William Fairbairn (1826 - 1900)

Born 23 May 1826 in Smailholm, , Roxburghshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes (Turner) Fairbairn — married 20 Oct 1847 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1900 at age 73 in Glasgow, Dist of Kelvin, Lanarkshire, Scotland

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Biography

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Name

Name: William /Fairbairn/ ^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 23 MAY 1826

Place: Smailholm, , Roxburghshire, Scotland^[2][3][4]

Birth:

Date: 1827

Place: , , ?Roxburghshire, Scotland^[5]

Christening

Christening:

Date: 09 JUL 1826

Place: Smailholm, , Roxburghshire, Scotland^[6][7]

Death

Death:

Date: 22 MAR 1900

Place: Glasgow, Dist of Kelvin, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: cert. shows William as 73 ship plate maker, widower of Agnes TURNER; s/o John FAIRBAIRN goods carrier & Jane m.s. WADDELL both dec'd; d. 1:30am "probably of bronchitis and senile decay" (cert.); Inf. son-in-law David MURRAY, present; reg. 23rd^[8][9]

Marriage

Husband: William Fairbairn

Wife: Agnes Turner

Child: John Fairbairn

Child: Agnes Fairbairn

Child: William Fairbairn

Child: Annie W Fairbairn

Child: Robert Fairbairn

Child: Catherine Fairbairn

Child: George Fairbairn

Marriage:

Date: 20 OCT 1847

Place: Hamilton, , Lanarkshire, Scotland^[10]

Census

Date: 1841

Place: Coldstream, , Berwickshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: John 40 ag lab b Scotland; Jane 40 b BEW; Assumed children: Wm 15, Geo 9, Jesse (male) 7 all b Scotland^[11]

Date: 30 MAR 1851

Place: Hamilton, , Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBURN: William 24 lab b Smailholm, ROX; wife Agnes 30 b Edin; Children: John 2 b Coldstream BEW; Agnes 3mths b Hamilton, LKS^[12]

Date: 1861

Place: Hamilton, , Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: William 32 contractor for drainage of fields b Kelso, ROX; wife Agnes 40 b Edin; Children: John 12 b Coldstream, BEW; Agnes 10, William 8, Robert 6, all scholars b Catherine 1, all b Hamilton, LKS;^[13]

Date: 1871

Place: Dalziel, , Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: William 44 iron worker b Coldstream, BEW; wife Agnes 45 b Edin; Children: John 22 iron worker b Coldstream, BEW; Agnes 20 worsted winder; William 16, Robert 14, both iron workers, Catherine 11, George 9, both scholars, all b Hamilton, LKS;^[14]

Reference

Reference: 35327

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 27 DEC 2012

Prior to import, this record was last changed 27 DEC 2012

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: S1597 Title: FamilySearch Labs Record Search (LDS), Url: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/ Abbreviation: FamilySearch Labs Record Search (LDS)

• Source: S1961 Title: www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence Abbreviation: www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence Author: LornaHen (1)

• Source: S201 Title: 1841 Census for Scotland, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: Scotland, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1841 Scotland via Ancestry Publication: 1841 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: 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: S801 Title: Census: 1851 Ancestry, Record Type: Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland), Location: UK, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1851 Ancestry Publication: 1851 Repository: #R121

1. ↑ Source: #S1961 Page: FAIRBAIRN/WADDELL, ex RootsWeb Roxburghshire Msge Board, posted Jun 2003 by graham fairbairn at lineone.net, extracted Sep 2003
2. ↑ Source: #S1961 Page: FAIRBAIRN/WADDELL, ex RootsWeb Roxburghshire Msge Board, posted Jun 2003, extracted Sep 2003
3. ↑ Source: #S1597 Page: Birth 23 May Bap. 9 Jul 1826 William s/o John FAIRBAIRN & Jeany WADDEL, Smailholm, Roxburghshire, from Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 batch C11805-4 film 1067951, extracted Nov 2011
4. ↑ Source: #S201 Page: Coldstream, BEW Par. 733 ED 1 Pg 17 hsehold of John & Jane FAIRBAIRN, extracted Oct 2010
5. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: FAIRBAIRN/WADDELL, (Patron submission, batch 2260405 Sheet: 32 Source Call No.: 1553512) extracted Sep 2003
6. ↑ Source: #S1961 Page: FAIRBAIRN/WADDELL, ex RootsWeb Roxburghshire Msge Board, posted Jun 2003, extracted Sep 2003
7. ↑ Source: #S1597 Page: Birth 23 May Bap. 9 Jul 1826 William s/o John FAIRBAIRN & Jeany WADDEL, Smailholm, Roxburghshire, from Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 batch C11805-4 film 1067951, extracted Nov 2011
8. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: FAIRBAIRN/WADDELL, (Patron submission, batch 2260405 Sheet: 32 Source Call No.: 1553512) extracted Sep 2003
9. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: Dth 22 Mar 1900 William h/o Agnes TURNER; s/o John FAIRBAIRN & Jane WADDELL, reg. Kelvin, LKS 644/09 0469, copy d/loaded Oct 2010
10. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: FAIRBAIRN/WADDELL, (Patron submission, batch 2260405 Sheet: 30 Source Call No.: 1553512) extracted Sep 2003
11. ↑ Source: #S201 Page: Coldstream, BEW Par. 733 ED 1 Pg 17 hsehold of John & Jane FAIRBAIRN, extracted Oct 2010
12. ↑ Source: #S801 Page: Hamilton, LKS Par 647 ED 2A Pg 14 Sched 62, hsehold of William & Agnes FAIRBURN, extracted May 2008
13. ↑ Source: #S205 Page: Hamilton, LKS Reg. 647 ED 2 Sched 57, hsehold of William & Agnes FAIRBAIRN, extracted Oct 2010
14. ↑ Source: #S207 Page: Dalzeil, LKS Reg. 639 ED 1 Sched 204, hsehold of William & Agnes FAIRBAIRN, extracted Oct 2010

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Lorna Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Fairbairn-442 through the import of FAIRBAIRNJohnWADDELL4DianaWikiTreePlaceUpdated.ged on Jul 9, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Lorna and others.