John Fairbairn1,2
(9 Apr 1794 - 5 Oct 1864)
Father | James Fairbairn2,3 (say 1760 - aft. 1802) |
Mother | Agnes Brack (say 1760 - ); HC BOTHA's "John Fairbairn in South Africa" shows John's mother as Agnes BLACK. It is more likely to be BRACK, as shown in her marriage to James, and in John's brother William's baptism, the only one of the family baptisms to name the mother3,4,5,6 |
Intro
The search for John's parents & siblings uncovered several contemporary James at Gordon (one of whom was a wright at East Gordon, the other a shoemaker, later farmer, married to Elizabeth Betsy ALLISON) but Westruther netted a sibling Alexander 1784, which, given Alexander at Carrolside in 1797, looks likely to be the missing link to James' father, making his eldest son fit the naming pattern.Legerwood added William 1802 specifically naming Agnes Brack as his mother, which I believe is QED for the family of John, having linked sufficient places, dates and names together.7
BDMs
John Fairbairn was born on 9 Apr 1794 Carrolside Mill, Par. of Legerwood, BEW, SCT

John Fairbairn died on 5 Oct 1864 at the Home of F S Watermeyer, Wynberg, Cape Town, SAF, at age 70; aged 70 (Watermeyer, an advocate, and his son-in-law)
Obit in The Times of Nov 29th: "Mr John Fairbairn, the father of the press of South Africa, and for several years a member of the House of Assembly, died at Wynberg on the 5th inst. Mr Fairbairn came to the colony as a coadjutor of Mr Thomas Pringle and was a leading man in colonial politics."1,10 He was interred with John Fairbairn and Elizabeth Philip Somerset Rd Cem., Cape Town, CPC, SAF


H/stone summary11: John Fairbairn. Born 09-04-1794. Died 15-10-1864.12,13,11
John Fairbairn is commemorated with Elizabeth Philip at the Woltemade Cem., Maitland, Cape Town, SAF.13
Family | Elizabeth Philip (circa 1802 - May 1840) |
Children |
Charts | Alexander & Betsy (NEWTON) FAIRBAIRN Wanted: Alexander & Betsy (NEWTON) FAIRBAIRN |
Last Edited | 19 Dec 2012 |
Citations
- [S1961] Www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence by LornaHen (1) Fairbairn College, Cape Town, http://www.fbc.wcape.xchool.za, extracted Jan 2004.
- [S55] Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Birth 9 Apr Bap.11 May 1794 John s/o James FAIRBAIRN (tenant at Carrolsidemill, Legerwood, BEW), 749/ 0010 0145, copy d/loaded Sep 2010.
- [S2449] Wikipedia online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, Birth 9 Apr 1794 John s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Agnes BLACK (sic - see brother William's bap. which says BRACK), Carolside Mill, Legerwood, Berwicshire (quoting HC BOTHA's "John Fairbairn in South Africa" 336pp, hardback, d.w., No 5, Cape Town , 1984), extracted Sep 2010.
- [S55] Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Birth 18 Aug Bap. 12 Sep 1802 William s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Agnes BRACK, Carrolside Mill, Legerwood, BEW 749/00 0010 0161, copy d/loaded Sep 2010.
- [S55] Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Marr. 20 Mar 1783 James FAIRBAIRN, Westruther & Agnes BRACK, Lauder, booked both parishes 1 Feb, Lauder 748/00 0010 0180, Westruther 756/00 0010 0349, copies d/loaded Sep 2010.
- [S2] Lorna Henderson, "FAIRBAIRN Analysis", Oct 2010.
- [S2] Lorna Henderson, "FAIRBAIRN Analysis", Sep - Oct 2010.
- [S2449] Wikipedia online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, Marr. 24 Mar 1831 John FAIRBAIRN & Elizabeth (Eliza) PHILIP(Cape Town assumed), extracted Sep 2010.
- [S1961] Www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence by LornaHen (1) Marr. John FAIRBAIRN & Elizabeth d/o John PHILIP , from http://www.gospelcom.net/dacb/stories/southafrica/…, extracted Jan 2004.
- [S2449] Wikipedia online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, Dth 5 Oct 1864 John FAIRBAIRN, Wynberg home of son-in-law advocate F S Watermeyer (Cape Town), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fairbairn_%28educator%29, extracted Sep 2010.
- [S2954] National Archives of South Africa (NASA) online at http://www.national.archives.gov.za/, Bur. John FAIRBAIRN, Somerset Rd Cem., Cape Town, Cape, from Somerset Road Cemetery, Cape Town, Cape. Compilers: M Cairns, DG Boonzaaier and C Graham Botha, 1907. Courtesy: Cape Archives Depot (Accession 397), Dutch Reformed Church Archives, Cape Town and Regional Services, Western Cape, HSRC., extracted Sep 2010.
- [S1961] Www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence by LornaHen (1) Bur. John FAIRBAIRN, Somerset Rd Cem., Cape Town (quoting the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , OUP Sep 2004, online ed May 2006), extracted Sep 2010.
- [S1961] Www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence by LornaHen (1) Somerset Rd Cem., Cape Town - graves moved to Maitland, from http://ancestry24.com/…, extracted Sep 2010.
- [S1961] Www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence by LornaHen (1) http://www.cape-town.info/history2.html, extracted Jan 2004.
- [S1961] Www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence by LornaHen (1) http://www.gospelcom.net/dacb/stories/southafrica/…, extracted Jan 2004.
- [S2449] Wikipedia online at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, Birth 1836 James Alexander, s/o John FAIRBAIRN & Elizabeth (Eliza) PHILLIP, (Cape Town assumed), extracted Sep 2010.