m. 26 Apr 1844
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Born |
Abt Dec 1794 |
Grahamslaw, Par. of Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
Christened |
10 Dec 1794 |
Haughead, Par. of Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
Died |
Between 1851 and 1854 |
?Lantonhall, Par. of Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
Buried |
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Married |
26 Apr 1844 [1, 2, 3, 4] |
Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland [1, 2, 3, 4] |
Other Spouse |
Joan Forsyth | F49 |
Married |
18 May 1817 |
Yarrow, Selkirkshire, Scotland |
Father |
Archibald Fairbairn | F6 Group Sheet |
Mother |
Alison Crosser | F6 Group Sheet |
Born |
Abt 1800 |
Ettrick, Selkirkshire, Scotland |
Died |
Abt 1854 |
?Lantonhall, Par. of Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland |
Buried |
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Father |
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Mother |
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Notes |
Married:
- "Grandma Viele" wrote that her "grandmother Joan Forsythe died when father (John b 1832) was quite young and a step mother came into the picture. I never heard much about her except that she wasn't kind to the children".
This could certainly explain a mass emigration of the children! I assumed that this 2nd marriage was after 1841 as James didn't have a wife with him in that census, but it could just as easily have been between the c 1834 death of his first wife Joan, and the census, or she could just have been absent on the 1841 census night. However, subsequent happenstance (my curiousity about the marriage of James' dtr Alison) led to my finding this entry further down the page: "James Fairbairn at Melrose bridge bar and Elizabeth Laidlaw in the Parish of Ettrrick and married 26 April 1844" (having been "booked for Marriage on 12 April), Melrose Bridge bar being where Alison was when she married her Willam Scott
Census:
- FAIRBAIRN: James 56 proprietor & farmer 8 ac b Eckford, ROX; wife Elisabeth 51 b Ettrick, SEL
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- [S2752] Corres. re FAIRBAIRN/SAFELY between Melinda N & LornaHen, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: ?Wisconsin, USA, From Reminiscences of "Grandma Viele", rcvd Jun 2008.
- [S2] FAIRBAIRN Analysis, Lorna Henderson, Jun 2008.
- [S55] BDM: Scotlands People entries to 1854, Booked for marriage Apr 12 1844 James FAIRBAIRN & Elizabeth LAIDLAW, Melrose, ROX Dist 799/0050 0371 pg 366, (on same page as Alison FAIRBAIRN & Willia SCOTT), copy d/loaded Jun 2008.
- [S1610] FreeCensus, UK, 1851 Jedburgh ROX Scotland1851/792 ED 3 Pg 12 Sched 55 hsehold of James & Elisabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008.
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