Basford was a village to the north west of Nottingham which grew rapidly in the Victorian period and merged with the city. This branch is headed by John and Mary Fairholm. John was the youngest son of Jarvis or Gervase Fairholm and a grandson of William and Ann Fairholm who lived at Shelford. Mary's maiden name was Parker. John and Mary had five children. Their eldest son, William, was born in Sheffield and their daughter, Mary Ann, in Belfast. The other children were born at Basford. John married a second time to Ann Armstrong (nee Ashley) in 1850. He was an agricultural labourer. John and Mary's second son, George, married Jane Brown in 1839 and was a lace bleacher. The most recent information we have is that their descendants were living in Scotland and Staffordshire. Their third son, John, married Caroline Twells in 1868 and they have present day descendants from at least two of their sons, Frederick and William Henry.

The spelling of the surname changed quite a bit, but most of George's descendants became Fairholm whilst those of his brother, John, became Fairholme.

So far we have 149 people on this tree.

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