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.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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.