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John Fair 1849 – 1922 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 4 MAY 1849

Birth Location: Ireland

Death Date: 29 AUG 1922

Death Location: Arthur, Wellington, Ontario, Canada

Father: Andrew Fair

Mother: Eliza Cowan

Spouse(s): Ann Bristow

Children(s): Ann Fair, John Fair, Jane Fair, Frederick Fair, Elsie Fair, Esha Fair, George Fair, Harry Fair

In 1849, John Fair entered the world in Ireland, born to Andrew Hudson Fair and Eliza Margaret Cowan. In 1851, John Fair resided in Wellington, Ontario, Canada. John Fair married Ann C Bristow, and had children including Ann Lillian Fair, John Bristow Fair, Jane Augusta Fair, Frederick Andrew Fair, Elsie Robertha Fair, Esha May Fair, George Colborne Fair, Harry Rupert Fair. John Fair passed away in 1922 in Arthur, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • In 1849, John Fair entered the world in Ireland, born to Andrew Hudson Fair and Eliza Margaret Cowan.
  • In 1851, John Fair resided in Wellington, Ontario, Canada.
  • John Fair married Ann C Bristow, and had children including Ann Lillian Fair, John Bristow Fair, Jane Augusta Fair, Frederick Andrew Fair, Elsie Robertha Fair, Esha May Fair, George Colborne Fair, Harry Rupert Fair.
  • John Fair passed away in 1922 in Arthur, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

Andrew Fair
1824 – 1877
Birth Location: County Tyrone, Ireland
AF
Eliza Cowan
1826 – 1892
Birth Location: Drumhillery, Tynan, Armagh, Ireland
EC

Spouses(s)

Ann Bristow
1847 – 1923
Birth Location: London, England
AB

Children(s)

Ann Fair
1871 – 1940
Birth Location: Arthur Villager
AF
John Fair
1872 – 1935
Birth Location: Ontario, Canada
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Jane Fair
1873 – 1960
Birth Location: Arthur, Peel Twp, Wellington , Ontario, Canada
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Frederick Fair
1874 –
Birth Location: Wellington, Ontario, Canada
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Elsie Fair
1876 – 1941
Birth Location: Peel, Wellington, ON, Canada
EF
Esha Fair
1878 – 1880
Birth Location: Arthur, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
EF
George Fair
1878 – 1961
Birth Location: Peel, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
GF
Harry Fair
1880 – 1961
Birth Location: Arthur, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
HF

John Fair's Ancestors

Self
John Fair
1849 – 1922
Birth Place: Ireland
Parents
Andrew Hudson Fair
1824 – 1877
County Tyrone, Ireland
Eliza (Margaret) Cowan
1826 – 1892
Drumhillery, Tynan, Armagh, Ireland
Grandparents
Robert Fair
1800 –
Tyrone.Ire. on Lord Caledon's estate
Unknown
– 1829
John Cowan
1798 – 1866
Armagh Ireland
Margaret Mitchell
1804 – 1900
Armagh Ireland
Great-Grandparents
David Fair
Margaret Braid
Francis Mitchell
1780 –
Elizabeth Watt
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Mitchell
Watt

John Fair's Descendants

1.
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John Fair (4 MAY 1849 – 29 AUG 1922) m. Ann (C) Bristow (28 DEC 1847 – 1923)
  1. 1. Ann (Lillian) Fair (1871 – 5 Dec 1940) m. George Shaw (10 Oct 1863 – 2 APR 1944)
    1. 1. Lilian (Dorothy) Shaw (27 May 1897 – 1992) m. William (Seneca) Stuckey (20 Mar 1894 – )
      1. 1. Jean Stuckey (abt 1920 – )
    2. 2. Elsie (Augusta) Shaw (28 Nov 1898 – 1991) m. Mervyn (Roy) Small (1899 – 1954)
      1. 1. Mervyn (Samuel) Small (31 Aug 1931 – 03 May 2014) m. Florence (Gwendolyn) Cook (10 Aug. 1936 – 28 Nov 2000)
        1. 1. Warren Small
        2. 2. Jason Small
        3. 3. Kevin Small
    3. 3. Mary (Irene) Shaw (19 Oct 1900 – Apr 1985) m. Wallace (Orton) McCullough (1902 – )
    4. 4. John (Fisher) Shaw (30 Mar 1903 – 18 Aug 1971) m. Rosella (Pearl) Allan (29 Sep 1908 – 5 Jun 1991)
      1. 1. Shaw m. Anderson
        1. 1. Carrie Shaw
        2. 2. Kelly Shaw
        3. 3. Lindsy Shaw
        4. 4. Shaw
    5. 5. Ann (Bristow) Shaw (15 Aug 1904 – ) m. William (Campbell) Anderson (7 Apr 1902 – )
    6. 6. George (Thornton) Shaw (14 Aug 1907 – 1982)
    7. 7. Norma (Cockburn) Shaw (14 May 1909 – 12 Feb 2001) m. Kenneth Anderson (25 Dec 1898 – Mar 1971)
      1. 1. June Anderson (1930 – 9 July 2015)
      2. 2. Angus (Kenneth) Anderson (1931 – abt 2009)
    8. 8. Walter Shaw (27 Mar 1912 – )
  2. 2. John (Bristow) Fair (12 JAN 1872 – 10 Mar 1935) m. Henrietta (Menerva) McGregor (1880 – 17 Feb 1927)
    1. 1. John (Henry) Fair (NOV 1908 – 1982) m. Dorothy May
    2. 2. Kathleen (Jean) Fair (17 May 1910 – ) m. Arnold (Edmund) Booth (abt 1912 – Aft. 2002)
      1. 1. Jane (Ann) Booth (01 Apr 1941 – 1941)
      2. 2. Boy (Baby) Booth (28 Jan 1942 – 1942)
    3. 3. Bessie (Jane) Fair (1916 – ) m. Roland (Edgar) Matthews (17 Dec 1912 – 7 May 1966)
  3. 3. Jane (Augusta) Fair (28 Dec 1873 – 1960) m. James Thomson (Abt 1874 – 1954)
    1. 1. Marjorie (Christina) Thomson (11 Apr 1904 – 1989)
    2. 2. John (Stewart) Thomson (23 Nov 1909 – 15 Feb 2001) m. Audrey (Helen) Pugh (17 May 1913 – 6 June 1992)
      1. 1. Thomson
      2. 2. Thomson m. Silcox
    3. 3. James (Bristow) Thomson (9 Aug 1911 – 21 Aug 1911)
    4. 4. William (George) Thomson (9 aug 1911 – 20 Aug 1911)
    5. 5. Elsie Thomson (abt 1914 – 1984)
    6. 6. Charles Thomson (abt 1916 – )
  4. 4. Frederick (Andrew) Fair (1 Dec 1874 – ) m. Margaret Carlson (Abt 1876 – 4 Aug 1903) m. Alice (Jane) McKenzie (1873 – September 1, 1950)
  5. 5. Elsie (Robertha) Fair (24 OCT 1876 – 1941) m. William Woodman (Dec 1878 – 1945)
    1. 1. Phyllis Woodman (22 DEC 1905 – ) m. Robert (Eustace) Lee (abt 1907 – )
  6. 6. Esha (May) Fair (24 JAN 1878 – bef 1880)
  7. 7. George (Colborne) Fair (23 Aug 1878 – 26 May 1961) m. Mabel (Robina) Martin (15 Nov 1877 – 25 Mar 1943)
    1. 1. Mabel (Winona) Fair (17 Mar 1902 – 07 Mar 1994)
    2. 2. George (Colborne) Fair (24 MAY 1904 – 26 Oct 1970) m. Lucile Hotaling (26 Jan 1908 – 30 Oct 2014)
    3. 3. Harry (Martin) Fair (8 Mar 1908 – 04 May 1979) m. Florence (Mabel) Darbon (8 Oct 1906 – 14 JAN 1977) m. Norma (Jean) File (02 DEC 1923 – 1995)
      1. 1. Dorothy (Jean) Fair (01 Nov 1927 – 7 Jan 1996) m. George (Herbert) Lane (2 OCT 1927 – 26 OCT 1997)
      2. 2. George (Martin 'Pepper') Fair (21 Aug 1934 – 12 Feb 2007) m. Diana (Frances) Firth (19 Feb 1938 – 8 Sep 2006)
        1. 1. John Fair m. Janis Collins
        2. 2. Katherine Fair m. Robert Cruickshank
    4. 4. Lloyd (Gage) Fair (23 Sep 1914 – 24 Dec 1968) m. Ella (Irene) BEAMER (28 MAY 1919 – 29 JUN 2008)
      1. 1. Lynda (Dianne) Fair (11 Nov 1946 – 7 Feb 2015)
      2. 2. Lloyd (Oscar) Fair (22 Apr 1949 – 26 May 2021) m. Bunville
        1. 1. Lloyd (D) Fair
  8. 8. Harry (Rupert) Fair (30 JUL 1880 – 1961) m. Ethel (May Close) Featherstone (14 Mar 1887 – 1951)
    1. 1. Harold (Johnson) Fair (9 Aug 1910 – 1954) m. Helen (Dorothy) Oulton (28 Sep 1909 – 1993)
    2. 2. Stillborn Fair (12 MAY 1912 – 12 MAY 1912)
    3. 3. Helen (May) Fair (18 Mar 1913 – )
    4. 4. Howard Fair ( – 1955)

John Fair's Timeline

11 Records

1846
4 May 1846
Birth of John Fair in Tyrone, Ireland
Tyrone, Ireland
1849
4 MAY 1849
Birth of John Fair in Ireland
Ireland
1851
1851
Age 2
John Fair resided here in Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Wellington, Ontario, Canada
1861
1861
Age 12
John Fair resided here in Maryborough, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Maryborough, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
1871
1871
Age 22
John Fair resided here in Ontario, Canada
Ontario, Canada
1881
1881
Age 32
John Fair resided here in Arthur, Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
Arthur, Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
1890
1890
Age 41
John Fair resided here in Waterloo; Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Waterloo; Wellington, Ontario, Canada
1901
1901
Age 52
John Fair resided here in Ontario, Canada
Ontario, Canada
1911
1911
Age 62
John Fair appeared in census in Arthur . Wellington north District 133 sub 43 page 12
Arthur . Wellington north District 133 sub 43 page 12
1921
1 Jun 1921
Age 72
John Fair resided here in Arthur Village, Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
Arthur Village, Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
1922
29 AUG 1922
Age 73
Death of John Fair in Arthur, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Arthur, Wellington, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 May 1846
    Event Place: Tyrone, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1861 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1083
    [2] 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Arthur, Wellington North, Ontario; Roll: C_13260; Page: 33; Family No: 154
    [3] 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Arthur, Wellington North, Ontario; Roll: C-9949; Page: 80; Family No: 279
    [4] Wellington County, Ontario Canada 1851 Census
    [5] County: Canada; Number: ; Date: .
    [6] Archives of Ontario; Series: MS932; Reel: 1
    [7] Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871
    [8] 1901 Census of Canada
    [9] Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934, Roll: MS935_295.
    [10] 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 96; Census Place: Arthur (Village), Wellington North, Ontario; Page Number: 12
    [11] Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [12] Web: International, Find A Grave Index
    [13] OneWorldTree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 4 MAY 1849
    Event Place: Ireland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Wellington, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Wellington County, Ontario Canada 1851 Census

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1858
    Record Source: 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 96; Census Place: Arthur (Village), Wellington North, Ontario; Page Number: 12

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Maryborough, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1083

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Arthur, Wellington North, Ontario; Roll: C-9949; Page: 80; Family No: 279
    [2] Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Arthur, Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Arthur, Wellington North, Ontario; Roll: C_13260; Page: 33; Family No: 154

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1890
    Event Place: Waterloo; Wellington, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, City and Area Directories, 1819-1906

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1901
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1901 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Census
    Event Date: 1911
    Event Place: Arthur . Wellington north District 133 sub 43 page 12

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1 Jun 1921
    Event Place: Arthur Village, Wellington North, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 96; Census Place: Arthur (Village), Wellington North, Ontario; Page Number: 12

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: 1907011, Azltimers

    Genealogy Event 13
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: #341222

    Genealogy Event 14
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: County: Canada; Number: ; Date: .

    Genealogy Event 15
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Wellington North
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871

    Genealogy Event 16
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 AUG 1922
    Event Place: Arthur, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934, Roll: MS935_295.
    [2] Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Web: International, Find A Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 17
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Arthur, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Web: International, Find A Grave Index
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