Note: Walter FAIRBAIRN, servant, unm, 22 b Melrose, servant in hsehold of widow Janet SHARP, farmer of 400 acres at Overhowden, Channelkirk. Also his future wife : Isabella SCOTT 21 b Langholm, Dumfriesshire, and several other servants: Arch HENDERSON 23 b Lauder, BEW; William ANDERSON[10]
Marriage:
Date: 23 MAY 1882
Place: Ladhope, , Selkirkshire, Scotland
Note: cert. shows Walter as a 25 yr old ploughman resid Newstead, Melrose, s/o John FAIRBAIRN, joiner and Jessie m.s. Douglas, dec. and Isabella as a 22 yr old hse servant resid ?Kedsie, Lauder?, d/o Isabella ANDERSON, farm serv (no father shown) Wit: ?? Knox? and Annie SCOTT[11][12]
Census:
Date: 1891
Place: Innerleithen, Dist of Walkerburn, Peebles, Scotland
Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter 31 farm servant b Melrose, ROX; wife Isabella 31 b Langholm DFS; Children: Isabella 8 scholar, John 6 both b Selkirk, SEL; Walter 4 b Stow; Jessie 3, Annie 1 both b Melrose, ROX[13]
Census:
Date: 1901
Place: Kirkliston, Ratho North, West Lothian, Scotland
Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter 42 farm servant b Melrose, ROX; wife Isabella 43 b Langholm, DFS; Children: Isabella 18, John 16 both ag labs b Selkirk, SEL; Walter 15 ag lab b Stow Edin; Jessie D 13 scholar b Melrose, ROX[14]
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: S2970 Title: Statutory Registers Index: Scotland, Subject: Births deaths marriages index, Location: Scotland 1855+, Film Number: http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk Abbreviation: Scotland: SR Index Note: (index searches)
Source: S3010 Title: Scotland: CEN Index, Record Type: Census index, Location: Scotland, Record Info: http://ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk Abbreviation: CEN Index: Scotland Repository: #R146
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: S820 Title: Scotland: Census ex GRO, Record Type: Census image, Location: Scotland Abbreviation: Census: Scotland ex GRO Repository: #R146
↑ Source: #S56 Page: 1901 Census: Ratho North, WLN Dist 667 ED 2 Pg 7 Sched 35 hsehold of Walter & Isabella FAIRBAIRN, copy d/loaded Dec 2006
↑ Source: #S820 Page: 1901 Census: Ratho North, WLN Dist 667 ED 2 Pg 7 Sched 35 hsehold of Walter & Isabella FAIRBAIRN, copy d/loaded Dec 2006
↑ Source: #S2970 Page: Birth 1885 John FAIRBIARN, reg. Selkirk, SEL 778 #68, extracted from index Jun 2012
↑ Source: #S2970 Page: Marr. 1908 John FAIRBAIRN & Elizabeth Brown BENNIE, reg. Linlithgow, WLN 668 #7, extracted from index Jun 2012
↑ Source: #S3010 Page: 1911 Linlithgow, WLN 668/00 004/00 018, hsehold of John & Elizabeth B FAIRBAIRN, extracted Jun 2012
↑ Source: #S820 Page: 1901 Census: Ratho North, WLN Dist 667 ED 2 Pg 7 Sched 35 hsehold of Walter & Isabella FAIRBAIRN, copy d/loaded Dec 2006
↑ Source: #S3010 Page: 1911 Linlithgow, WLN 668/00 004/00 018, hsehold of John & Elizabeth B FAIRBAIRN, extracted Jun 2012
↑ Source: #S2970 Page: Marr. 1908 John FAIRBAIRN & Elizabeth Brown BENNIE, reg. Linlithgow, WLN 668 #7, extracted from index Jun 2012
↑ Source: #S3010 Page: 1911 Linlithgow, WLN 668/00 004/00 018, hsehold of John & Elizabeth B FAIRBAIRN, extracted Jun 2012
↑ Source: #S210 Page: Channelkirk, BEW FHL Film 0224029 GRO Ref Volume 729 EnumDist 1 Page 7, hsehold of Janet SHARP, extracted c 2000
↑ Source: #S56 Page: 1901 Census: Ratho North, WLN Dist 667 ED 2 Pg 7 Sched 35 hsehold of Walter & Isabella FAIRBAIRN, copy d/loaded Dec 2006
↑ Source: #S56 Page: Marr. 1882 Walter FAIRBAIRN and Isabella G SCOTT, Ladhope, Selkirkshire, Dist 776B/14 Pg 7, copy d/loaded Dec 2006
↑ Source: #S805 Page: Innerleithen, Dist of Walkerburn, PEE Reg 762/2 ED 3 Pg 2 Sched 5, hsehold of Walter & Isabella FAIRBAIRN, extracted Oct 2007
↑ Source: #S56 Page: 1901 Census: Ratho North, WLN Dist 667 ED 2 Pg 7 Sched 35 hsehold of Walter & Isabella FAIRBAIRN, copy d/loaded Dec 2006
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Lorna Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Fairbairn-405 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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