Prior to import, this record was last changed 13 JAN 2009 .
Emigration
Emigration:
Date: 06 MAY 1911
Place: Glasgow, , Lanarkshire, Scotland
Note: passenger list shows a Jessie as a "dom", 25, travelling without a spouse, 3rd class, contracted to land at Quebec. Arrived Montreal 14th, occ UK and intended in CAN, "dom", destination Winnipeg, MAN[6][7]
Immigration
Immigration:
Date: APR 1913
Place: Port Huron, , Michigan, USA
Note: Manifest of Aliens shows Jessie Douglas FAIRBAIRN as 25, Domestic, can read/write, b Scotland, Scotch, last resid. Toronto, addr in country where came Corstophine, Edin mother Elizabeth, intended resid. Detroit, MI.
Entry above was for a Jennie BARCLAY, 26 dom, from Toronto, UK relative 22 Kirkgate West Calder, Scotland, father Walter, with whom she may well be travelling[8][9]
Note: cert. shows John as 38, mason b England s/o Henry JONES and Mary KING; Jessie D as 35 domestic b Scotland d/o Walter FAIRBAIRN & Isabella SCOTT; Both resid. Detroit. Wit: Maud E and James R ADAM, both of Detroit (1930 census says Jessie married at 31 and John at 33, which would be c 1920)[10]
Census:
Date: 10 APR 1930
Place: Detroit, Wayne Co, Michigan, USA
Note: JONES: John 45 bricklayer, bldg construction own home, 00, marr. at 33 b England F/M b England emig 1902; wife Jessie 43 marr. at 31 b Scotland F/M b Scotland emig 1914; Son Douglas 9 b MI F b England M b Scotland(but marr. cert is 1924)[11]
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[12]
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[13][14]
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[15]
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[16]
Sources
Source: S1596 Title: IGI: Online searches, Subject: Online search: assorted surnames Abbreviation: IGI: Online searches Note: citations without an "extracted MMM YYYY" are generally pre 1999 Repository: #R149
Repository: R149 Name: Family Search (LDS) Address: State: UT Country: USA Note: http://familysearch.org
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: S2301 Title: USA Immigration Records ex Ancestry Abbreviation: USA Immigration Records ex Ancestry Repository: #R121
Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA
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: 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: S808 Title: Census: USA, Record Type: Census images, Film: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: USA Repository: #R121
↑ 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: 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: 1901 Census: Ratho North, WLN Dist 667 ED 2 Pg 7 Sched 35 hsehold of Walter & Isabella FAIRBAIRN, copy d/loaded Dec 2006
↑ Source: #S1596 Page: Marr. 16 Aug 1924 Jessie d/o Walter FAIRBAIRN & Isabella SCOTT; and John s/o Henry JONES & Mary KING, from Michigan Marriages 1868-1925, Film 2342765 image 170 v10 m 263073, extracted Jan 2009
↑ Source: #S808 Page: 1930 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 1059; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 669; Image: 648.0, hsehold of John & Jessie JONES, extracted Jan 2009
↑ Source: #S1599 Page: "Saturnia" 6 May 1911 Jessie FAIRBAIRN, aged 35, travelling alone, from Glasgow to Montreal, extracted Jan 2009
↑ Source: #S2410 Page: "Saturnia" arr. Montreal 14 May 1911, Jessie FAIRBAIRN, 25, Winnipeg, MAN, C.P.R, extracted Jan 2009
↑ Source: #S2301 Page: Apr 1913 Jessie Douglas FAIRBAIRN, Port Huron MI (from Toronto), extracted Jan 2009
↑ Source: #S808 Page: 1930 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 1059; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 669; Image: 648.0, hsehold of John & Jessie JONES, extracted Jan 2009
↑ Source: #S1596 Page: Marr. 16 Aug 1924 Jessie d/o Walter FAIRBAIRN & Isabella SCOTT; and John s/o Henry JONES & Mary KING, from Michigan Marriages 1868-1925, Film 2342765 image 170 v10 m #263073, extracted Jan 2009
↑ Source: #S808 Page: 1930 Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 1059; Page: 9B; Enumeration District: 669; Image: 648.0, hsehold of John & Jessie JONES, extracted Jan 2009
↑ 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-407 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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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jessie D by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
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