Archibald Fairbairn (abt. 1783 - 1842)

Born about Mar 1783 in Par. of Whitsome and Hilton, Berwickshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Janet Scott — married 1 Apr 1810 in St Boswells, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died May 1842 at about age 59 in St Boswells, , Roxburghshire, Scotland

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: Archibald /Fairbairn/ ^[1][2][3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: EST MAR 1783

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]

Reference

Reference: 14249 .

Marriage

Husband: Archibald Fairbairn

Wife: Janet Scott

Child: Jan Fairbairn

Child: Helen Fairbairn

Child: Archibald Fairbairn

Child: John Fairbairn

Child: Alison Fairbairn

Child: Walter Fairbairn

Child: Margaret Fairbairn

Child: Jeany Fairbairn

Child: Catharine Fairbairn

Marriage:

Date: 01 APR 1810

Place: St Boswells, , Roxburghshire, Scotland

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: S1232 Title: DC CHISHOLM (nee FAIRBAIRN)Alison; 1876; d/o Arch. F/Janet SCOTT, Record Type: death, Name Of Person: Alison CHISHOLM (nee FAIRBAIRN), Number: Dist 799/#36 Abbreviation: Dth 1876 Alison CHISHOLM (nee FAIRBAIRN), Darnick, Melrose, ROX 799 #36 Publication: 16 Apr 1876

• 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

• Source: S2664 Title: BEW: Whitsome 1-place study: Lesley R, Url: http://homepages.ipact.nl/~robertson/ Abbreviation: BEW: Whitsome 1-place study: Lesley R

• Source: S55 Title: Scottish Birth, Marriage, Burial entries (to 1854), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), File Number: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php Abbreviation: BDM: Scotlands People entries to 1854

• Source: S888 Title: IGI: FAIRBAIRN extract, Abbreviation: FAIRBAIRN IGI extract 1993/4 Publication: 1993 & 1994 addenda

1. ↑ Source: #S1960 Bap. 1783 Archibald to Archibald, rcvd Oct 2000 (but Sanna thought he belonged to Archibald and Mary (GRIERSON) FAIRBAIRN)
2. ↑ Source: #S888
3. ↑ Source: #S2153 Page: Marr. 6 Feb 1841 Archibald s/o Archibald FAIRBAIRN & Jane d/o John BLAKEY, United Secession Ch, Tynemouth, Northumberland, copy rcvd Feb 2009
4. ↑ Source: #S1406 Melrose Dist 6 p14
5. ↑ Source: #S1406 Melrose Dist 6 p14
6. ↑ Source: #S1960 Page: Bap. 1783 Archibald to Archibald, rcvd Oct 2000 (but Sanna thought he belonged to Archibald and Mary (GRIERSON) FAIRBAIRN)
7. ↑ Source: #S888
8. ↑ Source: #S2664 Bap. 1783 Archibald s/o Archibald (hynd, resident Whitsome Vaults), extract rcvd Dec 2007
9. ↑ Source: #S1232
10. ↑ Source: #S1771 1851 ROX census, rcvd May 2002
11. ↑ Source: #S55 Page: Mortcloth 22 May 1842 Archd Fairbairn, St Boswells, 804/00 0255, copy d/loaded May 2009
12. ↑ Source: #S55 Page: Mortcloth 22 May 1842 Archd Fairbairn, St Boswells, 804/00 0255, copy d/loaded May 2009
13. ↑ Source: #S620
14. ↑ Source: #S1406 Melrose Dist 6 p14

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 28 FEB 2012

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.