Note: cert. shows George Douglas as a 30 yr old joiner, s/o John FAIRBAIRN, joiner and Jessie m.s. DOUGLAS, dec. and Rebecca as 29, of Galashiels, d/o Andrew HISLOP, engineer, reputed father and Isabella LINDSAY, domestic servant. Witnessed by Walter FAIRBAIRN and Isabella HISLOP. Forms of the Free Ch, Minister Thos SMITH, reg. Edin. Oct 6th[6][7][8][9][10]
Census:
Date: 1881
Place: Woolwich, , London, England
Note: FAIRBAIRN: George Douglas 31 carpenter b Melrose, Scotland; wife Rebecca 31 b Galashields, Scotland; Dtr Isabella Hislop 7mths b Plumstead, KEN[11]
Census:
Date: 1891
Place: Deptford, Par. of St Pauls, London, England
Note: FAIRBAIRN: George 40 builder & C; wife Rebecca 40 both b Scotland; Children: Isabella H 11 scholar b Plumstead, KEN (enumerated as Las? H); John D 8 scholar b Bromley KEN; George H 4? mths b Deptford, KEN; Boarder George THOMPSON 30 unm, carpenter b Scotland[12]
Census:
Date: 1901
Place: Deptford, Par. of St Pauls, London, England
Note: FAIRBAIRN: George D 51 builder & Contractor; wife Rebecca 51 both b Scotland; Children: John D 18 b Bromley KEN; George H 10 b Deptford KEN; Servant Ada WALLIS b Deptford[13]
Census:
Date: 1911
Place: Greenwich, , London, England
Note: FAIRBAIRN: George Douglas 61, Rebecca 61, Isabel Hyslop 30, George Henry 20 (no John Douglas), but also several others not yet identified as part of this family)[14]
Note: John, 34, journeyman cabinetmaker, b St Boswells, wife Jessie, 29, b Lauder, BEW. Sons: Archibald 5(sic) and George 7 (sic) both b Melrose.[18]
Census:
Date: 1861
Place: Abbotsford, , Roxburghshire, Scotland
Note: By 1861 a "further four children were included". Assumed to be Joan, John (James), John and Walter.
John, 43, carpenter, head, b Melrose, Jessie, 37, wife, b Lauder. Children: Archibald, 13; George, 11; Joan, 9; James, 7; John, 4; all scholars b Melrose, Walter, 2, b Melrose.[19]
Census:
Date: 1871
Place: Melrose, , Roxburghshire, Scotland
Note: FAIRBAIRN: John 54 head, joiner b St Boswells, ROX; wife Jane 47 b Lauder, BEW; Children (all b Melrose ROX): Archibald 23 joiner; Geroge 21 joiner; John 14 scholar; Walter 12 scholar; Margaret 9 scholar (Janet assumed to be on next page)[20]
Sources
Source: S1960 Title: EM FAIRBAIRN: Borders ex Sanna G, Recipient: Lorna & GenForum FAIRBAIRN, Address: North Carolina, USA, Author E-mail: Abbreviation: EM FAIRBAIRN: Borders ex Sanna G Author: Sanna F Ross Repository: #R29 Call Number: sannag
Repository: R29 Name: Filed under Borders Correspondence Address: City: Waikanae State: WTN Postal Code: 5036 Country: NZ
Repository: R143 Name: findmypast.co.uk Address: Country: England
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: S804 Title: Census: 1881 Ancestry, Record Type: Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland), Location: UK, Record Info: Via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1881 Ancestry Publication: 1881 Repository: #R121
Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA
Source: S805 Title: Census: 1891 Ancestry, Record Type: Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland), Location: UK, Record Info: Via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1891 Ancestry Publication: 1891 Repository: #R121
Source: S806 Title: Census: 1901 Ancestry, Record Type: Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland), Location: UK, Record Info: Via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1901 UK Ancestry Publication: 1901 Repository: #R121
↑ Source: #S56 Page: Marr. 1879 George Douglas FAIRBAIRN & Rebecca HISLOP, reg. Dist of Newington, City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, Dist 68505 pg 179 #358, copy d/loaded Oct 2007
↑ Source: #S806 Page: Par. of St Catherine Hatcham, Sub Dist Deptford, Sth, Dist Greenwich, LND RG13/532 ED 4, F 111, Pg 25, hsehold of George D & Rebecca FAIRBAIRN, extracted Oct 2007
↑ Source: #S215 Page: Greenwich, LND, FAIRBAIRN, index searched Jan 2009
↑ Source: #S56 Page: Marr. 1879 George FAIRBAIRN & Rebecca HISLOP, reg. Midlothian, index searched Aug 2007
↑ Source: #S56 Page: Marr. 1879 George Douglas FAIRBAIRN & Rebecca HISLOP, reg. Dist of Newington, City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, Dist 68505 pg 179 #358, copy d/loaded Oct 2007
↑ Source: #S804 Page: Civil Par. of Plumstead, Sub Dist Plumstead, West, Dist Woolwich, LND RG11/750 ED 7 F 66 P 19 Sched 95, hsehold of George Douglas & Rebecca FAIRBAIRN, extracted Oct 2007
↑ Source: #S805 Page: Civil Par. (& Sub Dist) of St Pauls Deptford, Dist Greenwich, LND RG12/495 ED 9 F 135 P 41 Sched 292, hsehold of George & Rebecca FAIRBAIRN, extracted Oct 2007
↑ Source: #S806 Page: Par. of St Catherine Hatcham, Sub Dist Deptford, Sth, Dist Greenwich, LND RG13/532 ED 4, F 111, Pg 25, hsehold of George D & Rebecca FAIRBAIRN, extracted Oct 2007
↑ Source: #S215 Page: Greenwich, LND, FAIRBAIRN, index searched Jan 2009
↑ Source: #S333 Page: Death cert John F 1890 trans. S Hepburn July 2001
↑ Source: #S1771 Page: Apr 2002 ex mar. cert John (James) F. to Christina COCKBURN
↑ Source: #S1771 Page: May 2002 ex 1851 ROX census
↑ Source: #S1771 Page: May 2002 ex 1861 ROX census
↑ Source: #S820 Page: 1871 Census: Melrose, ROX Dist 799 - 3 Page 16 Schedule #96, hsehold of John & Jane FAIRBAIRN, copy d/loaded May 2005
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Lorna Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Fairbairn-371 through the import of FairbairnArchibaldScottJanet3Gen4WikiTreeJun2013PlaceUpdated.ged on Jun 26, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Lorna and others.
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