Jean (Wanless) Fairbairn (abt. 1790 - 1867)

Born about May 1790 in Town Yetholm, Par. of Yetholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of William Fairbairn — married 25 Dec 1813 in Yetholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 3 Jun 1867 at about age 77 in Wakefield, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

Jane/Jean WANLESS

Born ABT MAY 1790 Town Yetholm, Par. of Yetholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland

(which date contradicts age at death slightly as 3 Jun 1867 less 78 yrs 21 days takes the birth back to May 1789 - when a brother was being baptized - mth assumed to be correct however)^[1][2][3]

Died 03 JUN 1867 Wakefield, Quebec, Canada

Gordon's article has death as Jun 1868, aged "78 yrs and 21 days" and burial cert which says died 3rd Jun, buried 5th.^[4][5]

Baptized 13 JUN 1790 Par. of Yetholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Note: entry reads: "John Wanless Saddler in Tyetholm (Town Yetholm) and Nelly Whillis had a Daughter baptized named Jean.

Eodem die (same day) George Wanless and Janet Douglas his spouse had a Daughter baptized named Janet"

Jean is assumed to be the former of the two on the same day, given the naming pattern of William & Jean's children, indicate her parents to be a John and Helen (aka Nelly).^[6][7][8]

Residence:

DEC 1813 Yetholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[9]

AFT 1817 St Andrews East, Quebec, Canada^[10]

AFT 1819 Up the Ottawa River, Canada

Note: "moved up the Ottawa River from project to project"^[11]

Immigration: 1817 to Wakefield Twp, Quebec, Canada^[12][13]

Occupation:

Jane was a nurse who reputedly travelled on foot or on horseback to alleviate the distress of her scattered neighbours in the 1830s and 40s.

Date: BET 1830 AND 1850

Place:  ?Quebec, Canada^[14]

Occupation: "Jean Wanless was of French Huguenot descent and was a nurse and performed many doctor duties in their rural area"

Place: Canada^[15]

Burial: Wakefield, Quebec, Canada

Note: Tombstone: "In honored memory of the pioneer William Fairbairn, millwright, and his wife Jean Wanless, nurse of Roxburghshire, Scotland 1790-1867 - They builded better than they knew who builded for posterity."

Burial Cert (from Gordon Roy): Jean (Jane) Fairbairn (Wanless) Wakefield Quebec d-3 Jun b- 5 Jun 1868 aged 78 years 21 days and signed by her husband William Fairbairn.^[16][17][18]

Marriage 25 DEC 1813 Yetholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Husband: William Fairbairn

Wife: Jean Wanless

Child: John Fairbairn

Child: William Fairbairn

Note: Entry for Dec 25th 1813 reads: William Fairbairn parish of Alderton, & Jean Wanless of this parish were married irregularly. Janry 9th 1814 confirmed by the Session"^[19][20][21]

Census:

1852 Wakefield, Ottawa Co, Quebec, Canada

Note: FAIRBURN: Willm, carpenter, 60; Jane 62, both b Scotland; Willim Jnr, labourer, 24, Mary 20, both b Canada; All Presbyterian (no date on page, or first page, census not completed until 1852, often known as "the census of 1852"^[22][23]

1861 Wakefield, Ottawa Co, Quebec, Canada

Note: FAIRBURN: William 69 farmer; wife Jane 71 both b Scotland; Willm 30 farmer b U.C.; wife Martha Jane 25 b Ireland; William 7, Mary Anne 5, Martha Jane 3, James 1 (born 1860), all b L.C.; Ellen 37 "wife of John Fairn b SCT; Frances 13, William 11, Jane 9 all b L.C. All Presb. F.C. Living in a "tide? log" building, 3 families, 1 hse being built^[24][25]

Parents

Husband: John Wanless

Wife: Eleanor Willis

Child: Jean Wanless

Child: Frances Wanless

Marriage:

Date: 04 JUN 1781

Place:  ?Yetholm, Roxburghshire, Scotland^[26]

Reference: 15532

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S1038
2. ↑ Source: #S1913 Apr 2001
3. ↑ Source: #S55 Bap. 13 Jun 1790 Jean d/o John (saddler) WANLESS & Nelly WHILLIS in Tynholm, Yetholm, Roxburghshire, 811/00 0020 0133, copy d/loaded Mar 2014
4. ↑ Source: #S1127 Bur. Cert. Jun 1868 Jean FAIRBAIRN nee WANLESS, d. Jun 1868 78 yrs 21 days, Article by Gordon Roy FAIRBAIRN "A Tale of Two Sisters" Issue #49 Jun 2002 extracted Jan 2003
5. ↑ Source: #S1062 From web page (http://www.riverduck.com/wanlessweb/riddell/D4.htm#g4) extracted Jan 2003
6. ↑ Source: #S1062 From web page (http://www.riverduck.com/wanlessweb/riddell/D4.htm#g4) extracted Jan 2003
7. ↑ Source: #S2167 Page: Oct 1998 ex file FAIRBAIRNexCHERNYSH.FTW
8. ↑ Source: #S55 Bap. 13 Jun 1790 Jean d/o John (saddler) WANLESS & Nelly WHILLIS in Tyetholm, Yetholm, Roxburghshire, 811/00 0020 0133, copy d/loaded Mar 2014
9. ↑ Source: #S56 Marr. 25 Dec 1813 William FAIRBAIRN (Par. of Alderton) & Jean WANLESS (Yetholm), Yetholm Dist 811, copy d/loaded Mar 2008
10. ↑ Source: #S1062 From web page ex Who's Which (http://www.riverduck.com/wanlessweb/riddell/D4.htm#g4) extracted Jan 2003
11. ↑ Source: #S1062 From web page ex Who's Which (http://www.riverduck.com/wanlessweb/riddell/D4.htm#g4) extracted Jan 2003
12. ↑ Source: #S1062
13. ↑ Source: #S1913 Apr 2001
14. ↑ Source: #S1700 Descendant List for Wm F/Jean WANLESS rcvd Jan 2003 sourced from Norma GEGGIE (probably "Wakefield and its People - Tours of the Village")
15. ↑ Source: #S1062 From web page ex Who's Which (http://www.riverduck.com/wanlessweb/riddell/D4.htm#g4) extracted Jan 2003
16. ↑ Source: #S1062 From web page ex Who's Which (http://www.riverduck.com/wanlessweb/riddell/D4.htm#g4) extracted Jan 2003
17. ↑ Source: #S1038 Page: Bur. William FAIRBAIRN (8 Feb 1872) Jean WANLESS (Jun 1868), Hall's Cem, Wakefield, rcvd Jan 2003
18. ↑ Source: #S1961 William FAIRBAIRN (1790-1867), from H/stone Halls Cem, sth of Wakefield, Quebec, online at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~snaylor/GatineauCounty/WakefieldTownship/Halls/HALLCEM.HTM, extracted Sep 2009
19. ↑ Source: #S1038 Page: Feb 1996
20. ↑ Source: #S1062 Jun 1996
21. ↑ Source: #S55 Page: Marr. 25 Dec 1813 William FAIRBAIRN (Par. of Alderton) & Jean WANLESS (Yetholm), Yetholm Dist 811, copy d/loaded Mar 2008
22. ↑ Source: #S1127 1851/2 Census: Willm Jane FAIRBURN, Wakefield, Quebec, from Article by Gordon Roy FAIRBAIRN "A Tale of Two Sisters" Issue #49 Jun 2002 extracted Jan 2003
23. ↑ Source: #S809 1851 Wakefield, Ottawa Cty, Canada East (Quebec), Dist 20, Sub Dist 278 Pg 15 Roll: C_1132 Sched A, from the Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, via ancestry.com, hsehold of William & Jane FAIRBAIRN, extracted Aug 2007
24. ↑ Source: #S1127 1861 Census, Canada, hsehold of William & Jean FAIRBAIRN, Article by Gordon Roy FAIRBAIRN "A Tale of Two Sisters" Issue #49 Jun 2002 extracted Jan 2003
25. ↑ Source: #S809 1861 Ottawa, Quebec; Roll: C-1304, hsehold of William & Jane FAIRBURN, extracted Aug 2009
26. ↑ Source: #S1062 From web page (http://www.riverduck.com/wanlessweb/riddell/D4.htm#g4) extracted Jan 2003

• Source: S1038 Corres. FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS, Quebec ex G Roy & Pat F. (BRC, CAN), Recipient: Lorna Henderson (NZ)
• Source: S1062 LTR FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS ex Janis ULSTEIN (USA), Recipient: Lorna (NZ)
• Source: S1127 Borders Family History Society Magazine (Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland)
• Source: S1700 EM FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS ex Sue S, Recipient: L McIntosh, Address: Ottawa, ONT, Canada
• Source: S1913 EM FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS ex Win S (Edmonton), Recipient: L McIntosh (NZ)
• Source: S1961 www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence by LornaHen
• Source: S2167 EM FAIRBAIRN/WANLESS ex Andrew C, Recipient: (1), Address: ?Ottawa, Canada
• Source: S55 Scottish Birth, Marriage, Burial entries (to 1854) http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php
• Source: S56 Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), File Number: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php
• Source: FindAGrave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/183157279/jean-fairbairn

• Wanless-55 was created by Lorna Henderson through the import of HendRichFBDNA4WTMay2014Final.ged on May 3, 2014.