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Thomas Fairbairn

Male Abt 1790 - 1854  (~ 64 years)


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  • Name Thomas Fairbairn  [1] 
    Born Abt 1790  Gordon, Par. of Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1826  Rideau Canal, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation Mar 1840  Bytown, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    a farmer 
    Died 17 Oct 1854  Montreal, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Burial 10 Sep 1891  Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Register shows:
      Thomas Fairbairn, b. Scotland, d. Montreal Oct 17, 1854
      Elspeth Redpath (wife of above) d. Jul 16, 1839
      Elizabeth Nicholson (wife of above) d. Nov '67
      Margaret Ballantyne (nee Fairbairn d. Feby '40
      Peter Fairbairn b. Nob 1826 d. Apr 27, '81
      and two "infant" Fairbairn d. 1850-60
      with note "Remains removed under the Supervision of Mr Thomas Lewis Fairbairn from Private burying ground on family homestead at Billing's Bridge township of Nepean.
      Removed to and reinterred in Beechwood Sep 10, '91
    WebLink Mar 2019  [7] 
    • Fairbairn-1267
    Occupation Montreal area, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    stonemason 
    Reference Number 26525 
    Reference Number LJ2N-DML 
    Buried Nepean Twp, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I26525  FairbairnRobertPaterson
    Last Modified 2 Nov 2019 

    Father Robert Fairbairn,   b. Est 1750, ?Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Margaret Patterson,   b. Est 1750, ?Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 25 Jul 1778  Gordon, Par. of Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11] 
    • entry reads: Compeared to proclamation in Order for marriage Robert Fairbairn & Margt Patterson both in this Parish Recd one shilling for the poor
    Family ID F3  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elspeth Redpath,   b. Abt May 1789, Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jul 1839, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Married 18 Dec 1807  Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 12, 13] 
    Children 
     1. Helen Fairbairn,   b. 1808, Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Margaret Fairbairn,   b. 1811, Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Robert Fairbairn,   b. 1815, Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 05 May 1895, Newburgh, Lennox Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +4. John Fairbairn,   b. Nov 1817, Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 08 Jul 1903, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years)
     5. Agnes Fairbairn,   b. 1819, Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Elizabeth Fairbairn,   b. Abt 1825, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1851, ?Nepean, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 27 years)
    +7. Peter Fairbairn,   b. Abt 1829, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1881, Nepean Twp, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 52 years)
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2019 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Betsy Nicholson,   b. Abt 1796, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1851, ?Nepean, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 56 years) 
    Married 08 Jul 1840  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15] 
    Census Between 1851 and 1852  Nepean, Carleton Co., Canada West (ONT), Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 11] 
    • Patsy advises: "In the 1851 census Thomas' brother Robert Fairbairn b. c1779 was visiting him (Robert's usual residence is listed as Gananoque Ontario). I don't have anything else on him at this point. In the census he claims he's married."
      Took me a while to find them, as ancestry had indexed them as Farrbarin.
      FAIRBAIRN (all b Scotland): Thos 61 farmer Free Ch; Betsy 55 Estbd Presby; Peter 25, Elizabeth 26 both labourers, Free Ch; Robert 72 labourer resid (out of town limits) Gannonoque (prev. entry WILLIAMS family, Peter later married Jane)
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2019 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Histories
    yFull v7.09.00 Fairbairn/Elliot Lines    		yFull v7.09.00 Fairbairn/Elliot Lines
    This newer (Oct 2019), annotated version of the yFull haplogroup tree adds another result to the overall I-Y32666 generic branch that (so far) includes all of our Fairbairn testers, and their matches who have uploaded to yFull.
    There are now 4 testers awaiting refining matches to form their particular sub branches.
    It is expected that two will form a mew sub branch as FTDNA shows the Fairbairn (m. Redpath) descendant as matching the Fairbairn (m. Crosbie) descendant as sharing a separate lower SNP (I-FT144967)

  • Sources 
    1. [S2285] GenForum, Thomas & Elspeth (Redpath) FAIRBAIRN, Rideau Canal, posted Aug 2001 by Karen GRANT, extracted Jan 2003.

    2. [S1961] www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence, LornaHen , Montreal Queries, from http://www.bifhsgo.ca/acrs.htm, posted by Patty Brown, extracted Jul 2008.

    3. [S402] Census: 1851 CAN via Ancestry, (1851/2), 1851 Nepean, Carleton Co, Canada West (Ontario) Dist 4 Sub Dist 31 Pg 3 Sched A Roll C_11716, hsehold of Thos & Betsy FAIRBAIRN, extracted Oct 2008.

    4. [S2410] Canadian Archives, Marr. Bond 17 Mar 1840 John FAIRBAIRN, Charlotte Jane KERFUT, Ref RG 4 B28, Vol 40 Bon 2436 M'film reel H-1131, extracted Jul 2008.

    5. [S1961] www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence, LornaHen , Dth 17 Oct 1854 Thomas FAIRBAIRN, Montreal, Quebec, from a query submitted by Patty Brown, online at
      http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qcmtl-w/queries.htm#Fairbairn, extracted Jan 2010.

    6. [S3811] Ottawa, Canada Beechwood Cem. Reg. 1873-1990, Re-interment Thomas FAIRBAIRN & Family, from Family Plot to Beechwood Cem, extracted Nov 2019.

    7. [S3217] WikiTree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fairbairn-1267, created Mar 2019 by Sanino Rocca.

    8. [S1961] www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence, LornaHen , GenForum Aug 2001 ex granter394.

    9. [S1596] IGI: Online searches, Marr. 25 Jul 1778 Robert FAIRBAIRN & Margaret PATTERSON, batch M117427, Gordon, Berwickshire, extracted Dec 2008.

    10. [S55] BDM: Scotlands People entries to 1854, Marr. 25 Jul 1778 Robert FAIRBAIRN & Margt PATTERSON, Gordon, BEW 742/0040 0085, copy d/loaded Jan 2009.

    11. [S2763] EMails re FAIRBAIRN/REDPATH ex Patty B, Patty BROWN, 1851 Census, Canada, Robert & Thomas FAIRBAIRN, rcvd Aug 2008.

    12. [S5] Ancestry.com, Marr. 27 Feb 1861 Peter FAIRBURN & Jane WILLIAMS, Ottawa, Carleton, ONT, film 1030062, extracted Jul 2008.

    13. [S3124] OPR Midlothian, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Marriages 1538-1854, Scotlands People Index, (1538-1854), Marr. 18 Dec 1807 Thomas FAIRBAIRN & Elspit REIDPATH, Canongate, Edin. MLN 685/03 0170 0189, extracted Jan 2003.

    14. [S1961] www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence, LornaHen , Marr. 8 Jul 1840 Thomas FAIRBAIRN & Betsy NICHOLSON, Ottawa, from http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~qcmtl-w/queries.htm#Fairbairn, extracted Dec 2011.

    15. [S809] CAN: Census via Ancestry, 1851 Nepean, Carleton Co, Canada West (Ontario) Dist 4 Sub Dist 31 Pg 3 Sched A Roll C_11716, hsehold of Thos & Betsy FAIRBAIRN, extracted Oct 2008.


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