Waterloo Region Generations
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Frederick Fairman

Male 1839 - 1897  (58 years)


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  • Name Frederick Fairman 
    Born 19 Jun 1839  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Business CA 1865  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Waterloo Hardware Store 
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    Occupation 1871  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Hardware Merchant 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Methodist 
    Occupation 1881  Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    merchant 
    Residence 1881  Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-411820 
    Died 14 Nov 1897  Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Cimetière Mont-Royal Cemetery, Outremont, , Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I411820  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Warren Fairman,   b. CA 1816,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F269002  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Ann Louisa Wilson,   d. Bef 1870 
    Married 1863  Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Frederick Lewis Wilson "Wilson" Fairman,   b. 1866, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F243404  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Harriet Jane Latham,   b. 1842, , Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1911  (Age 69 years) 
    Married 14 Jun 1870  Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Herbert Latham Fairman,   b. 1871, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1874  (Age 3 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F269001  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • FAIRMAN. - Suddenly, of pneumonia, at 20 McGregor street, on Sunday, November 14, Frederick Fairman, in his 59th year.

      Funeral from his late residence, at 2.50 p.m., Tunday, to St. James Methodist church, then to Mount Royal Cemetery

      The Montreal Gazette - Nov 16, 1897
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      Death of Warren Fairman [father of Frederick Fairman] Resident of This Section For Nearly a Century


      Died at his residence, Church Street, last Tuesday evening, Mr. Warren Fairman, age 93 years. Mr. Fairman was the last of those who may be termed, first residents" of Gananoque, though he was born on Howe Island in the next county Frontenac. But, much of his youth and later years was spent here. He was the last of those, who had a personal acquaintance with Col. Stone: the founder and first settler of this town.

      He was son of a farmer, but in early times, every farmer was of necessity a lumberman, rafts man, mechanic and general laborer - and always after he grew up, he owned and worked a farm, till he became too old to manage it. When he was a young boy, he came to Gananoque and was apprenticed to Mr. Charles Hepp, a wagon maker and general carpenter. Mr. Hepp had at that time a shop and residence on the lot now occupied by D. Root's store on King Street, and it is the same house, though brick has been built to it. The blacksmith shop in which the iron work of wagons was done, was just in the rear of the present Methodist Church. Both buildings stood in the woods, the ground being cleared for the erection. Mr. Hepp, built the wooden Methodist Church in 1836, on the site of the present one; and Mr. Fairman, did some of the present work, particularly in building the pulpit, which was a paneled round gallery standing on four posts against the rear wall of the building and reached by stairs. Fairman, who had learned the trade, went back to his farm and built a wagon shop and blacksmith shop on the opposite side of the road, just west of the line between Leeds and Frontenac. There for many years, he supplied most of the wagons and carriages, used in this section. All the work, both in wood and iron, had to be done by hand. When the new county in the north of Frontenac, was opened up. Mr. Fairman went out and took up land for lumbering purposes. In 1868, he built a sawmill in Gananoque; it was burned and rebuilt and operated till the scarcity of logs made it unprofitable, when the lot and power were sold to Mr. Giles, as the site of the present Giles factory.

      During the rebellion of 1837, Mr. Fairman was enlisted in the Dragoons, a mounted force that did patrol service. He was intimate with Sir John McDonald, who successfully conducted several lawsuits for him, and his admiration for Sir John's legal talents, probably established his politics as he was firm in his opinion that "John A. "could do no wrong. He was second cousin to Sir James Whitney, who in his youth lived for a time with Mr. Fairman's family and attended county school in Pittsburgh.

      Source: Gananoque Reporter Date: Saturday August 28, 1909 Front Page

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      TO THE PUBLIC.

      THE subscriber in returning thanks to his many friends and the public generally for the very liberal. patronage bestowed upon him for the past ten years, would most respectfully announce that he has disposed of his Hardware business to Mr. F. Fairman, who he would strongly recommend as being thoroughly posted in his business and in a position to sell goods at lower prices than have ever before been offered in this part of the country.

      Waterloo, January 13th, 1869.

      JOHN MCDOUGALL.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 2 Page 6.

    2. [S298] Census - Canada - 1881, Census Place: St Antoine Ward, Montreal City, Quebec; Roll: C_13220; Page: 68; Family No: 226.

    3. [S2688] Montreal, Canada, non-Catholic Marriage Index, 1766-1899.
      NameFrederick Fairman
      Marriage Year1863
      Marriage PlaceMontreal (Montréal), Québec (Quebec), Canada
      SpouseMary Ann Louisa Wilson
      DenominationAnglican
      SourceCentre d'archives de Montréal, CE601,S63
      Page8V
      URLhttps://pistard.banq.qc.ca/apex/f?p=113:11:0::NO::P11_CLE:7390

    4. [S3207] Quebec, Canada, Notarial Records, 1637-1935.
      Name:Frederick Farrman
      Record Type:Contrat De Mariage (Marriage Contract) (Marriage)
      Notarial Date:14 juin 1870 (14 Jun 1870)
      Notarial Place:Montreal, Québec (Quebec), Canada
      Marriage Date:14 juin 1870 (14 Jun 1870)
      Notary:Brodie, Hugh
      Notarial Act Number:1537
      Record Description:Articles of Marriage
      Spouse:Harriet Jane Latham

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Jun 1839 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1863 - Montreal, Ile de Montreal, Quebec Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBusiness - Waterloo Hardware Store - CA 1865 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 14 Jun 1870 - Montreal, Ile de Montreal, Quebec Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Hardware Merchant - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - merchant - 1881 - Montreal, Ile de Montreal, Quebec Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1881 - Montreal, Ile de Montreal, Quebec Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Nov 1897 - Montreal, Ile de Montreal, Quebec Link to Google Earth
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