Mary (Strain) Fairbairn (abt. 1821 - 1909)

Born about 1821 in Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of James Archie Fairbairn — married 1856 in Lennox Co, Ontario, Canada

Died 5 May 1909 at about age 88 in Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox & Addington Co, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Name

Mary /Strain/ ^[1]

Birth

ABT 1821

Ireland^[2]

ABT 1826

Ireland^[3]

Death

05 MAY 1909

Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox & Addington Co, Ontario, Canada

cert. shows Mary as widowed 88 yr old b Ireland, inf. Dora HART of Napanee, reg. 7 May^[4][5]

Reference

56245

Census

1861

Camden, Lennox & Addington Co, Ontario, Canada

FAIRBAIRNE: James 37 farmer b Scotland; Mary 30 b Ireland; Agnes B 3 b Can West; All Presbyterian C of S and resident, members of a family; Living in a frame house, 1 1/2 storeys, 1 family.^[6]

1871

Fredericksburg Nth, Lennox Co., Ontario, Canada

FAIRBURN: James 45 farmer b Scotland, Scotch; (assumed wife) Mary 45 b Ireland, Irish; Assumed dtr Agnes 13 b ONT, Scotch (not going to school); All Presbyterian, all could read/write; Neighbours McCOY and CLARE^[7]

1881

Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox Co, Ontario, Canada

FAIRBURN: James 55 farmer b Scotland; Mary 55 b Ireland; Agnes B 19 Scottish b ONT. All Presby.^[8]

1891

Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox Co, Ontario, Canada

FAIRBAIRN: Archie 69 farmer b Scotland F/M b Scotland; wife Mary 65 b Ireland F/M b Ireland; Dtr Dora 4 b ONT F/M b ONT; All Presb^[9]

1901

Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox Co, Ontario, Canada

FAIRBURN: Mary Irish 75 widow b 15 Sep 1825 Ireland, emig 1847 Canadian Presby; Dora [squiggle] daughter 13 b 27 June 1887 ONT^[10][11]

Marriage

FAM

James Archie Fairbairn

Mary Strain

Agnes Bush Fairbairn

1856

 ?Lennox Co, Ontario, Canada

not immediately obvious ONT^[12][13]

Sources

• Source: S1596 Title: IGI: Online searches, Subject: Online search: assorted surnames Abbreviation: IGI: Online searches Note: citations without an "extracted MMM YYYY" are generally pre 1999 Repository: #R149
• Repository: R149 Name: Family Search (LDS) Address: State: UT Country: USA Note: http://familysearch.org
• Source: S2751 Title: EM FAIRBAIRN/Sth AfricaELY ex Betsy S, Recipient: Lorna Henderson, Address: ?WI, USA, Author E-mail: Abbreviation: EM FAIRBAIRN/Sth AfricaELY ex Betsy S Author: Betsy SCHMITT Note: initially via Sanna, May 2008
• Source: S5 Title: Ancestry.com, Url: http://search.ancestry.com Abbreviation: Ancestry.com
• Source: S600 Title: Lorna's Family History Musings, Location: Waikanae, New Zealand Abbreviation: Lorna's Family History Musings Author: Lorna Henderson
• Source: S809 Title: CENSUS: CAN, Record Type: Census image, Location: Canada, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: CAN: Census via Ancestry Repository: #R121
• Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA

1. ↑ Source: #S2751 Family of James FAIRBAIRN/Mary STRAIN, rcvd Jul 2008
2. ↑ Source: #S5 Dth 5 May 1909 Mary FAIRBAIRN, Nth Fredericksburg, Lennosx & Addington, ONT, roll MS935_145, extracted Jul 2008
3. ↑ Source: #S1596 1881 Census: Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox, ONT, FHL Film 1375872 NA Film C-13236 Dist 117 Sub-dist E Div 1 Pg 13 Hsehold 65, extracted Jul 2008
4. ↑ Source: #S1596 1881 Census: Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox, ONT, FHL Film 1375872 NA Film C-13236 Dist 117 Sub-dist E Div 1 Pg 13 Hsehold 65, extracted Jul 2008
5. ↑ Source: #S5 Dth 5 May 1909 Mary FAIRBAIRN, Nth Fredericksburg, Lennosx & Addington, ONT, roll MS935_145, extracted Jul 2008
6. ↑ Source: #S809 1861 Camden, Lennox and Addington, Ontario; Roll: C-1046-1047, hsehold of James & Mary FAIRBAIRNE (sic), extracted Aug 2009
7. ↑ Source: #S809 1871 Fredericksburg North, Lennox, Ontario; Roll: C-9995; Family No: 3, hsehold of James & Mary FAIRBURN, extracted Aug 2009
8. ↑ Source: #S1596 1881 Census: Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox, ONT, FHL Film 1375872 NA Film C-13236 Dist 117 Sub-dist E Div 1 Pg 13 Hsehold 65, extracted Jul 2008
9. ↑ Source: #S809 1891 Nth Fredericksburgh, Lennox, ONT Dist 87 Roll T-6350 Archie & Mary FAIRBAIRN, extracted Jul 2008
10. ↑ Source: #S809 1901 Nth Fredericksburgh, Lennox, ONT Dist 84 Sub Dist E-1 Pg 7 Family 79, Mary FAIRBURN, extracted Jul 2008
11. ↑ Source: #S600 Jul 2008
12. ↑ Source: #S2751 Page: Marr. 1856 James FAIRBAIRN & Mary STRAIN, from DODD records on family info on James FAIRBAIRN/Mary STRAIN from John DODD, rcvd Jul 2008
13. ↑ Source: #S1596 Page: 1881 Census: Nth Fredericksburg, Lennox, ONT, FHL Film 1375872 NA Film C-13236 Dist 117 Sub-dist E Div 1 Pg 13 Hsehold 65, extracted Jul 2008

Acknowledgments

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