Walter E Fairbairn (abt. 1841 - 1906)

Born about 1841 in , , Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy E Gethings — married about 1872 in Margaretville, Middletown, Delaware, New York, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 19 Oct 1906 at about age 65 in Margaretville, Delaware Co, New York, USA

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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: Walter E /Fairbairn/ ^[1][2][3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1841

Place: , , , Scotland^[4]

Birth:

Date: 31 MAR 1842

Place: Bovina, Delaware Co, New York, USA^[5]

Birth:

Date: 29 MAR 1843

Place: Bovina, Delaware Co, New York, USA^[6]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using ABT 1841

Death

Death:

Date: 19 OCT 1906

Place: Margaretville, Delaware Co, New York, USA^[7][8][9]

Reference

Reference: 18113

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 18 SEP 2012

Prior to import, this record was last changed 18 SEP 2012 .

Census

Census:

Date: 06 JUN 1900

Place: Middletown Town, Delaware Cty, New York, USA

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter E head, 58 wid, b Mar 1842 NY F/M b Scotland, carpenter^[10]

Marriage

Husband: Walter E Fairbairn

Wife: Lucy E Gethings

Child: Walter Delacy Fairbairn or Fairben

Marriage:

Date: EST 1872

Place:  ?Margaretville, Delaware Co, New York, USA^[11]

Census:

Date: 24 JUN 1880

Place: Margaretville, Delaware Co, New York, USA

Note: FAIRBEN (sic): Walter E 39 carpenter b NY F/M b Scotland; wife Lucy E 30 keeping hse b Ireland F/M b Ireland; son De Lacy 7 b NY^[12]

Census:

Date: FEB 1892

Place: Middleton, Delaware Co., New York, USA

Note: FAIRBEN: Walter E 50 carpenter, Lucy 44, de Lacy 19 teacher^[13]

Husband: John Fairbairn

Wife: Elisabeth Miller

Child: Walter E Fairbairn

Child: Frank Miller Fairbairn

Child: Jarvis Barrett Fairbairn

Child: James E Fairbairn

Child: John Francis Fairbairn

Child: Nelson G Fairbairn

Child: George G Fairbairn

Child: William H Fairbairn

Marriage:

Date: 13 JAN 1841

Place: Bovina, Delaware Co, New York, USA^[14]

Census:

Date: 03 OCT 1850

Place: Shandaken, Ulster Co., New York, USA

Note: FAIRBURN (might be FAIRBAIRN): John 38, Elizabeth 28, (assumed sons) Walter 9 all b Scotland; Francis 6, Jarvin 5, James 2 all b NY^[15]

Census:

Date: 02 AUG 1860

Place: Hardenburgh, Ulster Co, New York, USA

Note: FAIRBURN: John 47 farmer 0 real estate/0 personal, b Scotland; Elisabeth 40 b Scotland; Assumed children: Jarvin B 14 birthplace unknown; James 11, John F 8, Nelson 6, George D all b NY^[16]

Census:

Date: AUG 1870

Place: Hardenbergh, Ulster Co, New York, USA

Note: FARBIN (#29): John 50 farming 00/650 b Scotland; Betsey 45 b NY; Watson (hard pushed to turn the entry into Walter, but that's who it is) 26; Jarvin 24; James 22; Francis 19; George 14; Nelson 17; William 7 All b NY (living next door to Nelson's future wife and her parents). Then again, later in the same film as:

FARBARN (#112): John 63 farming 800/400; (wife) Betsey 53; (Children): Jarvin (sic) 23, James 21, George 13, Willie 8 all b NY.

How can we ever expect to get our ancestors' lives right! Both were enumerated in Aug, but as you can see, with wildly varying ages and wealth for John and Betsy, and with different sets of children, including once with son Nelson, once with Nelson on the next page with a Kelly family)^[17][18]

Census:

Date: 1880

Place: Hardenburgh, Ulster, New York, USA

Note: FARBORN: John 68 wife Elyzabeth 60, both b Scotland; Children: Jarven (sic) 34, William H 17, George 23 all laborer b NY F/M b Scotland; James 30 F/M b Scotland, Mary 24 wife F/M b NY, both at home b NY; Rachel 5 dtr b NY F/M b NY; Francis 3, Nelson 1. (Near neighbour, son John Francis as Frank)^[19]

Sources

• Source: S1204 Title: EM FAIRBAIRN, John ex Ed S, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: New York, USA Abbreviation: EM FAIRBAIRN, John ex Ed S Author: Edward STEWART (18124)
• 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: S2329 Title: USA Census - Ancestry, Record Type: USA census images, Location: Various Abbreviation: USA Census - Ancestry Repository: #R121
• Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA
• Source: S2839 Title: EM FAIRBAIRN/MILLER ex Rosalie F-G, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: Pennsylvania, USA Abbreviation: EM FAIRBAIRN/MILLER ex Rosalie F-G Author: Rosalie FAIRBAIRN-GORDON
• Source: S300 Title: Census: Misc. USA, Record Type: Census images, Record Info: Assorted state census records, Film: via ancestry Abbreviation: Census: Misc. USA Repository: #R121
• Source: S5 Title: Ancestry.com, Url: http://search.ancestry.com Abbreviation: Ancestry.com
• Source: S808 Title: Census: USA, Record Type: Census images, Film: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: USA Repository: #R121

1. ↑ Source: #S1204 Page: Family of John FAIRBAIRN & Elisabeth MILLER, rcvd Jan 1999
2. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: Walter E FAIRBEN, NY Infantry, Coy G Reg 144 NY, from Civil War Pension Index Cards, NARA T289, extracted May 2009
3. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: Marr. 24 Apr 1904 Walter D s/o Walter E FAIRBEN and Lucy E GETHINGS; and Ernestine H d/o Herman SHERBER & Catharine MOLLOY, Manhattan, NY, NY, batch M000544, extracted May 2009
4. ↑ Source: #S808 Page: 1850 Shandaken, Ulster, New York; Roll M432_608 Pg 222; Image 448, hsehold of John & Elizabeth FAIRBURN, extracted Oct 2007
5. ↑ Source: #S1204 Page: Jan 1999
6. ↑ Source: #S5 Page: Birth 29 Mar 1843 Watkins FAIRBURNS, s/o John FAIRBURNS & Elisabeth MILLER, (enlisted Sep 1864, mustered out Jul 16, 1865, living Margaretville PO, Delaware Co), from New York State Archives, Albany, New York; Town Clerks´ Registers of Men Who Served in the Civil War, ca 1861-1865; Collection Number: (N-Ar)13774; Box Number: 16; Roll Number: 10, extracted Apr 2011
7. ↑ Source: #S2329 Page: 1900 Middletown, Delaware, New York; Roll T623 1021 Pg 6B; ED 23; hsehold of Walter E FAIRBAIRN, extracted Oct 2007
8. ↑ Source: #S1204 Page: Walter FAIRBAIRN, 1842-1906, rcvd Jul 2008
9. ↑ Source: #S2839 Page: Dth 19 Oct 1906 Walter FAIRBAIRN, Margaretville, from spreadsheet of the family of John FAIRBAIRN and Elizabeth MILLER, rcvd Apr 2009
10. ↑ Source: #S2329 Page: 1900 Middletown, Delaware, New York; Roll T623 1021 Pg 6B; ED 23; hsehold of Walter E FAIRBAIRN, extracted Oct 2007
11. ↑ Source: #S2329 Page: 1880 Margaretville, Delaware, New York; Roll T9_823 FHL Film 1254823 Pg 325.4000; ED 77 Image 0412 hsehold of Walter E & Lucy E FAIRBEN, extracted Oct 2007
12. ↑ Source: #S2329 Page: 1880 Margaretville, Delaware, New York; Roll T9_823 FHL Film 1254823 Pg 325.4000; ED 77 Image 0412 hsehold of Walter E & Lucy E FAIRBEN, extracted Oct 2007
13. ↑ Source: #S300 Page: 1892 Middleton, Delaware, NY, hsehold of Walter E & Lucy FAIRBEN, Original data: New York State Education Department, Office of Cultural Education. 1892 New York State Census. Albany, NY: New York State Library, images online at New York, State Census, 1892, extracted Sep 2012
14. ↑ Source: #S1204 Page: Marr. 13 Jan 1841 John FAIRBAIRN & Elisabeth MILLER, Bovina, NY, rcvd Jan 1999
15. ↑ Source: #S808 Page: 1850 Shandaken, Ulster, New York; Roll M432_608 Pg 222; Image 448, hsehold of John & Elizabeth FAIRBURN, extracted Oct 2007
16. ↑ Source: #S808 Page: 2 Aug 1860 Hardenburgh, Ulster, New York; Roll: M653_872; Page: 135; Image: 348, hsehold of John & Elizabeth FAIRBURN, extracted Sep 2008
17. ↑ Source: #S808 Page: 1870 Hardenbergh, Ulster, New York; Roll M593_1105; Pg 107; Image 214; hsehold of John & Betsey FAIRBARN, extracted Oct 2007
18. ↑ Source: #S808 Page: 1870 Hardenbergh, Ulster, New York; Roll: M593_1105; Pg: 103; Image: 205, hsehold of John and Bestey FARBIN, extracted Apr 2009
19. ↑ Source: #S808 Page: 1880 Hardenbergh, Ulster, New York; Roll T9_939;FHL Film 1254939 Pg 94.2000; ED 121; Image 0191; hsehold of John & Elyzabeth FARBORN, extracted Oct 2007

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Lorna Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Fairbairn-533 through the import of FAIRBAIRNJohnMILLERNy4WikiTreeJul2013v3PlaceUpdated.ged on Jul 13, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Lorna and others.