David
Mackie
Fairbairn
Born in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Andrew Fairbairn
and Jane (Bolster) Fairbairn
Brother of
Thomas Bolster Fairbairn, Andrew Fairbairn Junior, Helen Elizabeth (Fairbairn) Allan, William Bolster Fairbairn, Augustus Ames Fairbairn, Annette Jane Fairbairn, Annette Jane (Fairbairn) McCaskill, Mabel Kate (Fairbairn) Lang, Nathanael John Fairbairn, Francis Richard Fairbairn, Arthur Edward Fairbairn and Amelia (Fairbairn) Lang
Husband of
Alice Selina (Johnstone) Fairbairn
— married
7 Jan 1902 in Palmerston, Otago, New Zealand
Descendants 
Died
at age 71
in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 23 Dec 2017
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Biography
David was born in 1870. He is the son of Andrew Fairbairn and Jane Bolster.
He was a beneficiary in the Will of his Aunt Jane Fairbairn, probated in Dunedin, NZ, in 1923.
Commercial Traveller, represented Stone’s Directories in Dunedin & Auckland. Lived in Wadestown, Wellington 1926-28, then retired to New Plymouth.
He passed away in 1942, and was buried in Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth.
Sources
- Birth Record - 1870/34700 - BDM Online - DIA - Dept Internal Affairs - New Zealand - https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search
- Marriage record - 1902/481 - BDM Online - DIA - Dept Internal Affairs - New Zealand - website as above.
- Marriage notice - PapersPast on the National Library website: Otago Witness, 15 January 1902 - “Marriages - Fairbairn-Currie - On the 7th January, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Palmerston, by the Rev. John Waters, David Mackie Fairbairn, of Dunedin, to Alice Selina Johnstone Currie, of Palmerston.”
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Christine Allan-Johns 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A091891 [compare], Ancestry member christineallanjohns
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~1.56%
Margaret Stewart :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A399379 [compare], Ancestry member matsqui81
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~1.56%
Robynne (Thompson) Lozier :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T076658 [compare], yourDNAportal ROB76dff6b0, FTDNA kit #IN29595
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch T076658 [compare]
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~1.56%
Trisha Thompson :
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Ivan Mason :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Anonymous Fairbairn :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
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Kerry Tankard
Fairbairn-1090 and Fairbairn-1369 appear to represent the same person because: David Mackie Fairbairn is my great-grandfather - I have all his siblings researched from Dunedin - you have all his ancestors but not descendants.
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by Kerry Tankard
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