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John Kinninmond Fairbairn & Grace Cunningham

‌John and Grace were married on February 6th, 1843 in Edinburgh.

Marriage/Union Notes
- https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/d/i/x/Paula-Dixon-Sheffield/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0575.html
  
  Name: John Kinninmond Fairbairn
  Event Type: Marriage
  Event Date: 06 Feb 1843
  Event Place: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
  Event Place: St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Gender: Male
  Spouse's Name: Grace Cunningham
  Spouse's Gender: Female
  Spouse's Father's Name: Arch Cunningham
  
  Digital Folder Number: 004109258
  Image Number: 00162
  
  Citing this Record
  "Scotland Church Records and Kirk Session Records, 1658-1919," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HR-H93M : 9 March 2018), Arch Cunningham in entry for John Kinninmond Fairbairn and Grace Cunningham, 06 Feb 1843; citing Marriage, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, The National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh; FamilySearch digital folder 004109258.

They had five sons and a daughter, named John, William, Frank, Alfred, Andrew and Jane.

Personal Details
- John Kinninmond Fairbairn
  John was born in 1816 in Cupar.¹²
  - Birth Notes
    - https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/d/i/x/Paula-Dixon-Sheffield/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-1602.html
  John is no longer alive.
  Grace Cunningham
  Grace was born on July 19th, 1822 in Uphall.³¹
  - Birth Notes
    - Name     Grace Cunningham
      Gender     Female
      Christening Place     , UPHALL, WEST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
      Birth Date     19 Jul 1822
      Birthplace     , Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland
      Father's Name     Archibald Cunningham
      Mother's Name     Grace Gowans
      Citing this Record
      
      "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTPS-Q6Y : accessed 8 February 2016), Archibald Cunningham in entry for Grace Cunningham, 19 Jul 1822; citing , Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland, reference 2:1815S6Q; FHL microfilm 1,066,639.
      
      Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
      Indexing Project (Batch) Number     C11672-4
      System Origin     Scotland-VR
      GS Film number     1066639
      Reference ID     2:1815S6Q
      
      1841 census says born outside West Lothian
  She died at the age of 72 on October 26th, 1894 in Toronto. The funeral took place on December 30th, 1894 in Montreal. She was buried on December 30th, 1894 in Montreal.⁴⁴
  - Death Notes
    - http://www.spurgeonfamily.ca/Website/persons.html#C
      
      http://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/grace-cunningham_24449312

Children
- John Kinninmond Fairbairn
  John was born on October 30th, 1841 in Scotland.² He died at the age of 71 on August 5th, 1913 in Ontario. He was buried in Ontario.
  - Death Notes
    
    ...
    MEMORY? OF
    
    JOHN KINNINMOND FAIRBAIRN
    BORN
    OCT. 20 1841
    DIED
    AUG. 5, 1913
    AND
    HIS WIFE
    MARGARET LAING
    ALEXANDER
    BORN
    AUG. 19. 1857
    DIED
    SEPT. 3. 1928
    
    FAIRBAIRN
    Name: John Kininmond Fairbairn
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1913
    Event Place: Mississauga, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
    Photograph Included: N
    Birth Date:
    Death Date: 05 Aug 1913
    Affiliate Record Identifier: 125093772
    Cemetery: Springcreek Cemetery
    
    Citing this Record
    "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGJ-4J4J : 13 December 2015), John Kininmond Fairbairn, 1913; Burial, Mississauga, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada, Springcreek Cemetery; citing record ID 125093772, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  William Fairbairn
  William was born in 1847 in Ontario.²
  
  Frank Fairbairn
  Frank was born in 1852 in Ontario.¹²
  Alfred W. Fairbairn
  Alfred was born on June 22nd, 1856 in Ontario.² He died at the age of 80 on July 30th, 1936 in New York City.⁵
  - Death Notes
    
    Name: Alfred W. Fairbairn
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Jul 1936
    Event Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
    Address: 35- E- 17th Street
    Gender: Male
    Age: 80
    Marital Status: Widowed
    Race: White
    Occupation: Retired Traveling Salesma
    Birth Date: 22 Jun 1856
    Birthplace: Canada
    Burial Date: 01 Aug 1936
    Cemetery: Cypress Hills Cem.
    Father's Name: John Fairbairn
    Father's Birthplace: Canada
    Mother's Name: Grace Cunningham
    Mother's Birthplace: Canada
    Spouse's Name: Edith
    
    Other information in the record of Alfred W. Fairbairn
    Name: Alfred W. Fairbairn
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Jul 1936
    Event Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
    Address: 35- E- 17th Street
    Gender: Male
    Age: 80
    Marital Status: Widowed
    Race: White
    Occupation:
    Birth Date: 22 Jun 1856
    Birthplace: Canada
    Burial Date: 01 Aug 1936
    Cemetery: Cypress Hills Cem.
    Father's Name: John Fairbairn
    Father's Birthplace: Canada
    Mother's Name: Grace Cunningham
    Mother's Birthplace: Canada
    Spouse's Name: Edith
    
    Reference ID: cn 16223
    GS Film Number: 2080439
    
    Citing this Record
    "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WYK-LYM : 10 February 2018), Edith in entry for Alfred W. Fairbairn, 30 Jul 1936; citing Death, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,080,439.
  Andrew Fairbairn
  Andrew was born in 1857 in Ontario.¹
  
  Jane Fairbairn
  Jane was born in 1858 in Scotland.¹

Family Timeline

¹ Fairbairn 1871
² Fairbairn 1881
³ Archibald Cunningham 1841
⁴ Grace Fairbairn death
⁵ Alfred Fairbairn death

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