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Re: Looking for Fairbairn family, possibly Cupae Way
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 25 August 24 14:08 BST (UK) »
The 1881 census gives Robert Fairbairn's birthplace as Logie, Fife.

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Re: Looking for Fairbairn family, possibly Cupae Way
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 25 August 24 14:39 BST (UK) »
The 1841 census for Oldhamstocks has Robert, 35, Agnes, 35, Elisabeth, 10, Francis, 8, David, 7, & John, 2.
Possible birth for Robert in Innerwick, East Lothian, 1803, to James Fairbairn & Margaret Watson

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Re: Looking for Fairbairn family, possibly Cupae Way
« Reply #11 on: Monday 26 August 24 13:05 BST (UK) »
Brill thanks for the info great help

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Re: Looking for Fairbairn family, possibly Cupae Way
« Reply #12 on: Monday 26 August 24 14:46 BST (UK) »
The 1881 census gives Robert Fairbairn's birthplace as Logie, Fife.

Robert Jr born Logie, 1862, passed possibly 1954, age 91, Townhead, Glasgow

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Robert & his family moved to Edinburgh from Barry between 1885 & 1887. His sons, John, passed age 8, in 1895, Thomas, age 2, in 1890 & his wife, Margaret, age 40 in 1903.

Have not been able to track him after 1903, so far.


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Re: Looking for Fairbairn family, possibly Cupae Way
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 27 August 24 15:24 BST (UK) »
Robert Fairbairn's father David passed, age 77, Dunfermline, 1911, mmn Mackie. His parents were Robert Fairbairn & Ann Mackie.

His wife, Agnes, passed age 76, Westruther, 1919.

There are no existing records on SP for either David's birth or the marriage of his parents.

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Robert remarried in 1908, to Elizabeth Thomson or McEvoy. They are on 1921 census in Leith Sth.

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Re: Looking for Fairbairn family, possibly Cupae Way
« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 27 August 24 15:58 BST (UK) »
Hi Kloumann
There seems to be 2 trails of the Fairbairn family coming through from my request, 1 in Fife way and 1 in East Lothian way. I`ll need to find out which is the correct route so I don`t get the wrong family. Thanks again for the ongoing support is really appreciated

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Re: Looking for Fairbairn family, possibly Cupae Way
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 27 August 24 19:03 BST (UK) »
Hi Scot's G.

I think the East Lothian/ Berwick ones were a red herring.

Sometimes you get on the wrong track with similar names & dates.

I looked up David's marriage to Agnes Robertson which gave me the names of their parents.

Agnes's parents were Robert Robertson, Agric Labourer, & Agnes Wallace.

I am fairly sure that the Fife ones are correct.