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James Fairbairn

Male 1853 - 1911  (58 years)


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  • Name James Fairbairn  [1] 
    Born 19 May 1853  Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Christened 19 Jun 1853  Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Christening 19 Dec 1854  Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    • "Robert Fairbairn joiner in Morebattle and Isabella Henderson his spouse had a son b. 19 May 1853 named James reg. 19 dec 1854" (can't verify this in Sct People, did I mistranscribe the Dec, should be Jun? would fit better with birth date!)
    Reference Number 13689 
    Died 15 Nov 1911  Govanhill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5] 
    • "Elizabeth widowed early in her life"; Cert. shows James as 58, "formerly a Sergeant of Police", marr. to Elizabeth WRIGHT, s/o Robert FAIRBAIRN, joiner & Isabella m.s. HENDERSON, both dec'd; d. 11:30am of valvular disease of heart, 6 yrs; Inf. son Walter Wright FAIRBAIRN, present; Reg. 16th
    Person ID I13689  FairbairnJamesThomson
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2012 

    Father Robert Fairbairn,   b. 21 Jul 1824, Caverton Mill, Par. of Eckford, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 Sep 1907, Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Isabella Henderson,   b. Abt 1827, Lantonhall, Par. of Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1873, Birgham, Par. of Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 46 years) 
    Married 21 Jun 1850  Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • confirmed 1855 births film
    Census 1851  Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    • FAIRBAIRN: Robert 26 joiner journeyman b Eckford, ROX; wife Isabella 24 b Jedburgh; Mother Mabel 59 widow, domestic duties, b Ancrum
    Census 1861  Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    • FAIRBAIRN: Robert, 36 joiner (journeyman) b Eckford, ROX; wife Isabella 34 b Jedburgh; Children: Margaret 9, James 7 both b Morebattle; Archibald 5 b Jedburgh all scholars; Mabel 1 b Jedburgh; Mother mabel 70 b "charun" Rox;
    Census 1871  Birgham, Par. of Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    • FAIRBAIRN: Robert 46 joiner b Cawton Mill, Faleford, ROX (Caverton Mill, Eckford?); wife Isabella 44 b Lawton Hill ROX; Children: James 17 joiner b Morebattle; Mabel 11, Robert 8 both scholars b Jedburgh
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Wright,   b. Abt 1852, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1911, ?Govanhill, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years) 
    Married 01 Dec 1876  Edinburgh, Dist of St Andrew, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17] 
    • date/place from birth cert of dtr Mary Ann, agreed from birth cert of son Robert (Dawn), and full confirmed by the actual cert. which shows James as a joiner journeyman 23 of 9 Old Bongate Jedburgh, s/o Robert FAIRBAIRN, joiner journeyman and Isabella m.s. HENDERSON, dec'd and Elizabeth as a 25 yr old dom servant of 2 Exchange St Jedburgh, d/o Walter WRIGHT tailor journeyman and Mar Ann m.s. CHAMBERS, Wit Archd Fairbairn and Mary WARWICK, reg. Dec 4th Edin.
    Census 01 Apr 1881  Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    • James FAIRBAIRN, head, Police Constable, 27, b Morebattle, wife Elizabeth, 29, b Jedburgh. Children (both b Jedburgh): Albert (sic - assumed to be Robert), 3; Mary Ann, 1.
    Census 05 Apr 1891  Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 18] 
    • FAIRBAIRN: James 37 Sergeant of Police b Morebattle, ROX; wife Elizabeth 37 b Jedburgh; Children: Mary Ann 11 scholar b Jedburgh; Archibald 9, Walter 8, both scholars b Greenlaw; Isabella 8 scholar b Eyemouth; Margaret 5 scholar, Mabel 3, James 2 mths all b Ayton;
    Census 1901  Lauder, Par. of Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • FAIRBAIRN: James 48 sergeant of police b Morebattle, ROX; wife Elizabeth 48 b Jedburgh; Chidlren: Robert 22 gardener, dom b Jedburgh; Walter 18 plumbers appr b Greenlaw, BEW; Isabella 16 kitchenhand dom. b Eyemouth, BEW; Mabel 13 scholar b Ayton BEW; Prisoner in cells: Thomas McQUEEN navoy (sic) b Earlston
    Census 1911  Edinburgh St Andrew, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [19] 
    • FAIRBAIRN: James 58, Elizabeth 53, Mabel 23;
    Children 
    +1. Robert Fairbairn,   b. 21 Apr 1877, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1915, ?South Africa Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 39 years)
     2. Mary Ann Fairbairn,   b. 08 Jan 1880, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1891, ?Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 12 years)
    +3. Archibald Henderson Fairbairn,   b. 20 Aug 1881, Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1968, Aylsham, Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +4. Walter Wright Fairbairn,   b. 26 Nov 1882, Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between Jun 1970 and Sep 1970, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     5. Isabella Fairbairn,   b. Abt 1884, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1901, ?Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 18 years)
     6. Margaret Fairbairn,   b. Abt 1886, Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1891, ?Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 6 years)
     7. Mabel Fairbairn,   b. Abt 1888, Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1911, ?Edinburgh St Andrew, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 24 years)
     8. James Fairbairn,   b. 16 Jan 1891, Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1914, ?Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 24 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2018 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 01 Dec 1876 - Edinburgh, Dist of St Andrew, Midlothian, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 01 Apr 1881 - Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 05 Apr 1891 - Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1901 - Lauder, Par. of Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1911 - Edinburgh St Andrew, Midlothian, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Nov 1911 - Govanhill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S691] OPR Morebattle, ROX, Birth 19 May 1853 Bap 19 Dec 1854 James s/o Robert FAIRBAIRN & Isabella HENDERSON, extracted Aug/Sep 1994.

    2. [S1596] IGI: Online searches, Bap. 19 Jun 1853 James s/o Robert FAIRBAIRN & Isabel HENDERSON, batch C191061, Gateshaw Associate Session, Morebattle Roxburghshire, extracted Jun 2008.

    3. [S806] Census: 1901 UK Ancestry, (1901), Lauder, BEW Reg 748 ED 1 Pg 6 Sched 31 hsehold of James & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008.

    4. [S2755] EM FAIRBAIRN/BUNYAN ex Lois McL, Rcvd Jun 2008.

    5. [S56] BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855, Dth 15 Nov 1911 James s/o Robert FAIRBAIRN & Isabella HENDERSON, Govanhill, Burgh of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, 644/16 #357, copy d/loaded Feb 2012.

    6. [S888] FAIRBAIRN IGI extract 1993/4, (1993 & 1994 addenda).

    7. [S203] Census: 1851 Scotland via Ancestry, (1851), Morebattle, ROX Par. 801 ED 1 Pg 16 Sched 77, hsehold of Robert & Isabella FAIRBAIRN, recehecked Mar 2008.

    8. [S712] Borders: 1851 Census, (1851).

    9. [S962] CENSUS 1861: Borders ROX/BEW, Compiler: GRO, (GRO, Scotland, 1861).

    10. [S205] Census: 1861 Scotland via Ancestry, (1861), Jedburgh ROX Reg 792 ED 8 Pg 6 Sched 31, hsehold of Robert & Isabella FAIRBAIRN (indexed as FANBAIRN), extracted Dec 2007.

    11. [S207] Census: 1871 Scotland via Ancestry, (1871), Birgham, Eccles, BEW Reg 737 ED 2 Pg 15 Sched 64, hsehold of Robert & Isabella FAIRBAIRN, extracted Dec 2007.

    12. [S333] BDM searches at GRO Scotland, Birth 1880 Mary Ann FAIRBAIRN, trans. Stuart H Oct 2002.

    13. [S210] Census: 1881 UK via FamilySearch/LDS, (1881), FHL Film 0224041 GRO Ref Volume 792 EnumDist 8 Page 3 searched Mar 2003.

    14. [S951] Ayton, BEW: CEN 1891, (1891).

    15. [S1609] EM FAIRBAIRN: Borders ex Dawn G, Birth cert 1877 Robert FAIRBAIRN, extract rcvd Jan 2004.

    16. [S56] BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855, Birth 26 Nov 1882 Walter Wright s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Elisabeth WRIGHT, reg. Greelaw, BEW Dist 743 Pg 12 #34, copy d/loaded Jun 2008.

    17. [S56] BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855, Marr. 1 Dec 1876 James FAIRBAIRN & Elizabeth WRIGHT, reg. Dist of St Andrew, Burgh of Edin Dist 685/2 pg 196 #391, copy d/loaded Jun 2008.

    18. [S805] Census: 1891 Ancestry, (1891), Ayton, BEW Reg 727 ED 1 Pg 10 Sched 60, hsehold James & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Dec 2007.

    19. [S3010] CEN Index: Scotland, 1911 Edinburgh St Andrew, MLN 685/02 061/00 020, hsehold of James & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted from index Feb 2012.


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