John Fairbairn (1832)

Born 1832 in Scotland

Ancestors

Biography

John Fairbairn was born 1832^[1] to James Fairbairn and Joan Forsyth.

Family information (from "Grandma Viele", Helen Joan (Fairchild) Viele) is that John joined the 92nd Gordon Highlanders but deserted from Ireland, heading for America, where he became known as John Fairchild.

He died in Iowa in 1894^[2]

Census

1841 Sloethorn Bank, Selkirk Burgh, Selkirkshire, Scotalnd

FAIRBAIRN: James, 46 ag lab, Alison 20, Archibald 15, Janet 14, James 12, Barbra 11, John 9, Walter 7. Only Alison b county.^[3]

Links

John Fairchild on Lorna's web pages - has more details on his military service in the American Civil War Henderson-2297 05:09, 4 March 2021 (UTC)

Research Notes

John's birth

family sources have an exact date of 17 May 1832, but a place of Jedburgh.

There is a baptism in Hobkirk on that exact date, to a James, no mother named, with the place of Gatehousecote, and no baptism obvious in the Jedburgh OPR.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth 17 May 1832 Bap 29 Jul 1832 John s/o James FAIRBAIRN, Hobkirk, DIst 790

   entry reads: July 29 James Fairbairn Gatehousecote had a son born on the 17th day of May last & baptized this day His Name John

2. ↑ Dth 8 May 1894 John FAIRCHILD, Sec C Row 4 Grave 9, Burials, Iowa Veterans Home Cemetery Records,

   Sec C Row 4 plot 9 (some sites erroneously have Blair, Nebraska, which only contains 1st wife and son John - this error being identified by two researchers of the 4th Iowa Cavalry)

3. ↑ FreeCen: SCT1841/778 Selkirk ED 3 Selkirk Burgh F 3 Pg 18, Sloethorn Bank, hsehold of James FAIRBAIRN