• 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"
(Sunderland, Durham) marr. about 1780
Descendants of Robert and Elizabeth show that this family belongs to Haplogroup I1 in Lineage 1 where the bulk of the Borders FAIRBAIRNs appear to "fit".
Their closet other match is the line of John & Elizabeth (YULE) FAIRBAIRN
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Duplicate
DNA Tested Line
  • Robert0 Fairbairn (circa Dec 1751 - Nov 1849)
    • ?
      • Robert1 Fairbairn (say 1784 - bet. 1824 - 1844)
        • Elizabeth Taylor (circa 1791 - aft. 1861)
          • James2 Fairbairn (Sep 1815 - say 1881)
            • Sarah Cook (Feb 1812 - aft. 1881)
              • Robert3 Fairbairn (circa Feb 1838 - aft. 1841)
              • James T.3 Fairbairn (circa Aug 1840 - aft. 1891)
                • Mary C. Millie (circa 1847 - aft. 1871)
              • John B.3 Fairbairn (circa 1842 - aft. 1891)
                • Elizabeth A. Smith (circa 1839 - )
                  • John B.4 Fairbairn (bet. Jan 1870 - Mar 1870 - aft. 1881)
                  • Alfred T.4 Fairbairn (bet. Jun 1874 - Sep 1874 - aft. 1891)
              • Thomas3 Fairbairn (circa 1850 - )
              • Alfred D.3 Fairbairn (circa 1854 - aft. 1901)
                • Susanarah Buckingham (circa 1854 - bet. 1891 - 1901)
                  • Robert4 Fairbairn (circa 1880 - aft. 1901)
                    • Matilda P. Seeley (circa 1881 - aft. 1901)
                      • Robert5 Fairbairn (circa May 1900 - aft. 1901)
                  • Alfred4 Fairbairn (circa 1890 - aft. 1912)
                    • Emily A. Matthews (circa 1891 - )
              • Emma3 Fairbairn (circa 1856 - aft. 1881)
          • Robert2 Fairbairn (May 1818 - Aug 1882)
            • Emma Cook (May 1816 - aft. 1881)
              • Robert W.3 Fairbairn (Jul 1840 - bet. Sep 1887 - Dec 1887)
                • Emma Andrew (1842 - aft. 1901)
                  • Alice M. M.4 Fairbairn (Feb 1864 - aft. 1901)
                    • William H. Hawksworth (1864 - aft. 1901)
                  • Elizabeth4 Fairbairn (circa 1866 - aft. 1881)
                  • Emma4 Fairbairn (circa 1868 - aft. 1881)
                  • Ann E.4 Fairbairn (bet. Mar 1869 - Jun 1869 - aft. 1891)
                  • Beatrice4 Fairbairn (bet. Jun 1874 - Sep 1874 - aft. 1881)
                  • Robert A.4 Fairbairn (1876 - aft. 1902)
                    • Alice M. Fairbairn (circa 1883 - aft. 1901)
                  • Henry A.4 Fairbairn (circa Sep 1879 - aft. 1903)
                    • Grace G. Skinner (1882 - )
              • Henry D.3 Fairbairn (Mar 1844 - Sep 1907)
                • Mary A. Andrew (circa 1845 - bet. Sep 1918 - Dec 1918)
                  • Mary A.4 Fairbairn (circa 1863 - aft. 1881)
                  • Louisa4 Fairbairn (Oct 1864 - Feb 1929)
                    • Henry Johnson (May 1865 - Mar 1944)
                  • Florence4 Fairbairn (circa 1870 - aft. 1891)
                  • Albert4 Fairbairn (May 1874 - 1938)
                    • Mary A. Dandy (bet. Jun 1874 - Sep 1874 - Sep 1908)
                      • Mary A.5 Fairbairn (Feb 1897 - Jul 1978)
                        • James H. Yowell (circa 1898 - aft. 1930)
                      • Henry5 Fairbairn (Jun 1899 - Jul 1970)
                    • Bertha UnknownSurname (circa 1874 - aft. 1930)
                  • Elizabeth A.4 Fairbairn (circa 1877 - aft. 1891)
                  • Henry J.4 Fairbairn (circa Jun 1880 - aft. 1901)
                  • Alice M.4 Fairbairn (circa 1883 - aft. 1901)
                    • Robert A. Fairbairn (1876 - aft. 1902)
                  • Amy4 Fairbairn (circa 1885 - aft. 1901)
              • George3 Fairbairn (circa 1846 - aft. 1851)
              • Emma3 Fairbairn (circa 1849 - aft. 1901)
              • John3 Fairbairn (circa 1852 - bet. 1875 - 1881)
                • Elizabeth East (circa 1849 - aft. 1891)
                  • John R.4 Fairbairn (Nov 1875 - aft. 1881)
              • Richard A.3 Fairbairn (bet. Mar 1854 - Jun 1854 - bet. Jan 1898 - Mar 1898)
                • Sarah E. Atthews (bet. Jan 1855 - Mar 1855 - aft. 1901)
                  • Richard J.4 Fairbairn (circa 1878 - aft. 1901)
                  • Sarah4 Fairbairn (circa 1880 - aft. 1901)
                  • Charles4 Fairbairn (circa 1882 - aft. 1920)
                  • Henry4 Fairbairn (circa 1885 - aft. 1901)
          • John T.2 Fairbairn (Mar 1821 - bet. 1851 - 1861)
            • Elizabeth A. Swanton (circa 1818 - aft. 1891)
              • Elizabeth3 Fairbairn (circa Nov 1845 - aft. 1891)
                • Joseph Barlow (circa 1845 - aft. 1891)
              • Ann3 Fairbairn (circa Apr 1847 - bet. Jan 1866 - Mar 1866)
              • Sarah D.3 Fairbairn (circa Mar 1850 - aft. 1881)
              • Eliza3 Fairbairn (circa Jan 1851 - aft. 1861)
              • Emma3 Fairbairn (bet. Sep 1853 - Dec 1853 - aft. 1871)
              • Louisa3 Fairbairn (bet. Sep 1857 - Dec 1857 - aft. 1891)
              • Henrietta T.3 Fairbairn (circa Jun 1860 - bet. Jan 1880 - Mar 1880)
          • Elizabeth2 Fairbairn (circa 1824 - aft. 1844)
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DNA Tested Line