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James Fairbairn
(1822-1870)
Jessie Paterson
(Cal 1820/1821-1884)
Alexander Young
(1830-Between 1881/1912)
Helen Brown
(Between 1825/1828-1912)
James Fairbairn
(1847-1935)
Alice Young
(1854-1921)
Jessie Paterson Fairbairn
(1884-1941)

 

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Spouses/Children:
John Brown Williams

Jessie Paterson Fairbairn 2

  • Born: 20 Oct 1884, Cove, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom 1 3 4
  • Marriage: John Brown Williams on 18 Nov 1911 in Winnipeg, Manitoba 1
  • Died: 8 Dec 1941, Winnipeg, Manitoba aged 57 1
  • Buried: Brookside Cemetery 2

bullet   Cause of her death was asthma or maybe leukemia.

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bullet  General Notes:

According to Alice (Williams) Johnson:
"Jessie Paterson Fairbairn came over in 1885 from Scotland. They were on the boat for 2 weeks and most were very ill. They, three (mother and her two cousins) that came together did domestic work to pay their passage."
**date not possible as she would have been 1 year old.**

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

• Hobbies. 2 Knitting

• Religion. 2 Presbyterian

• Home address, 6 Apr 1891, Cove, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. 5

• Employment, 6 Apr 1891, Cove, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. 5 Scholar

• Home address, 31 Mar 1901, Cove, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. 6


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Jessie married John Brown Williams on 18 Nov 1911 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.1 (John Brown Williams was born on 30 Oct 1879 in 11 Bedford Terrace, Islington East, Middlesex, England,7 died on 21 Jun 1957 in Selkirk, Manitoba 7 and was buried in Brookside Cemetery 2.). The cause of his death was bronchopneumonia.


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

4 1891 Census of Cove Village, Cockburnspath, Berwick, Scotland (Reference quoted and passed on by Tara Hawkins).

5 General Register Office for Scotland, Census (Scotland), 1891. 731-1-14. IMAGE C1891_731_00_001_0_2_014.

6 General Register Office for Scotland, Census (Scotland), CENSUS 1901 731-1-13.

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

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