FAIRBAIRN: Matthew 35, ag lab b Sprouston, ROX, wife Agnes, 24, b Eckford. Children (all b Yetholm): John, scholar, 7; Robert, 4; Isabella 2; Mathew, 9m. Mother Eliza wid., formerly ag lab wife, 69 b. Sprouston. [2]
FAIRBAIRN: Matthew 44 ag lab b Sprouston; wife Agnes 34 b Kelso; Children: John 16, Robert 14, ag labs, Isabella 12, Matthew 10, Eliza 8, all scholars; all b Kelso; William 6 scholar b ENG; male under 1 mos b Sprouston [3]
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↑ Dth 5 Jan 1929 Matthew FAIRBAIRN, Greatridgehall, Par. of Makerstoun ROX Dist 797 Pg 1 #1, image available ScotlandsPeople
cert shows Matthew as farm labourer, 84, marr. to Agnes THOMSON and s/o John FAIRBAIRN farm labourer and Elizabeth m.s. STEVENSON, both dec'd. d. 12:45am of arterio sclerosis heart failure, cert. by M Macvicar Deanburn, St Boswells. Inf. Son William, present, reg. Jan 7th at Makerstoun
↑ 1881 Census: Yetholm, ROX, FHL Film 0224044 GRO Ref Volume 811 EnumDist 4 Page 6, hsehold of Matthew & Agnes FAIRBAIRN
↑ 1891 Census: Sprouston, ROX Reg. 807 ED 2 Pg 6 Sched 36, hsehold of Matthew & Agnes FAIRBAIRN, transcript available Ancesry.com
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