KERNS/KERN/KEARNS/CAIRNES GENEALOGY
Compiled by Glenn Gohr


My connection with the KERNS family comes through my PYRON lineage. I'm not sure what the derivation of Kerns is, but I have a feeling that it is a German surname. It does not seem to be that common of a name in North Carolina where I am researching. I have also seen this surname spelled as Kern, Kearns, Carnes, Cairnes, etc. I know nothing about Susannah's parents or siblings.

Here is my KERNS lineage:

  1. Susannah KERNS, b. ca. 1780 TN, d. aft. 1850 McNairy Co., TN; md. 1st, prob. Caswell Co., NC in August 1791 to Bond V. Brown (divorced ca. 1800); md. 2nd, ca. 1800 in TN to Joshua PYRON, b. ca. 1770 Orange Co., NC, d. aft. 1850 McNairy Co., TN
  2. William Riley PYRON, b. 20 June 1824 Marion Co., TN, d. 20 Dec. 1907 Berryville, Carroll Co., AR; md. 6 March 1845 McNairy Co., TN to Martha Jane RILEY, b. 30 May 1824 Alabama, d. 18 Nov. 1903 Berryville, Carroll Col., AR (both buried at Snow Cemetery, Carroll Co., AR)
  3. William Henry PYRON, b. 8 Jan. 1846 McNairy Co., TN, d. 20 Sept. 1909 McNairy Co., TN; md. 17 Sept. 1867 McNairy Co., TN to Sarah Elizabeth SWAIN, b. 12 Oct. 1846 McNairy Co., TN, d. 12 May 1934 McNairy Co., TN (both buried at Mars Hill Cemetery, McNairy Co., TN)
  4. Docia Bell PYRON, b. 5 Oct. 1872 McNairy Co., TN, d. 1 Sept. 1944 Lyford, Willacy Co., TX (buried at Combes, TX); md. 28 Oct. 1894 McNairy Co., TN to James David HARRIS, b. 9 Jan. 1871 McNairy Co., TN, d. 22 Sept. 1938 Marlow, Stephens Co., OK (buried at Marlow Cemetery, Marlow, OK)
  5. William Earl HARRIS, b. 8 Aug. 1895 McNairy Co., TN, d. 5 Jan. 1967 Cortez, Montezuma Co., CO; md. 12 Dec. 1915 Parker Co., TX to Orpha Antonia Hazel GARVIN, b. 11 Nov. 1895 Jack Co., TX, d. 21 Dec. 1979 Cortez, Montezuma Co., CO (both buried in the Dove Creek Cemetery, Dove Creek, CO) *These are my grandparents.


KERN E-MAIL LIST


If you have queries concerning the KERN surname, you may post these at the Kern Family Genealogy List which is a part of the Rootsweb e-mail discussion lists. It offers free queries and discussion on the Kern surname and variant spellings.

To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected]
Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored).
In the body of the message type: subscribe

Then a welcome message will be sent telling how to post messages. Once you are subscribed, you may send a query to everyone on the list by sending e-mail to: [email protected]

Archived postings to the Kern e-mail list can be found on the WEB at:

    https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/

When prompted, type in KERN for the name of the list. A second screen will appear where you can choose a year and type in a search word(s). If you type in KERN you would probably get all the previous postings to the list. You can also type in a person's name instead or a locality to narrow your search. If you wish to do a search by date, try entering it in quotation marks with the day and then the month as "01 Mar" using single digit dates preceded by a zero and only the first three letters of the month.



ROOTSWEB KERN MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the KERN surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Kern Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any KERN name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.




An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the KERN family on GenForum. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/kern

***Note***During the Fall of 1998, GenForum combined with Family Tree Maker, which means that all queries and information posted to that site becomes the property of Family Tree Maker. This is still a good site to look up information and get contact names for the KERN lines you are searching, but be advised that if you now post a new query or a response to something on that site, chances are that sometime in the future Family Tree Maker will include that information on a CD-ROM which they will sell for profit to anyone who is interested. I do not like the idea of someone else using my hard researched information and ideas and selling them for a profit without my knowledge. This same practice is evident on all of the Family Tree Maker pages which are found on the internet, if you will read the disclaimer notices on those pages. I recommend the Family Tree Maker pages as good look up pages, but I don't recommend posting information there. Similar things can be said for Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com which are connected to each other and seek to make a profit from genealogical materials on the internet.


Some other Kern/Kerns/Kearns/Cairnes researchers and web sites include:

    Kearns/Cairns Web Page



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Last updated June 1, 2003.


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