Patrick Fairbairn D.D. (1805 - 1874)

Born 28 Jan 1805 in Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Pitcairn) Fairbairn — married 27 Mar 1833 in Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland

Descendants

Died 6 Aug 1874 at age 69 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

Patrick Fairbairn " Principal and Professor in the Free Church College Glasgow" ^[1]

Born 28 Jan 1805 Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland

John FAIRBAIRN and Jessie JOHNSTONE a son Patrick ^[2]

Census

1841

FAIRBAIRN: Patrick 35 Parish Minister; Mary 30 both b SCT; John 7, Patrick 8mths both b SCT; Servants: Helen FINLEY 35, Helen MURRAY 35 both b SCT; Helen PETTERS, 20 b ELN ^[3]

1851 Pelmore, East Lothian, Scotland

FAIRBAIRN: Patrick 46 Minister of the Free Church b Greenlaw, BEW; Mary 43 b Glasgow; Children: Patrick P 10 scholar b Edinburgh; Jane J 8 scholar at home b Salton, Haddington; Thomas P 3 b Bolton, Haddington; Servants: Mary REID kitchen maid b Salton; Agnes THOMSON 27 nursery maid b Dirleton Haddington^[4]

1861 Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland

FAIRBAIRN: John 53 Minister of Greenlaw F Ch b Greenlaw; wife Agnes Copland F. 48 ; Sister-n-law Fanny Hoza TURNBULL, 43 b Eyemouth, BEW; Brother-in-law (sic) Patrick FAIRBAIRN 56 Professor fo Divinity at Glasgow F College, b Greenlaw; Servant Jane CRAIG 20 b Eyemouth; ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Source #S3: Will of Patrick Fairbairn, Glasgow Sheriff Court Wills SC36/51/68
2. ↑ Source #S1:
3. ↑ Source #S2: E Salton, Par. of Saltoun, ELN Par 719 ED 2 hsehold of Patrtick & Mary FAIRBAIRN
4. ↑ Source #S2: Pelmore, Civil Par. of Bolton, ELN Par 704 ED 1 Pg 14 Sched 46 hsehold of Patrtick & Mary FAIRBAIRN
5. ↑ Source #S2: Greenlaw, BEW Reg 743 ED 2 Pg 5 Sched 26, hsehold of John & Agnes Copland FAIRBAIRN, extracted Nov 2007

• Source S1: ScotlandsPeople - Parish Registers - pre 1855
• Source S2: Census transcripts for Scotland via Ancestry.com
• Source S3: ScotlandsPeople - Legal records https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search#{%22category%22:%22legal%22}

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 16 August 2017, 05:29), entry for Reverend Patrick Fairbairn(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KZHV-GKK); contributed by various users.