Robert Fairbanks

Robert Fairbanks[1]

Male 1867 - 1931  (64 years)

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  • Name Robert Fairbanks  [2] 
    Born 3 Sep 1867  Coolaney, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Christened 20 Sep 1867  Coolaney, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Veterinarian, Bartender, Elevator Operator  [5, 6, 7] 
    Immigration 24 Feb 1888  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Aboard the SS Pavonia
    Residence Dec 1893  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence Nov 1895  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Residence Apr 1898  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Naturalization 28 Apr 1898  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • US Circuit Court
    Residence Jun 1900  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 6 Jun 1900  Precinct 9, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence Jul 1904  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Residence May 1910  Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Census 6 May 1910  Town of Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Census 10 Jan 1920  Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Residence Apr 1930  Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Census 22 Apr 1930  Precinct 2, Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Died 18 Dec 1931  Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Buried Aft 18 Dec 1931  Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Lowe Family Plot
    Person ID I32  Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
    Last Modified 28 Jul 2018 

    Father Richard Fairbanks,   b. Abt 1837, (unknown) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Dec 1885, Templehouse, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Mother Euphemia Thomson,   b. 15 Nov 1840, Kingsbarns, Kingsbarns Parish, County Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Sep 1908, _______, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 19 Nov 1860  Kingsbarns, Kingsbarns Parish, County Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Notes 
    • Richard Fairbanks and Euphemia Thomson were married at the “Manse of Kingsbarns”--in other words, at the minister’s home or residence. [14]
    • The marriage of Richard Fairbanks and Euphemia Thomson was witnessed by Euphemia’s younger brothers Alexander and James. [14]
    Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah Elizabeth Lowe,   b. 9 Apr 1869, _______, _______, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1943, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 2 Feb 1893  Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 15] 
    Notes 
    • [NEHGS-1893a] does not actually state that Robert Fairbanks and Hannah Elizabeth Lowe were married in Boston. But since they were both living in Boston at the time, the marriage was registered in Boston, and the officiating pastor was from Boston, they’re having been married in Boston seems very likely. [1, 15]
    Children 
     1. Samuel Richard Fairbanks,   b. 2 Dec 1893, East Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Sep 1972, Readington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     2. Florence Martha Fairbanks,   b. 3 Nov 1895, East Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1987, Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     3. Emily Elizabeth Fairbanks,   b. 16 Jul 1904, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1904, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     4. Robert Stanley Fairbanks,   b. 28 Jan 1906, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1982, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
    Last Modified 4 Nov 2014 
    Family ID F10  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Sep 1867 - Coolaney, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristened - 20 Sep 1867 - Coolaney, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 24 Feb 1888 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Feb 1893 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Dec 1893 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Nov 1895 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Apr 1898 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsNaturalization - 28 Apr 1898 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Jun 1900 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 6 Jun 1900 - Precinct 9, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Jul 1904 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - May 1910 - Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 6 May 1910 - Town of Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 10 Jan 1920 - Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Apr 1930 - Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 22 Apr 1930 - Precinct 2, Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Dec 1931 - Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Aft 18 Dec 1931 - Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Robert Fairbanks    		Robert Fairbanks
    Bill's great-grandfather (maternal)
    Robert Fairbanks and Son    		Robert Fairbanks and Son
    Bill's grandfather and great-grandfather (maternal)

  • Notes 
    • [Fairbanks-1978] has Robert Fairbanks’ birthplace as Coventry, England in 1869. [US-INS-1898a] has Robert’s birth in Warwickshire, England on 3 Sep 1867. However both of these conflict with [Sligo-1867]. In this database we use “3 Sep” on the presumption that Robert knew his own birth date and that 20 Sep 1867 (from the Irish civil registration records) is probably Robert’s christening date--actual birth dates being recorded only very rarely in England and Ireland at the time. For the birth location, we use Coolaney, County Sligo, Province of Connaught, Ireland--First, because it is the only actual birth record found for Robert that is consistent with his father’s occupation, his mother’s maiden name, and the birth locations of most of his siblings. Second, Englishmen born abroad frequently lied about the location in order to avoid discrimination. It should be noted that both Coventry and Warwickshire are consistent with where Richard and Euphemia (Thomson) Fairbanks where living when their eldest son John Edward was born in 1862. [2, 4, 16, 17]
    • Robert Fairbanks and Hannah Elizabeth Lowe appear to have been living with Hannah’s parents at the time of the 1900 US Federal Census. [6]
    • Robert Fairbanks emigrated to the United States aboard the SS Pavonia bound for Boston from Queenstown, Ireland and Liverpool, England in Feb 1888. [8]
    • Robert Fairbanks and his family were living on Saratoga Street in what is now the Boston borough of Chelsea when his daughter, Florence Martha, was born in 1895. This fact lends confidence to Robert’s naturalization record, as it lists his address on Saratoga Street only two years later. [18]

  • Reference  Herndon, William Robert. "Robert Fairbanks", Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. [Online]. Available: https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I32&tree=LindellHerndon. [Accessed: 12-Aug-2022].

  • Sources 
    1. [S315] [Herndon-2021] Herndon, William Robert, Lindell-Herndon Genealogy, Washington, District of Columbia: By the author, 2019.

    2. [S3] [Fairbanks-1978] Fairbanks, Robert Stanley, Fairbanks, Lowe, and Chadwick Families.

    3. [S448] [US-INS-1898a] "Naturalization Petition - Robert Fairbanks," Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791 - 1906, Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 2010, reel M1299-69, certificate 333-103.

    4. [S185] [Sligo-1867] "Birth Entry for Robert Fairbanks," Ireland, Births and Baptisms, 1620 - 1911, Index, Salt Lake City, Utah: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, reference 101158.

    5. [S398] [Fairbanks-1949] Fairbanks, Nancy Ruth, "Fairbanks/Tutein Family History".

    6. [S213] [US-1900-1c] "Precinct 9, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts," Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900,
      Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T623, roll 676, E.D. 1168, sheet 8A.

    7. [S320] [US-1930-1a] "Precinct 2, Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts," Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930,
      Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T626, roll 925, E.D. 339, sheet 20A.

    8. [S440] [US-NARA-1888a] "Passenger Manifest of the SS Pavonia," Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820 - 1891, Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication M277, group 36, roll 105, number 163, entry 8.

    9. [S446] [Holbrook-1893a] "Birth Entry for Samuel Richard Fairbanks," Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620 - 1988: Births Registered in the City of Boston During the Year 1893, Provo, Utah: Holbrook Research Institute, 2011, volume 62B, page 107, entry 10111.

    10. [S447] [Holbrook-1895a] "Birth Entry for Florence Martha Fairbanks," Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620 - 1988: Births Registered in the City of Boston During the Year 1895, Provo, Utah: Holbrook Research Institute, 2011, entry 9692.

    11. [S838] [NEHGS-1904a] "Birth Entry - Emily Elizabeth Fairbanks," Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840 – 1911: Births Registered in the City of Boston for the Year 1904, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, volume 545, page 136, entry 6112.

    12. [S656] [US-1910-1m] "Town of Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts," Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910,
      Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , publication T624, roll 626, E.D. 1690, sheet 18A.

    13. [S384] [US-1920-1k] "Ward 2, Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts," Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920,
      Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), publication T625, roll 925, E.D. 335, sheet 6B.

    14. [S65] [NRoS-1860a] "Marriage Record of Richard Fairbanks and Euphemia Thompson," Statutory Registers of Marriages in Scotland, 1855 - 2009, Edinburgh, Scotland: National Records of Scotland, reference 441/00 0004, page 2, number 4.

    15. [S837] [NEHGS-1893b] "Marriage Entry - Robert Fairbanks and Hannah E. Lowe," Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840 – 1911: Marriages Registered in the City of Boston for the Year 1893, Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, volume 435, page 29, entry 510.

    16. [S448] [US-INS-1898a] "Naturalization Petition - Robert Fairbanks," Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791 - 1906, Washington, District of Columbia: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 2010, reel M1299-69, certificate 333-103.

    17. [S555] [WCRO-2013a] "Baptismal Entry for John Edward Fairbanks," Warwickshire Anglican Registers, Warwick, England: Warwickshire County Record Office, 2013, reference DR 177/4, archive reel Engl/2/1061, page 57, entry 452.

    18. [S447] [Holbrook-1895a] "Birth Entry for Florence Martha Fairbanks," Massachusetts, Town Vital Collections, 1620 - 1988: Births Registered in the City of Boston During the Year 1895, Provo, Utah: Holbrook Research Institute, 2011, entry 9692.