• Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

    — Abraham Lincoln
  • My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

    — Cary Grant
  • Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

    — E. B. White
  • I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

    — e. e. cummings
  • What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

    — Saint Augustine
  • Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

    — Mark Twain
  • If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

    — Henry David Thoreau
  • If two things look the same, look for differences. If they look different, look for similarities.

    — John Cardinal
  • In theory, there is no difference. In practice, there is.

    — Anonymous
  • Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

    — John Adams
  • People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.

    — Abraham Lincoln
  • History - what never happened described by someone who wasn't there

    — ?Santayana?
  • What's a "trice"? It's like a jiffy but with three wheels

    — Last of the Summer Wine
  • Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened

    — Terry Pratchett
  • I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

    — Terry Pratchett
  • .. we were trained to meet any new situation by reorganising; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illuson of progress

    — Petronius (210 BC)
  • The time we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it; and habit fills up what remains

    — Proust
  • You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

    — William J. H. Boetcker
  • Only a genealogist thinks taking a step backwards is progress

    — Lorna 1992
  • No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

    — George Bernard Shaw
  • A TV remote is female: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying.

    — Anon
  • Hammers are male: Because in the last 5000 years they've hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around.

    — Anon
  • The right thing to do is to do nothing, the place to do it is in a place of concealment and the time to do it is as often as possible.

    — Tony Cook "The Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs"
Married 1778 Currie, MLN

Charts only show those I have researched, only descendants still with the surname FAIRBAIRN, and their spouses, and usually only deceased FAIRBAIRN family members. Exceptions include direct lines down to researchers included elsewhere on the site, or for DNA project participants who have agreed to be shown in the latter project. Should you wish to be included in your relevant chart, please contact the webmistress, using the link in the page footer.
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  • James0 Fairbairn (say 1750 - )
    • Margaret Shaw (say 1750 - )
      • William1 Fairbairn (circa Dec 1779 - aft. 1841)
      • John1 Fairbairn (Jul 1781 - Feb 1857)
        • Helen Robb (circa 1794 - aft. 1861)
          • Margaret2 Fairbairn (circa 1829 - aft. 1841)
            • Charles Smith (circa 1839 - )
          • David2 Fairbairn (circa 1831 - aft. 1901)
            • Margaret Hamilton (circa 1835 - )
              • Magdalene W.3 Fairbairn (Jul 1868 - 1937)
                • John Millar (say 1865 - )
              • Helen3 Fairbairn (circa 1871 - )
              • Margaret3 Fairbairn (circa 1872 - )
              • David3 Fairbairn (circa 1875 - )
          • William2 Fairbairn (circa 1834 - aft. 1901)
      • James1 Fairbairn (Jun 1788 - )
      • Alexander1 Fairbairn (Nov 1791 - )
      • David1 Fairbairn (Feb 1794 - May 1862)
        • Christian Bremner (circa 1796 - bet. 1871 - 1898)
          • James2 Fairbairn (circa Oct 1821 - )
          • David2 Fairbairn (circa Dec 1822 - Dec 1898)
            • Christina Loutet (circa 1827 - Apr 1890)
              • David3 Fairbairn (circa 1854 - 1857)
              • William3 Fairbairn (Jan 1855 - Jan 1931)
                • Mary Richardson (circa 1863 - )
                  • David4 Fairbairn (circa 1883 - aft. 1891)
                  • Robert4 Fairbairn (circa 1885 - aft. 1901)
                  • William A. V.4 Fairbairn (Jun 1886 - Feb 1967)
                    • Christiana Templeman (circa 1890 - )
                      • Robert B.5 Fairbairn (Jul 1930 - Jan 1986)
                        • Elizabeth Robinson (say 1930 - )
                  • Mary4 Fairbairn (circa 1889 - aft. 1901)
                  • John R.4 Fairbairn (Dec 1892 - aft. 1925)
                    • Edna UnknownSurname (say 1893 - )
                  • Lauriss H.4 Fairbairn (1900 - )
              • James3 Fairbairn (Jun 1856 - bet. 1901 - 1939)
                • Jemima Elliot (circa 1851 - bet. 1901 - 1939)
                  • David B.4 Fairbairn (circa May 1880 - aft. 1891)
                  • William E.4 Fairbairn (circa 1884 - )
                    • Edith Walker (circa 1891 - )
              • John L.3 Fairbairn (Mar 1858 - )
              • Alexander3 Fairbairn (May 1859 - )
              • George3 Fairbairn (Feb 1861 - Sep 1937)
                • ?
                  • D4 Fairbairn (say 1890 - aft. 1937)
              • Catherine C.3 Fairbairn (circa 1864 - Mar 1916)
              • Alfred V.3 Fairbairn (circa 1867 - Apr 1939)
                • Jemima MacKay (circa 1856 - 1936)
              • Richard3 Fairbairn (circa 1869 - aft. 1939)
          • William2 Fairbairn (circa Apr 1824 - May 1880)
            • Elizabeth Forrest (circa 1824 - )
              • Robert3 Fairbairn (circa 1859 - aft. 1901)
              • William3 Fairbairn (circa 1868 - )
                • Catherine Nicolson (circa 1869 - )
                  • William4 Fairbairn (circa 1888 - )
                    • Jeanie Robertson (say 1890 - )
          • Richard2 Fairbairn (circa May 1831 - aft. 1871)
            • Janet Brodie (say 1830 - )
              • David3 Fairbairn (circa 1853 - bet. 1891 - 1899)
                • Emily McKenzie (say 1850 - bet. 1879 - 1899)
                  • David4 Fairbairn (circa 1879 - aft. 1911)
                    • Marjory Adams (circa 1877 - aft. 1911)
                      • David R. P.5 Fairbairn (1900 - aft. 1911)
          • John2 Fairbairn (circa 1832 - aft. 1841)
          • George2 Fairbairn (circa Oct 1833 - aft. 1841)
          • Alexander H.2 Fairbairn (circa Mar 1835 - bet. 1891 - 1946)
            • Mary Lawrie (say 1840 - )
              • David3 Fairbairn (circa 1868 - aft. 1881)
              • James M.3 Fairbairn (Feb 1869 - Dec 1946)
                • Mary B. Scott (circa 1874 - bef. 1954)
                  • Archibald S.4 Fairbairn (circa 1896 - Jun 1954)
                    • Helen Crombie (say 1897 - )
                  • James M.4 Fairbairn (circa 1898 - 1975)
                  • Alexander4 Fairbairn (circa 1903 - )
              • Alexander3 Fairbairn (circa 1872 - aft. 1891)
              • Christina B.3 Fairbairn (Jul 1874 - )