Elizabeth Hood

     
     Elizabeth Hood was born cir. 1812 in Minto, ROX, SCT, which birth is not immediately obvious on igi.^2,3,4 She married Archibald Fairbairn, son of Walter Fairbairn and Agnes Robertson, in May 1835 in ROX, SCT; Cavers 31st, Bedrule, 15th (assumed to be Banns).⁵
     Betty Fairbairn died on 24 Feb 1890 at 9 Old Bongate, Jedburgh, ROX, SCT; cert #B7 reads: Betty FAIRBAIRN, widow of Archibald FAIRBAIRN, shepherd, died of bronchitis of 10 days duration, aged 78, 24 Feb 1890 6:30pm, dtr of John HOUD, lint heckler and Agnes m.s. MINTO, both dec. Reg. 26 Feb by son Walter, present.^2,6,1
     Her surname was also spelt Howd or Houd.⁷ Elizabeth Hood was also known as Betty Houd on her marriage, and the dth cert of her husband Archibald.^8,5
     Betty Fairbairn appeared on the census of 7 Jun 1841 at Walkersknow, Par. of Jedburgh, ROX, SCT, with Archibald Fairbairn, as FAIRBAIRN: Archbald (sic) 30 ag lab; Betty 25 (which is why I couldn't find them when searching for Archibald and Elizabeth); Walter 3; John 2 Agness (sic) 9m all b ROX (NB enumerators were instructed to round ages down to the nearest multiple of 5).⁹
     Archibald and Elizabeth Fairbairn appeared on the census of 30 Mar 1851 at Walkersnow, Jedburgh, ROX, SCT, as Archibald FAIRBAIRN, head, 43, hedger, b Morebattle; wife Elizabeth, 39 hedger's wife, b Minto; Children: Walter, 13 b Dalton DFS; John 12 b Cavers; Agness (sic) 10 b Wilton; Mary 8 b Walkersnow (all scholars); Andrew 5; Archibald 3; Helen 1 all b Walkersnow.⁴
     Betty Fairbairn appeared on the census of 7 Apr 1861 as wife of Archibald Fairbairn at 10 Bongate, Jedburgh, ROX, SCT, enumerated as entry reads: FAIRBAIRN: Archibald, head, 53, ag. lab. b Morebattle, ROX; wife Betty, 48, b Minto, ROX. Children: Walter, 23, carpenter, journeyman, b Dalton, DFS; John, 22, woollen mill worker machine cleaner. b Cavers, ROX; Andrew, 15, lab (garden), b Jedburgh; Archibald, 13, woollen mill worker piecer, b Jedburgh; Helen, 11, scholar, b Jedburgh.¹⁰
     Betty outlived her husband Archibald Fairbairn who died on 4 Nov 1867.⁸
     Elizabeth appeared on the census of 7 Apr 1871 at 9 Bongate, Jedburgh, ROX, SCT, enumerated as FAIRBAIRN: Elizabeth, 59, widowed, former servant, b Minto, ROX; dtr Helen, 21, woollen weaver, b Jedburgh.¹¹
     Betty appeared on the census of 3 Apr 1881 at 9 Old Bongate, Jedburgh, ROX, SCT, enumerated as Betty Fairbairn, 69, widow, b Minto, ROX (living alone). Neighbours also enumerated in 9 Old Bongate include the family of George and Agnes Brown, with a dtr Ann Robson Brown, 1, b Jedburgh, who turned out, upon further investigation, to be Betty's dtr Agnes and her family.²
     Elizabeth Hood was erroneously shown as Elizabeth Henderson in Dec 1904 on the dth cert of her son Walter, should be Houd or Howd.⁶ She and William Hood were possibly related, Wm Hood being married to Ann Fairbairn, and Elizabeth married to Ann's brother Archibald. William was the son of Andrew and Mary Hood, Elizabeth had childen named Andrew and Mary (but not in the right placement for the Scottish naming pattern).