Alastair Fairbairn (F-45)1

(1929 - 2013)
FatherGeorge Hall Fairbairn2 (Sep 1900 - 1968)
MotherCatherine Watson Dewar2 (Apr 1901 - bet. Jun 1972 - Sep 1972)

BDMs

     Alastair Fairbairn (F-45) was born in 1929 10 Union St, St Andrews, FIF, SCT.3,4
     Alastair Fairbairn (F-45) died in 2013 WTN, NZ.5,4

DNA Info

     Click here for Alastair's published ySTR results; (F-45.)1
     Alastair has tested in the FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project. Follow this link for further DNA information on Alastair's line.
ChartsLineage 1a: George & Jemima/Robina (PATON) FAIRBAIRN
Last Edited11 Oct 2021

Citations

  1. [S14] FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project online at https://www.familytreedna.com/public/fairbairn, Sep 2011.
  2. [S3002] Interview, Alastair Fairbairn (F-45), Birth Thomas Alistair s/o George Hall FAIRBAIRN & DEWAR, from conversation Mar 2011.
  3. [S333] GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Birth 1929 Thomas Alistair s/o George Hall FAIRBAIRN & Catherine Watson DEWAR, St Andrews, FIF, transc. Robert McC, rcvd Mar 2011.
  4. [S57] BDM: NZ historical indexes online at http://bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/Search, Dth 2013 Thomas Alastair FAIRAIRN, ref. 2013/5530 b. 27 October 1929, extracted Jan 2014.
  5. [S1961] Www FAIRBAIRN searches and miscellaneous correspondence by LornaHen (1) Dth 2013 Alastair FAIRBAIRN, from dtr, rcvd Jan 2014.
 
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