Jane (McDowell) Fairbairn (1842 - 1923)

Born 18 Feb 1842 in Maidstone, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of George Milne Fairbairn — married 12 Dec 1864 in Maidstone, Ontario

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1923 at age 81 in Maidstone, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Jane was born in 1842.^[1] She was the daughter of John and Jean (Taylor) McDowell.^[2][3]

She married George Milne Fairbairn in 1864.^[2] Their children were:

• Jane Fairbairn
• Ellen Fairbairn
• John Fairbairn
• Robert Fairbairn
• George Fairbairn
• Flora Grace Fairbairn
• Peter Clifford Fairbairn
• Thomas Fairbairn

Jane died in 1923.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "1901 Census of Canada", Year: 1901; Census Place: Sandwich (South/Sud), Essex (North/Nord), Ontario; Page: 1; Family No: 9, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8826 #10301354 (accessed 4 September 2023), Jeanne Fairbarns (59, born 18 February 1842), married épouse (wife), in household of George M Fairbarns (63) in Canada, Ontario. Born in Ontario.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869", Ancestry Record 8510 #92158 (accessed 4 September 2023), Jane McDowell (22) marriage to George Mills Fairborne on 12 Dec 1864 in Essex.
3. ↑ "1861 Census of Canada", Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1019-1020; Page number: 19, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1570 #796213045 (accessed 4 September 2023), Jane Mcdowell (19), single head of household in Madiston, Essex, Canada West. Born in M C.
4. ↑ "Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948", Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 300, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8946 #2289588 (accessed 4 September 2023), Jane Fairbairn death 5 Apr 1923 (age 81) in Essex, Ontario, Canada.

• "1871 Census of Canada", Year: 1871; Census Place: Sandwich East, Essex, Ontario; Roll: C-9889; Page: 36, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1578 #3152514 (accessed 4 September 2023), Jane Faubairne (29), married in Sandwich East, Essex, Ontario. Born in Ontario.

• "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDY-7XK : 2 March 2021), Jane Fairbern in household of George Fairbern, Sandwich East Township, Essex, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing George Fairbern, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

• "1891 Census of Canada", Year: 1891; Census Place: Sandwich East, Essex North, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6334; Family No: 441; Page number: 95, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1274 #2131688 (accessed 4 September 2023), Jeanne Fairbairn (49), wife, in household of George Fairbairn (53) in Sandwich East, Essex North, Ontario, Canada. Born in Ontario.

• "1871 Census of Canada", Year: 1871; Census Place: Sandwich East, Essex, Ontario; Roll: C-9889; Page: 36, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1578 #3152514 (accessed 4 September 2023), Jane Faubairne (29), married in Sandwich East, Essex, Ontario. Born in Ontario.

• "1921 Census of Canada", Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 57; Census Place: 57, Essex South, Ontario; Page Number: 6; Line Number: 2, Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8991 #545463 (accessed 4 September 2023), Jane Fairbairn (80), widowed sister, in household of John McDowell (65) at 66 Essex, Essex South, Ontario, Canada. Born in Ontario.