1851 Census Cockburnspath 40 Cove David, head of house, Aged 64, fisherman, born Oldhamstock, East Lothian Alison, his wife, aged 63, born in Cockburnspath Christopher, his son, born in Cockburnspath Alison, his daughter, aged 21, born in Cockburnspath.
OPR Entry for Marriage: 10 March 1809. This day David Fairbairn and Alison Anderson were irregularly married at Stearhouse Toll by George Lamb.
OPR Birth 29.7.1788. David lawful son to John Fairbairn and Grissell Johnston was born on the 24th July and baptised this date in the church of Oldhamstocks.
• Home address, 31 Mar 1851, Cove, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. 1 40 Cove
• Alt Birth, 29 Jul 1787, Stearch-Ho, Toll, Oldhamstocks, East Lothian. 210
David married Alison Anderson on 10 Mar 1809 in Stearhouse Toll, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.12 (Alison Anderson was born about 1788 in Stearch-Ho Toll - Oldhamstocks, East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom 281016, christened on 22 Jun 1788 in Cockburnspath, Berwick, Scotland 210 and died between 31 Mar 1851 and 12 Feb 1885 17.)
1
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: 10 Dec 2002 Cit. ID: Documents "fairbairn_haddington.txt"
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.
4
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R), (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
5
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.
6
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 #: 2, Source Call #: 0935326.
7Newspaper clipping, (Reference quoted and passed on by Tara Hawkins). Clipping notes that Jarvie Fairbiairn's (b. 1876) great grandfather was "Muckle Davy" Fairbairn - a smuggler.
8
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
9
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 Date of birth recorded as 29 July 1788.
13
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" OPR records date of birth as 24 July 1788.
Year of birth calculated as 1787 based on age (64) as at date of 1851 census.
14
Ibid, Letter dated 27 February 1977. Cit. Date: 11 Dec 2002 Cit. ID: Documents "fairbairn_haddington.txt"
15
Ibid, Letter dated 27 February 1977. Cit. Date: 10 Dec 2002 Cit. ID: Documents "fairbairn_haddington.txt" Recorded on the 1851 census.
16
Ibid, Letter dated 27 February 1977. Cit. Date: 10 Dec 2002 Cit. ID: Documents "fairbairn_haddington.txt" 1851 census records place of birth as Cockburnspath. Year of birth calculated as 1787 from age (63) as at 1851 census.
17
Ibid, Letter dated 27 February 1977. Cit. Date: 10 Dec 2002 Cit. ID: Documents "fairbairn_haddington.txt" Recorded on the 1851 census, but recorded as deceased on son's (John's) death certificate.
