Robert Fairbanks^[1]

1867 - 1931  (64 years)

• Name	Robert Fairbanks  [2]
  Birth	3 Sep 1867	Coolaney, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom   [3, 4]
  Christening	20 Sep 1867	Coolaney, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Veterinarian, Bartender, Elevator Operator  [5, 6, 7]
  Immigration	24 Feb 1888	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   [8]
  	Aboard the SS Pavonia
  Residence	Dec 1893	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   [9]
  64 Haynes Street
  Residence	Nov 1895	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   [10]
  1199 Saratoga Street
  Residence	Apr 1898	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  1084 Saratoga Street
  Naturalization	28 Apr 1898	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   [3]
  	US Circuit Court
  Residence	Jun 1900	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   [6]
  1084 Saratoga Street
  Census	6 Jun 1900	Precinct 9, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   [6]
  Residence	Jul 1904	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   [11]
  1084 Saratoga Street
  Residence	May 1910	Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   [12]
  125 River Road
  Census	6 May 1910	Town of Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   [12]
  Census	10 Jan 1920	Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States   [13]
  Residence	Apr 1930	Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States   [7]
  1080 Main Street
  Census	22 Apr 1930	Precinct 2, Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States   [7]
  Death	18 Dec 1931	Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  Burial	Aft 18 Dec 1931	Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States   [2]
  	Lowe Family Plot
  Person ID	I32	Lindell-Herndon Genealogy
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Richard Fairbanks,   b. Abt 1837, (unknown) d. 29 Dec 1885, Templehouse, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Euphemia Thomson,   b. 15 Nov 1840, Kingsbarns, Kingsbarns Parish, County Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom d. Abt Sep 1908, _______, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	19 Nov 1860	Kingsbarns, Kingsbarns Parish, County Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom   [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 d. 25 Nov 1943, Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	2 Feb 1893	Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States   [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 d. 5 Sep 1972, Readington, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States (Age 78 years)   2. Florence Martha Fairbanks,   b. 3 Nov 1895, East Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States d. 22 Mar 1987, Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine, United States (Age 91 years)   3. Emily Elizabeth Fairbanks,   b. 16 Jul 1904, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States d. 20 Jul 1904, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States (Age 0 years)   4. Robert Stanley Fairbanks,   b. 28 Jan 1906, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States d. 23 Feb 1982, Saint Louis, Missouri, United States (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2014

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Sep 1867 - Coolaney, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom Christening - 20 Sep 1867 - Coolaney, County Sligo, Province of Connacht, Ireland, United Kingdom Immigration - 24 Feb 1888 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Marriage - 2 Feb 1893 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Residence - Dec 1893 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Residence - Nov 1895 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Residence - Apr 1898 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Naturalization - 28 Apr 1898 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Residence - Jun 1900 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Census - 6 Jun 1900 - Precinct 9, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Residence - Jul 1904 - Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Residence - May 1910 - Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Census - 6 May 1910 - Town of Winthrop, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States Census - 10 Jan 1920 - Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Residence - Apr 1930 - Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Census - 22 Apr 1930 - Precinct 2, Melrose City, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Death - 18 Dec 1931 - Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States Burial - Aft 18 Dec 1931 - Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		Robert Fairbanks Bill's great-grandfather (maternal)
  		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 Fairbanks". Lindell-Herndon Genealogy. https://lindell-herndon.org/getperson.php?personID=I32&tree=LindellHerndon (accessed July 3, 2025).