STATUS: REUNITED WITH FAMILY


PHOTOGRAPH INFORMATION

NAME(S): Aunt Lizzie & Bill Fairbanks
PHOTOGRAPH: # 302
OTHER INFO: None
PHOTOGRAPHER: Unknown
CARD SIZE: 13 cm x 9 cm oval
WHERE PURCHASED: St. Joseph, Illinois
WHEN PURCHESED: January 31, 2003


RESEARCHED INFORMATION

Identified: William J. Fairbanks Jr.

Born: August 26, 1877, Burnside, Orange Co., New York
Died: November 1, 1937, Bement, Piantt Co., Illinois
Buried: Bement Cemetery, Piatt Co., Illinois
Father: William J. Fairbanks Sr.
Mother: Mary Ann Paxton
Married: Elizabeth Gertrude Fairbanks, December 31, 1902 Charlotte, Eagon, Michigan

Identified: Elizabeth Gertrude Fairbanks

Born: December 31, 1876 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
Died: May 16, 1957 Decatur, Macon, Illinois
Buried: Bement Cemetery, Piatt Co., Illinois
Father: James W. Fairbanks IV
Mother: Matilda Thaxter
Married William J. Fairbanks
Children:
William Glen, Louise Matilda, & 1 unknown name


NOTES

Click HERE for possibe photograph of William's brother James

Elizabeth came to the US with her parents in 1883. Elizabeth & William were cousins, but married anyway.
William's parents came to the U.S. in 1882. William came to Illinois with his parents who settled in the
Hammond, IL. area, where they operated a hotel. William was well known in Illinois. He was a trainer of
horses and operated a sales barn in Bement for more than 35 years.


SOURCES

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