Fairley - Family History & Genealogy Message Board

Re: LUCY FAIRLEY

Eyvonne71 — 2012-05-12 16:45:25Z

I have other census on Roberts dad and mom, if you want to check it out just go to my family tress.

Re: LUCY FAIRLEY

stephe318 — 2012-05-08 03:37:35Z

May 6, 2012... Information I found on Dave Owens (my grandfather) was that he once lived in Black Swamp, Darlington,SC. Then moved to Quewhiffle, Hoke County, NC. He and wife Lucinda had ll children. My father James Owens was one. I met Aunt Lottie (Charlotte) but never knew her children. Katie Owens...Named after my Aunt Katie Charlotte's sister.

Re: Fairley family in Wiggins

JesseHenry62 — 2012-04-21 00:30:09Z

I am glad for ancestry.com. My mom is a Fairley, and I have many Fairley, Owens, Henry cousins in that area. I met them for the first time 3 years ago when I went to my first Fairley Reunion in Monroe LA and it was great. We found out that we are also related to Steve McNair and Ronald McNair. I just informed one of my cousins in Dallas Texas and one who lives in Corith Texas. I have a family email group and will advise the Fairleys who live in Monroe and Chicago what I have found. Perhaps, if we are related, I have about 5 cousins who are ready to get this family tree started. Mine only has a few names right now, but will be working at least two hours a day to get it complete. God Bless. jjhenry1@msn.com

Re: Black Fairley's from MS

JesseHenry62 — 2012-04-21 00:08:49Z

I too am putting a family tree together. I live in California and just yesterday, I found a guy who works at Cal State University and his name is Bryant Fairley and his father was born in Wiggins MS. We have a Fairley Family Reunion in Monore LA every year (just started back) and are planing one to be held in San Diego CA. I have a list of Fairley's that is quite extensive and I am working on putting the list on my web site as soon as it is completed. My email address is jjhenry1@msn.com and jjhenry11@verizon.net. Hopefully you guys and us are missing links and we can close the gaps. Also Jesse James Henry Jr on FaceBook. God Bless

Re: Fairley, Fearly, West Lothian (particularly Uphall & Bathgate)

laurenjeffreys1 — 2012-04-16 08:59:04Z

I am also researching the Fairleys from Uphall and Bathgate such as James Reid & Jemima Fairley, parents of Archibald Reid Fairley who was married to Jeanie Fairley in Bathgate whose son was John Melvin Fairley and married Mary Bradley in 1916 (my great grandparents)

fairley from camden al

cookerc1 — 2011-12-04 23:35:57Z

Looking for my mother ruth fairley brother
He lives in camden

After my mother father die
Lost contact with that side of the famiy

My contact is cookerc@hotmail.com
Iam from the blackmon to fairley to carter my granmother

Thanks ella ruth

Re: Elizabeth FERLIE/FAIRLEY - b. abt. 1815 Larbert, Stirling, Scotland

debbie2001s — 2011-11-04 05:06:41Z

Hi Alison, are you still searching for this info - I see it is several years ago that you made this posting. If you are still interested let me know as I am researching this same family and have some info for you.

Debbie

George Fairley

johnib77 — 2011-09-11 19:21:11Z

I'm searching for info on George Fairley, born abt 1827 in Durham England. He married Alice or Alace in England. Move to Virginia abt 1855. Died in 1860 in a coal pit fire.

Any info on George or wife Alice (she remarried to Josiah Hadley) would be great. I'm looking for Fairley's from Alabama who move to Royalton, Illinois.

Johni686977@msn.com

Re: Fairley

mct462530 — 2011-08-08 10:37:55Z

Hello Melanie

Im interested in information on James Leaman Fairley.

His son Thomas Chalmers Fairley was married to
Eleanor McClelland whos is a relative of mine. I see that your message was posted some time ago so if we can get into contact we may have information of mutual interest.

My tree on Ancestry is called Mayrs McClelland

Thanks

Margaret

Yates

mct462530 — 2011-08-08 10:33:42Z

Would like to contact descendants of John Miller Yates
born 11 May 1838 in west Virginia and migrated to Peoria County Illinois with his siblings and parents (Adam yates and Sarah Wallace Miller)

He was a twin brother of Mary Ann (Yates) Mayrs (my great grandmother). His wife was Anna Barr.

Re: Ian Sinclair Fairley

ScotsResearcher — 2011-07-10 15:52:05Z

I am working on the Fairley family for Polmont, Stirlingshire ...

Sinclair FAIRLEY was born 1880 ... one of eleven children...
I have him on many occasions leaving Canada to come back to Scotland to visit family ... starting in 1923 – and up to 1952

He had a son Ian (Sinclair) Fairley – born 1920 – I believe in Canada --- so he would have been 25 during WW2....
He was alive in 1952 --- so was not a KIA ....

Does that help ?
Regards

Black/ native American Fairley family from Louisiana area

queenzsin1 — 2011-04-03 07:54:44Z

Hi my name is Cynthia Fairley. My grand father name is Roosevelt Fairley the oldest of 8 sibling.

Re: Black Fairley's from MS

carolynalston163 — 2011-02-21 16:14:58Z

Good morning my name is Carolyn Alston. I am searching for more informstion about my father Marcellus Fairley. He was born December 30 1925 and he died January 15 1990. His last known address was New York, New York. I am not sure where he was born or who his parents were. Please help!

Re: Black Fairley's from MS

BETTINAFAIRLEY12 — 2011-02-04 16:31:16Z

We may need to exchange numbers or email addresses so that we can swap information. I have a good bit of information on the Fairley family especially the ones that reside in Collins, Covington County. I can get you a copy of what I have. I plan on hiring a genealogist to do further work for me. Anyway I am going to give you just a few names and you see if these names are familiar to you. By the way who are your parents?

Murdock Fairley (b. Sept. 1825, d. unknown) & Martha (Dec. 1839)

Children:
George Washington Fairley (b. between 1845-1850, d. unknown)
Rich Fairley (b. 1854, d. unknown)
Luiser Fairley (b. 1857, d. unknown)
Jack Fairley (b. 1858, d. unknown)
Webb Fairley (b. unknown, d. unknown)
Louis Fairley (b. 1863, d. unknown)
Isam Fairley (b. 1867, d. unknown)
Elzarh/Ezra (b. unknown, d. unknown)

George Washington Fairley married Martha ? and had two children, Tom and Maggie. George Washington Fairley married Rhoda Lee Lott after his first wife died giving birth and had the following children: Washington (Wash) Fairley, Columbus, Louis (this is the line I come from), Mary, Isom, Vander, Soprhonia/Fronia (Aunt Phronee), Adline (Aunt Babe), Eula, and Gene/James.

Does any of the above names sound familiar?

Re: Black Fairley's from MS

tlfairley73 — 2011-02-04 03:29:06Z

BettinaFairley12

I am almost certain that we are related. My great grand parents settled in Collins MS (Covington County), but I'm told that they were from the Perry County area. My great grand father was Louis Fairley too. My grand father was named George Washington Fairley after his uncle.

Re: Black Fairley's from MS

cfairley194 — 2010-11-10 03:09:09Z

Hi My name is Carolyn Fairley my brother in law is Samuel Fairley his dad is Samuel Fairley who has passed now.

I am a Fairley through marriage only.

Samuel Fairley From Mississippi

Please respond.

Re: Harry E Fairley of Edinburgh

grahamfairley1 — 2010-08-05 10:32:22Z

Hello.

My name is Graham Fairley, I am Harry's son from New Zealand.

I can probably help you out with some information if you want to email me...

grahamfairley@hotmail.com

Graham

Re: Black Fairley's from MS

cecilcoes — 2010-06-30 00:43:29Z

Tell the person seeking info about thier Fairly family members to try contacting Mable "Tweeta" Ramsey. If she cannot connect your Black Fairley--no one can. Tweeta" is my wifes mothers first cousin. Tweeta lives in Wiggins, Ms.

Ian Sinclair Fairley

rencooks — 2010-06-01 02:52:20Z

Looking for any relatives of Ian Sinclair Fairley RCAF 1945
or His father Sinclair Ian Fairley Scotland/Toronto

rencooks@yahoo.com

Re: Black Fairley's from MS

gmwacleveland — 2010-05-13 16:32:49Z

Just to pitch in about Mississippi Fairleys. My father was James Fairley, with siblings that lived in Wiggins back in the 1920's. His parents were Liza and Solomon Fairley. I don't think that were related to your parents but it's worth a try.

Re: Fairley family search

cerdingas — 2010-05-10 22:42:30Z

Please contact me at bas38@nbnet.nb.ca. I believe I have some information you are looking for on the Fairleys.

Re: Black Fairley's from MS

pattoncarter — 2010-04-21 01:38:50Z

I posted this to your post on GenForum. Thought it would be good to leave it here too.

Bettina, from what a few of us have put together, John Fairley, Sr. and his family came to North Carolina from Argylshire, Scotland in 1770 and landed at Cape Fear, NC. He had two sons whose families eventually came to Mississippi.

John, Jr. (b. 1763?) and his son Peter (b.1798) were in Jackson Co.(what is now SE Perry Co.) along Black Creek by at least 1818, where Peter was in school at Salem School. They eventually held a good bit of property and probably slaves, and supposedly had a "plantation" near where the old Red Hill Cemetery is today on Black Creek (Peter's grave is still marked there, as is his mom, Katherine's. John's probably buried there too, but is not marked).

Side note: There are more African American Fairleys living in that area than probably any other name and/or race, so it's probably safe to say these Fairleys possibly either owned some of your ancestors or ARE some of your ancestors, if they came from this area. Perhaps a DNA test could tell us more.

Another son of John, Sr., Archibald, had two sons (Peter and "Judge" John Fairbanks) that were part of the early migration to MS in the 1810's and 20's (Archibald, Sr. did not come). A third son, also named Archibald, came from NC in the 1850's. From what we believe the brothers settled near Benndale, MS, in what was then extreme NW Jackson Co. (now NW George Co.), only 5 to 10 miles down Black Creek from their Uncle John, Jr. Peter was listed as a Jackson Co. Justice of the Peace in 1818. John was listed as a JP as well six years later. According to some, the house John lived in in Benndale was still standing in the 1960's. There are a lot of African American Fairleys who live in that area too, so the same possibilities exist here as farther upstream.

In short, one of John Fairley, Sr.'s sons and three of his grandsons moved to the area between Black Creek and the Leaf/Pascagoula River and raised large families, owned lots of property and slaves.

For the record, even though I grew up just a few miles from John's "plantation" on Black Creek, I'm actually a descendant of his nephew Peter, who apparently eventually moved from near Benndale, north into what is now Greene Co. He is my great, great, great grandfather.

Re: Black Fairley's from MS

BETTINAFAIRLEY12 — 2010-04-14 14:39:32Z

I was told a very similar story to yours. I was told that the black Fairley's kind of originated in Perry county. Supposedly, there was a white Fairley brother on one side of black creek that had slaves and a Fairley brother on the other side of black creek that had slaves. I am puzzled as to if this is in fact true. Also, if it is true I am not sure which brother owned my family. I descend from Louis Fairley (b. Jan 13, 1887). His siblings were George Washington (b. about 1845), Martha, Edith, Rich, Elzarh (sp), and Webb. Their father was Meredith/Murdock (sp) Fairley (b. about 1820s). Some of the counties the Fairley's ended up in were Perry, Covington, Forrest, Rankin, George, Greene, and possibly Jackson and Harrison counties. Have you heard anything about the story of the white Fairley brothers? I have even seen these stories mentioned in some of the messages posted by white Fairley families.

Re: IS AYONE RESCHING ....

arfairlie — 2010-04-03 18:08:21Z

My great aunt was Agnes Mary FAIRLIE. She was born in Cookham, Berkshire on 18.12.1866 and died on October 1949. If there is any connection, please let me know.

Alan Fairlie (arfairlie@ntlworld.com)

IS AYONE RESCHING ....

ARISTOCATSAL — 2010-04-03 13:18:32Z

AGNES FAIRLEY BECAUSE I HAVEGOT A LOT OF INFOMATION ABOUT HER

Miss Marie G Fairley (married 1911 KS) Warren E Whites

RoseStout54 — 2010-02-13 00:14:32Z

(newspaper clipping)

A Court House Wedding

Warren E. Whites, aged 22, and Miss Marie G. Fairley, aged 20, both of Hutchinson, were married at the court house late yesterday afternoon by Probate Judge Jordan.

Hutchinson News
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
Friday, March 3, 1911
page – 9 *** column – 7

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Re: Black Fairley's from MS

ydfairley — 2010-01-12 16:07:42Z

Hi
My name is Yvonne Fairley- Stokes. My father was Edmon Fairley from Lucedale Mississippi. My Grandparents were Alonzo and Phoebe Fairley. My father had five brothers Earl, Leo, Jeff,and Wesley. There were seven sisters Stella, Elnora, Enna, Inez, Maybelle, Roberta, and Airberta. Leo lives in Lucedale Jeff lives on McClean both on Fairley Oneal Rd. Enna lives in Moss Point. We are also related to the Dickeys and Kemps. If any some these names sound familar to you please contact me. Uncle Leo know most of the family history I will put you in touch with him.

Re: Black Fairley's from MS

pattoncarter — 2009-12-08 21:59:40Z

There were some white Fairley's who moved from NC, I believe it was, in the early 1800's to what is today southern Perry County. They had what I've read was called a "plantation" not far from Black Creek where a road and a bridge is named after them.

While the details are sketchy to me, I believe they were well off and probably owned slaves (who often took their master's surname), because of the prevalence of black many Fairleys still living in the area, some in almost the same exact area where the "plantation" was. Of course, the possibility always exists that the black Fairley's are actually blood-related the white Fairley's.

As to whether all/most black Fairley's came from Miss./NC/ or elsewhere, I can not say. There is a black Fairley Cemetery in the area and an old Fairley cemetery near where the plantation stood that has graves "outside the fence" for blacks/slaves. Hope this helps some.

I am a great great grandson of a Fairley and grew up a few miles from where I'm describing.

Re: Harry E Fairley of Edinburgh

lornalab — 2009-11-05 18:04:37Z

Thanks Anita

Enjoy your weekend away. lorna@lbarbour.orangehome.co.uk
I may be a wee while in replying if you do email as we won't have internet in the new house until next week.

Take care

lorna

Re: Harry E Fairley of Edinburgh

AMOLISTAR — 2009-11-05 13:40:23Z

Thanks ever so for your message. I will reply shortly. Am off for a long weekend visit. What is your e-mail and I will reply directly to that. Mine is gjb@weirport.eclipse.co.uk. I am in Devon by the way.
Cheers
Anita

Re: Harry E Fairley of Edinburgh

lornalab — 2009-11-04 22:54:43Z

Hi Anita
Thank you for your email and hopefully you will receive this if I press the right buttons!
I relayed your email to my Dad and he was very interested to hear your news. In reply,Marjorie was definately one of the original 'Tiller' girls. Her father ran the dance organisation and he set the whole thing up,having the girls dance in line as in line dancing. She was the one really being her father's daughter.
Yes, she married her first husband who was an entertainer he dressed up as a cowboy and was amazing at lasooing. He also used Marjorie in a double act where he would throw knives around her. Must have been quite scary for her. They had Uncle Jamie. The marriage broke up and she came back to Edinburgh and met Uncle Harry who immediately adopted Uncle Jamie.
In the years later H and M did a world tour firstly going to new Zealand where Arthur the brother was, States,Canada then back to Scotland. At this time Uncle Jamie went to Canada to spend time with my Dad.In Scotland, after a short time they divorced.I wonder why Marjorie did not go to your Mum and Dads wedding? Your mum must have known them well.
Marjorie joined Jamie in Canada and they got a little house to live in. However, Uncle J eventually went to live himself in Vancouver. He never married or had children. Incidently he was a wonderful actor and we went to see him in Pantomime in Edinburgh and Mum and Dad saw him in several things.
Uncle harry sold the restaurant and went to live in new Zealand 1954/55, where he married again and had a son Graham. he was much older by that time.Uncle Jamie died about 4/5 years ago in Canada.
I live in Edinburgh,Scotland. Where do you live Anita? Anyway,I hope this helps a bit.
Kind regards

Lorna

Re: Harry E Fairley of Edinburgh

lornalab — 2009-11-04 00:12:53Z

Hullo Anita
I have just written a big long reply to you and unfortunately hit a wrong button just before sending and it has deleted the whole thing.Very annoying but never mind. Will have to redo but because it is late and I am moving house over the next couple of days I will do as soon as I can . Sorry but I definately will forward another one to you

kind regards

Lorna

Re: Harry E Fairley of Edinburgh

AMOLISTAR — 2009-11-03 14:36:04Z

Hi Lorna

I wasn't aware that Marjorie was a Tiller girl. She was a Tiller - her father was Sam Tiller who was related to John Tiller. However I knew she was in show business. When she married her first husband the marriage certificate shows them as music hall artists.

Marjorie and my Mother were related. Mum visited Marjorie and Harry in the late 40's and Harry and Jamie frequently visited my Mother and her family during the war.

I have some newspaper cuttings about the Restaurant and cuttings regarding Marjorie's ballroom dancing business.

The last communication I have is a letter from Marjorie to my Mother in 1952 declining the invitation to my Mother and Father's marriage.

I understand that they emigrated to Australia? Do you know when this was? Did Jamie go with them? Do you have dates when they died? Did Jamie marry and does he have any family? Any information you can give me would be wonderful.

Thanks for replying. Oh, and by the way, where do you live?

Regards
Anita

Re: Harry E Fairley of Edinburgh

lornalab — 2009-11-02 19:00:55Z

Hullo Anita

I was talking with Dad about Fairley's Restaurant today and googled for more info and then discovered your message. Harry Fairley was Dad's uncle and my granny's brother. Uncle Jamie was a much loved part of our family and talked about Marjorie,his mum alot. She was one of the original Tiller girls.Dad is a mindful of information and remembers alot. If you need some info for family tree do let me know. Last time I saw Uncle Jamie he helped me with family tree things. It was sad he died. Mum and Dad were very close to him.
Kind regards

Lorna

Daughter looking for her father michael V. fairey

nicholefairley — 2009-09-09 00:41:48Z

My name is Nichole V. Fairley and I have been looking for my father Michael v fairley for many years now and would like to reunity with him the last time i see him was over 20years ago if anyone read this message and know how to get in contact with him please let me know I really miss my father and want to know how's he doing and to let him know that he has two granddaught and to grandson and a greatgrand son.

Re: John Fairley and Margaret Stuart

boman655 — 2009-08-23 08:15:24Z

MY GR GR GRANDMOTHER WAS A SARAH ANN FAIRLEY 1868 HER FATHER WAS A FRANCIS FAIRLEY A FARMER NOT SURE WHERE THEY WERE FROM MAY HAVE BEEN SCOTLAND.SHE MARRIED ROBERT BROWN IN BELFAST IN 1886 JUST WONDERING IF U HAD CAME ACROSS ANY INFO OR FAMILY CONNECTIONS AS I AM HAVING TROUBLE FINDING THEM

Re: Need help with Scottish Fairleys

boman655 — 2009-08-23 08:07:02Z

IM LOOKING FOR INFO ON A SARAH ANN FAIRLEY BORN 1868 SHE WAS MY GR GR GRANDMOTHER MARRIED A ROBERT BROWN FROM NORTHERN IRELAND HER FATHER WAS FRANCIS FAIRLEY THINK THEY MAY BE FROM SCOTLAND
HAVING TROUBLE GETTING ANY INFO JUST WONDERING IF U HAD CAME ACROSS ANY FAMILY CONNECTIONS OR INFO WOULD APPRECIATE

Re: Fairleys - North Carolina - Georgia - Mississippi

boman655 — 2009-08-23 08:02:14Z

MY GR GR GRANDMOTHER WAS A SARAH ANN FAIRLEY BORN 1868 HER FATHER WAS A FRANCIS JUST WONDERING HAD U CAME ACROSS ANY CONNECTIONS.
IM HAVING BIT OF TROUBLE AS DONT KNOW WHERE THEY WERE FROM BUT THINK IT MAY BE SCOTLAND

Re: Harry E Fairley of Edinburgh

rowenafairley19 — 2009-06-23 15:20:54Z

Hi
I have a letter from Harry dated 10 Oct 1979 from Strathmore, Wellington NZ
He only signed it Harry no mention of a wife or Jamie- I know Harry married three times Dorothy Cruikshank, Marjorie Tiller and Kay ?
I am interested in any info relating to the wider family and so would be fascinated in any info you have about Marjorie.
I have been in touch with Bernard Tiller of the Tiller Girls website and he told me Marjorie was the daughter of his great grandfather's cousin
I have also visited the website of The Christchurch Ballroom Dancing club (NZ?) in 1951 Marjorie Fairley was listed next to the Gainsborough Glide ( not sure what it means but I note Gainsborough was the name of her dance school in Edinburgh)
Hope that might be helpful
Regards Rowena

Re: Harry E Fairley of Edinburgh

AMOLISTAR — 2009-06-19 18:36:29Z

Hello

I am afraid I have no knowledge of the Fairley family. I was trying to find out about Marjorie Tiller/McLeod. She was related to my mother and all I know about her from the information I have is that she was still in contact with my Mum in 1952. I am trying to find out what happened to her after that. She married Harry Fairley and brought with her a son, Jamie. My Mum mentions Harry and Jamie a lot in her diaries during the 1940's. I have found some newspaper cuttings from the 1940's and was just interested in that side of my family.

You say that they went to New Zealand. Did Marjorie's son go with them? When did you emigrate etc etc. Any information would be wonderful to receive.

Thanks for your reply and hope to hear from you again if you have any further info.

Regards
Anita

Re: Harry E Fairley of Edinburgh

rowenafairley19 — 2009-06-18 20:33:17Z

Hi
My husband is related to Harry Fairley -
My father in law- David Leslie Fairley was Harry's cousin
Harry lived in New Zealand and was married to Marjorie Tiller.
I (and my brother in law Roy Fairley)have been tracing the family tree -something I know Harry was very interested in-I have a letter he sent to my mother in law -and have a lot of info
I would love to share any of this info with you
Regards Rowena

Harry E Fairley of Edinburgh

AMOLISTAR — 2009-06-08 14:58:05Z

I am looking for anyone who knows of Harry Fairley who I believe was the son of A Fairly (Restaurants) in Edinburgh in the 1940's/1950's. He married Marjorie McLeod/Tiller who ran the Gainsborough Dancing School in Edinburgh and was a relative of my Mother, Gwen. Marjorie has a son by a previous marriage - Jamie.
Can anyone help please.
Anita

id like to know apart of my family

babyphat16 — 2009-05-31 13:54:46Z

i am leteica fairley i live with my father henery a. fairley and my mother norma t. fairley. We live in Sc,please let me know some thing about you all

Re: Samuel Fairley of Wellfleet and Falmouth, Massachusetts and New York descendants

fairley131 — 2009-05-22 16:01:40Z

I'd be interested in sharing more information. Your earlier post mentioned a Francis. I have a couple of photos of a Francis (or perhaps 2 different Francises), but no more identification. Is she a granddaughter of Edwin?

There are descendents of Edwin Fairley living here in San Francisco: Deborah Lewis and her daughters. Deborah is the daughter of Margaret, who was the daughter of Arthur and Eleanor Fairley. Arthur was one of Edwin's sons.

Coincidentally, a descendent of Samuel Cole Fairley visited us just recently, Bill Closs, who lives in NY city.

Re: Samuel Fairley of Wellfleet and Falmouth, Massachusetts and New York descendants

kilvroch1 — 2009-05-22 10:36:54Z

that is super!
thanks so much for your time and effort - it is wonderful to learn about our family - I must share with my aunt now....

kind regards
Eileen Fairley Eby

Re: Samuel Fairley of Wellfleet and Falmouth, Massachusetts and New York descendants

marknewman19731 — 2009-05-22 09:57:52Z

She is descended from William Herrenden Cole's son Thomas Elmer Cole.

Thanks again for the great chronology of his life, and photographs. Amazing stuff. My mother-in-law will love to read more.

Re: Samuel Fairley of Wellfleet and Falmouth, Massachusetts and New York descendants

marknewman19731 — 2009-05-22 09:55:33Z

Thank you so much for your generous sharing of this fantastic information.

Re: Samuel Fairley of Wellfleet and Falmouth, Massachusetts and New York descendants

fairley131 — 2009-05-22 02:57:23Z

William Herrenden Cole is my great-great-grandfather. My dad's chronology has a little bit about him. I found references to his birth at familysearch.org, which listed his parents as Thomas Cole and Ruth Herrenden, but I don't know how accurate that is.

How is your mother-in-law related?

Re: Samuel Fairley of Wellfleet and Falmouth, Massachusetts and New York descendants

fairley131 — 2009-05-22 02:42:59Z

Samuel Fairley was my great-grandfather. I'm a descendant through James Fairley, a brother of Edwin. My dad, Lincoln Fairley, used Edwin's memoir and other info to produce "Samuel Fairley -- A Chronology," which I'll try to paste here. I think I've uploaded the photos from it.

David Fairley

SAMUEL FAIRLEY, A CHRONOLOGY
(Compiled by his grandson, Lincoln Fairley - 1978)

This chronology utilizes and supplements the information from these principal sources: his son Edwin's Family Chronicle; the Family Record, a record of dates and locations of family births, deaths, and marriages, maintained by Samuel himself; and the Memorial booklet, prepared by his friend the Rev. Charles E. Harwood of Orleans, Mass. This booklet has a photograph of Samuel as a frontispiece. Other sources are identified in the footnotes at the end. All the documents referred to are listed in an appendix and are in my files.
When my wife, Bertha, and I were in England and Scotland in the summer of 1977 we were able to confirm some of the information from the above sources and, in a few instances, to supplement it. We did not get across to Ireland. However, Edwin visited Armagh probably in the 1920's and was unable to find out anything about the family.

1822 Born in the County of Armagh, Northern Ireland, the son of James, a farmer, and Nancy Wilson. Two (we believe) older sons, Joseph and William reportedly accompanied by a sister (name unknown), came to the United States sometime prior to 1858 and settled in Pittsburgh, Pa. A younger son, Alexander, stayed in Armagh to work the farm. Alexander had only daughters so the family name died out in Ireland. Samuel attended the Cathedral Grammar School in Armagh.

1844 Matriculated at the University of Glasgow. Edwin's Chronicle says he had probably spent a year at Trinity College, Dublin prior to going to Glasgow, but Trinity College has no record of his ever having attended there. However, Harwood's Memorial says that for a time he pursued private study under Dr. Buglass in Dublin.

l844-l846 or 7. Glasgow University records show that he matriculated in 1844 as a 3rd year Arts student and that he was there for two years, but there is no record of his getting a degree. Their records show that he took a course in Logic from Prof. Robert Buchanan and that, at that time, the usual five year course was 1st year, Latin; 2nd year, Greek; 3rd year. Logic; 4th year, Ethics; and 5th year, Physics.
Harwood's story, undoubtedly based on his recollection of what Samuel had told him and others, was slightly different. He says Samuel was at Glasgow for 4 years and earned a degree which he refused to take. He studied Greek, Latin and Theology, including a course with Dr. Ralph Wardlow, a leading name in Scotch theology. The University says that at this time there was no requirement of matriculation for students of theology, so we do not know whether his degree was in Arts or Theology. During long summer vacations he also studied in the Congregational Theological Hall in Edinburgh,

1846 or 7 - 1849 There is no clear record of these years. Harwood says that his "first preaching" was in the Shetland Islands where he went from island to island by boat, that he was in and near Dundee (Scotland) for a year, and also for a season in Newport, which is just across the Firth of Tay from Dundee in the area known as Fife.

l849-l853 At least for a part of this time, Samuel was minister of the Newport Congregational Church. We have a bible with an inscription on the fly-leaf, "To the Rev. Samuel Fairley, January l852 at Newport (Scotland) as a token of affection by his sincere friend John Durham, Dundee." Also, Graeme Tarbet, the present minister, located a reference to his ministry in the church records. It was during these years that Samuel was ordained on November l4, l849.
When Bertha and I were in Scotland in the summer of 1977 we visited Dundee and Newport. We met Graeme Tarbet and his family and took photos of the inside and outside of the Newport church. This is not the building Samuel preached in, his services having been held in someone's home.

l855-l860 Minister of the Congregational Church in Hexham, Northumberland, England.
During this period:

September 9, l856; married, Elizabeth Anna Barrett of Banbury. She died in Hexham, March 9, 1860 in her 23rd year.
August 26, l857; birth of Joseph Mlliam, who died at Waquoit, Mass. in 1918.
June 20, 1859; birth of Samuel Arther, who died in infancy in Hexham, March 20, 1860.

The deaths of his wife and of his second son may account for his leaving Hexham for his next church in March.

l86l-l864 Minister of the Congregational Church in March, Cambridgeshire, England. During this period:
September 26, l86l; married Caroline Cole of March. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Alexander of Peterborough. Caroline was the daughter of William Henenden Cole and Mary (Elmer) Cole. Her father was a farmer and contractor. Her mother died while Caroline was small, so that she was brought up by a stepmother. She had three siblings (full or half?): Thomas, who became successful as a railroad contractor in India; William H., a Congregational minister in England; and Louisa who married Alfred Sawyer. She lived in South Africa until his death, and then went to Southern California. William and Louisa were alive at the time of Caroline's death in 1898.
Two children were born to Samuel and Caroline in March:
July 20, 1862; Grace Elizabeth, who died in New York some time in the 1930s.
February 7, 1864; Edwin, who died in May, 1941.8

1864-1866 Minister of the Congregational Church, King's Cliffe, Northamptonshire, England.
When Bertha and I were in King's Cliffe in July 1977 we took photographs of the exterior and interior of the Congregational Chapel. They are in our photo album. This is the same building in which he preached. While minister of this church, he was at the same time minister at the Congregational Chapel in the neighboring village of Nassington. That Chapel was "opened for worship in September 29, l846," as our correspondent, Mr. Reginald Beedham of King's Cliffe, reports. He also says that Samuel's wife, Caroline, was made a member of the Chapel in 1864 and that Samuel's signature and several entries are in a book of the Chapel records. (It is not clear whether these items refer to King's Cliffe or Nassington).
It was during this period that Samuel's outrage at having to pay the tithe to support the local Church of England, became aggravated. Edwin's Chronicle says that while in March he had refused to pay the tax with the result that authorities had removed some of his furniture of equivalent value. In King's Cliffe according to Harwood, "the rector of the parish (Church of England) had a living amounting to eight hundred pounds a year... To make the matter worse, the rector was an idling voluptuary,; more devoted to the fox-hunt than to the care of souls..."
December 26, 1865; James Alexander, my father, was born in King's Cliffe during this period.

1866-1868 On May 16, 1866, the family (now four children) sailed from Liverpool for the United States on the S.S. City of Boston. They had started on another ship but had no sooner sailed than there was an outbreak of malignant cholera among the steerage passengers, with several deaths occurring the first night out. The ship proceeded to Oueenstown, Ireland, but protests by the passengers forced her return to Liverpool. Samuel is said to have "ministered to the sick and dying." On reaching Liverpool, he was able, despite the quarantine, to get his family off and to secure passage on the City of Boston, though he had to forfeit two-thirds of his original passage money.
According to Samuel's own report in the Family Record, the family "arrived in New York harbor on Sunday morning the 27th, after a very pleasant passage of eleven days. On Tuesday the 29th of May at 7 o'clock P.M. we started by Rail from New York and arrived at Pittsburgh, Pa. the following day at 2 o'clock P.M. Received a cordial welcome from our dear friends there (presumably his sister and brothers and their families) whom we had not seen for many years."
The family probably stayed with Joseph at 97 Beaver St. in what is now the Manchester district of Pittsburgh, or with William at 250 Sandusky St. not far away in what is now called the North Side. This area was then Allegheny City, north of the Allegheny City, north of the Allegheny River, close to downtown Pittsburgh. Our only certain information regarding the brothers is from Pittsburgh City Directories for 1858, 1866-67 and 1867-68. The l858 Directory is the first with any entry for Fairley, suggesting that the brothers had arrived shortly before. They are shown as being proprietors of the J. & W. Fairley "feed store, dealers in grain and feed meal," located at 417 Liberty St., now a main downtown thoroughfare paralleling the Allegheny River not far from the Golden Triangle. Joseph, to judge from the partnership name, was probably the older.
A partial search through the microfilm records of several census has failed to add any conclusive information on either of the brothers, Joseph and William. We were hoping to find their ages, when they arrived in Pittsburgh, whom they married and the names of their children. We found nothing at all about Joseph. We did find a William, listed in the 1880 census. He was living at 250 Sandusky St., the same address given in the 1866-68 City Directories, for William of the J.W. Fairley Feed Store, and he was bom in Ireland. But it is unlikely that the two Williams are the same: The census William was only 50 years old in 1880 making him eight years younger than Samuel, whereas all our information from other sources indicates that he was older. Besides, the census lists him as a Carpenter.
It seems much more likely that he was a son of Samuel's brother William who came over with his father from Ireland, and that when his father died he moved into the Sandusky home. The census shows that he had a wife, Martha, aged 40, and four children: Edwin, 15; Ida, 7; Mabel, 3: and John, 1. This Edwin born in 1865, was precisely the age of my father, James.
Harwood says that Samuel and his family lived in Pittsburgh for six months before Samuel left for Philadelphia where, the Family Record continues:

Became pastor of the First Congregational Church in Philadelphia in September 1866 having preached from the beginning of the month and accepted their call in the same month. Resigned the pastorate of the church in Philadelphia in October 1867 and came to Wellfleet, Mass., December 1867 and preached on the last of the month - received a unanimous call from the church and Society and settled with the people being installed on _____ 1868.

Harwood's account of the Philadelphia pastorate suggests that it was far from being a happy one. The church, he says, was "made up of disaffected persons who had withdrawn from other religious bodies, but having no elements of harmonious fellowship with one another. Its character was something like that of the motley company that gathered about David at the cave of Adullam, embracing everyone that was discontented." It is not surprising that Samuel resigned after only a few months, and went to Boston seeking another church, but left the family in Philadelphia until he was settled. In Boston, through the ministerial bureau, he learned about a vacancy at Wellfleet, on Cape Cod.
While in Philadelphia, a daughter, Annie Louisa, was born on March 5, 1868.

1868-1873 Minister of the Congregational Church (United Church in Christ) Wellfleet, Mass. A memorial booklet of the church, 1723-1973; Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Worship, reports Samuel Fairley as having been the pastor from 1868 to 1875. This conflicts with the Family Record which ends this period in 1873. The latter is the more likely to be correct. During this pastorate the youngest son, Samuel Cole was born, October l4, 1869. It was a period of great and happy experiences for the older boys as Edwin's Family Chronicle so delightfully shows.

1873-1877 First as acting pastor, and then as the pastor, at the Congregational Church of Berkley, Mass. Berkley is near Taunton, not far from Cape Cod. The Family Chronicle has many details of the boys' activities in Berkley, including their enjoyment of a horse the family owned.
It was while at Berkley that Samuel became a U.S. Citizen, August 24, 1875. The date is on his Certificate of Naturalization.
In June, 1877, he was awarded an honorary M.A. degree from Amherst College, an honor that Harwood says he never referred to. (The degree is recorded in the Amherst College Biographical Record http://www.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/genealogy/acbiorecord/hono... ) The College can locate no record of it [as of 1977], so the precise date remains unknown. Nor can they locate any citation made at the time, if indeed there was one.

Oct., 1877-Aug., l88l Samuel's last church was in East Falmouth, Mass., again on Cape Cod, where he was the minister at both the East Falmouth and Waquoit Congregational Churches. It was here that he died, August 19, l88l, drowned in Crooked Pond, having gone fishing with Sam, his youngest son then only 12 years old. The wagon they had driven over, had been unhitched and while they were on it, slid down into the pond. Despite Sam's efforts, his father was drowned. Apparently he could not swim. He is buried in East Falmouth.
The Memorial Pamphlet, prepared and published by Rev. Charles E. Harwood, has already been referred to. It includes a Memorial by the Rev. Harwood who had been in Rome when Samuel died; an account of the funeral on August 21; an abstract of the sermon delivered at the funeral by Rev. Isaac Dunham; a Memorial Sermon by Rev. Henry K. Craig preached in the Waquoit church, September 11, l88l which includes many details of Samuel's life; Resolutions adopted by the Cape Cod Association, the North Bristol Congregational Club and the First Congregational Church in Wellfleet; and, finally, excerpts from letters of appreciation.
The man who emerges from this history and these documents was one who built enduring friendships and enjoyed devoted loyalty. He was deeply religious in "a calm and natural way, rather than of the convulsive type," as the Rev. Craig said of him. He was reared, (again Craig) in "an atmosphere of strict and staunch Independency." He characterized himself, throughout his Scottish and English days as an "Independent Minister" - neither Church of England nor Presbyterian. It was this background which may have contributed to his outspokenness which the Tiev. Craig emphasized: "His feelings were strong and easily stirred. If displeased he was mighty in his indignation. None could stay or silence him. Woe to the unhappy one on whom the lightening of his anger fell!" But Craig goes on to say "there was also in him a vein of infinite tenderness." I would guess from these and other appraisals by his admirers that he did not hesitate to denounce evil-doing from the pulpit and no doubt antagonized many in his congregations. His refusal in England to pay the Church tithe is probably typical of one facet of his character. Yet he was clearly not one of the unco gude as the Scots say.
At his death, Caroline, his wife, was left with five children: Her stepson (Joseph) William, 24, had already graduated from Amherst in 1878 and had become himself a minister; Grace Elizabeth, 19; Edwin, 17; James, 16; Annie, 13 and Samuel Cole, 12. There was little money. Only the fashionable big city ministers received adequate salaries in those days.
The family first moved to Newburgh, N.Y., where William was settled as pastor - I believe as an Episcopalian, as he was in later life. He was able to help tide them over. After a year and a half in Newburgh, they moved to Amherst so the boys could follow in Will's footsteps at the College, as they all did. As Caroline's obituary says, "these years in Amherst were years of anxiety and struggle for her," but she succeeded in getting the other three boys through Amherst. The girls did not get to college.
In 1892, Caroline moved to Roseland, N. J., where Edwin was now a minister also. In September 1898 she moved to Nutley, N. J. where James was pastor of his first church. It was at his home that she died, November 19, 1898. She too is buried in East Falmouth where a second, memorial, service was held in the Congregational Church where Samuel had been the minister. The service was conducted by her step-son William, and the four brothers were the pall-bearers. It had been a close-knit and loving family as a sheaf of Caroline's letters to Sam, her youngest, clearly show. In these years, 1893 and 1894, Sam was in his first teaching job at Granger Place, a girls school in Canandaigua, N. Y.

FOOTNOTES
1/ The date of birth is derived from the Harwood Memorial and is confirmed by the Family Record which gives his age at death in 1881 as 59 years.The undertaker's record gives his age at death as 54, clearly erroneous. Edwin's Chronicle mentions two brothers and a sister as having preceded Samuel to the U.S., but supplies no names.
2/ Letter from University of Dublin, 22 September, 1977.
3/ Letter from University of Glasgow, 18 August 1977.
Also, phone conversation with the Archivist of the University.
4/ A brochure of the Newport Congregational Church, on the occasion of their triple Jubilee, 1801 - 1951, states that "Mr. I. Fairley" was the minister during the years, 18U9 - l852. There is little question but that this was Samuel, since Edwin's Chronicle reports that "he studied at the Congregational Church in Newport."
5/ The dates for his ministry at Hexham, March and King's Cliffe are from the Year Book of the Congregational Union of England and Wales. They are consistent with dates from the Family Record of his marriages and the births of his children.
6/ Information from the Family Record, confirmed by his marriage certificate a copy of which I obtained from the Central Records Office in London.
7/ This and subsequent information about Caroline is from her obituary in The Caldwell News (Caldwell, N. J.) for November 26, l898.
8/ Information from the Family Record. For Edwin, we also have a copy of his birth certificate from the Central Records Office in London.
9/ Letter from Reginald Beedham of King's Cliffe who lives on West Street, the same street on which my father, James, was bom.
10/ From copy of his birth certificate.
11/ Rev. Charles E. Harwood, Memorial of Rev. Samuel Fairley, A.M., p. 29.
12/ Notes on our limited census search are in the file.
13/ Correspondence with the Amherst College Archivist.
14/ The Caldwell (N.J.) News, November 26, 1898.
12.

LIST OF DOCUMENTS IN MY FILES
Edwin Fairley's Family Chronicle.
The Family Record - kept by Samuel himself.
Memorial of Rev, Samuel Fairley, A.M., edited by Rev. Charles E. Harwood, Orleans, Mass. Contains a frontispiece photograph of Samuel.
Letter from the University of Dublin, 22 September 1977.
Letters from the University of Glasgow, 18 August 1977 and 27 Sept., 1977.
Excerpt from Newport (Scotland) Congregational Church, Triple Jubilee, 1801 - 1951.
Letter from Graeme Tarbet, present minister of the Newport Congregational Church, 23 August 1977. With photo of interior of Newport church and two clippings from local newspapers concerning our (Lincoln's and Bertha's) visit to Newport in August 1977. A picture of the outside of the church is in our photo album.
Letter from the History Society of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, 12 September 1977.
Copy of Marriage Certificate - Samuel Fairley and Caroline Cole, 26 September l86l.
Copy of Birth Certificate - Edwin Fairley, 7 February 1864.
Memorial Booklet of the United Church of Christ (Congregational)Wellfleet, Mass., 1723 - 1973.
Naturalization Certificate of Samuel Fairley, August 24, 1875.
Letter from Archivist, Amherst College, October l4, 1977.
Letter from the Jones Library, Amherst, Mass., October 2$, 1977.
Fact sheet re Samuel Fairley's death from the Town Clerk, Falmouth, Mass.
Photocopies of those pages of Pittsburgh, Pa. City Directories for l858, 1866-7 and 1867-8 which report Fairleys.
Notes on Fairleys found in census records for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880.
Letters from Fairleys living in Pittsburgh, Pa. in 1978, in response to our letter of inquiry asking if they had any information which would throw light on Samuel's siblings or descendents in Pittsburgh. We wrote to all Fairleys appearing in the Pittsburgh phone book for 1978. The replies were all negative.
Photograph of Caroline Cole.
Obituary in The Caldwell (N. J.) News, November 26, 1898.

Re: Samuel Fairley of Wellfleet and Falmouth, Massachusetts and New York descendants

marknewman19731 — 2009-05-09 22:57:49Z

Thank you so so much for this. I will pass it on to my mother-in-law. She will be fascinated by it. It is a fascinating memoir regardless of whether you can claim relation to the author or not. Thanks again.