David
Fairbairn
Born in Shanna Bank, Abbey St Bathans, Berwickshire, Scotland
Son of John Fairbairn
and [mother unknown]
Husband of
Lucinda (Simpson) Fairbairn
— married
21 Sep 1821 in New York, USA
Husband of
Catherine (Fulford) Fairbairn
— married
22 Nov 1843 in Elizabethtown, Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
John Kinninmond Fairbairn, Thomas Fairbairn, Lucy (Fairbairn) Fulford, Jessie Alice Fairbairn and Marietta Beecher (Fairbairn) Parkinson
Died
at age 73
in Culross, Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Jan 2015
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David Fairbairn was born in Scotland.
David Fairbairn lived in Ontario, Canada.
Biography
Baptised 4 May 1798 Shanna Bank, Abbey St Bathan, Berwickshire, Scotland [1]
Died 15 Aug 1871 Bruce Co., Ontario [2]
First Family
- David Fairbairn
- Margaret Kinninmond
abt 1815
First marriage
- Husband: David Fairbairn
- Wife: Lucinda Simpson
21 Sep 1821 New York, USA
Second marriage
- Husband: David Fairbairn
- Wife: Catherine Fulford
22 Nov 1843 Elizabethtown, Dist of Johnstown, Ontario, Canada
- entry reads: David Fairbairn and Catherine Fulford in presence of Liberty Waters and Edwin E Elliott Elizabethtown November 22 184[3 assumed from context of page] [3]
Employment
By 1866..., ...a foundry was founded by David Fairbairn in Teeswater.[4]
Census
1851/2 Brockville, Canada West (Ontario)
- Notes: FAIRBAIRN: David 54 b SCT lumberer Episcopal Meth; Catherine 30; (Assumed children Margaret 25, Lucy 22, Catherine 13 Isabella 8, James 7, Robert 3 infant 1 all b Canada W, Episcopal Meth [5]
1861 Culross, Bruce Co., Ontario
- Notes: FARE BORN: David 63 cabinet maker b SCT, marr. hsehold 3 males 6 females; Catherine 40 marr. b U Canada; Assumed children: Eysibella 17, James 16, Careline Catherine 10, Charlotte 8, Jessie 6, Ann Laurie 4, William Henry 2
1871 Culross, Bruce Co., Ontario
- Notes: Fairbairn: David Senior, 72, Scotch origins, painter; Catherine FAIRBAIRN, 49, English origins; Caroline S. age 20 Jessy A 16, Annie L 14, William H 12, Mary E 9, Victoria E 7 all b ONT, I? Meth E; Scotch
Sources
- ↑ IGI (Shanna Bank from dth cert.)
- ↑ reg. Bruce Co, ONT Aug 28th, roll #MS935_2 extracted Nov 2008
- ↑ Marriage 22 Nov 1843 David FAIRBAIRN & Catharine FULFORD, Elizabethtown, Dist. of Johnstown, Leeds, ONT, from Ontario Canada Marriages 1801-1928 images on ancestry.com
- ↑ Book: The History of the County of Bruce and of the Minor Municipalities Therein, Province of Ontario, Canada By Norman Robertson (1906), page 354.
- ↑ Brockville, Leeds, Canada West (ONT) Dist 199 Sub Dist 199 Pg 55 hsehold of David FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008
- Ontario Canada, Deaths 1869-1934 images on ancestry.com
- Ontario Census images, Ancestry.com
- See the Fairbairn One Name Study for more information on David's Fairbairn family
Acknowledgements
- Information shared with Lorna Henderson by the late Sanna GAFFNEY, supplemented by subsequent research.Henderson-2297
- https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/MVPV-N21/david-fairbairn-sr.-1798-1871
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
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~1.56%
Shawn Latta
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member peachy921
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~0.78%
Norm Coffey :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HS7410015 [compare], Ancestry member normcoffey
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch HS7410015 [compare], FTDNA kit #B841164
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~0.39%
Mary Fairburn :
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Fairbairn-1658 and Fairbairn-700 appear to represent the same person because: Same DOB and DOD; Same wife.
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