Cornelius KEAIRNS ¹

  General Notes:

BIRTHPLACE: Keokuk, IA or Keokuk Co, IA.

1860 IA CENSUS, Shelby Co, P.O. Shelbyville:
Cornelius "Kerns", 8, b. IA.
He was living with Robinson, b. VA, & Melissa Kerns, b. TN, and other children.

1900 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp:
Cornelius "Keairns, Aug 1857, 48, married, married 29 yrs, b. IA, father b. Ireland, mother b. IL, well digger;
dau. Sarah Bowman(?), Mar 1874, 26, married 0 yrs, 0 children, 0 living;
son George "Kearns", Apr 1876, 24, single, farmer;
son William Kearns, Mar 1884, 16, single, farm laborer;
dau. "Malissa" E. Kearns, July 1887, 12;
son Clifford T. Kearnes, Apr 1892, 8.
All children were b. IA and parents b. IA.

1905 IA STATE CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp, Mapleton P.O.:
C. "Kearnes" (Krames?), Sarah, Geo., Willis, Hester, Clifford.

1915 IA STATE CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp, P.O. Soldier:
C. Keairns, 64, wd, farmer, 5th grade education, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. IL, in IA 61 yrs, LDS church.
He appears to be living with his son, George Keairns, and family.

1920 IA CENSUS, Monona Co, Center Twp:
father-in-law Cornelius "Keairns", 68, wd, b. IA, parents b. PA, well digger, wells.
He was living with his daughter, Esther, and son-in-law Tom Willett and their children.

1925 IA STATE CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City:
father-in-law Cornelius "Keairns", 74, 8th grade education, b. IA, father: Roberson (Robertson?) Keairns who was b. IA; mother: (not listed), married IA, unclassified laborer.
He was living with his daughter and son-in-law, Tom & Esther Willet

1930 IA CENSUS, Woodbury Co, Sioux City:
Cornelius "Kearnes", 78, was living with his daughter and son-in-law, Esther and Tom Willett, and their children. Cornelius did not have an occupation.

IA, DEATH RECORDS, 1920-1967:
Name: Cornelia Kearns [Cornelius Kearns]
Gender: Female
Age: 82
Birth Year: abt 1851
Death Date: 22 Dec 1933
Death Place:Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA
Father: R Kearns

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Cornelius Keairnes
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 11 Aug 1851
Birth Place: Iowa, United States of America
Death Date: 22 Dec 1933
Death Place: Sioux City, Woodbury County, Iowa, United States of America
Cemetery: Heisler Cemetery (**likely burial location based on death cert and brother's burial location**)
Burial or Cremation Place: Mapleton, Monona County, Iowa, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y
Father: Robison Kearns
Spouse: Flora Clementine Keairns
Children:
William Penn Keairns
George Washington Keairns
Sarah Jane Burch
Sarah Jane Burch

Cornelius married Flora Clementine BALL, daughter of Nathaniel A. BALL and Hester Mary WICKHAM, on 26 Feb 1871 in Shelby Co, IA.¹ (Flora Clementine BALL was born in 1851 in Linn/Butler Co, IA,⁵ died on 28 Feb 1900 in Mapleton, Monona Co, IA ⁵ and was buried on 3 Mar 1900 in Heisler Cem, Monona Co, IA ⁵.)