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Isabel Fairbairn¹

(circa 1767 - circa May 1839)

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5th great-aunt of Lorna Henderson

BMDB data

     Isabel Fairbairn was born cir. 1767 ?Smailholm, ROX, SCT.³
     Isabel Fairbairn married James Oliver on 18 Nov 1792 St Maurice & All Angels, Ford, NBL, ENG, James otp, Isabel of Smailholm, N.B. (North Britain.⁴
     Isabel Fairbairn died cir. May 1839 Kyloe, NBL, ENG

; aged 71.³

John Fairbairn (m. Bessie fflint) is likely to be the family patriarch for the families of Archibald? Fairbairn, Archibald Fairbairn, William Fairbairn, Isabel Fairbairn and Robert Fairbairn.
Archibald? born about 1735 is a placeholder parent providing the link back to John Fairbairn and Bessie Flint. He has to have existed given y-, and autosomal, DNA matches between his assumed descendants :
- Archibald, married Crosser
- William supposedly married Aylcy/Alice Elliot
and as of Dec 2023
- Isabel, married James Oliver.
and those of the Robert (married Landreth), son of John and Bessie.

We have BigY exact matches between two descendant lines down from both Archibald m. Crosser and William m? Elliott, and a y67 exact match, to a descendant of Robert.

The Fairbairn project would love to hear from a direct male line descendant of Robert to add to this yDNA knowledge, we have at least a y37 entry level test with your name on it for you!
Please see the Fairbairn Surname DNA project for contact details)

Until now (Dec 2023), William, supposedly married to Aylsie Elliot, had been placed as a sibling of Robert and thus son of John & Bessie (Flint) although there was always a niggle about how strong the autosomal matches were between descendants of Archibald m. Crosser and those of William m. Wanless, along with those to descendants of his brother John m. Williamson compared with the few to descendants of Robert. William has now been demoted to Robert’s nephew rather than brother.

Isabell is currently assigned as a sister. This being the result of my reviewing newly in autosomal matches which brought to light matches to an Isabel Fairbairn born in the 1760s “of Smailholm” when she married James Oliver in Ford, Northumberland where they subsequently lived at Fenwick / Kyloe.

You can read about some of the overall Fairbairn research journey on my personal Fairbairns page.^5,6,7,8

Census/Where lived/Occupations

Isabel Fairbairn lived in Nov 1792 Smailholm, ROX, SCT

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Names

As of 1839, Isabel Fairbairn was also known as Isabella Oliver.³

All the other info

Isabell Fairbairn the daughter of Archibald Fairbairn and Marion Dickson was initially considered, and subsequently rejected, as a potential duplicate of Isabel Fairbairn the wife James Oilver described as "of Smailholm" when they married in Ford, Northuberland.
Either Isabel IS the sister of Archibald and William OR the daughter of the separate Archibald married to Marion Dickson. Autosomal DNA matches are indicating the former is looking a likely fit, but could be differently connected somehow.
Her brothers Archibald and William simply wont fit around, within or after the documented children of Archibald and Marion.²

External links

Click here to see Isabel's page on WikiTree, a (free) collaborative on-line tree.⁹

Family

James Oliver (say 1765 - )

Charts

John & Bessie (FFLINT) FAIRBAIRN

Last Edited

16 Dec 2023

Citations

FreeReg, UK online at http://www.freereg.org.uk/, Marr. 18 Nov 1782 James OLIVER (oyp) & Isabel FAIRBAIRN (Smailholm, N.B.), St Maurice, Ford, NBL , entry #321, extracted Jan 2019.
Lorna Henderson, "FAIRBAIRN Analysis", Dec 2023.
England/Wales GRO online index by GRO England online at https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/…, Dth 1839 Q2 Isabella OLIVER, aged 71, reg. Berwick Upon Tweed Union, ref. Vol 25 Pg 13, extracted Dec 2023.
FreeReg, UK online at http://www.freereg.org.uk/, Marr. 18 Nov 1792 James OLIVER (oyp) & Isabel FAIRBAIRN (Smailholm, N.B.), St Maurice, Ford, NBL , entry #321, extracted Jan 2019.
Lorna Henderson, "FAIRBAIRN Analysis", Dec 2007, updated Jan 2015 & Dec 2023.
FamilyTree DNA, "FamilyTree DNA", FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project, 36/37 marker match between descendants of two contemporary (time and place) Archibald FAIRBAIRNs, Dec 2007.
FamilyTree DNA, "FamilyTree DNA", FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project, 37/37 marker match between descendants of Archibald FAIRBAIRN & Mary GRIERSON, and of William FAIRBAIRN & Jean WANLESS, Mar 2008.
FAIRBAIRN Surname DNA Project online at https://www.familytreedna.com/public/fairbairn, 67 marker results for the three matching participants, rcvd Apr 2008.
WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Fairbairn-1672, created Dec 2023.

E. & O. E. Some/most parish records are rather hard to read and names, places hard to interpret, particularly if you are unfamiliar with an area.

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