James Archie Fairbairn (abt. 1821 - abt. 1893)

Born about 1821 in Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Strain) Fairbairn — married 1856 in Lennox Co, Ontario, Canada

Died about 1893 at about age 72 in Fredericksburg, Lennox, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

James Archie /Fairbairn/ ^[1][2][3]

Birth

ABT 1821

Scotland

although 1891 census implies 1822, IFF I'm correct that Robert is the s/o Archibald and Alison, then James Archie has to be the eldest son, so I've adjusted his birth back a year and taken the latest of William's available dates^[4][5]

ABT 1826

Scotland^[6]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using ABT 1821

Death

EST 1893

 ?Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox Co., Ontario, Canada

yr from OGF, unsourced, unverified, not obv. ONT dths, nor LDS Pilot search^{[7][8][9][10]}

Reference

56137

Data Changed

Changed:

16 OCT 2010

Prior to import, this record was last changed 16 OCT 2010 .

Marriage

FAM

@I56137@

@I56245@

@I56229@

1856

 ?Lennox Co, Ontario, Canada

not immediately obvious ONT^[11][12]

1861

Camden, Lennox & Addington Co, Ontario, Canada

FAIRBAIRNE: James 37 farmer b Scotland; Mary 30 b Ireland; Agnes B 3 b Can West; All Presbyterian C of S and resident, members of a family; Living in a frame house, 1 1/2 storeys, 1 family.^[13]

1871

Fredericksburg Nth, Lennox Co., Ontario, Canada

FAIRBURN: James 45 farmer b Scotland, Scotch; (assumed wife) Mary 45 b Ireland, Irish; Assumed dtr Agnes 13 b ONT, Scotch (not going to school); All Presbyterian, all could read/write; Neighbours McCOY and CLARE^[14]

1881

Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox Co, Ontario, Canada

FAIRBURN: James 55 farmer b Scotland; Mary 55 b Ireland; Agnes B 19 Scottish b ONT. All Presby.^[15]

1891

Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox Co, Ontario, Canada

FAIRBAIRN: Archie 69 farmer b Scotland F/M b Scotland; wife Mary 65 b Ireland F/M b Ireland; Dtr Dora 4 b ONT F/M b ONT; All Presb^[16]

FAM

@I55645@

@I56135@

@I56142@

@I56143@

@I56137@

@I33182@

@I56138@

@I55646@

EST 1815

Scotland

date assumes marries shortly before "oldest child" Elizabeth^[17][18]

Sources

• Source: S1596 Title: IGI: Online searches, Subject: Online search: assorted surnames Abbreviation: IGI: Online searches Note: citations without an "extracted MMM YYYY" are generally pre 1999 Repository: #R149
• Repository: R149 Name: Family Search (LDS) Address: State: UT Country: USA Note: http://familysearch.org
• Source: S2285 Title: GenForum, Url: http://www.genforum.genealogy.com/my/ Abbreviation: GenForum
• Source: S2337 Title: EM FAIRBAIRN/SINTON Yetholm ex Scott F, Recipient: L Henderson (1), Address: Ontario, Canada, Author E-mail: Abbreviation: EM FAIRBAIRN/SINTON Yetholm ex Scott F Author: Scott FAIRBAIRN Note: found via BEW Rootsweb list and GenForum FAIRBAIRN list, Aug 2005
• Source: S2520 Title: OneGreatFamily, Url: http://OneGreatFamily.com Abbreviation: OneGreatFamily
• Source: S2751 Title: EM FAIRBAIRN/Sth AfricaELY ex Betsy S, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: ?WI, USA, Author E-mail: Abbreviation: EM FAIRBAIRN/Sth AfricaELY ex Betsy S Author: Betsy SCHMITT Note: initially via Sanna, May 2008
• Source: S5 Title: Ancestry.com, Url: http://search.ancestry.com Abbreviation: Ancestry.com
• Source: S600 Title: Lorna's Family History Musings, Location: Waikanae, New Zealand Abbreviation: Lorna's Family History Musings Author: Lorna Henderson
• Source: S809 Title: CENSUS: CAN, Record Type: Census image, Location: Canada, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: CAN: Census via Ancestry Repository: #R121
• Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA

1. ↑ Source: #S600 Page: Jul 2008
2. ↑ Source: #S809 Page: 1891 Nth Fredericksburgh, Lennox, ONT Dist 87 Roll T-6350 Archie & Mary FAIRBAIRN, extracted Jul 2008
3. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: 1881 Census: Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox, ONT, FHL Film 1375872 NA Film C-13236 Dist 117 Sub-dist E Div 1 Pg 13 Hsehold 65, extracted Jul 2008
4. ↑ Source: #S809 Page: 1891 Nth Fredericksburgh, Lennox, ONT Dist 87 Roll T-6350 Archie & Mary FAIRBAIRN, extracted Jul 2008
5. ↑ Source: #S600 Page: Jul 2008
6. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: 1881 Census: Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox, ONT, FHL Film 1375872 NA Film C-13236 Dist 117 Sub-dist E Div 1 Pg 13 Hsehold 65, extracted Jul 2008
7. ↑ Source: #S809 Page: 1891 Nth Fredericksburgh, Lennox, ONT Dist 87 Roll T-6350 Archie & Mary FAIRBAIRN, extracted Jul 2008
8. ↑ Source: #S5 Page: Dth 5 May 1909 Mary FAIRBAIRN, Nth Fredericksburg, Lennosx & Addington, ONT, roll MS935_145, extracted Jul 2008
9. ↑ Source: #S809 Page: 1901 Nth Fredericksburgh, Lennox, ONT Dist 84 Sub Dist E-1 Pg 7 Family 79, Mary FAIRBURN, extracted Jul 2008
10. ↑ Source: #S2520 Page: Dth 1893 James FAIRBAIRN, , extracted Nov 2009
11. ↑ Source: #S2751 Page: Marr. 1856 James FAIRBAIRN & Mary STRAIN, from DODD records on family info on James FAIRBAIRN/Mary STRAIN from John DODD, rcvd Jul 2008
12. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: 1881 Census: Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox, ONT, FHL Film 1375872 NA Film C-13236 Dist 117 Sub-dist E Div 1 Pg 13 Hsehold 65, extracted Jul 2008
13. ↑ Source: #S809 Page: 1861 Camden, Lennox and Addington, Ontario; Roll: C-1046-1047, hsehold of James & Mary FAIRBAIRNE (sic), extracted Aug 2009
14. ↑ Source: #S809 Page: 1871 Fredericksburg North, Lennox, Ontario; Roll: C-9995; Family No: 3, hsehold of James & Mary FAIRBURN, extracted Aug 2009
15. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: 1881 Census: Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox, ONT, FHL Film 1375872 NA Film C-13236 Dist 117 Sub-dist E Div 1 Pg 13 Hsehold 65, extracted Jul 2008
16. ↑ Source: #S809 Page: 1891 Nth Fredericksburgh, Lennox, ONT Dist 87 Roll T-6350 Archie & Mary FAIRBAIRN, extracted Jul 2008
17. ↑ Source: #S2337 Page: Robert FAIRBAIRN, 1828, Scottish Emigration to Canada pre-Confederation, rcvd Jul 2008
18. ↑ Source: #S2285 Page: Family of William GRIEVE and Elizabeth (Bessie) FAIRBAIRN, Richmond, ONT, posted Aug 2000 by Bonnie HURSH (email no longer current), extracted Jul 2008

Acknowledgments

Thank you to L Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Fairbairn-209 through the import of FAIRBAIRNRobertSCOTTKate4WikiTreePlaceUpdated.ged on Mar 25, 2013.

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