Bill Fairbairn (F-53)1

FatherGeorge Fairbairn1 (1909 - 1992)
MotherMargaret Noble1 (1912 - 2005)

DNA Info

     Bill has tested in the FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project. Follow this link for further DNA information on Bill's line.
     Click here for Bill's DNA results .2

Researcher(s)

     Bill is researching the line of John Fairbarne (m. Helen GRIEVE). (This is the line usually known as the Cockburnspath FAIRBAIRNs.) Email: Bill.3,1
ChartsLineage 1a1: George & Christian (BOOKLES) FAIRBAIRN
Last Edited11 Feb 2013

Citations

  1. [S2285] GenForum online at http://www.genforum.genealogy.com/my/, George Crow FAIRBAIRN of Cockburnspath, online at http://genforum.genealogy.com/fairbairn/messages/130.html, posted Aug 2001 ex Bill FAIRBAIRN, extracted Aug 2001.
  2. [S2656] FamilyTree DNA, "FamilyTree DNA", 67 marker results for (F-53), extracted Jan 2013.
  3. [S2824] Bill Fairbairn (F-53), "FAIRBAIRN/GRIEVE Cockburnspath ex Bill F," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Rcvd Sep 2012.
 
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