OPR birth record notes witnesses (possibly of baptism rather than birth) as John and Robert Fairbairn OPR Entry Marriage:
22nd October 1784. This day John Fairbairn and Grizel Johnston, both in this parish were lawfully married her, having been orderly proclaimed and no objections made to the contrary, before these witnesses - Paul Johnstone and David Fairbairn.
OPR Birth Entry John born 29th May 1761. Parents David Fairbairn and Janet Bald. Witnesses John and Robert Fairbairn. 3
• Alt Birth, 1758, Fosterland, Cocksburnpath, Berwickshire, Scotland. 211
• Baptism, 20 Sep 1769, Haddington, East Lothian. 211
John married Grizel Johnstone, daughter of Paul Johnston and Grizel Wishart, on 22 Oct 1784 in Oldhamstocks, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.123 (Grizel Johnstone was born in 1762 in Co'path 731/2 Fr288 9, christened on 27 Jun 1762 in Fosterland near Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom 9 and died before 19 Jan 1875 15.)
Marriage Notes:
"This day John Fairbairn and Grizel Johnston, both in this parish were lawfully married here, having been orderly proclaimed and no objections made to the contrary, before these witnesses - Paul Johnstone and David Fairbairn" 3
Sources
1
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2000, data as of January 2000), Batch #: 7413706, Sheet: 02; Source Call No.: 0935407. Cit. Date: 29 Nov 2002
2
Robert Rochester, Exract from Robert Rochester's family tree (desendents of John Fairbairn and Grizel Johnstone), (Supplied to Martin Fairbairn as a Gedcom file on 9 May 2004.) ID: Rochester.GED.
3
Fairbairn, Jean. 86 High Street, Haddington., Fairbairn, Jean. Letter to Peter Fairbairn Cameron, Ontario, Canada. 27 February 1977., Letter dated 27 February 1977. Cit. Date: 11 Dec 2002 Cit. ID: Documents "fairbairn_haddington.txt"
4
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2000, data as of January 2000), Batch #: 7501504, Sheet #: 3, Source Call #: 0935326. Cit. Date: 7 Sep 2002
5
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
6
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2000, data as of January 2000).
7
Norman Peters, Norman Peters' family tree research, (Supplied as a GEDCOM file to Martin Fairbairn on 26 July 2003. See also "Descendants of Thomas Fairbairne.doc" for more detail about Norman's sources.) ID: Mine4martin_fairbairn_line.fdb.
9
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), FamilySearch™ Ancestral File, including David FAIRBAIRN (AFN: 1P6Z-LM4). Cit. Date: 8 Sep 2002
10
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Copyright (c) 1980, 2000, data as of January 2000), Batch #: 7501504, Sheet #: 1, Source Call #: 0935326. Cit. Date: 8 Sep 2002
12
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), FamilySearch™ Ancestral File, including David FAIRBAIRN (AFN: 1P6Z-LM4). Cit. Date: 8 Sep 2002 Birth recorded as being about 1758 at Fosterland near Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
13
General Register Office for Scotland, Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths (Scotland), Deaths 1875-731-4. Cit. Date: 26 Nov 2002 Cit. ID: D1875_731_0004.tif Recorded as deceased on James' (his son's) death certificate on 19 January 1875.
14
Ibid, Deaths 1875-731-4. Cit. Date: 26 Nov 2002 Cit. ID: D1875_731_0004.tif Derived from son's (James') death certificate.
15
Ibid, Deaths 1875-731-4. Cit. Date: 26 Nov 2002 Cit. ID: D1875_731_0004.tif Recorded as deceased on James' (her son's) death certificate on 19 January 1875.
