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  • Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

    — Abraham Lincoln
  • My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

    — Cary Grant
  • Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

    — E. B. White
  • I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.

    — e. e. cummings
  • What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

    — Saint Augustine
  • Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

    — Mark Twain
  • If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

    — Henry David Thoreau
  • If two things look the same, look for differences. If they look different, look for similarities.

    — John Cardinal
  • In theory, there is no difference. In practice, there is.

    — Anonymous
  • Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

    — John Adams
  • People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.

    — Abraham Lincoln
  • History - what never happened described by someone who wasn't there

    — ?Santayana?
  • What's a "trice"? It's like a jiffy but with three wheels

    — Last of the Summer Wine
  • Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened

    — Terry Pratchett
  • I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.

    — Terry Pratchett
  • .. we were trained to meet any new situation by reorganising; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illuson of progress

    — Petronius (210 BC)
  • The time we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it; and habit fills up what remains

    — Proust
  • So just as it is not the desire to become famous but the habit of being laborious that enables us to produce a finished work, so it is not the activity of the present moment but wise reflexions from the past that help us to safeguard the future

    — Proust "Within the Budding Grove"
  • You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

    — William J. H. Boetcker
  • Only a genealogist thinks taking a step backwards is progress

    — Lorna
  • No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

    — George Bernard Shaw
  • A TV remote is female: It easily gives a man pleasure, he'd be lost without it, and while he doesn't always know which buttons to push, he just keeps trying.

    — Anon
  • Hammers are male: Because in the last 5000 years they've hardly changed at all, and are occasionally handy to have around.

    — Anon
  • The right thing to do is to do nothing, the place to do it is in a place of concealment and the time to do it is as often as possible.

    — Tony Cook "The Biology of Terrestrial Molluscs"
  • All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

    — Thomas Carlyle "The Hero as Man of Letters"
Some descendants of James & Agnes (LINDSAY) FAIRBAIRN
DNA Tested Line
  • James0 Fairbairn (say 1760 - )
    • Agnes Lindsay (say 1760 - )
      • Thomas1 Fairbairn (cir. Apr 1786 - Aug 1870)
        • Helen McLean (cir. 1796 - aft. 1851)
          • James2 Fairbairn (cir. 1823 - Dec 1890)
            • Euphemia Reid (cir. 1820 - Jan 1892)
              • Mary3 Fairbairn (cir. 1844 - )
                • Michael Culbertson (cir. 1845 - )
              • Helen3 Fairbairn (cir. 1845 - aft. 1861)
              • Thomas3 Fairbairn (cir. 1845 - aft. 1891)
              • Margaret3 Fairbairn (cir. 1847 - )
                • James Nichol (cir. 1847 - aft. 1878)
                  • James4 Nichol (Jun 1871 - )
                  • Agnes F.4 Nichol (Aug 1872 - )
                  • Jemima4 Nicol (cir. 1878 - aft. 1901)
              • Agnes3 Fairbairn (cir. Jun 1850 - aft. 1851)
              • William3 Fairbairn (cir. 1853 - aft. 1901)
                • Margaret Hall (cir. 1849 - aft. 1901)
                  • William4 Fairbairn (cir. 1892 - aft. 1901)
              • James3 Fairbairn (Mar 1857 - aft. 1892)
              • George3 Fairbairn (Aug 1859 - aft. 1907)
                • Mary B. McLellan (cir. 1861 - aft. 1907)
                  • Roderick J.4 Fairbairn (1884 - aft. 1907)
                    • Maggie J. Hall (cir. 1879 - aft. 1907)
              • Elizabeth3 Fairbairn (Jun 1862 - )
              • Euphemia3 Fairbairn (Jul 1865 - Jan 1942)
          • William2 Fairbairn (cir. 1826 - cir. 1850)
            • Charlotte Lindsay (cir. 1828 - )
              • James3 Fairbairn (cir. 1849 - aft. 1851)
      • Alexander1 Fairbairn (Dec 1788 - bet. 1851 - 1855)
        • Isabella Atcheson (cir. 1791 - Jan 1871)
          • Alexander2 Fairbairn (cir. 1812 - Oct 1890)
            • Margaret Watson (cir. 1805 - Apr 1877)
              • Alexander3 Fairbairn (cir. 1835 - May 1891)
                • Isabella Renton (cir. 1834 - bet. 1881 - 1891)
                  • Margaret4 Fairbairn (Mar 1865 - aft. 1881)
                  • Isabella4 Fairbairn (Sep 1866 - )
                  • Thomas A.4 Fairbairn (Dec 1868 - Dec 1915)
                    • Marion Torrance (say 1870 - aft. 1915)
                  • Catherine4 Fairbairn (Nov 1870 - aft. 1909)
                    • Thomas W. Riddell (cir. 1873 - aft. 1909)
                  • Robert4 Fairbairn (Jan 1873 - aft. 1901)
                  • Walter4 Fairbairn (cir. 1877 - Jan 1958)
                    • Janet Hay (cir. 1882 - aft. 1905)
              • Catherine3 Fairbairn (cir. 1837 - Oct 1882)
                • Andrew H. Waugh (cir. 1836 - Jul 1902)
                  • Margaret F.4 Waugh (cir. 1865 - Jun 1924)
                    • John Murray
                  • James4 Waugh (Jan 1869 - aft. 1881)
                  • Mary4 Waugh (Sep 1872 - aft. 1881)
              • Walter3 Fairbairn (Aug 1839 - Dec 1899)
                • Mary Scott (cir. 1845 - aft. 1901)
                  • Isabella4 Fairbairn (cir. 1875 - aft. 1891)
                  • Margaret W.4 Fairbairn (cir. 1877 - aft. 1891)
                  • Alexander4 Fairbairn (Feb 1879 - )
                    • Ethel M. Browner
                  • William4 Fairbairn (cir. 1882 - aft. 1901)
                  • Catherine4 Fairbairn (cir. 1885 - aft. 1891)
          • Thomas2 Fairbairn (Oct 1814 - Jan 1883)
            • Christian Mason (bef. 1817 - bef. 1841)
              • Alexander3 Fairbairn (Jan 1837 - aft. 1881)
                • Isabella Currie (cir. 1844 - aft. 1881)
                  • Thomas4 Fairbairn (Apr 1860 - bet. Mar 1933 - Jun 1933)
                    • Eleanor Storey (cir. 1862 - aft. 1918)
                  • Robert4 Fairbairn (Jun 1862 - Aug 1866)
                  • Jane4 Fairbairn (Sep 1864 - aft. 1881)
                  • Alexander4 Fairbairn (Jun 1866 - 1885)
                  • Isabella4 Fairbairn (cir. 1869 - aft. 1881)
                  • Elizabeth4 Fairbairn (cir. 1873 - aft. 1881)
                  • George4 Fairbairn (cir. 1876 - aft. 1881)
                  • Harriet4 Fairbairn (cir. 1879 - aft. 1881)
                  • Barbary4 Fairbairn (cir. 1880 - aft. 1881)
            • Margaret Henderson (Feb 1810 - )
              • George3 Fairbairn (May 1844 - aft. 1896)
                • Margaret Stavert (cir. 1846 - aft. 1896)
                  • Mary4 Fairbairn (Aug 1870 - Mar 1888)
                  • Thomas4 Fairbairn (May 1872 - aft. 1901)
                    • Jessie W. Dickie (cir. 1873 - aft. 1901)
                  • Margaret4 Fairbairn (Jun 1874 - )
                    • David M. May (1874 - )
                  • George4 Fairbairn (cir. 1877 - )
                  • Mark4 Fairbairn (cir. 1879 - )
                  • Christina S.4 Fairbairn (cir. 1886 - )
              • Margaret3 Fairbairn (Feb 1846 - aft. 1881)
                • John Miller (cir. 1845 - )
                  • Margaret H.4 Miller (Oct 1872 - )
              • Thomas3 Fairbairn (Jan 1850 - Apr 1924)
                • Annie Buckham (Dec 1853 - May 1937)
                  • James4 Fairbairn F.S.A (Scot) (cir. 1889 - Jan 1960)
              • Isabella3 Fairbairn (Jul 1853 - aft. 1891)
          • Jane2 Fairbairn (bef. 1815 - )
            • James Hills (bef. 1815 - )
          • James2 Fairbairn (cir. 1815 - aft. 1851)
          • Isabella2 Fairbairn (cir. 1821 - aft. 1865)
            • William Hills (cir. 1819 - 1862)
              • Alexander3 Hills (bef. 1855 - )
              • Isabella3 Hills (bef. 1855 - )
              • Thomas3 Hills (bef. 1855 - )
              • John3 Hills (aft. 1855 - )
              • James3 Hills (Feb 1855 - )
            • William Gallop
          • John2 Fairbairn (Oct 1824 - May 1907)
            • Margaret Deans (cir. Mar 1832 - Oct 1917)
              • Alexander3 Fairbairn (Jul 1857 - Mar 1925)
                • Elizabeth Williams (say 1857 - )
              • Jessie3 Fairbairn (cir. 1858 - aft. 1861)
              • James D.3 Fairbairn (Sep 1862 - Jul 1930)
                • Elizabeth Howatt (Nov 1865 - Jun 1941)
                  • Dryden4 Fairbairn ( - aft. 1930)
                  • Stanley A.4 Fairbairn (Sep 1898 - 1985)
                    • ?
                  • William J.4 Fairbairn (Dec 1900 - 1985)
                  • John A. H.4 Fairbairn (Oct 1907 - 1970)
                    • Female Ternan
              • Isabell3 Fairbairn (cir. 1864 - aft. 1871)
              • George3 Fairbairn (Aug 1866 - Jul 1930)
                • Martha E. Richardson (Jul 1876 - aft. 1907)
                  • Dora E.4 Fairbairn (May 1897 - )
                  • Margaret R.4 Fairbairn (Oct 1898 - )
                  • Lean G.4 Fairbairn (Sep 1900 - )
                  • Myrtle I.4 Fairbairn (Jan 1904 - )
                  • Della I.4 Fairbairn (Jun 1907 - )
              • William J.3 Fairbairn (Nov 1869 - 1934)
                • Elizabeth Ritchie (Dec 1868 - )
                  • Lloyd B.4 Fairbairn (Feb 1895 - )
                    • Eva Gorrie
                  • Earl R.4 Fairbairn (Feb 1896 - )
                  • Stanley C.4 Fairbairn (Dec 1897 - aft. 1911)
                  • Leola M.4 Fairbairn (Dec 1900 - )
              • Robert D.3 Fairbairn (Mar 1875 - Jan 1937)
                • Christina M. Miller (1874 - 1962)
                  • Harold A.4 Fairbairn (Jun 1896 - )
                  • Frederick J.4 Fairbairn (Jul 1901 - 1982)
                    • Alice R. Birch (1910 - 2000)
                  • Logan M.4 Fairbairn (Feb 1905 - )
          • Robert2 Fairbairn (say 1825 - aft. 1871)
          • Agnes2 Fairbairn (cir. 1829 - aft. 1841)
          • Helen2 Fairbairn (cir. 1831 - Mar 1906)
            • Andrew Jamieson (cir. 1828 - bet. 1881 - 1891)
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