Born about in Scotland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Andrew Fairbairn
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Robert Russell Scott
— married
1904 in Ormskirk, Lancashire, England
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 85
in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
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Biography
Helen Martin Fairbairn was born in 1875 in Scotland to Andrew Martin Fairbairn and Jane Young Shields. She died in 1960.[1]
Helen's death notice reads: "Lady Scott, widow of Sir Robert Russell Scott, K.C.B., died on Friday in Inverness. She was Helen, daughter of the Rev. A.M. Fairbairn, and she was married in 1904. Her husband died in March this year"[2]
Census:
3 Apr 1881: Airedale College, Emm Lane, Heaton, Bradford, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding), England[3]
| Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| Andrew M Fairbairn | Head | Married | M | 43 | Principal of college (sch master) | Fife, Scotland |
| Jeanie S Fairbairn | Wife | Married | F | 37 | Scotland | |
| John S Fairbairn | Son | Unmarried | M | 12 | Scholar | Scotland |
| Andrew M Fairbairn | Son | Unmarried | M | 10 | Scholar | Scotland |
| Barless S Fairbairn | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 8 | Scholar | Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Helen M Fairbairn | Daughter | Unmarried | F | 6 | Scholar | Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Margaret Fairbairn | Visitor | Unmarried | F | 45 | Milliner | Fife, Scotland |
| Helen Smeal | Servant | Unmarried | F | 24 | Cook | Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Margaret Smeal | Servant | Unmarried | F | 16 | Housemaid | Scotland |
5 Apr 1891: Mansfield College Principals House, Holywell Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England[4]
| Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| John Shields Fairbairn | Son | Single | M | 22 | Medical student univ oxford | Scotland |
| Andrew M Fairbairn | Son | Single | M | 20 | Student univ oxford | Scotland |
| Barbara S Fairbairn | Daughter | Single | F | 18 | Scotland | |
| Helen M Fairbairn | Daughter | Single | F | 16 | Scholar | Scotland |
| Jane E Stap | Single | F | 30 | Governess | London, Middlesex, England | |
| Sarah A Brookes | Servant | Single | F | 29 | Cook domestic servant | Longhope, Gloucestershire, England |
| Georgianna Cossie | Servant | Single | F | 25 | Housemaid domestic servant | Scotland |
| Roberta Raeburn | Servant | Single | F | 19 | Parlourmaid domestic servant | Scotland |
31 Mar 1901: 161, High Street, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England[5]
| Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| Edgar Leigh Collis | Head | Married | M | 30 | Medical practitioner | Old Swinford, Worcestershire, England |
| Barbara Shields Collis | Wife | Married | F | 28 | Scotland | |
| Jane Young Fairbairn | Mother-in-law | Married | F | 58 | Scotland | |
| Andrew Martin Fairbairn | Brother-in-law | Single | M | 30 | Solicitor | Scotland |
| Helen Martin Fairbairn | Sister-in-law | Single | F | 26 | Scotland | |
| Emily Frances Gilbert | Servant | Widowed | F | 46 | Cook domestic | London, Middlesex, England |
| Edith Irene Hathaway | Servant | Single | F | 18 | Domestic servant | Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, England |
| Jesse Cooper | Servant | Single | F | 24 | Domestic servant | Croxton, Staffordshire, England |
| Constant Deriemez | Servant | Single | M | 19 | Footman domestic | Switzerland |
2 Apr 1911: 42 Wimpole Street Marylebone W, St Marylebone, London & Middlesex, England[6]
| Name | Relation | Status | Sex | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
| Robert Russle Scott | Head | Married | M | 33 | Assistant principal clerk | Lancaster Lanco |
| Helen Martin Scott | Wife | Married | F | 36 | Abredeen Resident | |
| Mary Keley | Servant | Single | F | 45 | Cook domestic | Aughnihas Tyrone Resident |
| Mary Cantilon | Servant | Single | F | 30 | Housemaid domestic | Ballinhampt Cork Resident |
| Mary Burr | Servant | Single | F | 19 | Parlourmaid domestic | Kensington London |
| Nellie Cantillon | Servant | Single | F | 17 | Under housemaid domestic | Blackrock Cork Ireland Resident |
| Elsie Clark | Servant | Single | F | 15 | Between maid domestic | Garsington Oxon |
Sources
- ↑ 1960 Death cert.: Dth 1960 Helen Martin SCOTT, d/o Andrew Martin FAIRBAIRN & Jane Young SHIELDS, reg. Inverness transcr., rcvd by LornaHen from Robert McC
- ↑ 1960 Death notice: "Lady SCOTT, widow of Sir Robert Russell SCOTT", The Times, Tuesday November, 15 pg 15
- ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census", Reference: RG11; Piece number: 4475; Folio: 103; Page: 22; Schedule: 748, FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 6 December 2022), Helen M Fairbairn (6), unmarried daughter, Scholar, in household of Andrew M Fairbairn (43) in Airedale College, Emm Lane, Heaton in Bradford registration district in England. Born in Scotland.
- ↑
1891 Census:
"1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census",
Reference: RG12; Piece number: 1167; Folio: 112; Page: 22; Schedule: 144,
FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 6 December 2022),
Helen M Fairbairn (16), single daughter, Scholar, in household of John Shields Fairbairn (22) at Mansfield College Principals House, Holywell Street in Oxford registration district in Oxfordshire, England. Born in Scotland.
- NB parents Andrew and Jeanie not shown on page ~~~
- ↑ 1901 Census: "1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census", Reference: RG13; Piece number: 2753; Folio: 89; Page: 2; Schedule: 11, FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 6 December 2022), Helen Martin Fairbairn (26), single sister-in-law, in household of Edgar Leigh Collis (30) at 161, High Street in Stourbridge registration district in Worcestershire, England. Born in Scotland.
- ↑ 1911 Census: "1911 Census For England & Wales", Series: RG14; Piece number: 517; Schedule: 199, FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 6 December 2022), Helen Martin Scott (36), wife, in household of Robert Russle Scott (33) at 42 Wimpole Street Marylebone W, St Marylebone in Marylebone registration district in London & Middlesex, England. Born in Abredeen Resident.
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