Ancestors of John Brown Williams

John Brown Williams
(1879-1957)

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Spouses/Children:
Jessie Paterson Fairbairn

John Brown Williams ²

Born: 30 Oct 1879, 11 Bedford Terrace, Islington East, Middlesex, England ³
Marriage: Jessie Paterson Fairbairn 18 Nov 1911, Winnipeg, Manitoba ¹
Died: 21 Jun 1957, Selkirk, Manitoba, at age 77 ³
Buried: Brookside Cemetery ⁴

Cause of his death was bronchopneumonia.

Another name for John was Jack.

General Notes:

Jack was a whistler, whistled "I'm forever blowing bubbles".
Worked his way to Canada on a cattle boat.

Noted events in his life were:

• Employment. ⁴ Engineer

• Occupation. ⁴ Cnr Painter Until 1948, Farmer

• Hobbies. ⁴ Smoked Pipe

• Religion. ⁴ Church Of England

John married Jessie Paterson Fairbairn, daughter of James Fairbairn and Alice Young, on 18 Nov 1911 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.¹ (Jessie Paterson Fairbairn was born on 20 Oct 1884 in Cove, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom ¹ ⁶ ⁷, died on 8 Dec 1941 in Winnipeg, Manitoba ¹ and was buried in Brookside Cemetery ⁴.) The cause of her death was asthma or maybe leukemia.

Sources

3 Nancy Whitten, Wilderness to Wildlife, (Reference quoted and passed on by Tara Hawkins).

4 Tara Hawkins, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/7114/. Cit. Date: 11 Jan 2002

5 Letter from James Jeffrey Fairbairn to Alexander Fairbairn with family history information. Rec. Date: 27 Jun 2002. Cit. Date: 30 Jun 2002

6 Extract from Register of Births for the Parish of Cockburnspath, Berwick, (Reference quoted and passed on by Tara Hawkins).

7 1891 Census of Cove Village, Cockburnspath, Berwick, Scotland, (Reference quoted and passed on by Tara Hawkins).

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John Brown Williams ²