Burton Joyce is a village to the east of Nottingham. This branch is headed by John and Elizabeth Fairholm. We do not know who John's parents were. Elizabeth's maiden name might have been Wooton, in which case they were married in 1793. John and Elizabeth had five children, but we only have descendants for the middle child, William, who married Mary Slater in 1822. William and Mary had ten children. One of their grandsons, John Thomas, emigrated to Utah, USA by 1894 and married Almira Eveline Williams. The most recent information we have is that their descendants were living in various parts of the USA, although our records are far from complete and we have been unable to verify our information so far. Other members of this branch remained in England, but we have no information about them after 1939. The spelling of the surname was highly variable for this first few generations. It included Fairholm, Fairholme, Fairham, Fearholm, Fearholme and Fareholme. It eventually settled down as Fairholm.

So far we have 147 people on this tree.

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Old location map Burton Joyce	Old postcard Main Street, Burton Joyce	Modern photograph Main Street, Burton Joyce
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Family tree (pdf) Burton Joyce branch - early generations