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
Family Member