/o James ROBINSON & Catherine DOBSON. Wtn: James ROBINSON Jr. of Monteagle Tp. and Elisabeth MOXAM of Monteagle Tp on May 14, 1900 at Monteagle Tp