Charles Fairbairn (1840 - 1898)

Born 1840 in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Son of George Fairbairn and Janet (Purdie) Fairbairn

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1898 at about age 58 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

Charles was born in 1840. He was the son of George Fairbairn and Janet Purdie^[1]. He passed away in 1898.

Later records show his surname as Fairburn

Family

Husband: Charles Fairbairn

Wife: Mary Bate

Married 29 Jun 1876 Norristown, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA ^[2]

Children:

George Timothy Fairbairn

Charles Edward Fairbairn

William Bate Fairbairn

Thomas Purdie Fairbairn (abt.1885-1942)

Archibald Bate Fairbairn

Census:

1841 Broomilees, Par. of Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland.

FAIRBAIRN: George, 35, ag. lab. b ROX; Janet, assumed to be wife, 35, not b. county, Mary, 13; Archibald, 11;Thomas, 9; Cecelian, 7; Margaret, 5; Robert, 3; Charles 1 all b Roxburghshire, assumed to be children. ^[1]

30 Mar 1851 Broomyless, Melrose, Melrose Darnick & Bridge End & C, Roxburghshire, Scotland ^[3]

7 Apr 1861 Moray Street, St Cuthbert's, St Andrew, Midlothian, Scotland ^[4]

1 Jun 1880 63 Blodyett? St (East side), Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA ^[5]

FamilySearch Data

To be expanded and incorporated into bio above

• Fact: Burial (11 Apr 1898) Fernwood, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States

Research notes

DNA

yDNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Gordon Roy Fairbairn (1929-2013), FTDNA kit #110935, and his 5th cousin once removed, Earl Millard Fairburn (1924-2007), FTDNA kit #87728, match at a Genetic Distance of 0 on 67 markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA John Fairbairn (abt.1705-aft.1742).

Between the BigY timeframes, and the y67 exact match estimates from FTDNA a common ancestor born around 1700 is certainly in the right timeframes currently estimated.^[6]

See FTDNA Discover for haplogroup I-BY21381

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Source: #S1610 1841 Melrose, Dist 799 EnumDist 4 Folio 4 page 7, hsehold of George & Janet FAIRBAIRN, extracted Apr 2004
2. ↑ Marr. 29 Jun 1876 Charles FAIRBURN & Mary Elizabeth BATE, Norristown, Chester, PA, from FindAGrave Memorial # 93120422
3. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 England, Wales & Scotland Census", Piece number: -; Folio: -; Page: -; Schedule: 80, FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 9 December 2023), Charles Fairbairn (10), unmarried son, Scholar, in household of George Fairbairn (45) in Broomyless, Melrose in Melrose Darnick & Bridge End & C registration district in Roxburghshire, Scotland. Born in Scotland.
4. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census", Reference: -; Piece number: -; Folio: -; Page: -; Schedule: 60, FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 9 December 2023), Charles Fairbairn (21), unmarried lodger, Stonemason, in household of Thomas Fairbairn (29) on Moray Street, St Cuthbert's in St Andrew registration district in Midlothian, Scotland.
5. ↑ 1880 Census: "US Census 1880", FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 5 January 2024), Chas Fairbairn (37), married, Stone cutter, head of household in Philadelphia, United States. Born in Scotland.
6. ↑ FTDNA timeframes: At a GD of 0 at y67 FTDNA indicates, with a 95% probability, that the probability the two share a common ancestor born between 1700 and 1950 CE. The most likely year is rounded to 1850 CE.

   However, factor in that BigY matches between descendants of the common ancestor for one side of this match show the common haplogroup has an estimated formation of 1770 give or take, where the next branch back on the tree is estimated to have been formed about 1550, with an upper end range of around 1700.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 02 March 2021, 08:13), entry for Charles Fairbairn (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KN76-GRM ); contributed by various users.