Agnes Henderson (abt. 1823 - aft. 1901)

Born about 1823 in Melrose, , Roxburghshire, Scotland

Wife of Walter Fairbairn — married Dec 1852 in Melrose St Boswells, , Roxburghshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died after 1901 after about age 78 in Galashiels, , Selkirkshire, Scotland

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Biography

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

Birth

ABT 1823

Melrose, , Roxburghshire, Scotland

date/place from 1881 cens.^[1]

Death

AFT 1901

 ?Galashiels, , Selkirkshire, Scotland

Walter's death cert doesn't say Walter is a widower^[2][3]

Marriage

Husband: Walter Fairbairn

Wife: Agnes Henderson

Child: Betsy Fairbairn

Child: Archibald Fairbairn

Child: Agnes Fairbairn

Child: Helen Fairbairn

Child: James Fairbairn

Marriage:

Date: DEC 1852

Place: Melrose/St Boswells, , Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: 19th St Boswells, 31st Melrose^[4]

Census

1851

Galashiels, , Selkirkshire, Scotland

Agnes HENDERSON, 23 servant b Melrose, ROX in hsehold of James STALKER, Baron Bailie factor, 30 b Earlston, BEW^[5]

1861

Selkirk, , Selkirkshire, Scotland

FAIRBAIRN: Walter 39 b Melrose, ROX; farm steward of 187 ac; wife Agnes 38 b Melrose, ROX; Children: Betsy 6 scholar, Archibald 4, Agnes 2, Helen 9mths all b Selkirk; Also mother-in-law Betsy HENDERSON, 73 b Melrose, ROX; Boarder: John SCOTT 48 gardner b Perth; Servant Janet WINTRUP 20 dairymaid b Bowden, ROX^[6]

1881

Whitmuir Cottage, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland

Walter farm steward, 59 b Bowden, wife Agnes 58 b Melrose. Children (all b Selkirk and unm): Archibald, 24 shepherd, Helen, 20, James 18.^[7]

1891

Mertoun, , Berwickshire, Scotland

FAIRBAIRN: Walter 67 farmer b St Boswells, ROX; wife Agnes 63 b Galashiels, ROX; Children: Archibald 29, Helen 25, James 23 all b Selkirk; Servant: Robert PORDEN (as transcr) 20 b England^[8]

1901

Galashiels, , Selkirkshire, Scotland

 ?Agnes FAIRBAIRN, 78, Helen F, 32.? Helen's age wrong by index.

Ancestry records: FAIRBAIRN: Agnes 78 b Melrose ROX; Dtr Helen 32 housekeeper b Selkirk SEL^[9][10]

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: S333 Title: BDMs, Scotland death indices, & researcher extracts, Compiler Address: GRO, SCT Abbreviation: BDM searches at GRO Scotland

• 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: S620 Title: OPR INDEX: Roxburghshire, Scotland; New Register House, Edinburgh, Subject: Births marriages OPR index, Location: Roxburghshire, Scotland Abbreviation: Roxburghshire, Scotland: OPR INDEX

• Source: S801 Title: Census: 1851 Ancestry, Record Type: Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland), Location: UK, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1851 Ancestry Publication: 1851 Repository: #R121

* Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA

• Source: S802 Title: Census: 1861 Ancestry, Record Type: Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland), Location: UK, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1861 Ancestry Publication: 1861 Repository: #R121

• 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

Reference

15575

Data Changed

Changed:

02 AUG 2009

Prior to import, this record was last changed 02 AUG 2009 .

1. ↑ Source: #S620
2. ↑ Source: #S210
3. ↑ Source: #S333 Page: Death Walter F. trans. Robert McCUTCHEON Dec 2001
4. ↑ Source: #S620
5. ↑ Source: #S801 Galashiels, SEL Scotland Par. 775 ED 1 Pg 27 Sched 86, hsehold of James STALKER, extracted Dec 2006
6. ↑ Source: #S802 Page: Selkirk, SEL Scotland Par. 778 ED 7 Pg 6 Sched 28, hsehold of Walter & Agnes FAIRBAIRN, extracted Dec 2006
7. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0224038 GRO Ref Volume 778 EnumDist 14 Page 2
8. ↑ Source: #S805 Page: Mertoun, BEW Reg 751 ED 1 Pg 10 Sched 44, hsehold of Walter & Agnes FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008
9. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: 1901 Census FAIRBAIRN SEL Index Dist 775/9 page #30 extracted Apr 2002
10. ↑ Source: #S806 Galashiels, SEL Reg 775 ED 9 Pg 30 Sched 143, hsehold of Agnes FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008

Acknowledgments

Thank you to L Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Henderson-4143 through the import of FAIRBAIRNJamesLEARMONTHMargaret4WikiTreePlaceUpdated.ged on May 3, 2013 and merging it with creating WikiTree profile Henderson-4282 through the import of FairbairnArchibaldScottJanet3Gen4WikiTreeJun2013PlaceUpdated.ged on Jun 26, 2013.

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