Walter Fairbairn (abt. 1823 - 1903)

Born about 1823 in Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Grace (Armstrong) Fairbairn — married 25 Feb 1848 in Stow, Midlothian, Scotland

Descendants

Died 13 Nov 1903 at about age 80 in Grindestone Head, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

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Biography

Name

Name: Walter /Fairbairn/ ^[1]

Birth

Date: ABT 1823

Place: Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[2]

Marriage

Husband: Walter Fairbairn

Wife: Grace Armstrong

Child: Margaret Fairbairn

Child: Agnes Fairbairn

Child: Margaret Fairbairn

Child: Walter Fairbairn

Marriage:

Date: 25 FEB 1848

Place: Stow, Midlothian, Scotland

Note: entry reads: Fairbairn Walter, Farm Servant in Cathie, and Grace Armstrong in the Parish of Canonbie gave in their names in order to marriage, and after due proclamation they were married 25th Feb 1848 (cf 18th May date from original info)^[3][4][5][6]

Death

Date: 13 NOV 1903

Place: Grindestone Head, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Note: cert. transcription reads: Died 1am Guidestone Head ( assumed to actually be Grindstone Head, or a local name for it?), age 80, pauper labourer, mar. to Grace Armstrong; s/o Walter Fairbairn, labourer, dec. and Agnes m.s. unknown, dec. Cause: old age, Inf: A Burns, Inspector of the Poor^[7]

Census

Date: 1841

Place: Belford, Par. of Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: Walter FAIRBAIRN 15 (45 on ancestry 15 on fmp), ag lab b. ROX; also George HALL 20 ag alb^[8]

Date: 30 MAR 1851

Place: Tinnishall, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN (FAIRBURN on fmp): Walter 28 ag lab b Morebattle, wife Grace, 22 (on both fmp and ancestry, should be 27?) b Canonbie; Children (all b Canonbie): William, 5, scholar; Margaret, dtr, 3; Agnes, dtr, 1^[9][10]

Date: 1861

Place: Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBURN: Walter 37 farm labourer b Morebattle, ROX; Grace 38 b Canonbie; Children: Agnes 11, Margaret 8 both scholars b Canonbie, DFS^[11]

Date: 1871

Place: Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter 47 cattle feeder b Morebattle, ROX; wife Grace 49 b Canonbie; Children: Margaret 18 dom serv, Walter 9 scholar both b Canonbie, DFS^[12]

Date: 03 APR 1881

Place: Milltown, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter, 57, ag lab b Morebattle, ROX; wife Grace, 59, b Canonbie, DFS^[13]

Date: 1891

Place: Grindstone Head, Dist of Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter 64 ag lab b Kelso, ROX; wife Grace 68^[14][15]

Date: 1901

Place: Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter 77 retired ploughman b Newcastleton, ROX; wife Grace 79 b Canonbie DFS; (dtr Agnes 2 hses away)^[16]

Occupation

Occupation: a farm servant

Date: FEB 1848

Place: Cathie, Par. of Stow, Midlothian, Scotland^[17]

Occupation: a labourer, when dtr Margaret married

Date: 1873

Place:  ?Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland^[18]

Reference

Reference: 15016

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S1442
2. ↑ Source: #S1442
3. ↑ Source: #S888 Marr. 18 May 1848 Walter FAIRBAIRN & Grace ARMSTRONG, Stow, MLN
4. ↑ Source: #S1442
5. ↑ Source: #S333 Marr. 23 Dec 1873 Margaret d/o Walter FAIRBAIRN & Grace ARMSTRONG; Adam s/o Adam & Margaret (YOUNG) YOUNG, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, 814/17, transc. ex BFHS rcvd 2006
6. ↑ Source: #S55 Marr. 25 Feb 1848 Walter FAIRBAIRN, (farm servant, Cathie) & Grace ARMSTRONG (Par. of Canonbie), Stow, Midlothian, 699/00 0050 0242, copy d/loaded Sep 2014
7. ↑ Source: #S333 Dth 1903 Walter FAIRBAIRN, transcr. Stuart H, pre 2000
8. ↑ Source: #S201 Belford, Par. of Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Par. 801 ED: 6; Page: 3; in hsehold with George HALL, extracted Sep 2014
9. ↑ Source: #S1442
10. ↑ Source: #S203 Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Par. 814, ED: 10; Page: 8; hsehold of Walter & Grace FAIRBAIRN, rechecked Mar 2013
11. ↑ Source: #S205 Canonbie, DFS Scotland Par. 814 ED 6 Pg 8 Sched 39, hsehold of Walter & Grace FAIRBURN, extracted Dec 2006
12. ↑ Source: #S820 1871 Census Canonbie DFS Dist 814 ED 6 Folio 2 Pg 7 Sched 34, hsehold of Walter & Grace FAIRBAIRN, copy d/loaded Dec 2006
13. ↑ Source: #S210 FHL Film 0224046 GRO Ref Volume 814 EnumDist 8 Page 3, rechecked Jan 2004
14. ↑ Source: #S895 Walter & Grace FAIRBAIRN
15. ↑ Source: #S212 Page: Grind Stonehead, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Reg. 814 ED 6 Sched 41, hsehold of Walter & Grace FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2013
16. ↑ Source: #S820 1901 Census Canonbie, DFS Dist 814 ED 6 Sched 40, hsehold of Walter & Grace FAIRBAIRN, copy d/loaded Dec 2006
17. ↑ Source: #S55 Marr. 25 Feb 1848 Walter FAIRBAIRN, (farm servant, Cathie) & Grace ARMSTRONG (Par. of Canonbie), Stow, Midlothian, 699/00 0050 0242, copy d/loaded Sep 2014
18. ↑ Source: #S333 Marr. 23 Dec 1873 Margaret d/o Walter FAIRBAIRN & Grace ARMSTRONG; Adam s/o Adam & Margaret (YOUNG) YOUNG, Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, 814/17, transc. ex BFHS rcvd 2006

• Source: S1442 Census transcriptions: Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, via Dumfries & Galloway FHS Repository: #R83
• Repository: R83 NZ Geneaological Society
• Source: S201 1841 Census transcripts for Scotland via Ancestry.com
• Source: S333 BDMs, Scotland death indices, & researcher extracts from GRO, SCT
• Source: S55 Scottish Birth, Marriage, Burial entries (to 1854) http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php

• WikiTree profile Fairbairn-34 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.
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