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 on 18 Nov 1911 in Winnipeg, Manitoba 1
  • Died: 21 Jun 1957, Selkirk, Manitoba aged 77 3
  • Buried: Brookside Cemetery 2

bullet   Cause of his death was bronchopneumonia.

bullet   Another name for John was Jack.2 4

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bullet  General Notes:

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

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Employment. 2 Engineer

• Occupation. 2 Cnr Painter Until 1948, Farmer

• Hobbies. 2 Smoked Pipe

• Religion. 2 Church Of England


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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 5 6 died on 8 Dec 1941 in Winnipeg, Manitoba 1 and was buried in Brookside Cemetery 2.). The cause of her death was asthma or maybe leukemia.


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Sources


1 Nancy Whitten (Reference quoted and passed on by Tara Hawkins).

2 Tara Hawkins, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/7114/.

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

4 Letter from James Jeffrey Fairbairn to Alexander Fairbairn with family history information..

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

6 1891 Census of Cove Village, Cockburnspath, Berwick, Scotland (Reference quoted and passed on by Tara Hawkins).

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