Thomas Purdie Fairbairn (abt. 1885 - 1942)

Born about 1885 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Son of Charles Fairbairn and [mother unknown]

Died 25 Jan 1942 at about age 57 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States

Biography

Thomas was born about 1885. He was the son of Charles Fairbairn and Mary Bate. He passed away in 1942.^[1]

Born about 1885/6 Pennsylvania, USA

records vary as to when

FindAGrave: 30 Sep 1885

California Death Index: 31 Oct 1885

1900 Census: Oct 1886

Family

Husband: Thomas Purdie Fairbairn

Wife: Mabel E Minturn

Married abt 1911 Possibly Fresno, California, USA

Children:^[2]

Archie

Thomas

Leland

...

Earl Millard Fairburn

...

Census

1930 2931 Madison Ave, Fresno, Fresno Co., California, USA

FAIRBAIRN: Thomas P renting $22.50, no radio 42 25 when married b PA F b SCT M b ENG supervisor telephone co; wife Mabel E 42, 25 when marr. b CA F/M b CA; Children: Archie J 17, Thomas E 16, Leland E 15, Donald 12, Kenneth 7, Earl M 5, Doris M 3 all b CA F b PA M b CA (ancestry has the images misplaced and assigns them to the wrong family) ^[2]

1940

FAIRBURN: Thomas C (sic) 54 Storeman Clerk b. PA; wife Mabel E 42 ; Children: Thomas E 26 mechanic, Donald S 21 lineman telephone co., Kenneth C 17, Earl M 15, Doris M 13 All b. CA. All same house 1935 ^[3]

Family Search data

To be expanded and incorporated into bio

• Fact: Burial (1942) Fresno, Fresno, California, United States of America

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.^[4]

See FTDNA Discover for haplogroup I-BY21381

Sources

1. ↑ FindAGrave: Birth 30 Sep 1885 Dth 25 Jan 1942 (Fresno, CA) Thomas Purdie FAIRBURN, Memorial # 93447207
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 1930 Census: Fresno, Fresno, CA Roll: 116; Pg 2B; ED 29 Image 911.0, hsehold of Thomas P & Mabel E FAIRBAIRN
3. ↑ 1940 Census: Fresno, Fresno, California; Roll: T627_201; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 10-28, hsehold of Thomas C & Mabel E FAIRBURN, image available Ancestry.com
4. ↑ 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 21 October 2020, 19:27), entry for Thomas Purdie Fairbairn (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:K67K-728 ); contributed by various users.