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William Fairbairn

William Fairbairn

Male 1790 - 1872  (~ 81 years)

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  • Name William Fairbairn  [1] 
    Born Apr 1790  Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    • Roy advises that census records all say born Scotland, and that burial record has William Fairbairn Wakefield Quebec d- 6 b- 8 Feb 1872 in his 82nd year,so 1790 Scotland seems to be accurate. The April comes from Reby's death date, which, although it has the incorrect year, would fit with William not yet being 82 when he died in Feb.
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1817  Wakefield Twp, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    • Andrew Chernysh says about 1818
    WebHighlight 1820  Wakefield, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    • "William Fairbairn, a Scot from Roxburghshire and a millwright by trade, came to Canada in 1820. (actually a little earlier than that) With his mason's skills, he found ready employment in the construction of locks on the Rideau Canal. In 1838, Fairbairn asked permission to establish a mill on the 'petite riviere Lapeche'. There was no grist mill within sixty kilometres of the farming community in the new township. The substantial waterfall on the Lapeche was a perfect site. It was two kilometeres south to the farm Fairbairn had established four years previously on the Gatineau River"
    WebIntro
    • Although William was supposedly born Scotland to William FAIRBAIRN & Ayslie ELLIOT, this baptism is yet to be found, as is any trace of a couple of this name.
      Another candidate is the William baptised over the border in Wooler, William to William and Ann (BROWN) FAIRBAIRN, which parish coincides with the baptism of eldest son Archibald in Wooler (as well as in Yetholm)
    Occupation Aft 1828  Bytown, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    "He (William) and others of the Fairbairn name found work building the locks of the Rideau Canal in Bytown, now Ottawa.... In Bytown they lived in a house near where the Justice Building stands today. The cows were pastured on what is now Parliament Hill, and their drinking water flowed from a spring where the "Hill" slopes to the Ottawa River." 
    Occupation From 1835 to 1838  Wakefield, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    built the grist mill 
    Died 06 Feb 1872  Wakefield, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    • NB this contradicts a previously published (by Reby DODDS) date of Apr 1867. Reby both wrote the book and erected the tombstone, but William's burial record clearly places his death in 1872.
    WebLink May 2014  [13] 
    • Fairbairn-651
    Reference Number 15531 
    Buried Wakefield, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 14, 15] 
    • Tombstone: "In honored memory of the pioneer William Fairbairn, millwright, and his wife Jean Wanless, nurse of Roxburghshire, Scotland 1790-1867 - They builded better than they knew who builded for posterity."
      Burial Cert (from Gordon Roy): Jean (Jane) Fairbairn (Wanless) Wakefield Quebec d-3 Jun b- 5 Jun 1868 aged 78 years 21 days and signed by her husband William Fairbairn.
    Person ID I15531  FairbairnJohnFlint
    Last Modified 5 Dec 2016 

    Father William Fairbairn,   b. Abt 1760, ?Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1809  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Aylsie Elliott,   b. 1767, ?Minto, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1827  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 1787  ?Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [16, 17] 
    Family ID F34  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jean Wanless,   b. Abt May 1790, Town Yetholm, Par. of Yetholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Jun 1867, Wakefield, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1813  Yetholm, Par. of Yetholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 18] 
    • Entry for Dec 25th 1813 reads: William Fairbairn parish of Alderton, & Jean Wanless of this parish were married irregularly. Janry 9th 1814 confirmed by the Session"
    Census 1852  Wakefield, Ottawa Co, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20] 
    • FAIRBURN: Willm, carpenter, 60; Jane 62, both b Scotland; Willim Jnr, labourer, 24, Mary 20, both b Canada; All Presbyterian (no date on page, or first page, census not completed until 1852, often known as "the census of 1852"
    Census 1861  Wakefield, Ottawa Co., Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [21, 22] 
    • FAIRBURN: William 69 farmer; wife Jane 71 both b Scotland; Willm 30 farmer b U.C.; wife Martha Jane 25 b Ireland; William 7, Mary Anne 5, Martha Jane 3, James 1 (born 1860), all b L.C.; Ellen 37 "wife of John Fairn b SCT; Frances 13, William 11, Jane 9 all b L.C. All Presb. F.C. Living in a "tide? log" building, 3 families, 1 hse being built
    Children 
    +1. Archibald Fairbairn,   b. 1815, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1883, Masham, Rupert Co., Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +2. John Fairbairn,   b. 16 Jul 1819, St Andrews, Argenteuil, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1908, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     3. Helen Fairbairn,   b. 22 Jun 1821, Caledonia Springs, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Feb 1893, Bristol, Ottawa Co., Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +4. George Fairbairn,   b. 18 Dec 1823, Caledonia Springs, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Mar 1907, Wakefield, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +5. William Fairbairn,   b. 1826, Caledonia Springs, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1896  (Age 70 years)
     6. Frances Fairbairn,   b. 15 Jan 1829, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Apr 1915, Point Grey, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     7. Aylsie Fairbairn,   b. 15 Jan 1829, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1866, ?QUE or ?Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)
     8. Mary Fairbairn,   b. 14 Oct 1831, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dyer's Bay, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2017 
    Family ID F39  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Histories
    yDNA Haplogroup I-Y32666    		yDNA Haplogroup I-Y32666
    https://yfull.com/tree/I-Y32666/

  • Sources 
    1. [S1038] Corres. FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS, Quebec ex G Roy & Pat F., Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, FAIRBAIRN, G., Feb 1996.

    2. [S1062] FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS ex ULSTEIN, Janis ULSTEIN, Jun 1996.

    3. [S1038] Corres. FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS, Quebec ex G Roy & Pat F., Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, FAIRBAIRN, G., Jan 2003.

    4. [S2] FAIRBAIRN Analysis, Lorna Henderson, Apr 2009.

    5. [S1062] FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS ex ULSTEIN, Janis ULSTEIN.

    6. [S1913] EM FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS ex Win S, Recipient: L McIntosh, Address: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Apr 2001.

    7. [S1700] EM FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS ex Sue S, Recipient: L McIntosh, Address: Ottawa, ONT, Canada, From Descendant List for Wm F/Jean WANLESS rcvd Jan 2003 Sourced from Wakefield and its People - Tours of the Village by Norma GEGGIE.

    8. [S1961] www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence, LornaHen (1), Wakefield Mill and Village, (with c 1860 painting of mill), from http://outaouais.quebecheritageweb.com/article_details.aspx?articleId-202, extracted Mar 2008.

    9. [S1597] FamilySearch Labs Record Search (LDS), Birth 4th Feb Bap. 15 Feb 1815 Archibald s/o William & Jane FAIRBAIRN, WUnited Presb. Cheviot St, N(on) C(onformist), Wooler, Northumberland, from England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 batch P00454-1 film 87986, re-checked Mar 2012.

    10. [S1127] BFHS Magazine, BFHS, Magazine shelf., Article by Gordon Roy FAIRBAIRN "A Tale of Two Sisters" Issue #49 Jun 2002 extracted Jan 2003.

    11. [S1062] FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS ex ULSTEIN, Janis ULSTEIN, From web page (http://www.riverduck.com/wanlessweb/riddell/D4.htm#g4) extracted Jan 2003.

    12. [S1038] Corres. FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS, Quebec ex G Roy & Pat F., Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, FAIRBAIRN, G., Bur. William FAIRBAIRN (8 Feb 1872) Jean WANLESS (Jun 1868), Hall's Cem, Wakefield, rcvd Jan 2003.

    13. [S3217] WikiTree, Added May 2014.

    14. [S1062] FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS ex ULSTEIN, Janis ULSTEIN, From web page ex Who's Which (http://www.riverduck.com/wanlessweb/riddell/D4.htm#g4) extracted Jan 2003.

    15. [S1961] www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence, LornaHen (1), William FAIRBAIRN (1790-1867), from H/stone Halls Cem, sth of Wakefield, Quebec, online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~snaylor/GatineauCounty/WakefieldTownship/Halls/HALLCEM.HTM, extracted Sep 2009.

    16. [S1960] EM FAIRBAIRN: Borders ex Sanna G, Sanna F Ross, Marr. William FAIRBAIRN & Aylsie ELLIOTT, from Reby Dodds, "Who's Which?", rcvd c 2000?.

    17. [S1038] Corres. FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS, Quebec ex G Roy & Pat F., Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, FAIRBAIRN, G., Family of William FAIRBAIRN & Elsie/Ayslie ELLIOTT, taken from email to Sanna G from Roy, Jan 2003, copy rcvd Jan 2003, extracted Apr 2008.

    18. [S55] BDM: Scotlands People entries to 1854, Marr. 25 Dec 1813 William FAIRBAIRN (Par. of Alderton) & Jean WANLESS (Yetholm), Yetholm Dist 811, copy d/loaded Mar 2008.

    19. [S1127] BFHS Magazine, BFHS, Magazine shelf., 1851/2 Census: Willm Jane FAIRBURN, Wakefield, Quebec, from Article by Gordon Roy FAIRBAIRN "A Tale of Two Sisters" Issue #49 Jun 2002 extracted Jan 2003.

    20. [S809] CAN: Census via Ancestry, 1851 Wakefield, Ottawa Cty, Canada East (Quebec), Dist 20, Sub Dist 278 Pg 15 Roll: C_1132 Sched A, from the Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, via ancestry.com, hsehold of William & Jane FAIRBAIRN, extracted Aug 2007.

    21. [S1127] BFHS Magazine, BFHS, Magazine shelf., 1861 Census, Canada, hsehold of William & Jean FAIRBAIRN, Article by Gordon Roy FAIRBAIRN "A Tale of Two Sisters" Issue #49 Jun 2002 extracted Jan 2003.

    22. [S403] Census: 1861 CAN via Ancestry, (1861), Ottawa, Quebec; Roll: C-1304, hsehold of William & Jane FAIRBURN, extracted Aug 2009.


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