Place: Houndshall, Par. of Bowden, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Note: cert. shows Helen as 47 housekeeper, spinster, resid. Houndshall, Bowden, d/o Walter FAIRBAIRN & Agnes m.s. HENDERSON; Andrew Dalgliesh as 46 farmer, widower, 46 resid. Houndshall, Bowden s/o James BOWDEN blacksmtih, and Mary m.s. DALGLIESH both dec'd; Marr. after banns Congregational Ch; Wit: Walter INGLIS and Margaret FAIRBAIRN; Reg. Bowden 21st Feb[7][8][9]
Census
Date: 1861
Place: Selkirk, , Selkirkshire, Scotland
Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter 39 b Melrose, ROX; farm steward of 187 ac; wife Agnes 38 b Melrose, ROX; Children: Betsy 6 scholar, Archibald 4, Agnes 2, Helen 9mths all b Selkirk; Also mother-in-law Betsy HENDERSON, 73 b Melrose, ROX; Boarder: John SCOTT 48 gardner b Perth; Servant Janet WINTRUP 20 dairymaid b Bowden, ROX[10]
Note: Walter farm steward, 59 b Bowden, wife Agnes 58 b Melrose. Children (all b Selkirk and unm): Archibald, 24 shepherd, Helen, 20, James 18.[11]
Date: 1891
Place: Mertoun, , Berwickshire, Scotland
Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter 67 farmer b St Boswells, ROX; wife Agnes 63 b Galashiels, ROX; Children: Archibald 29, Helen 25, James 23 all b Selkirk; Servant: Robert PORDEN (as transcr) 20 b England[12]
Sources
Source: S210 Title: 1881 Census for UK, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: UK, Record Info: via Family Search/LDS CDs Abbreviation: Census: 1881 UK via FamilySearch/LDS Publication: 1881 Repository: #R21
Repository: R21 Name: LDS library Address: State: Utah Country: USA Note: films and cd roms
Source: S56 Title: Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), File Number: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php Abbreviation: BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855
Source: S802 Title: Census: 1861 Ancestry, Record Type: Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland), Location: UK, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1861 Ancestry Publication: 1861 Repository: #R121
Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA
↑ Source: #S805 Page: Mertoun, BEW Reg 751 ED 1 Pg 10 Sched 44, hsehold of Walter & Agnes FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008
Data Changed
Data Changed:
Date: 11 OCT 2008
Prior to import, this record was last changed 11 OCT 2008
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Lorna Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Fairbairn-383 through the import of FairbairnArchibaldScottJanet3Gen4WikiTreeJun2013PlaceUpdated.ged on Jun 26, 2013 and merging the duplicate profile Fairbairn-279 created from the import of FAIRBAIRNJamesLEARMONTHMargaret4WikiTreePlaceUpdated.ged on May 3, 2013..
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helen by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Helen: