Born in Eldinghope, Yarrow, Selkirkshire, Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Fairbairn
and Joan (Forsyth) Fairbairn
Sister of
Allison (Fairbairn) Scott, Archibald Fairbairn, Janet (Fairbairn) Ferguson, James Fairbairn, Barbara Fairbairn, John Fairbairn and Walter Fairbairn
Wife of
Robert Safley
— married
13 May 1842 in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Mother of
Joan (Safley) Fairbairn
Died
at age 60
in United States
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Mar 2019
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Contents |
Biography
Helen was born in 1818 to James Fairbairn and Joan Forsyth. She passed away in 1878.
Born 15 Apr 1818 Eldinghope, Yarrow, Selkirkshire, Scotland
- entry reads: "James Fairbairn at Eldinghope and Joan Forsyth his wife had a Daughter born 15th April 1818 named Helen" [1]
Family
Married 9 May 1842 Traquair, Peebles-shire, Scotland
- Proclamations: 9 May Traquair, PEE "Robert Saflay in the parish of Melrose and Helen Fairbairn in this parish" [2]
Family search data
To be expanded/incorporated into bio above
- Fact: Burial (1878) Clarence, Cedar, Iowa, United States of America
Sources
- ↑ Birth 15 Apr 1818 Helen d/o James FAIRBAIRN (Eldinghope) and Joan FORSYTH, Yarrow, Selkirkshire Parish Register, 779/00 0010 0422, image available ScotlandsPeople
- ↑ OPR for Traquair, Peeblesshire, image available ScotlandsPeople, OPR 771/0020 0046
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 04 January 2018, 23:24), entry for Helen Fairbairn(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L4WP-XG6); contributed by various users.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helen by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Helen:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Helen by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Helen:
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~1.56%
James Lawless
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M598562 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Doug Fairbairn :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T585783 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Doug McKeown :
23andMe
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Lorna Henderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LornaHenNZ
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch PY346656C1 [compare]
-
~0.78%
William Horsburgh :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Linda (Fortune) McLeod :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
~6.25%
Frank Whillans :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member whillans
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch KB8582218 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Martin Fairbairn :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T612592 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Anonymous Davidson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T203183 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Living Hursh :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T492422 [compare]
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~0.78%
A Broomfield :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T231572 [compare]
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