Notes: FAIRBAIRN: Mary 44 b Eccles, BEW; Children: William 18 ploughman, John 17 ploughman, Isabella 14 ag lab, May 12, Robert 9 scholars all b Ednam, ROX;
Notes: MITCHELL: James 30 carrier b ? ROX ; wife Isabella 33 b Ednam, ROX; Children: Mary 4, Euphemia 2, May 11 mths all b Gordon, BEW; Visitor Mary BARAN 64 b Eccles BEW (Mary/May being Isabella's mother enumerated with her maiden surname)[3]
Sources
↑ Source #S56 Marr. 1866 William FAIRBAIRN and Mary ELLIOT, Dist 807 Pg 2 #4, copy d/loaded Jan 2006
↑ Source #S205: Sprouston, ROX Reg 807 ED 1 Sched 23 hsehold of Mary FAIRBAIRN, extracted May 2008
↑ Source #S209: Lilliesleaf, ROX Reg 795 ED 1 Sched 24, hsehold of James & Isabella MITCHELL, extracted May 2008
Source S56 BDM certificates 1855+ from ScotlandsPeople
Source S205 1861 Census transcriptions for Scotland via Ancestry.com
Source S209 1881 Census transcriptions for Scotland via Ancestry.com
Gravestone of James Fairbairn and Mary Barron cites their son George Fairbairn died at Easter Softlaw , 3 sept 1897 aged two years and their daughter May Fairbairn who died in Edinburgh 21 April 1897 aged 46 years
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