Ralph Fairbairn1

(Dec 1810 - )
FatherJames Fairbairn1 (circa Jan 1765 - bet. 1810 - 1841)
MotherIsabel Tait1 (say 1770 - bet. 1810 - 1841)

BDMs

     Ralph Fairbairn was born in Dec 1810 Dalkeith, MLN, SCT.1 He was baptized on 24 Dec 1810 at Dalkeith, Midlothian.1
It seemed highly likely that the Ralph born to James and Isabel (TAIT) FAIRBAIRN in Dalkeith was the Ralph, baker in Birmingham married to Elizabeth PRICE, but his re-marriage cert (which doesn't match census data either) says otherwise!
The FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA project would love to hear from a direct male line descendant of the Birmingham baker to see if they were a good match to the representative of this Ralph's family.2
ChartsLineage 1a2: John & Magdalen (BO) FAIRBAIRN
Last Edited25 Mar 2012

Citations

  1. [S3155] GRO Scotland, "OPR Midlothian Scotlands People (FAIRBAIRN & variants) Births 1538-1854", Bap? 24 Dec 1810 Ralph s/o James FAIRBAIRN & Isabella TAIT, Dalkeith, MLN, 683/00 0050 02895, extracted from index Sep 2010.
  2. [S2] Lorna Henderson, "FAIRBAIRN Analysis", Sep 2010.
 
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