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John Fairbairn (abt. 1845 - aft. 1901)

John Fairbairn
Born about in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotlandmap
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Husband of — married 26 Jan 1872 in Milton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotlandmap
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Died after after about age 56 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotlandmap [uncertain]
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Biography

John Fairbairn [1]

Born abt 1845 Edinburgh, , Midlothian, Scotland[2]

Died after 1901 possibly in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland[3]

Married 26 JAN 1872 Milton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

cert. shows John as 26 brassfounder journeyman resid. 118 Parliamentary Rd, Glasgow; s/o Robert FAIRBAIRN, cabinet maker, dec'd & Elspeth m.s. LEDGERWOOD; Jessie as 22  ?ing machinist, resid. 62 Stewart St, Glasgow d/o William COWIE, brassounder dec'd and Agnes m.s. SWAN; Wit: John PATERSON & Agness FAIRBAIRN; Reg. Jan 29th[4][5][6][7]

Census

1881 Kinning Park, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

FAIRBAIRN: John 36 brass moulder (foreman) b Edin; wife Jessie 31 b Glasgow; Children: Agnes 8 scholar, Elspeth 6, Robert 3, William 1, all b Glasgow;[8]

1891 Glasgow Govan, Dist of Kinning Park, Lanarkshire, Scotland

FAIRBAIRN: John 46 brass founder b Berwick, BEW; wife Jessie 42 b Glasgow; Children: Agnes 18 capmaker, Elspeth 15, Robert 13 message boy, William 11, Thomas 8, both scholars, Jessie 6, John 3 all b Glasgow;[9]

1901 Glasgow Govan, Dist of Kinning Park Burgh, Lanarkshire, Scotland

FAIRBAIRN: John 56 brass founder b Berwick on Tweed; wife Jessie 54 b Glasgow; Children: Elspeth 25, Robert 23 brass moulder, William 21 pattern maker, Thomas 18 engineer apprentice, Jessie 16 engineer tracing, John 14 scholar, all b Glasgow[10]

Parents married 29 DEC 1826 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, , Midlothian, Scotland

cert. shows Robert FAIRBAIRN as cabinet maker, residing Low Calton; Elspeth as resid. 18 Clark St, and d/o the late John LEDGERWOOD, cabinet maker of Greenlaw, BEW; Both of this parish; Marr. by the Rev Patrick CLASSON, Minister of Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Chapel of Ease;[11][12]

Census 1841 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, , Midlothian, Scotland

FAIRBAIRN: Robert 34 cabinet maker journeyman b Scotland; wife Elspeth 33 b SCT; Assumed children: Charles 13, Robert 8, Mary 6, Agnes 4, Margaret 2 all b MLN; Also William KERR 20 b Scotland[13]

Sources

  1. ↑ Source: #S801 Civil Par. Gorbals, LKS Par. 644/2 ED 24 Pg 9 Sched 39, hsehold of Thomas & Ann FAIRBAIRN, extracted Jul 2009
  2. ↑ Source: #S801 Civil Par. Gorbals, LKS Par. 644/2 ED 24 Pg 9 Sched 39, hsehold of Thomas & Ann FAIRBAIRN, extracted Jul 2009
  3. ↑ Source: #S801 Civil Par. Gorbals, LKS Par. 644/2 ED 24 Pg 9 Sched 39, hsehold of Thomas & Ann FAIRBAIRN, extracted Jul 2009
  4. ↑ Source: #S804 Par. Kinning Park, Glasgow, LKS Reg. 644/14 ED 28 Sched 52, hsehold of John & Jessie FAIRBAIRN, extracted Dec 2010
  5. ↑ Source: #S1596 Birth 1 Dec 1872 Agnes d/o John FAIRBAIRN & Jessie COWIE, batch C119311 Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, extracted Dec 2010
  6. ↑ Source: #S1596 Marr. 26 Jan 1872 John FAIRBAIRN & Jessie COWIE, batch M119281, Milton, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, extracted Dec 2010
  7. ↑ Source: #S56 Marr. 26 Jan 1872 John s/o Robert FAIRBAIRN & Elspeth LEGERWOOD; Jessie d/o William COWIE & Agnes SWAN, Milton, Glasgow, LKS 644/7 #63, copy d/loaded Dec 2010
  8. ↑ Source: #S804 Par. Kinning Park, Glasgow, LKS Reg. 644/14 ED 28 Sched 52, hsehold of John & Jessie FAIRBAIRN, extracted Dec 2010
  9. ↑ Source: #S805 Glasgow Govan, Dist Kinning Park, LKS Reg. 644/14 ED 27 Sched 56, hsehold of John & Jessie FAIRBAIRN, extracted Dec 2010
  10. ↑ Source: #S214 Glasgow Govan, Dist Kinning Park Burgh, LKS Reg. 644/14 ED 20 Sched 28, hsehold of John & Jessie FAIRBAIRN, extracted Nov 2010
  11. ↑ Source: #S800 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, MLN Par. 685/2 ED 37A Pg 2, hsehold of Robert & Elspeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Sep 2010
  12. ↑ Source: #S1596 Marr. 29 Dec 1826 Robert FAIRBAIRN & Elspeth LEGERWOOD, batch M119896 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, extracted Sep 2010
  13. ↑ Source: #S800 Edinburgh St Cuthberts, MLN Par. 685/2 ED 37A Pg 2, hsehold of Robert & Elspeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Sep 2010
  • Source: S1596 IGI: Online searches, assorted surnames Note: citations without an "extracted MMM YYYY" are generally pre 1999 Repository: #R149
  • Repository: R149 Family Search (LDS) http://familysearch.org
  • Source: S214 1901 Census transcripts for Scotland via http://Ancestry.com
  • Source: S56 Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php
  • Source: S800 1841 Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland), via Ancestry.com
  • Source: S801 1851 Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland), via Ancestry.com
  • Source: S804 1881 Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland) via Ancestry.com
  • Source: S805 1891 Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland) via Ancestry.com
  • WikiTree profile Fairbairn-350 created by L Henderson through the import of FAIRBAIRNJamesLEARMONTHMargaret4WikiTreePlaceUpdated.ged on May 3, 2013. (Reference: 64577)




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