Thomas Fairbairn (abt. 1786 - 1870)

Born about Apr 1786 in Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Husband of Helen McLean — married 23 Mar 1821 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 30 Aug 1870 at about age 84 in Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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Biography

Name

Name: Thomas /Fairbairn/ ^[1][2][3]

Birth

Date: ABT APR 1786

Place: Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[4][5][6]

Alternate Birth:

Date: ABT 1787

Place: Berwickshire, Scotland^[7]

Alternate Birth:

Date: ABT 1791

Place: Roxburghshire, Scotland^[8]

Alternate Birth:

Date: ABT 1796

Place: Par. of Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[9]

Christening

Date: 16 APR 1786

Place: Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[10]

Death

Date: 30 AUG 1870

Place: Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: cert. shows Thomas as 85 pauper formerly farm servant widower of Helen McLean, d 4:45pm of chronic ... 10 mths; s/o James Fairbairn and Agnes m.s. Lindsay, both dec'd.; Inf. John Miller Governer, Poorhouse, Present; reg. 1st Sep.^[11]

Census

Date: 1841

Place: Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Thomas 50 ag lab b ROX; Assumed wife: Helen 40 ; Assumed son: William 15 b ROX; Also CHISHOLM: Catherine 20, William 20 gardner j(ourneyman); CRAWLEY, ag lab b Scotland; FRESHOLDS b IRL; GRACE; McQUIN; John THOMSON sawyer 60 b ROX^[12]

Date: 1851

Place: Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: FAIRBAIRN: Thomas 64 lab scavanger b BEW; wife Helen 55 b Melrose; Grdson Thomas 6 scholar b Kelso; Lodger: John PEEBLES, 55 hawker b PEE; COIL 66 & 7 both b IRL ; BERRY hawker b HAD^[13]

Date: 1861

Place: Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: Thomas Fairbairn, 75 ploughman b P of Ednam (sic as transcr by ancestry), ROX^[14]

Occupation

Occupation: ag lab, dec'd

Date: DEC 1890^[15]

Marriage

Husband: Thomas Fairbairn

Wife: Helen McLean

Child: James Fairbairn

Child: William Fairbairn

Marriage:

Date: 23 MAR 1821

Place: Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: assumes Margaret from James' dth cert is really Helen^{[16][17][18][19]}

Husband: James Fairbairn

Wife: Agnes Lindsay

Child: Thomas Fairbairn

Child: Alexander Fairbairn

Marriage:

Date: EST 1785

Place:  ?Ednam, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[20]

Reference

Reference: 22746

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S56 Dth 27 Dec 1890 James FAIRBAIRN, reg. Kelso, ROX Dist 793 Pg 28 #84, copy d/loaded May 2008
2. ↑ Source: #S801 Kelso, ROX Par. 793 ED 4 Pg 40 Sched 168, hsehold of Thomas & Helen FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008
3. ↑ Source: #S800 Kelso, ROX Par 793 ED 2, hsehold of Thomas & Helen FAIRBAIRN, extracted May 2008
4. ↑ Source: #S1596 Bap. 16 Apr 1786 Thomas s/o James FAIRAIRN & Agness LINDSEY, batch 7104002 Sheet 70 Call 1235138, Ednam, Roxburghshire, extracted May 2008
5. ↑ Source: #S802 Kelso, ROX Reg 793 ED Kelso Union Poorhouse, Sched 1, extracted Jan 2009
6. ↑ Source: #S56 Dth 30 Aug 1870 Thomas FAIRBAIRN, aged 85 widower of Helen McLEAN, reg. Kelso, ROX 793/00 pg 33 #97, copy d/loaded Jan 2009
7. ↑ Source: #S801 Kelso, ROX Par. 793 ED 4 Pg 40 Sched 168, hsehold of Thomas & Helen FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008
8. ↑ Source: #S800 Kelso, ROX Par. 793 ED 2, hsehold of Thomas & Helen FAIRBAIRN, extracted May 2008
9. ↑ Source: #S802 Kelso, ROX Reg 793 ED Kelso Union Poorhouse, Sched 1, extracted Jan 2009
10. ↑ Source: #S1596 Bap. 16 Apr 1786 Thomas s/o James FAIRAIRN & Agness LINDSEY, batch 7104002 Sheet 70 Call 1235138, Ednam, Roxburghshire, extracted May 2008
11. ↑ Source: #S56 Dth 30 Aug 1870 Thomas FAIRBAIRN, aged 85 widower of Helen McLEAN, reg. Kelso, ROX 793/00 pg 33 #97, copy d/loaded Jan 2009
12. ↑ Source: #S800 Kelso, ROX Par. 793 ED 2, hsehold of Thomas & Helen FAIRBAIRN, extracted May 2008
13. ↑ Source: #S801 Kelso, ROX Par. 793 ED 4 Pg 40 Sched 168, hsehold of Thomas & Helen FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2008
14. ↑ Source: #S802 Kelso, ROX Reg 793 ED Kelso Union Poorhouse, Sched 1, extracted Jan 2009
15. ↑ Source: #S56 Dth 27 Dec 1890 James FAIRBAIRN, reg. Kelso, ROX Dist 793 Pg 28 #84, copy d/loaded May 2008
16. ↑ Source: #S56 Dth 27 Dec 1890 James FAIRBAIRN, reg. Kelso, ROX Dist 793 Pg 28 #84, copy d/loaded May 2008
17. ↑ Source: #S1596 Marr. 23 Mar 1821 Thomas FAIRBAIRN & Helen MACLEAN, batch M117938, Kelso, Roxburghshire, extracted May 2008
18. ↑ Source: #S801 Kelso, ROX Par. 793 ED 4 Pg 40 Sched 168, hsehold of Thomas & Helen FAIRBAIRN, extracted May 2008
19. ↑ Source: #S800 Kelso, ROX Par 793 ED 2, hsehold of Thomas & Helen FAIRBAIRN, extracted May 2008
20. ↑ Source: #S55 Birth 7 Dec 1788 Alexr s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Agnes LINDSAY, Par. of Ednam, ROX Dist 788 010 118, copy d/loaded May 2008

• Source: S1596 IGI: Online searches, Subject: Online search: assorted surnames Note: citations without an "extracted MMM YYYY" are generally pre 1999 Repository: #R149
• Repository: R149 Family Search (LDS) Note: http://familysearch.org
• Source: S56 Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855) http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php
• Source: S800 Census: 1841 Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland) via ancestry.co Repository: #R121
• Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com
• Source: S801 Census: 1851 Ancestry, Record Type: Census (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland), Location: UK, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1851 Ancestry Publication: 1851 Repository: #R121
• Source: S802 Census: 1861 Ancestry (images for England, transcriptions for Scotland) via Ancestry.com Repository: #R121
• Fairbairn-764 was created by Lorna Henderson through the import of FBJamesLINDSAYAgnes4WTJun2015.ged on Jun 16, 2015