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"Cousins" to the Quebec cousin connection
Online references in Eatonville papers around 1917 show Angus U FAIRBAIRN, descendant of David and Jane (WILLIAMSON) FAIRBAIRN as being visited by his cousin John A (& wife Belle) FAIRBAIRN of Hoquiam.
The 1938 obituary of Albert FAIRBAIRN (born in Liverpool to parents of Shoreditch, grandparents from Sunderland), mentions the above John A FAIRBAIRN of Hoquiam as a cousin.
The DNA project shows that there is a link somewhere, but intriguingly matches a set of other FAIRBAIRNs more closely than the the Quebec ones.
If anyone knows where Albert's Robert forebear fits my usual plea applies, if anyone knows of any FAIRBAIRN males down this line who would be willing to join the Surname DNA project to help solve this mystery, I'd love to hear from you.
Robert Fairbairn
Elizabeth Taylor
James Fairbairn
Sarah Cook
Robert Fairbairn
James T. Fairbairn
Mary C. Millie
John B. Fairbairn
Elizabeth A. Smith
John B. Fairbairn
Alfred T. Fairbairn
Thomas Fairbairn
Alfred D. Fairbairn
Susanarah Buckingham
Robert Fairbairn
Alfred Fairbairn
Emma Fairbairn
Robert Fairbairn
Emma Cook
Robert W. Fairbairn
Emma Andrew
Alice M. M. Fairbairn
William H. Hawksworth
William H. Hawksworth
Elizabeth Hawksworth
Beatrice Hawksworth
Charles Hawksworth
Elizabeth Fairbairn
Emma Fairbairn
Ann E. Fairbairn
Beatrice Fairbairn
Robert A. Fairbairn
Alice M. Fairbairn
Henry A. Fairbairn
Grace G. Skinner
Henry D. Fairbairn
Mary A. Andrew
Mary A. Fairbairn
Louisa Fairbairn
Henry Johnson
Edmund J. Johnson
Florence M. Hinkins
Robert J. Johnson
Florence Fairbairn
Albert Fairbairn
Mary A. Dandy
Mary A. Fairbairn
James H. Yowell
Henry Fairbairn
Anna Church
Albert H. Fairbairn
Joseph J. Fairbairn
Bertha UnknownSurname
Elizabeth A. Fairbairn
Henry J. Fairbairn
Alice M. Fairbairn
Robert A. Fairbairn
Amy Fairbairn
George Fairbairn
Emma Fairbairn
John Fairbairn
Elizabeth East
John R. Fairbairn
Richard A. Fairbairn
Sarah E. Atthews
Richard J. Fairbairn
Sarah Fairbairn
Charles Fairbairn
Florence Johnson
William G. Fairbairn
Ronald W. Fairbairn
Alfred Fairbairn
Henry Fairbairn
John T. Fairbairn
Elizabeth A. Swanton
Elizabeth Fairbairn
Joseph Barlow
Ann Fairbairn
Sarah D. Fairbairn
Eliza Fairbairn
Emma Fairbairn
Louisa Fairbairn
Henrietta T. Fairbairn
Elizabeth Fairbairn
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