George Fairbairn1

(27 Apr 1780 - Apr 1843)
FatherWilliam Fairbairn (Schoolmaster, Bowden; m. Margaret SCOTT)1 (circa Apr 1756 - Mar 1810)
MotherMargaret Scott1 (say 1757 - )

BDMs

     George Fairbairn was born on 27 Apr 1780 Bowden, ROX, SCT.1,2,3 He was baptized on 21 May 1780 Bowden, ROX; entry reads: William Fairbairn schoolmaster of Bowden and Margaret Scott his wife had a child born the 27th of April, and Baptized before the congregation the 21st of May named George.1
     George Fairbairn married Janet Robertson say 1802 ?STI, SCT.4
     George Fairbairn married Mary Hardie on 8 Nov 1824 Falkirk, STI, SCT.5,6,7
     George Fairbairn died in Apr 1843 Camelon Park?, Falkirk, STI, SCT.8,9,10 He was buried on 1 May 1843 ?Falkirk, STI, SCT.10
A post on GenForum suggests that this George may have been a button maker in Galashiels.
Subsequent correspondence indicates that the information came from a researcher who had found the reference in a privately published document and/or a Falkirk newspaper during research into the Camelon nail makers.

This link back to Galashiels, together with the naming pattern of George & Janet's children, provides a very strong suggestion that the schoolmaster William and his wife Margaret SCOTT are his parents. He is certainly of the right age in 1841, and does say he wasn't born in Stirlingshire.

The identification is further strengthened by a George of Carron park, Larbert parish witnessing the baptism of Kathrine, dtr of Andrew FAIRBAIRN and Mary WATSON in 1807, this Andrew also looking highly likely to be the son of schoolmaster William, given the witness to another of his children's baptisms was Peter, Dr. of medicine, another brother.3,11,12,13,14,2,10,15

Census

     George Fairbairn appeared on the census of 1841 Camelon, Par. of Falkirk, STI, SCT, as FAIRBAIRN (indexed as FAIRBURN): George 60 "hall manu" (assumed to be Nail manufacturer), b SCT (ie not STI); Georgina 35, William 30 "cl", Isabella 25, Mary 14. all b STI (NB enumerators were instructed to round ages down to the nearest multiple of 5.)2,16

DNA Info

     George belongs to a tested line in the FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project. Follow this link for supplementary DNA information.
     George's line needs a/another participant in the FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project. Check out the Wanted! page for further information.

Family 1

Janet Robertson (say 1780 - say 1822)
Children
  • Janet Fairbairn4 (Jun 1804 - Dec 1846)
  • Georgina Fairbairn2 (circa 1805 - aft. 1841)
  • Margaret Fairbairn17 (circa May 1806 - )
  • William Fairbairn2 (circa Feb 1808 - bet. Sep 1888 - Dec 1888)
  • Isabel Fairbairn18 (circa Feb 1812 - )
  • Agnes Fairbairn19 (circa Jan 1814 - )
  • John Fairbairn20 (circa Jan 1816 - )
  • George Fairbairn21 (circa Sep 1817 - Dec 1884)
  • Agnes Fairbairn9 (circa 1827 - aft. 1851)

Family 2

Mary Hardie (Sep 1802 - Apr 1882)
Children
  • John Hardie Fairbairn5 (circa Sep 1825 - Nov 1865)
  • Mary Thomson Patterson Fairbairn22,23 (circa Apr 1827 - 1888)
  • Elizabeth Fairbairn24 (circa Mar 1829 - aft. 1851)
  • David Hardie Fairbairn25,26 (circa May 1831 - 1916)
  • Sarah Fairbairn27,8,28 (circa Jan 1834 - aft. 1859)
ChartsLineage 2b1: John & Helen (ANDERSON) FAIRBAIRN
Last Edited6 Apr 2017

Citations

  1. [S1141] Cash book and Kirk Sessions Baptisms: Bowden, ROX, SCT, Birth 27 Apr 1780 Bap. 21 May 1780 George s/o William FAIRBAIRN & Margaret SCOTT, Bowden, extracted c 1993, , copy d/loaded May 2007, rechecked Mar 2008 , Film 1067932.
  2. [S201] 1841 Census transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com, Camelon Park, Falkirk, STI, Par. 479 ED 7A Pg 35, hsehold of George FAIRBAIRN, extracted Nov 2010.
  3. [S2] Lorna Henderson, "FAIRBAIRN Analysis", Mar 2013.
  4. [S3251] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Stirlingshire, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap.? 16 May 1804 Janet d/o George FAIRBAIRN & Janet ROBERTSON, Larbert, STI, 485/ 0010 0377, extracted from index Mar 2013.
  5. [S2788] Jenny JOLLY nee TIEMAN, "EM ROWE/HAMLEY ex Jenny J," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Dth 1865 John Hardie s/o George FAIRBAIRN & Mary HARDIE, b SCT, d. VIC #9558 ex Digger-Pioneer Index VIC 1836-1888, rcvd/extracted Apr 2009.
  6. [S1596] Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Marr. 8 Nov 1824 George FAIRBAIRN & Mary HARDIE, batch M119706, Falkirk, STI, extracted Apr 2009.
  7. [S3129] Trove - Digitised Newspapers, Dth 5 Apr 1882 Mary FAIRBAIRN, at Geelong, late relict of George FAIRBAIRN, Camelon park Falkirk, from Family Notices. (1882, April 8). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 1. online at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11537205, extracted Mar 2013.
  8. [S1918] Newspaper clippings, Marr. 23 Nov 1859 Sarah youngest d/o late George FAIRBAIRN of Camelon Park, Falkirk, Stirling; William Forbes HARDIE, Govt Engineer, Geelong & Ballarat Railway, Ballan http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article/5692397, from The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954), Nov 25, 1859 extracted Nov 2010.
  9. [S203] 1851 Census transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com, Barony, LKS Par. 622 ED 24B Pg 20, hsehold of Mary FAIRBAIRN, extracted Mar 2013.
  10. [S3254] Rosemary PHILIP, "EM FAIRBAIRN/ANDERSON ex Rosemary P," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Bur. 1 May 1843, Sequestration 17 May 1843 George FAIRBAIRN of Stirling, rcvd May 2013.
  11. [S2285] GenForum online at http://www.genforum.genealogy.com/my/, George FAIRBAIRN, button manufacturer Galashiels, nail manufacturer Stirling, from http://genforum.genealogy.com/fairbairn/messages/531.html, posted Feb 2013 by Rosemary PHILIP, extracted Mar 2013.
  12. [S55] Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Birth 8 Nov 1812 Bap. 7 Feb 1813 William s/o Andrew FAIRBAIRN & Mary WATSON, Cramond, MLN 679/0030 0388, copy d/loaded Aug 2009.
  13. [S55] Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Birth 26 Sep 1807 Bap. 28 Nov 1810 Kathrine d/o Andrew FAIRBAIRN & Mary WATSON, Cramond, MLN, 679/00 0030 0371, copy d/loaded Apr 2013.
  14. [S3254] Rosemary PHILIP, "EM FAIRBAIRN/ANDERSON ex Rosemary P," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, George FAIRBAIRN, nail maker of Camelon (Falkirk), previously button maker at Galashiels, from booklet, believed privately published by Margaret F. Lyon, with information from Falkirk newspaper possibly about Camelon nailers, rcvd Apr 2013.
  15. [S2892] National Records of Scotland online at http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/ was http://www.nas.gov.uk/onlineCatalogue/, 1843 George Fairbairn (deceased) Camelon Park, near Falkirk: Sequestration Petition Ref. CS279 Title Court of Session: Bill Chamber, Sequestration Petitions, (unconcluded processes) Nos. 1-2917 GB Repos. 234 Ref. CS279/744, Description Reference F. 55, Item, extracted from catalogue May 2013.
  16. [S3254] Rosemary PHILIP, "EM FAIRBAIRN/ANDERSON ex Rosemary P," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, 1841 Census Camelon, Falkirk, STI, George FAIRBAIRN & family, from image, extracts rcvd Apr 2013.
  17. [S3251] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Stirlingshire, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap.? 29 May 1806 Margaret d/o George FAIRBAIRN & Janet ROBERTSON, Larbert, STI, 485/ 0010 0386, extracted from index Mar 2013.
  18. [S3251] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Stirlingshire, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap.? 17 Feb 1812 Isabel d/o George FAIRBAIRN & Janet ROBERTSON, Larbert, STI, 485/ 0010 0397, extracted from index Mar 2013.
  19. [S3251] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Stirlingshire, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap.? 3 Jan 1814 Agnes d/o George FAIRBAIRN & Janet ROBERTSON, Larbert, STI, 485/ 0010 0440, extracted from index Mar 2013.
  20. [S3251] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Stirlingshire, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap.? 17 Jan 1816 John s/o George FAIRBAIRN & Janet ROBERTSON, Larbert, STI, 485/ 0010 0461, extracted from index Mar 2013.
  21. [S2] Lorna Henderson, "FAIRBAIRN Analysis", Nov 2010.
  22. [S3251] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Stirlingshire, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap.? 25 Apr 1827 Mary Thomson P d/o George FAIRBAIRN & Mary HARDIE, Falkirk, STI, 479/ 0100 0228, extracted from index Mar 2013.
  23. [S3129] Trove - Digitised Newspapers, Marr. 30 Apr 1853 Mary Thomson Paterson d/o late George FAIRBAIRN Esq, Falkirk; Andrew LOVE of Morangourke, at Geelong, from Family Notices. (1853, May 2). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956), p. 4. from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4792207, extracted Mar 2013.
  24. [S3251] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Stirlingshire, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap.? 25 Mar 1829 Elisabeth d/o George FAIRBAIRN & Mary HARDIE, Falkirk, STI, 479/ 0100 0295, extracted from index Mar 2013.
  25. [S3251] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Stirlingshire, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap.? 17 May 1831 David Hardie s/o George FAIRBAIRN & Mary HARDIE, Falkirk, STI, 479/ 0100 0386, extracted from index Mar 2013.
  26. [S5] Ancestry.com online at http://search.ancestry.com, Dth 1916 David s/o George FAIRBAIRN & Mary HARDIE, reg. Geelong, VIC, 6055, aged 85, from Australia Death Index, 1787-1985, extracted Mar 2013.
  27. [S201] 1841 Census transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com, Denny, STI, Par. 476 ED 6 Pg 8, hsehold of George FAIRBAIRN Jr, extracted Nov 2010.
  28. [S3251] Scotlands People Index, "OPR Stirlingshire, Scotland, FAIRBAIRN Births 1538-1854", Birth/Bap.? 27 Jan 1834 Sarah d/o George FAIRBAIRN & Mary HARDIE, Falkirk, STI, 479/ 0100 0483, extracted from index Mar 2013.
 
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