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John Carnegie (Carnegie) Fairweather (1835 - 1912)

John Carnegie Fairweather formerly Carnegie
Born in Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdommap
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 26 Jul 1860 [location unknown]
Husband of — married 19 Oct 1877 in Will, Illinois, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Died at age 77 in Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, 51012, USAmap
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Biography

Born

11 JUN 1835.
Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Died

23 JUN 1912.
Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa, 51012, USA.
Note:

John Fairweather deserted the Scottish army and fled to the USA.  He gave his mother's maiden name as his last name

. This is one version of John's reason for leaving Scotland.

Here is another version: John Carnegie Fairweather and Jane Hall were married in Will county,Illinois in 1860. John was born in Scotland between 1833-1835 and came to the USA in 1855. He was in the US Army during the Civil War.

Name: John Fairweather
Beneficiary's Name: Ellen Fairweather
Event Type: Pension Event
Date: 1907-1933
Event Plac Affiliate Publication Title: Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933 Affiliate Publication Number: M850 Affiliate Film Number: 704 GS Film number: 001634739 Digital Folder Number: 004692670 Image Number: 0053e: United States Form Type: Army Invalid Death Date: 23 Jun 1912

John Sr. remarried in 1879 to Ellen Scarriet and in 1885, they moved to Pilot Township, Cherokee, Iowa.

Name: John Carnegie Fairweather.

Given Name: John Carnegie.
Surname: Fairweather.
Name at Birth: John CARNEGIE.
Changed his name to John Carnegie Fairweather when he went to the USA.

1833 Nov 15 William Carnegie and Susan Fairweather of Blackiemill had a son John born Nov 1 baptized Nov 15. (possibly the 1833 John died and another was born in June 1835)

Sources


  • a book printed in 1889, called History of Cherokee County
  • Source: S6 Gail Richardson Carnegie Web Site MyHeritage.com family tree Family site: Carnegie Web Site Family tree: Carnegie Family Tree Media: 68330501-1 Smart Matching John Fairweather Carnegie John Fairweather Carnegie Event: Smart Matching Role: 1000660 18 JAN 2014 Added by confirming a Smart Match Certainty: 3
  • Source: S8 David Irwin Irwin Web Site MyHeritage.com family tree Family site: Irwin Web Site Family tree: 1881062-1 Media: 26101111-1 Smart Matching john fairweather CARNEGIE john fairweather CARNEGIE Event: Smart Matching Role: 1003891 24 MAY 2015 Added by confirming a Smart Match Certainty: 3
  • Source: S9 Donald Henderson Henderson Web Site MyHeritage.com family tree Family site: Henderson Web Site Family tree: Henderson03 Media: 139959131-3 Smart Matching John Carnegie John Carnegie Event: Smart Matching Role: 3000101 24 MAY 2015 Added by confirming a Smart Match Certainty: 3
  • "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q288-GWYN : 22 July 2021), John Fairweather and Ellen J Boughton, 19 Oct 1877; citing Will, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 2,342,815.
  • "Iowa, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1949", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23N-975X : Fri Oct 06 11:03:31 UTC 2023), Entry for John Fairweather, 1861-1949. (Gives full death date and place.)
  • "Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QV-3RQJ : 11 February 2019), John Fairweather, 23 Jun 1912; citing Cherokee, Iowa, United States, The State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines.; FHL microfilm 2,148,820.
  • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65530887/john-carnegie-fairweather




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Fairweather-2774 and Carnegie-309 appear to represent the same person because: This is the same man. he was born Carnegie and changed his name as an adult to Fairweather.

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