The Cairns family took a new direction in the generation of the Cairns and Watson children. Instead of farming like their parents and grandparents and great-grandparents, the four eldest children all went to university. John William became a pharmacist in BC. Kelso Carmichael our grandfather was a physician in Saskatchewan as was his younger brother Lorenzo Lafayette in Alberta. Jean Cairns became the fifth woman lawyer in Canada practicing in Ontario. Sadly three younger siblings died in childhood. Image to the right in order- Kelso, Jean, John William, Lorenzo Lafayette.
