Archibald Fairbairn (1856 - 1941)

Born 8 Nov 1856 in Selkirk, , Selkirkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Jane Kedzie — married 1897 in Legerwood, , Berwickshire, Scotland

Died 27 May 1941 at age 84 in Bedshiel, Par. of Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland

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Biography

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Birth

Birth:

Date: 08 NOV 1856

Place: Selkirk, , Selkirkshire, Scotland^[1][2]

Death

Death:

Date: 27 MAY 1941

Place: Bedshiel, Par. of Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: cert shows Archibald as widower of Jean KEDZIE, farmer (retired) 85, d 9:15am of myocardial degeneration,; s/o Walter FAIRBAIRN, farm manager and Agnes m.s. HENDERSON, both dec'd, inf son-in-law Adam ANDERSON, reg. May 27th Greenlaw^[3][4][5]

Reference

Reference: 16065

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 02 AUG 2009

Prior to import, this record was last changed 02 AUG 2009 .

Marriage

Husband: Archibald Fairbairn

Wife: Jane Kedzie

Child: Margaret Paterson Fairbairn

Child: Walter Fairbairn

Child: Agnes Henderson Fairbairn

Marriage:

Date: 1897

Place: Legerwood, , Berwickshire, Scotland^[6][7]

Census:

Date: 1901

Place: Butchercote, Par. of Mertoun, Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Archebald (as per ancestry) 42 farmer; wife Jane 34 both b Selkirk SEL; Children: Margaret 2, Walter 11mths, all b Mertoun, BEW; Nephew: Robert KEDYIE (KEDZIE?) 11 scholar b Legerwood; Servants: McCLARE, PATERSON^[8]

Husband: Walter Fairbairn

Wife: Agnes Henderson

Child: Betsy Fairbairn

Child: Archibald Fairbairn

Child: Agnes Fairbairn

Child: Helen Fairbairn

Child: James Fairbairn

Marriage:

Date: DEC 1852

Place: Melrose/St Boswells, , Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: 19th St Boswells, 31st Melrose^[9]

Census:

Date: 1861

Place: Selkirk, , Selkirkshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter 39 b Melrose, ROX; farm steward of 187 ac; wife Agnes 38 b Melrose, ROX; Children: Betsy 6 scholar, Archibald 4, Agnes 2, Helen 9mths all b Selkirk; Also mother-in-law Betsy HENDERSON, 73 b Melrose, ROX; Boarder: John SCOTT 48 gardner b Perth; Servant Janet WINTRUP 20 dairymaid b Bowden, ROX^[10]

Census:

Date: 1881

Place: Whitmuir Cottage, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland

Note: Walter farm steward, 59 b Bowden, wife Agnes 58 b Melrose. Children (all b Selkirk and unm): Archibald, 24 shepherd, Helen, 20, James 18.^[11]

Census:

Date: 1891

Place: Mertoun, , Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter 67 farmer b St Boswells, ROX; wife Agnes 63 b Galashiels, ROX; Children: Archibald 29, Helen 25, James 23 all b Selkirk; Servant: Robert PORDEN (as transcr) 20 b England^[12]

Sources

• Source: S333 Title: BDMs, Scotland death indices, & researcher extracts, Compiler Address: GRO, SCT Abbreviation: BDM searches at GRO Scotland Repository: #R9
• Repository: R9 Name: filed Borders Correspondence Address: City: Waikanae State: WTN Postal Code: 5036 Country: NZ
• Source: S56 Title: Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), File Number: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php Abbreviation: BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855
• Source: S802 Title: Census: 1861 Ancestry, Record Type: Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland), Location: UK, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1861 Ancestry Publication: 1861 Repository: #R121
• Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA
• Source: S806 Title: Census: 1901 Ancestry, Record Type: Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland), Location: UK, Record Info: Via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1901 UK Ancestry Publication: 1901 Repository: #R121
• Source: S888 Title: IGI: FAIRBAIRN extract, Subject: FAIRBAIRN Abbreviation: FAIRBAIRN IGI extract 1993/4 Publication: 1993 & 1994 addenda Repository: #R58 Call Number: FAIRBAIRN
• Repository: R58 Name: IGI255 Address: City: Waikanae State: WTN Postal Code: 5036 Country: NZ Note: downloaded computerised igi entries

1. ↑ Source: #S888
2. ↑ Source: #S802 Page: Selkirk, SEL Scotland Par. 778 ED 7 Pg 6 Sched 28, hsehold of Walter & Agnes FAIRBAIRN, extracted Dec 2006
3. ↑ Source: #S333 Page: Death Walter F. trans. Robert McCUTCHEON Dec 2001
4. ↑ Source: #S806 Page: Mertoun, BEW Reg 751 ED 2 Pg 5 Sched 21 hsehold of Archibald & Jane FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008
5. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Dth 27 May 1941 Archibald FAIRBAIRN, reg. Greenlaw, BEW Dist 743 Pg 4 #11, copy d/loaded May 2008
6. ↑ Source: #S806 Page: Mertoun, BEW Reg 751 ED 2 Pg 5 Sched 21 hsehold of Archibald & Jane FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008
7. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Marr. 1897 Archibald FAIRBAIRN & Jane KEDZIE, Legerwood BEW Dist 749 #1, idnex searched Mar 2008
8. ↑ Source: #S806 Page: Mertoun, BEW Reg 751 ED 2 Pg 5 Sched 21 hsehold of Archibald & Jane FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008
9. ↑ Source: #S620
10. ↑ Source: #S802 Page: Selkirk, SEL Scotland Par. 778 ED 7 Pg 6 Sched 28, hsehold of Walter & Agnes FAIRBAIRN, extracted Dec 2006
11. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0224038 GRO Ref Volume 778 EnumDist 14 Page 2
12. ↑ Source: #S805 Page: Mertoun, BEW Reg 751 ED 1 Pg 10 Sched 44, hsehold of Walter & Agnes FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008

Acknowledgments

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