David Fairbairn (1822 - 1894)

Born 16 Mar 1822 in Hawkesbury, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Prudential Arnold — married 6 Jul 1841 in Grenville, Ottawa Co, Quebec, Canada

Husband of Charity (Walker) Fairbairn — married 29 Aug 1845 in Chatham, Ottawa River, Ontario, Canada

Descendants

Died 6 Aug 1894 at age 72 in Hawkesbury, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and may need further editting.

Name

Name: David /Fairbairn/ ^[2]

Birth

Date: 16 MAR 1822

Place: Hawkesbury, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada^[3][4][5][6]

Death

Death:

Date: 06 AUG 1894

Place: Hawkesbury, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada^{[7][8][9][10]}

Residence

Residence:

Date: AFT 1845

Place: Hawkesbury, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada

Note: "My earliest memories are of two homes, one on the main street which ran parallel to the Ottawa River for a mile and a half. The other was on the Snigh, as the Island was called. There were several small islands joined together by bridges to the French part. The lumber mill was on the Snigh and also the offices, the company store and the homes of the management. My Grandfather Fairbairn lived in one of these homes. It was a large house built of solid planks laid flat on each other making the walls about a foot thick."^[11]

Marriage

Husband: David Fairbairn

Wife: Charity Walker

Child: David Fairbairn

Marriage:

Date: 29 AUG 1845

Place: Chatham, Ottawa River, Ontario, Canada

Note: Entry reads: Marriage - David Fairbairn and Charity Walker having been regularly proclaimed and no objections offered were married by me at Chatham Ottawa River Canada West on this the twenty ninth day of August in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Five; William Mair Minister of Grenville & Chatham Wit: George Laigth and Tho Higginson

NB family records seem to say 24th Aug^{[12][13][14][15][16]}

Census

Date: 1842

Place: Grenville, Quebec, Canada

Note: David FAIRBURN (sic) (Head assumed, and also assumed to be the one married to Prudential ARNOLD, with Mum Jane nee WILLIAMSON along for the ride, father John or David absent) ,

Total number of inmates, 7;

Natives of Ireland, 1 (assumed to be Jane);

Natives of Canada, British Origin, 5 male FAIRBAIRNs;

Single males above 5 under 14: 2 (James 12, John 10 assumed)

Single males 14, under 18: 2 (William 17 and Robert 15 assumed)

Married males 18, under 21: 1 (David, 20 assumed)

Married females 14, under 45: 2 (Prudential, Jane 47 assumed)

Children between 5 and 16: 3 (Robert 15, James 12, John 10 assumed)

Initially, this conflicted slightly with known information, namely the 1845 marriage date given by Doug B from family records for David and Charity. Given that there are no names other than the head, identification is tentative, and also this is Quebec, when I (Lorna) thought they were all still in Ontario at this time. Ross has searched all the 1842 Census, Quebec and Ontario more than once and says: The David Fairburn, Grenville, Quebec record is the only one that could be Jane with some of her sons. I (Ross) have wondered for sometime if David (Charity) had an ealier wife who died without children...

(which I (Lorna) believe I have confirmed by finding the marriage to Prudential ARNOLD, and makes the data less conflicting)^{[17][18][19][20]}

Date: 1861

Place: Hawkesbury, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada

Note: FAIRBAIRN: David, 39, carpenter (Ross said farmer), Charity 35; Children: Agnes 14; Jane 12; Mary 10; Devizes, 8; Ann, 6; David 2 all b CW (i.e. Canada West, now Ontario).

Two hseholds away SMITH: David, Eliza, Gordon, Webster^[21][22]

Date: 1871

Place: Hawkesbury Village, Prescott Co., Ontario, Canada

Note: FAIRBAIRN: David aged 49, carpenter, born Ontario of Scottish origins, Presbyterian. Charity 45, Irish Origins, 6 children: Deaizes (? aka Diza), 18; Annie, 16; David, 12; Clarissa, 9; Jessie, 6; Angus, 3^[23][24]

Date: 1891

Place: Hawkesbury Village, Dist of Prescott, Quebec, Canada

Note: FAIRBAIRN: David 65 b ONT F b Scotland M b Ireland, Presb, carpenter; wife Charity 65 b ONT F/M b Ireland; Children: Jessie 25 sewing; William 16 both b ONT F/M b ONT; Grdson David 6 b USA F/M b ONT^[25]

Husband: David Fairbairn

Wife: Prudential Arnold

Marriage:

Date: 06 JUL 1841

Place: Grenville, Ottawa Co, Quebec, Canada

Note: entry reads: David Fairbairn and Prudential Arnold having been regularly proclaimed and no objections offered were married by me at Grenville, Ottawa Canada on this sixth day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and forty one. William Mair Minister Grenville & Chatham; Wit: John Blair and John Topland^[26]

Husband: John Fairbairn

Wife: Jane Williamson

Child: David Fairbairn

Child: John Fairbairn

Note: A tree Bart copied from the Wellington Cty archives shows Jane, mother of Archibald, David (mar. Charity), James, William, Agnes and John, as Jane WILLIAMSON and marrying 1816 to John FAIRBAIRN, s/o John F and Elizabeth YULE. This John actually married Julian BOAK and stayed in Scotland.^[27]

Marriage:

Date: EST 1818

Place:  ?Quebec, Canada

Note: Was Jane married to John or David?

The links between Jane and John are in the Wellington Co, ONT FAIRBAIRN family file, which has a number of errors, but presumably stronger in what is getting to living memory for presumed descendant Norah Carlow.

Evidence places Jane with all of the sons, either by proximity or on the same census, except David whose only appearance is as the likely informant for her death. The only real "proof" of David's name is that Doug Brown's family records show that David that mar. Charity was David II in the history he inherited.

For now however, given Agnes is highly likely to be a dtr of Jane (living next door in 1851 and Jane living with them in 1871), the naming pattern of Alex and Agnes' family indicates Agnes' parents may be a John and Jane.^{[28][29][30][31][32][33][34]}

Census:

Date: 1829

Place: Grenville, Quebec, Canada

Note: John FAIRBURN, non proprietor, close to David WILLIAMSON (prob. his father-in-law) - hsehold:

male under 5 ......... 1 (Robert?)

male 5 to 14 ......... 2 (?Archibald and David?)

female under 14 ....... 2 (Ella and Agnes?)

married male 30 to 60 .. 1 (John)

married female over 14....1 (Jane)

number in household ..... 7^[35]

Reference

Reference: 30934

Sources

1. ↑ Fairbairn-657 was created by Lorna Henderson through the import of HendRichFBDNA4WTMay2014Final.ged on May 3, 2014.
2. ↑ Source: #S1744 Aug 2002
3. ↑ Source: #S1741 extracted Aug 2002
4. ↑ Source: #S1744 Aug 2002
5. ↑ Source: #S1744 Rcvd Oct 2002 ex Diary of D D GRANT, husband of Jessie FAIRBAIRN
6. ↑ Source: #S809 1871 Hawkesbury Village, Prescott, ONT MFilm C-10010-C-10011Pg 57 hsehold of David FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008
7. ↑ Source: #S1704 Jan 2003
8. ↑ Source: #S1741 Sep 2002 Family tree
9. ↑ Source: #S1744 Aug 2002
10. ↑ Source: #S2175 Page: ex descendant chart found in Wellington Cty Archives, rcvd Feb 2003
11. ↑ Source: #S1741 Reminiscences of Charity Alice MANNING (nee RIGBY) of her life as she could recall at the age of 92, rcvd Mar 2003
12. ↑ Source: #S1741 extracted Aug 2002
13. ↑ Source: #S1744 Page: Aug 2002 ex family records
14. ↑ Source: #S2175 Page: ex descendant chart found in Wellington Cty Archives, rcvd Feb 2003
15. ↑ Source: #S1741 Page: Reminiscences of Charity Alice MANNING (nee RIGBY) of her life as she could recall at the age of 92, rcvd Mar 2003
16. ↑ Source: #S5 Marr. 29 Aug 1845 David FAIRBAIRN & Charity WALKER, by William MAIR Minister of Grenville & Chatham, from Protestants of Dist St Jermoe, Co Terrebonne, PQ, in Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, extracted Jan 2009
17. ↑ Source: #S1704 ex 1842 Census, only summary data by age and birthplace was collected, none named other than Head, rcvd Jan 2003
18. ↑ Source: #S1744 Rcvd Dec 2002
19. ↑ Source: #S5 Marr. 6 Jul 1841 David FAIRBAIRN & Prudential ARNOLD, by William MAIR Minister of Grenville & Chatham, from Protestants of Dist St Jerome, Co Terrebonne, PQ, in Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, extracted Jan 2009
20. ↑ Source: #S2 Dec 2009
21. ↑ Source: #S1704 From Census records 1851-1871 received Jan 2003
22. ↑ Source: #S809 Page: 1861 Hawkesbury, Prescott, Ontario; Roll: C-1068, hsehold of David & Charity FAIRBAIRN, extracted Dec 2009
23. ↑ Source: #S1744 Page: Oct 2002 ex Canadian census (Dist 075, Division 0 P57 Film C-10,010 - C-10,011 Ref RG31) Dwelling #179
24. ↑ Source: #S809 1871 Hawkesbury Village, Prescott, ONT MFilm C-10010-C-10011Pg 57 hsehold of David FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008
25. ↑ Source: #S809 1891 Hawkesbury Village, Dist of Prescott, ONT Dist 111 Archive roll T-6364 hsehold of David & Charity FAIRBAIRN, extracted Sep 2008
26. ↑ Source: #S5 Marr. 6 Jul 1841 David FAIRBAIRN & Prudential ARNOLD, by William MAIR Minister of Grenville & Chatham, from Protestants of Dist St Jerome, Co Terrebonne, PQ, in Quebec Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1967, extracted Jan 2009
27. ↑ Source: #S2175 ex descendant chart found in Wellington Cty Archives, rcvd Feb 2003
28. ↑ Source: #S1741 Sep 2002 Family tree
29. ↑ Source: #S1744 Aug 2002
30. ↑ Source: #S1704 Page: Jan 2003
31. ↑ Source: #S5 Page: Marr. Jane d/o David WILLIAMSON & (no forename) FAIRBAIRN, from "The History of the Williamson Family and where they came from, or in other words, their "Family Tree", by Sarah WILLIAMSON, tree of dstcooke, Virginia, USA, extracted Dec 2009
32. ↑ Source: #S2884 Page: "Fairbairn Family", from a copy of an undated, unsourced document found "several years ago" in the Wellington County, Ontario Archives Fairbairn file, (now understood to be submitted pre-1994 by a Nora CARLOW, now deceased), copy rcvd Dec 2009
33. ↑ Source: #S2 Dec 2009
34. ↑ Source: #S2759 Dth 28 Mar 1909 John A FAIRBAIRN, born 7 Sep 1834, Canada, d. Stillwater, St Croix & Greeley, Washington Co MN, Cert 13830, copy rcvd Dec 2008
35. ↑ Source: #S1704 Page: 1829 Grenville QUE Census, family of John FAIRBURN, nr David WILLIAMSON, extract rcvd Dec 2009

• Source: S1704 EM FAIRBAIRN: QUE/ONT ex Ross H (Oakville), Recipient: Lorna Henderson (NZ)
• Source: S1741 FT FAIRBAIRN, David & WALKER, Charity (& Emails) ex GSuddaby (BRC, CAN) Rootsweb, Recipient: Lorna Henderson (NZ)
• Source: S1744 EM FAIRBAIRN, David ex Douglas B, Recipient: Lorna Henderson
• Source: S2175 EM FAIRBAIRN, Bart & Helen, Canada, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: White Rock, Canada
• Source: S809 CENSUS: CAN, Record Type: Census image, Location: Canada, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Repository: #R121
• Repository: R121 Ancestry.com