Samuel Fairbanks

1834 - 1897  (62 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Samuel Fairbanks  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	29 Apr 1834	Gouverneur, St Lawrence, New York, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	2775
  Residence	1860	Fairgrove, Tuscola, Michigan, USA   [1]
  Died	1897	Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, USA
  Person ID	I2775	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Joel Fairbanks,   b. 11 Jan 1808, Gouverneur, St Lawrence, New York, USA ,   d. 7 Aug 1885, Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Alvira Marsh,   b. 15 Mar 1809,   d. 22 Mar 1850, Plymouth, Wayne, Michigan, USA  (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F66	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria L Convis,   b. 11 Oct 1840, Ohio, USA ,   d. 19 Jul 1893, Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Married	5 Jul 1858	Watrousville, Tuscola, Michigan, USA
  Children	1. Maria C Fairbanks,   b. 9 Jan 1860, Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, USA ,   d. 6 Jan 1863, Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, USA  (Age 2 years)  [natural]   2. Emma D Fairbanks,   b. 2 Oct 1866, Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, USA  [natural]   3. Wallace J Fairbanks,   b. 27 Jan 1868, Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, USA  [natural]   4. Bessie I Fairbanks,   b. 14 May 1877, Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, USA  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
  Family ID	F708	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Apr 1834 - Gouverneur, St Lawrence, New York, USA Residence - 1860 - Fairgrove, Tuscola, Michigan, USA Died - 1897 - Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1860 United States Federal Census Database online. Fairgrove, Tuscola, Michigan, post office Watrousville, roll M653_562, page 0, image 78.
  		1870 United States Federal Census Database online. Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, post office Almer, roll 705, page 9, image 18.
  		1880 United States Federal Census Database online. Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, ED 395, roll T9_607, page 27.4000, image 0056.

  
  

• Notes

  from: http://www.mifamilyhistory.org/tuscola/Biographies/Almer%20Bio%201902.htm FAIRBANKS, S. Son of Joel and Alvira, born April 29, 1835; in Goveneur, St. Lawrence County, New York. At the age of ten years his parents moved to Plymouth Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio. In 1836 he began to sail on the lakes, and followed it for three seasons. He then worked on a dairy farm until he came to Watrousville, Michigan, in 1853. He worked in the lumberwoods that winter. The spring following he went to work for Mr. Watrous and remained with him three years, after which he went to work for Mr. Heartt, and worked for him three years. Married Maria L. Convis July 5, 1858. She was born October 13, 1840, in Russell Township, Cuyahaga County, Ohio, and came to Tuscola County with her parents at the age of thirteen. Mrs. Marla Fairbanks died July 19, 1893. Children born to them four, Maria C., born January 9, 1860, and died. January 6, 1863; Emma D., born October 22, 1866; Wallace J., born January 27, 1868; Bessie J., born May 14, 1877.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Fairgrove, Tuscola, Michigan, post office Watrousville, roll M653_562, page 0, image 78. Record for Samuel Fairbanks 1860 United States Federal Census Database online. Fairgrove, Tuscola, Michigan, post office Watrousville, roll M653_562, page 0, image 78. [S4] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, post office Almer, roll 705, page 9, image 18. Record for Samuel Fairbanks 1870 United States Federal Census Database online. Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, post office Almer, roll 705, page 9, image 18. [S7] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, ED 395, roll T9_607, page 27.4000, image 0056. Record for Samuel Fairbanks 1880 United States Federal Census Database online. Almer, Tuscola, Michigan, ED 395, roll T9_607, page 27.4000, image 0056.