Edinburghshire
& Lanarkshire branch
The head of this tree is William Fairholm /
Fairholme / Farm / Ferm / Ferme* who married Marion Stevenson /
Steveson in 1788 at Duddingston, Edinburghshire (later Midlothian, but
now part of Edinburgh City), and had five daughters and four sons from
1790- 1807, all in Edinburghshire. The only boy known to have married
was their second son, James, who married Agnes Flucker in 1819 at
Liberton, EDN, and their only child was Neil Fairholm / Farm / Ferme. He
married Marion Pickard / Pickert / Pritchard in 1840 at Carrington /
Primrose, EDN, and had three boys and three girls. Of these, James
married Annie Weir Forrest at Whitburm, LNL(Linlithgowshire) in 1862.
They had four sons and seven daughters, of whom, three daughters died in
the USA.
Despite a large number of births, most of the male
lines had died out by the1920s, except the one from Neil Farm, also born
to Neil and Marion Pickard, in 1852 at Whitburn, LNL. He married
Elizabeth / Bessie McMurray in 1875 at St. Giles, Edinburgh, and had 5
boys (but no girls), all in Edinburgh, and with the surname Farm. Three
of William and Marion's daughters married members of the Balks, Reid,
and Adam families. In particular, after further research, additional
evidence has shown that it was their second daughter, that married James
Reid on 16 Jan 1820 at Inveresk, EDN, and had nine children. This is a
change from the previously stated position, when, along with other
researchers we had her linked to a Robert Crookston, born 3 Jul 1780, at
Gladsmuir, Haddingtonshire.
So far, we have 139 people on this tree.
*This William is still the best fit at
the moment, but we need some extra evidence to be sure, and before we
link him and his descendants to another branch.
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