James Fairbairn (1859 - 1895)

Born 1859 in Wakefield, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Son of William Fairbairn and Martha Jane (Rogers) Fairbairn

Husband of Ellen (Lindsay) Fairbairn — married 23 Apr 1884 in Quyon, Quebec, Canada

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1895 at about age 36 in Wakefield, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

James Fairbairn ^[1]

Born 1859 Wakefield, Quebec, Canada^[2]

Died 15 MAR 1895 Wakefield, Quebec, Canada

aged 35, left widow with a young family of two sons and three daughters^[1][2]

Buried 17 MAR 1895 Wakefield, Quebec, Canada^[2]

Family

Husband: James Fairbairn

Wife: Ellen Lindsay

Married 23 APR 1884 Quyon, Quebec, Canada^[1][2]

Child: William Tate Fairbairn

Census:

1871 Wakefield, Ottawa Co, Quebec, Canada

FAIRBERN: William 42 farmer ; wife Marther Jane 34 b Ireland; Assumed children: William 17, Mary Ann 15, Marther Jane 13, James 11, Isabeller 9, Ellener 5, John Thomas 3, Elizabeth Nancy 1/12 (b. March); All b Quebec, Scotch; William Snr 73 widower b Scotland, farmer; All C Presb.^[3]

1881 Wakefield, Ottawa Co., Ontario, Canada

Wm. FAIRBAIRN Birth Year <1827> Birthplace O. <Ontario> Age 54 Occupation Farmer Marital Status M <Married> Ethnic Origin Scottish

Head of Household Wm. FAIRBAIRN Religion Presbyterian

Household:

Name Marital Status Gender Ethnic Origin Age Birthplace Occupation Religion

Wm. FAIRBAIRN (Sr) M Male Scottish 54 O. <Ontario> Farmer Presbyterian

Martha FAIRBAIRN M Female Irish 45 Ireland Presbyterian

James FAIRBAIRN Male Scottish 21 Q <Quebec> Farmer Presbyterian

Isabella FAIRBAIRN Female Scottish 19 Q <Quebec> Presbyterian

Ellen FAIRBAIRN Female Scottish 15 Q <Quebec> Presbyterian

John FAIRBAIRN Male Scottish 13 Q <Quebec> Presbyterian

Agnes FAIRBAIRN Female Scottish 10 Q <Quebec> Presbyterian

Francis FAIRBAIRN Female Scottish 7 Q <Quebec> Presbyterian

Willie HAY Male Scottish 2 British Columbia Presbyterian

James ROGERS M Male Irish 86 Ireland Wheelwright Presbyterian

Isabella ROGERS M Female Irish 81 Ireland Presbyterian

(assumed to be Martha's parents)

Census Place Wakefield, Ottawa, Quebec^[4]

06 APR 1891 Wakefield, Ottawa Co, Quebec, Canada

FAIRBAIRN: William 65 marr. b QUE F/M b Scotland; wife Martha 55 b IRL F/M b IRL; Children (all b Quebec, F b QUE M b IRL): James 31, John 23, Agnes 20, Francis 17; Dtr in law Helen 30 marr. b QUE F b Scotland M b IRL; Grdchildren (all b QUE F/M b QUE) : James 6, Martha 4, Edith 2/12 Ettie 6; (prev. entry, a dtr-in-law Emma FAIRBAIRN)^[5]

Research notes

DNA

yDNA

Paternal relationship is confirmed through Y-chromosome DNA testing. Gordon Roy Fairbairn (1929-2013), FTDNA kit #110935, and his 5th cousin once removed, Earl Millard Fairburn (1924-2007), FTDNA kit #87728, match at a Genetic Distance of 0 on 67 markers thereby confirming their direct paternal lines back to their MRCA John Fairbairn (abt.1705-aft.1742).

Between the BigY timeframes, and the y67 exact match estimates from FTDNA a common ancestor born around 1700 is certainly in the right timeframes currently estimated.^[6]

See FTDNA Discover for haplogroup I-BY21381

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Article by Gordon Roy FAIRBAIRN "A Tale of Two Sisters" Borders Family History Society Magazine (Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland) Issue #49 Jun 2002 extracted Jan 2003 from Corres. FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS, Quebec ex G Roy & Pat F. (BRC, CAN), Recipient: Lorna Henderson (NZ)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Web page members.axion.net/~fairwell/ searched Jan 2003, no longer active
3. ↑ 1871 census: Wakefield, Ottawa West, Ontario; Roll: C-10027; Family No: 28, hsehold of William Jr & Martha Jane FAIRBERN, extracted Aug 2009
4. ↑ 1881 Canadian Census via LDS (http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PennsylvaniaGE=census/search_census.asp) searched Feb 2003 Family History Library Film 1375861 NA Film Number C-13225 CONT District 97 Sub-district FF Division 2 Page Number 24 Household Number 95
5. ↑ 1891 census: Wakefield, Ottawa, Quebec. Roll: T-6413, Family No: 49, hsehold of William & Martha FAIRBAIRN, extracted Sep 2009
6. ↑ FTDNA timeframes: At a GD of 0 at y67 FTDNA indicates, with a 95% probability, that the probability the two share a common ancestor born between 1700 and 1950 CE. The most likely year is rounded to 1850 CE.

   However, factor in that BigY matches between descendants of the common ancestor for one side of this match show the common haplogroup has an estimated formation of 1770 give or take, where the next branch back on the tree is estimated to have been formed about 1550, with an upper end range of around 1700.

• Fairbairn-661 was created by Lorna Henderson through the import of HendRichFBDNA4WTMay2014Final.ged on May 3, 2014. (Reference: 32678)