Place: , Par. of Whitsome & Hilton, Berwickshire, Scotland
Note: this date being taken from the Whitsome baptism, which may or may not be him[4]
Birth:
Date: BET 1787 AND 1791
Place: , , Berwickshire?, Scotland
Note: this being the likely age from the 1841 census, albeit not always accurate[5]
Christening
Christening:
Date: 16 MAR 1783
Place: , Par. of Whitsome & Hilton, Berwickshire, Scotland
Note: father Archibald was a hynd, resident on the now extinct farm of Whitsome Vaults, no mother mentioned so it may not be this Archibald he belongs too, and although he is a tad earlier than I would expect for someone saying he was 50 in the 1841 census, Archibald and Alison (CROSSER) did have a son (my Walter) who said he was born in Swinton, which is very close. In addition, the 1841 shows that he wasn't born in Roxburghshire, which does add some weight to this theory So on balance, I believe it is highly likely to be this Archibald's baptism[6][7][8]
Death
Death:
Date: MAY 1842
Place: St Boswells, , Roxburghshire, Scotland
Note: (Janet shows up in 1851 as a widow living with son Walter, and there's a mortcloth payment of 3/- on May 22nd for "Archd Fairbairn" in the St Boswells OPR)[9][10][11]
Burial
Burial:
Date: 22 MAY 1842
Place: St Boswells, , Roxburghshire, Scotland
Note: (date assumes the mortcloth was paid for the day he was buried)[12]
Note: OPR and igi only give A., but subsequent children's christenings give Archibald as father, so I assume it was Archibald who married Janet[13]
Census
Date: 07 JUN 1841
Place: Greenwells Glenburney, Par. of Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Note: Archibald, ag. lab. 50, not b. cty, Janet 40, b cty. Assumed children: John 20, joiner; Helen 25, Walter 15, ag lab; Catharine 12, all but John b cty.[14]
Sources
WikiTree profile Fairbairn-32 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson. Updated after merge of Fairbairn-372 from import of FairbairnArchibaldScottJanet3Gen4WikiTreeJun2013PlaceUpdated.ged on Jun 26, 2013.
Source: S1406 Title: CENSUS: 1841 Borders, Scotland, Record Info: LDS Film Abbreviation: Borders: 1841 CENSUS Publication: 1841 Note: ROX: Morebattle, Oxnam, Roxburgh, St Boswells, Smailholm, Southdean and Abbotsrule, Sprouston, Wilton, Melrose and Minto.Country: NZ
Source: S1771 Title: EM FAIRBAIRN/COCKBURN ex Susan McL, Address: Edinburgh, Scotland, Abbreviation: EM FAIRBAIRN/COCKBURN ex Susan McL Author: Susan A McLEOD (30189) Recipient: Lorna
Source: S1960 Title: EM FAIRBAIRN: Borders ex Sanna G, Address: North Carolina, USA, Author: Sanna F Ross Recipient: Lorna & GenForum FAIRBAIRN
Source: S2153 Title: BDM: General Register Office, England, Record Type: BDM Certified copy, Name Of Person: Various Abbreviation: BDM Certs, England
Prior to import, this record was last changed 28 FEB 2012
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Lorna Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Fairbairn-372 through the import of FairbairnArchibaldScottJanet3Gen4WikiTreeJun2013PlaceUpdated.ged on Jun 26, 2013 and merging it back into Fairbairn-32.
See the Changes page for the details of edits by Lorna and others.
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DNA Connections
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