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James Fairchild

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James Fairchild

Birth
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Death
22 Mar 1917 (aged 82)
Elgin, Cook County, Illinois, USA
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Elgin, Cook County, Illinois, USA
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James Fairchild was born in London, England on May 9, 1834. At the age of eleven, he was apprenticed to a jeweler and gilder and learned the art of watch gilding. He married Mary Ann Robbins, daughter of Thomas and Mary Robbins, on Sept. 14, 1856 in London. They had attended Sunday School together and were both members of City Road Wesleyan Chapel. In August 1859, they immigrated to Canada and later moved to New York, where James was engaged in silver plating. When World War I broke out, he eventually moved to Elgin, Illinois working in the watch factory. On April 3, 1879, his wife Mary Ann died. On May 1, 1880, James married Mary Parkes, daughter of Thomas and Esther Parkes. They had a daughter born March 22, 1881, Marian P. Fairchild. On May 16, 1881, James and his wife adopted his sister's son, John Palmer. John was renamed James Donville Fairchild. Their other children were: Esther Fairchild (1884-1946), Lois Fairchild (1885-1963), and Eleanor Sarah Fairchild (1889-1956). James was a member of the Masonic Rising Sun Lodge and Monitor Lodge, an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and an ardent temperance worker, having been Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Reform Club. He was also a Lodge Deputy of the Good Templars of Springfield, IL. He died in 1917.
James Fairchild was born in London, England on May 9, 1834. At the age of eleven, he was apprenticed to a jeweler and gilder and learned the art of watch gilding. He married Mary Ann Robbins, daughter of Thomas and Mary Robbins, on Sept. 14, 1856 in London. They had attended Sunday School together and were both members of City Road Wesleyan Chapel. In August 1859, they immigrated to Canada and later moved to New York, where James was engaged in silver plating. When World War I broke out, he eventually moved to Elgin, Illinois working in the watch factory. On April 3, 1879, his wife Mary Ann died. On May 1, 1880, James married Mary Parkes, daughter of Thomas and Esther Parkes. They had a daughter born March 22, 1881, Marian P. Fairchild. On May 16, 1881, James and his wife adopted his sister's son, John Palmer. John was renamed James Donville Fairchild. Their other children were: Esther Fairchild (1884-1946), Lois Fairchild (1885-1963), and Eleanor Sarah Fairchild (1889-1956). James was a member of the Masonic Rising Sun Lodge and Monitor Lodge, an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and an ardent temperance worker, having been Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Reform Club. He was also a Lodge Deputy of the Good Templars of Springfield, IL. He died in 1917.

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  • Created by: BJW
  • Added: Apr 12, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88411812/james-fairchild: accessed ), memorial page for James Fairchild (10 May 1834–22 Mar 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 88411812, citing Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, Cook County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by BJW (contributor 47343717).