Walter Fairbairn (abt. 1885 - aft. 1915)

Born about 1885 in East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Storey) Fairbairn — married about Mar 1911 in Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England

Died after 1915 after about age 30 in Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

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Biography

Name

Name: Walter /Fairbairn/ ^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1885/6

Place: East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland^[2]

Alternate Place: Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Scotland^[3]

Death

Death:

Date: AFT 1915

Place:  ?Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England^[4]

Reference

Reference: 47188

Marriage

Husband: Walter Fairbairn

Wife: Mary A Storey

Marriage:

Date: ABT MAR 1911

Place: Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England

Note: to either Ann HENDERSON or Mary A STOREY, latter picked because she is shown in 1911 as married under 1 mos, as Mary Ann FAIRBAIRN as dtr with son, enumerated with her STOREY parents in Haltwhistle^[5][6][7]

Husband: Walter Fairbairn

Wife: Elizabeth Roy

Child: Walter Fairbairn

Child: John Fairbairn

Child: Elizabeth Fairbairn

Child: Margaret Fairbairn

Child: Jane Fairbairn

Marriage:

Date: 28 NOV 1884

Place: Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland

Note: cert. shows marr. after publication, established Ch. Walter was a 23 yr old Railway Porter resid. Clarkston Toll, Clarkston, s/o Walter Fairbairn farm servant and Grace m.s. Armstrong; Elizabeth is a 20 yr old domestic servant resid. (?Dist)bourne Gardens, Glasgow, d/o William Roy, engineman, dec. and Elizabeth m.s. Paton. Witnessed by John McBain and Jane Roy (Elizabeth's younger sister) reg. Dalry Dec 1st^[8]

Census

Date: 1891

Place: East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter 29 railway signalman b Canonbie DFS; wife Eliz. 27 b Dalry, AYR; Children: Walter 5 scholar b Cathcart, RFW; John 8 mths b E Kilbride LKS^[9]

Date: 1901

Place: Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter 39 coke drawer; wife Elizabeth 37; Children: Walter 15 coal pit pony driver; John 10; Elizabeth 8; Margaret 6; Jane 4 all b SCT^[10]

Date: 1911

Place: Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Walter 49 jobbing gardener b Canonbie, DFS; wife Elizabeth 46 b Paby, AYR marr. 27 yrs 7 children 5 living; Children: Walter 26 coal miner hewer marr. under 1 mth (new wife Mary nee Storey was with her parents and their "under 1 mth old" son), John 20 coal miner shifter below ground, Elizabeth 18 milliner all b East Kilbride, LAN; Jane 14 b Dalton, CUL (all shown as married in transcript, but only Walter actually enumerated as married). Margaret also listed, but crossed out: 16 dom. serv b East Kilbride, Lanark, explained by her also being enumerated as a servant in a separate hsehold)^[11][12]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S56 Page: 1891 Census East Kilbride LKS Dist 643 ED 1 Pg 3 Sched 12, hsehold of Walter & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, copy d/loaded Dec 2006
2. ↑ Source: #S1599 1911 Haltwhistle, NBL RG14PN30968 RG78PN1771 RD562 SD1 ED9 SN14, hsehold of Walter & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted May 2010
3. ↑ Source: #S56 1891 Census East Kilbride LKS Dist 643 ED 1 Pg 3 Sched 12, hsehold of Walter & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, copy d/loaded Dec 2006
4. ↑ Source: #S806 Haltwhistle, NBL RG13/4828 ED 16 Sched 190 hsehold of Walter & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Dec 2006
5. ↑ Source: #S1595 Marr. 1911 Walter FAIRBAIRN and either Ann HENDERSON or Mary A STOREY, reg. Haltwhistle Mar qtr 10b/509, extracted Dec 2006
6. ↑ Source: #S1599 1911 Haltwhistle, NBL RG14PN30968 RG78PN1771 RD562 SD1 ED9 SN14, hsehold of Walter & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted May 2010
7. ↑ Source: #S1599 1911 Haltwhistle, NBL RG14PN30968 RG78PN1771 RD562 SD1 ED9 SN37, hsehold of Thomas & Frances STOREY, extracted May 2010
8. ↑ Source: #S56 Marr. 1884 Walter FAIRBAIRN and Elizabeth ROY, Dalry, AYR Dist 587/ 51 Pg 26, copy d/loaded Dec 2006
9. ↑ Source: #S56 1891 Census East Kilbride LKS Dist 643 ED 1 Pg 3 Sched 12, hsehold of Walter & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, copy d/loaded Dec 2006
10. ↑ Source: #S806 Haltwhistle, NBL RG13/4828 ED 16 Sched 190 hsehold of Walter & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted Dec 2006
11. ↑ Source: #S1599 1911 Haltwhistle, NBL RG14PN30968 RG78PN1771 RD562 SD1 ED9 SN14, hsehold of Walter & Elizabeth FAIRBAIRN, extracted May 2010
12. ↑ Source: #S1599 1911 Haltwhistle, NBL RG14PN30968 RG78PN1771 RD562 SD1 ED9 SN37, hsehold of Thomas & Frances STOREY, extracted May 2010

• Source: S1599 findmypast
• Source: S56 Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (1855+) http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
• Source: S806 Census: 1901 UK (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland) via Ancestry.com

• Fairbairn-706 was created by Lorna Henderson through the import of BeckFairbairnWalterGrace4WTJan2015.ged on Jan 18, 2015