Ralph Fairbairn (1848 - aft. 1911)

Born 19 Sep 1848 in Coldstream, , Berwickshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Laws — married 1875 in Newcastle upon Tyne, , Northumberland, England

Descendants

Died after 1911 after age 62 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Sub Dist of Byker, Northumberland, England

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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

Name: Ralph /Fairbairn/ ^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 19 SEP 1848

Place: Coldstream, , Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: prob. bap.^[2][3][4]

Death

Death:

Date: AFT 1911

Place: Newcastle upon Tyne, Sub Dist of Byker, Northumberland, England^[5]

Reference

Reference: 18437

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 30 NOV 2011

Prior to import, this record was last changed 30 NOV 2011 .

Marriage

Husband: Ralph Fairbairn

Wife: Elizabeth Laws

Child: Mary M Fairbairn

Child: Jesse Alfred Fairbairn

Child: George Fairbairn

Child: John James Fairbairn

Child: Edith Annie Fairbairn

Marriage:

Date: 1875

Place: Newcastle upon Tyne, , Northumberland, England

Note: several possibilities: Mar qtr 1875 Newcastle upon Tyne 10b/230 to Elizabeth NIXON or Elizabeth LAWS (t'other groom was George Brown HADLOW)

or

Jun qtr 1872, but that was the Jessie TAIT one 10b/212 Newcastle upon Tyne^[6][7][8][9]

Census:

Date: 1881

Place: Tweedmouth, , Northumberland, England

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Ralph, 31 foreman porter (rail) b Scotland; wife Elizabeth 30 b Newcastle on Tyne, NBL; Children: Mary M scholar 6, Jesse A (son) scholar 4, both b Newcastle;^[10]

Census:

Date: 1891

Place: Elswick, , Northumberland, England

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Ralph, 42 railway guard b Scotland; wife Elizabeth 40 b Newcastle on Tyne, NBL; Children: Mary 16 gen serv b Newcastle on Tyne; (next page); Alfred 14 slater b Newcastle on Tyne; George 9, scholar, b Northumberland; James 8 scholar, Edith 4 both b Gateshead, DUR^[11]

Census:

Date: 1901

Place: Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Ralph, 53 railway porter b Scotland; wife Elizabeth 51 g Newcastle, NBL; Children: George 18 railway caller b Newcastle; James 16 railway signal lad b Gateshead, DUR; Edith 14 b Gateshead^[12]

Census:

Date: 1911

Place: Newcastle upon Tyne, , Northumberland, England

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Ralph 62 railway porter b Coldstream, BEW; wife Elizabeth (marr. 36 yrs 7 children 3 living) 60 b Newcastle on Tyne.^[13]

Husband: James Fairbairn

Wife: Christian Nesbit Fairbairn

Child: Jane Fairbairn

Child: Eleanor Fairbairn

Child: Mary Fairbairn

Child: Ralph Fairbairn

Marriage:

Date: EST 1842

Place:  ?Eckford, , Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: date assumed^[14][15]

Census:

Date: 1851

Place: Coldstream, , Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: James 33 ag lab b Whitsome, BEW; wife Christiana 32 Eckford, ROX; Children: Jane 8 scholar b Eccles, BEW; Elleanor 7, Mary 5, both scholars, Ralph 2 all b Coldstream^[16]

Census:

Date: 1861

Place: Coldstream, , Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: James 44 ag lab b Whitsome, BEW; wife Christina 43 washerwoman and lodging house keeper b Cessford, ROX; Children: Mary 15 (no occ), Ralph 12 scholar, both b Coldstream; Lodgers: William HUNTER 22 blacksmith b Edin; Margaret WILSON 15 serv b England; Thomas (46 ag lab b Ewes, DFS) and wife Janet (36 b Forfar) STOREY; David BROWN 84 cotton weaver b Ladykirk, BEW;^[17]

Census:

Date: 1871

Place: Coldstream, , Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: James 55 gardener b Whitsome, BEW; wife Christina 54 b Eckford, ROX; Niece Christina HArgentinaREAVES 7 scholar b England; Lodgers: McDONALD (PER); WILLIAMSON (England); HAMILTON (blacksmith, England); WALLACE (optician, England); Mary TROTTER 20 hawker b Chirnside, BEW; HOLODY 22 groom b Kelso^[18]

Census:

Date: 1881

Place: Coldstream, , Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: James, 64, general gardener, b Whitsome, Berwickshire, wife Christina, 63 b Cessford, ROX lodging house keeper^[19]

Event:

Type: WebHighlight

Note: Are James and Christian distantly related?

Or is it completely coincidence that her family, that of John and Jane (WADDELL) FAIRBAIRN, also have Coldstream connections?^[20]

Sources

• Source: S1248 Title: EM FAIRBAIRN, Ralph/TAIT, Jessie Coldstream, Address: Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand Recipient: Lorna Henderson Abbreviation: EM FAIRBAIRN, Ralph/TAIT, Jessie Coldstream Author: Ann FACEY Publication: May 1999
• Source: S1595 Title: www FreeBMD England, Url: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl Abbreviation: www FreeBMD England Note: transcriptions of the published St Caths indices for English Births Deaths and Marriages 1837 to ??
• Source: S1738 Title: CENSUS: 1891 UK, Record Type: Census, Location: Various Abbreviation: Census: 1891 UK Publication: 1891
• Source: S203 Title: 1851 Census for Scotland, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: Scotland, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1851 Scotland via Ancestry Publication: 1851 Repository: #R121
• Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA
• Source: S205 Title: 1861 Census for Scotland, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: Scotland, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1861 Scotland via Ancestry Publication: 1861 Repository: #R121
• Source: S207 Title: 1871 Census for Scotland, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: Scotland, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1871 Scotland via Ancestry Publication: 1871 Repository: #R121
• Source: S210 Title: 1881 Census for UK, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: UK, Record Info: via Family Search/LDS CDs Abbreviation: Census: 1881 UK via FamilySearch/LDS Publication: 1881 Repository: #R21
• Repository: R21 Name: LDS library Address: State: Utah Country: USA Note: films and cd roms
• Source: S213 Title: 1901 Census for England and Wales, Record Type: Census images, Location: England & Wales, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1901 England/Wales via Ancestry Publication: 1901 Repository: #R121
• Source: S215 Title: Census: 1911 England, Record Type: Census images, Location: England, Record Info: http://www.findmypast.co.uk/CensusPersonStartSearchServlet?censusYear=1911 , http://ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1911 England (FMP/Ancestry) Publication: 1911 Note: Initially via archives pre-release 1911 census (http://www.1911census.co.uk/), and also available Ancestry from Dec 2011 Repository: #R143
• Repository: R143 Name: findmypast.co.uk Address: Country: England
• Source: S2268 Title: Census: 1901 England, Record Type: Census, Location: England Abbreviation: Census: 1901 England Publication: 1901 Note: Ancestry.com (images England/Wales, transcr. Scotland) or PRO Eng (Index) Repository: #R20
• Repository: R20 Name: Public Record Office Address: Country: England
• Source: S2978 Title: EM FAIRBAIRN: BEW ex David R, Address: UK, Recipient: Lorna Henderson Abbreviation: EM FAIRBAIRN: BEW ex David R Author: David RICHARDSON
• 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: 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

1. ↑ Source: #S213 Page: Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Byker Sub district, NBL Dist 37 RG13/4793 Folio 27 Page 45 Schedule #295, extracted Aug 2005
2. ↑ Source: #S1248 Page: May 1999
3. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Birth/bap 19 Sep 1848 Ralph s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Christian NISBET, reg. Coldstream, BEW 733/0040 0178, index searched Apr 2009
4. ↑ Source: #S806 Page: Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Byker Sub district, NBL Dist 37 RG13/4793 Folio 27 Page 45 Schedule #295, hsehold of Ralph & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Aug 2005
5. ↑ Source: #S2268 Page: Via Ancestry: Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Byker Sub district, NBL Dist 37 RG13/4793 Folio 27 Page 45 Schedule #295, extracted Aug 2005
6. ↑ Source: #S806 Page: Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Byker Sub district, NBL Dist 37 RG13/4793 Folio 27 Page 45 Schedule #295, hsehold of Ralph & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Aug 2005
7. ↑ Source: #S1595 Page: (Via ancestry) Ralph FAIRBAIRN marriages, extracted Aug 2005
8. ↑ Source: #S215 Page: Sub Dist All Saints, Dist Newcastle upon Tyne, NBL RG14PN30644 RG78PN1755 RD558 SD5 ED5 SN241, hsehold of Ralph & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Dec 2010
9. ↑ Source: #S2978 Page: Marr. 1875 Ralph FAIRBAIRN & Elizabeth LAWS, rcvd Dec 2010
10. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 1342239 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 5131 Folio 38 Page 6, Ralph & Eliz. FAIRBAIRN, Northern Borders cd, extracted Aug 2005
11. ↑ Source: #S1738 Page: (Via Ancestry) Elswick, NBL Dist 21 RG12/4194 Folio 128 Page 7 Schedule #49, extracted Aug 2005
12. ↑ Source: #S2268 Page: Via Ancestry: Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Byker Sub district, NBL Dist 37 RG13/4793 Folio 27 Page 45 Schedule #295, extracted Aug 2005
13. ↑ Source: #S215 Page: Sub Dist All Saints, Dist Newcastle upon Tyne, NBL RG14PN30644 RG78PN1755 RD558 SD5 ED5 SN241, hsehold of Ralph & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Dec 2010
14. ↑ Source: #S203 Page: Coldstream, BEW Par. 733 ED 1 Pg 21 or 15, Sched 95, hsehold of James & Christiana FAIRBAIRN, extracted Apr 2009
15. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0224030 GRO Ref Volume 733 EnumDist 2 Page 18, hsehold of James & Christina FAIRBAIRN, extracted pre 1999
16. ↑ Source: #S203 Page: Coldstream, BEW Par. 733 ED 1 Pg 21 or 15, Sched 95, hsehold of James & Christiana FAIRBAIRN, extracted Apr 2009
17. ↑ Source: #S205 Page: Coldstream, BEW Reg. 733 ED 2 Pg 4, Sched 20, hsehold of James & Christina FAIRBAIRN, extracted Apr 2009
18. ↑ Source: #S207 Page: Coldstream, BEW Reg. 733 ED 1 Pg 16 Sched 93, hsehold of James & Christian FAIRBAIRN, extracted Apr 2009
19. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: FHL Film 0224030 GRO Ref Volume 733 EnumDist 2 Page 18, hsehold of James & Christina FAIRBAIRN, extracted pre 1999
20. ↑ Source: #S2 Page: Nov 2011

Acknowledgments

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