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Robert Fairbairn

Male Abt 1821 - 1894  (~ 73 years)


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  • Name Robert Fairbairn  [1
    Born Abt Feb 1821  Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Christened 02 Mar 1821  Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Occupation road contractor  [4
    Reference Number 13930 
    Died 29 Dec 1894  Mellowlees, Par. of Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    • cert (& MIs) show Robert as 73; Road contractor, marr. to Elizabeth KNOX, d 12 pm of scirrhus of pylorias 4 mths; s/o James FAIRBAIRN road contrctor and Janet m.s. HUNTER, both dec'd; Inf. son Robert; Reg Jan 4th
    Buried Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • #57
    Person ID I13930  FairbairnRobertCrosbie
    Last Modified 6 Jan 2011 

    Father James Fairbairn,   b. Abt Nov 1792, Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1830 and 1841, ?Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 37 years) 
    Mother Janet Hunter,   b. Abt 1796, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1841 and 1862, ?Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 45 years) 
    Married 27 Nov 1814  Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6
    • exact date/place from igi
    Family ID F5  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Knox,   b. Abt 1825, Crailing, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Oct 1905, Mellowlees, Par. of Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Married Bef 1846 
    Census 1851  Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    • FAIRBAIRN: Robert 30 ag lab b Smailholm; wife Betty 26 b Crailing; Children: James 4, Thomas 3, Robert 10m all b Smailholm
    Census 1861  Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • FAIRBAIRN: Robert head 40 road lab b Smailholm; wife Elizabeth 36 b Kelso, ROX; Children: James 14 labourers son b Kelso; Thomas 13, Robert 10 scholars both b Smailholm; Janet 8, scholar b Kelso, ROX; John 5 b Greenlaw, BEW (Grunhaw!); Elizabeth 4mths b Nenthorn, BEW; Brother: James 36 lab b Smailholm;
    Census 1871  Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • FAIRBAIRN: Robert 50 lab on roads b Smailholm, ROX; wife Elizabeth 45 b Crailing; Children: John 15 lab on roads b Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Elizabeth 11 scholar b Stitchell, ROX; Robert 4 b Nenthorn, BEW
    Census 1881  Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    • FAIRBAIRN: Robert 59 road contractor b Smailholm, ROX; Elizabeth 55 b Crailing, ROX; John 25 carpenter (unemp), Robert 14 scholar both b Nenthorn
    Children 
    +1. James Fairbairn,   b. Abt 1846, Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Oct 1906, Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 60 years)
     2. Thomas Fairbairn,   b. Abt 1848, Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1861, ?Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 14 years)
     3. Robert Fairbairn,   b. 20 May 1850, Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Aug 1863, Skinlaws, Par. of Nenthorn, ?Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 13 years)
     4. Janet Fairbairn,   b. Abt 1853, Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1861, ?Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 9 years)
     5. John Fairbairn,   b. 01 Jan 1856, Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1881, ?Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 26 years)
     6. Elizabeth Fairbairn,   b. 15 Nov 1860, Stitchel, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1871, ?Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 12 years)
     7. Robert Fairbairn,   b. 16 Feb 1867, Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1881, ?Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 15 years)
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2017 
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt Feb 1821 - Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 02 Mar 1821 - Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1851 - Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Smailholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S333] BDM searches at GRO Scotland, Dth 1862 James FAIRBAIRN, Nenthorn, Berwickshire, trans. Robert McC, rcvd Dec 2001.

    2. [S1596] IGI: Online searches, Bap. 2 Mar 1821 Robert to James FAIRBAIRN & Janet HUNTER, batch C118054, Smailholm, Roxburghshire, extracted Apr 2008.

    3. [S844] MIs: Smailholm, ROX, (BFHS, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland).

    4. [S333] BDM searches at GRO Scotland.

    5. [S56] BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855, Dth 29 Dec 1894 Robert FAIRBAIRN, h/o Elizabeth KNOX, s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Janet HUNTER, reg. Nenthorn, BEW 753 Pg 1 #1 (1895), copy d/loaded Nov 2009.

    6. [S888] FAIRBAIRN IGI extract 1993/4, (1993 & 1994 addenda), Batch M118052.

    7. [S1610] FreeCensus, UK, 1851 Smailholm, ROX Scotland 1851/805 ED 1 F 805 Pg 13 Sched 55, hsehold of Robert & Betty FAIRBAIRN, extracted Apr 2008.

    8. [S802] Census: 1861 Ancestry, (1861), Nenthom, BEW Reg 753 ED 1 Sched 16, hsehold of Robert & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Apr 2008.

    9. [S803] Census: 1871 Ancestry, (1871), Nenthom, BEW Reg 753 ED 1 Sched 9, hsehold of Robert & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Apr 2008.

    10. [S804] Census: 1881 Ancestry, (1881), Nenthorn, BEW Reg. 753 ED 1 Sched 7, hsehold of Robert & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Jan 2011.