Born
abt 1818
Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland [1]
no official record found - as per rest of family, all rather record shy
Died
22 May 1884
Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
Cert reads: "Agnes Davidson, married to John Davidson paper mill worker, died 1884 May 22 10 30 pm Chirnside, 67, d/o Walter Fairbairn, labourer, dec. and Agnes, m.s. unknown, dec.; of natural decay, not certified. Informant John Davidson, widower, present.[2]
Memorial card reads: 'In affectionate remembrance of .... who died at Chirnside 22 May 1884 aged 67 years' [3]
Married
14 Nov 1839
Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
OPR entry reads: "John Davidson of Chirnside and Agnes Fairbairn of Edrom Parish were married". The entry immediately preceding this was the marriage of Andrew Jeffrey and Margaret Hogg, their future son-in-law's parents [4]
Census
1851
Harelawside, Par. of Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland
Davidson: John, head, farm servant, 33 b Chirnside, BEW, Agnes wife 33 b Morebattle, BEW (sic). Children: Agnes, 11, scholar b Morebattle; Allison (should be Helen!), 9, b Bunkle, BEW; John, 7, scholar, b Chirnside, BEW; Mary, 5, Walter, 2 both b Edrom, BEW; Jas (should be Adam!), 1m b Coldingham, BEW. [5]
1861
Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
DAVIDSON: John, head, ag lab, 44 b Chirnside; Agnes wife, 43, b Morebattle; Children: Hellen (sic) 19, paper mill worker, b Buncle; John, 16, paper mill worker b Chirnside; Mary 14 paper mill worker b Edrom; Walter, 12, paper mill worker b Edrom; Adam, 10, scholar b Coldingham; George, 6 scholar, James, 3 both b Dunse [6]
↑ Source #S55: Marr. 14 Nov 1839 John DAVIDSON to Agnes FAIRBAIRN, Chirnside, BEW, (p/copy held, taken 1994/5)
↑ Source #S203: Dist 7 householder's schedule 65, hsehold of John & Agnes DAVIDSON, p/copy held, taken 1994/5
↑ Source #S962: Chirnside Dist 2 Schedule 11, hsehold of John & Agnes DAVIDSON, extracted ?Sep/Oct 1994/5?
Source S55 ScotlandsPeople OPR entries 1854-
Source S56 ScotlandsPeople BDM certificates 1855+
Source S70 1851 Census for Coldingham (BEW) consulted ScotlandsPeople
Source S962 1861 Census for Scottish Borders
WikiTree profile Fairbairn-27 created through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson.
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