William Grub Wight
(1810-)
Elizabeth Fairbairn
(1808-)
Walter Fairbairn
(1829-1905)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Janet Renton

Walter Fairbairn 1 2 3 5 6 7

  • Born: 1829, Eccles, Berwickshire, SCOTLAND 1 2 6 8
  • Marriage (1): Janet Renton on 15 March 1850 in Paxton Toll, Berwickshire, SCOTLAND 1 2 3 4
  • Died: August 1905, Lowick, Northumberland, ENGLAND at age 76 4
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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1851 Scotland Census in Leitholm, Berwickshire, SCOTLAND on 31 March 1851.

1 1851 Scotland Census
Page 23, District 5, Household schedule 78, CSSCT1851_196
Leitholm, Berwickshire
Address: Leitholm Bridge End
Walter Fairbairn..Head..22..Eccles, Berwickshire..Agricultural Laborer
(Living with wife and daughter.)
.

• He appeared on the 1861 Scotland Census in Eccles, Berwickshire, SCOTLAND on 8 April 1861.

2 1861 Scotland Census
ED 3l, CSSCT1861-136, Registration District Eccles, Registration 737, Household schedule 5
Eccles, Berwickshire
Address: Stoolfoothall
Walter Fairbairn..Head..32..Eccles, Berwickshire..Ag Lab
(Living with wife and 5 children.)
.

• 1871 England Census: 3 April 1871, in Bowsden, Lowick, Northumberland, ENGLAND. 3 1871 England Census
Page 9, Folio 16, Piece 5189, GSU roll 849456, Household schedule 41
Bowsden, Lowick, Northumberland
Walter Fairbairn..Head..40..Berwickshire, Scotland
(Living with wife and 7 children.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1829, then his age should have been 41 or 42 instead of 40.
.

• 1881 England Census: 3 April 1881, in Lowick, Northumberland, ENGLAND. 8 1881 England Census
Page 20,Class RG11, Piece 5134, Folio 23, GSU roll 1342239, Registration district: Glendale, Sub registration district: Ford, ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Lowick, Northumberland, England
Street address: Lowick Hinds Houses
Walter Fairbairn..Head..51..Scotland..Laborer (Agricult)
(Living with wife and 7 children.)
.

• He appeared on the 1891 England Census in Lowick, Northumberland, ENGLAND on 5 April 1891. 6

1891 England Census
Page 8, Folio 97, Class RG12, Piece 4270, Registration district: Glendale, Sub registration district: Ford, ED, institution, or vessel 10, GSU roll 6099380
Lowick, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Lowick, Ecclesiastical parish: Lowick
Walter Fairbairn..Head..61..Scotland
(Living with wife and 3 children.)
.

• He appeared on the 1901 England Census in Budle, Northumberland, ENGLAND on 31 March 1901. 7

1901 England Census
Page 27, Folio 133, Piece 4843, Household schedule 122
Budle, Northumberland, England
Walter Fairbairn..Father-in-Law..73..Scotland
(Widowed and living with married daughter, Mary, and her family.)

NOTE - If his birthdate was in 1829, then his age should have been 71 or 72 instead of 73.
.


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Walter married Janet Renton, daughter of James Renton and Isabella Crawford, on 15 March 1850 in Paxton Toll, Berwickshire, SCOTLAND.1 2 3 4 (Janet Renton was born on 1 July 1827 in Langton, Berwickshire, SCOTLAND 1 2 4 6 8 and died on 16 February 1892 in Lowick, Northumberland, ENGLAND 4.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1851 Scotland Census in Leitholm, Berwickshire, SCOTLAND on 31 March 1851.

1 1851 Scotland Census
Page 23, District 5, Household schedule 78, CSSCT1851_196
Leitholm, Berwickshire
Address: Leitholm Bridge End
Walter Fairbairn..Head..22..Eccles, Berwickshire..Agricultural Labourer
Janet Fairbairn..Wife..23..Lenton, Berwickshire
Isabella Fairbairn..Dau..7m..Eccles, Berwickshire
.

• They appeared on the 1861 Scotland Census in Eccles, Berwickshire, SCOTLAND on 8 April 1861.

2 1861 Scotland Census
ED 3l, CSSCT1861-136, Registration District Eccles, Registration 737, Household schedule 5
Eccles, Berwickshire
Address: Stoolfoothall
Walter Fairbairn..Head..32..Eccles, Berwickshire..Ag Lab
Jannet Fairbairn..Wife..44..Langton, Berwickshire
Isabella Fairbairn..Dau..11..Eccles, Berwickshire
Walter Fairbairn...Son..9..Eccles, Berwickshire
Elisabeth Fairbairn..Dau..6..Swinton, Berwickshire
James Fairbairn..Son..5..England
Robert Fairbairn..Son..2..Eccles, Berwickshire
.

• 1871 England Census: 3 April 1871, in Bowsden, Lowick, Northumberland, ENGLAND. 3 1871 England Census
Page 9, Folio 16, Piece 5189, GSU roll 849456, Household schedule 41
Bowsden, Lowick, Northumberland
Walter Fairbairn..Head..40..Berwickshire, Scotland
Janet Fairbairn..Wife..42..Berwickshire, Scotland
Walter Fairbairn..Son..19..Berwickshire, Scotland
Elizabeth Fairbairn..Dau..16..Berwickshire, Scotland
James Fairbairn..Son..14..Norham, Northumberland, England
Robert Fairbairn..Son..12..Berwickshire, Scotland
John Fairbairn..Son..9..Berwickshire, Scotland
Henry Fairbairn..Son..4..Berwickshire, Scotland
Mary Jane Fairbairn..Dau..1..Lowick, Northumberland, England
.

• 1881 England Census: 3 April 1881, in Lowick, Northumberland, ENGLAND. 8 1881 England Census
Page 20,Class RG11, Piece 5134, Folio 23, GSU roll 1342239, Registration district: Glendale, Sub registration district: Ford, ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Lowick, Northumberland, England
Street address: Lowick Hinds Houses
Walter Fairbairn..Head..51..Scotland..Labourer (Agricult)
Jane Fairbairn..Wife..53..Scotland
Walter Fairbairn..Son..28..Scotland..Ag Lab
Eliz. Fairbairn..Dau..25
James Fairbairn..Son..24..Norhaus, Northumberland, England..Ag Lab
Robt. Fairbairn..Son..22..Scotland..Ag Lab
Henry Fairbairn..Son..14..Scotland..Ag Lab
Mary R. I. Fairbairn..Dau..11..Lowick, Northumberland, England
Thomas Fairbairn..Son..9..Lowick, Northumberland, England
.

• They appeared on the 1891 England Census in Lowick, Northumberland, ENGLAND on 5 April 1891. 6

1891 England Census
Page 8, Folio 97, Class RG12, Piece 4270, Registration district: Glendale, Sub registration district: Ford, ED, institution, or vessel 10, GSU roll 6099380
Lowick, Northumberland, England
Civil Parish: Lowick, Ecclesiastical parish: Lowick
Walter Fairbairn..Head..61..Scotland
Janet Fairbairn..Wife..63..Scotland
Elizabeth Fairbairn..Dau..36..Scotland
Mary Jane Fairbairn..Dau..21..Lowick, Northumberland, England
Thomas Fairbairn..Son..19..Lowick, Northumberland, England
.


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Sources


1 1851 census of Scotland, 30 Mar 1851, Leitholm, Berwickshire, enumeration district (ED) 5, page 23, schedule no. 78.

2 1861 Census of Scotland, 7 Apr 1861, Eccles, Berwickshire.

3 1871 Census of England, 2 Apr 1871, Bowsden, Lowick, Northumberland, folio 16, page 9; PRO RG 10/5189.

4 April Padgett, "Renton Connections," database(http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/7187472/).

5 1881 census of England, Lowick, Northumberland, England, folio 23, page 20; PRO RG 11/5134; 3 Apr 1881

6 1891 census of England, 5 Apr 1891, Lowick, Northumberland, England, folio 97, page 8; PRO RG 12/4270.

7 1901 census of England, 31 Mar 1901, Budle, Northumberland, England, folio 133, page 27; PRO RG 13/4843.

8 1881 census of England, Lowick, Northumberland, England, folio 23, page 20; PRO RG 11/5134.


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