David Wheeler FairchildAge: 71 years1812–1883
- Name
- David Wheeler Fairchild
- Given names
- David Wheeler
- Surname
- Fairchild
| Birth | March 5, 1812 23 21 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Mary Gillette December 28, 1812 (Age 9 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Edmund Fairchild January 3, 1814 (Age 21 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Mariette Fairchild November 1816 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Legrand Fairchild February 1, 1820 (Age 7 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mariette Fairchild January 23, 1822 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Lucy Maria Fairchild February 3, 1823 (Age 10 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lucy Ann Wheeler September 7, 1823 (Age 11 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Ziba Fairchild — Sarah Morehouse — View this family January 22, 1824 (Age 11 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | Samuel H. Fairchild May 1825 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a half-brother | Samuel H. Fairchild 1826 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Zadock Fairchild September 22, 1837 (Age 25 years) |
| Marriage | Emeline Sophia Wetmore — View this family September 22, 1839 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Lewis Augustine Fairchild May 1, 1840 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Jane Fairchild August 8, 1840 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a son | Lewis Augustine Fairchild 1841 (Age 28 years) |
| Death of a sister | Lucy Maria Fairchild December 29, 1842 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Sarah Maria Fairchild September 11, 1843 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Sarah Maria Fairchild 1844 (Age 31 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Abiah Fairchild March 3, 1846 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Charles Henry Fairchild July 27, 1847 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Julia Augusta Fairchild December 3, 1848 (Age 36 years) |
| Death of a son | Charles Henry Fairchild 1848 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Julia Augusta Fairchild 1849 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | William Arthur Fairchild April 15, 1850 (Age 38 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William H. Lawrence — Mary Jane Fairchild — View this family November 17, 1856 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a father | Ziba Fairchild September 30, 1860 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a son | William Arthur Fairchild October 11, 1863 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a brother | Edmund Fairchild July 22, 1883 (Age 71 years) |
| Burial | 1883 (Age 70 years) Note: Wooster Cem., Danbury, Fairfield, CT
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| Death | November 30, 1883 (Age 71 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Ziba Fairchild Birth: November 20, 1788 28 30 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: September 30, 1860 — New Milford, Litchfield, CT |
| mother |
Lucy Ann Wheeler Birth: about 1791 32 24 — Fairfield, CT Death: September 7, 1823 — Washington, Litchfield, CT |
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Marriage: 1807 — CT |
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5 years himself |
David Wheeler Fairchild Birth: March 5, 1812 23 21 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: November 30, 1883 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
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22 months younger brother |
Edmund Fairchild Birth: January 3, 1814 25 23 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: July 22, 1883 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT |
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3 years younger sister |
Mariette Fairchild Birth: November 1816 27 25 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: January 23, 1822 — Roxbury, Litchfield, CT |
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3 years younger brother |
Legrand Fairchild Birth: February 1, 1820 31 29 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: October 15, 1895 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT |
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3 years younger sister |
Lucy Maria Fairchild Birth: February 3, 1823 34 32 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: December 29, 1842 — CT |
| Father’s family with Sarah Morehouse |
| father |
Ziba Fairchild Birth: November 20, 1788 28 30 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: September 30, 1860 — New Milford, Litchfield, CT |
| step-mother |
Sarah Morehouse Birth: July 6, 1781 — New Milford, Litchfield, CT Death: 1828 — New Milford, Litchfield, CT |
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Marriage: January 22, 1824 — New Milford, Litchfield, CT |
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16 months half-brother |
Samuel H. Fairchild Birth: May 1825 36 43 — Roxbury, Litchfield, CT Death: 1826 |
| Family with Emeline Sophia Wetmore |
| himself |
David Wheeler Fairchild Birth: March 5, 1812 23 21 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: November 30, 1883 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
| wife |
Emeline Sophia Wetmore Birth: January 13, 1821 25 18 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: June 5, 1887 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT |
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Marriage: September 22, 1839 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT |
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7 months son |
Lewis Augustine Fairchild Birth: May 1, 1840 28 19 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: 1841 |
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3 months daughter |
Mary Jane Fairchild Birth: August 8, 1840 28 19 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: July 28, 1915 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
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3 years daughter |
Sarah Maria Fairchild Birth: September 11, 1843 31 22 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: 1844 |
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4 years son |
Charles Henry Fairchild Birth: July 27, 1847 35 26 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: 1848 |
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16 months daughter |
Julia Augusta Fairchild Birth: December 3, 1848 36 27 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: 1849 |
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16 months son |
William Arthur Fairchild Birth: April 15, 1850 38 29 — Newtown, Fairfield, CT Death: October 11, 1863 — Fairwater, Fond Du Lac, WI |
- Generation 1
David Wheeler Fairchild, son of Ziba Fairchild and Lucy Ann Wheeler, was born on March 5, 1812 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT and died on November 30, 1883 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT at the age of 71. He married Emeline Sophia Wetmore, daughter of Ephraim Peck Wetmore and Sophia Griffin, on September 22, 1839 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT. She was born on January 13, 1821 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT and died on June 5, 1887 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT at the age of 66.
Children of David Wheeler Fairchild and Emeline Sophia Wetmore:
- Lewis Augustine Fairchild (1840–1841)
- Mary Jane Fairchild (1840–1915)
- Sarah Maria Fairchild (1843–1844)
- Charles Henry Fairchild (1847–1848)
- Julia Augusta Fairchild (1848–1849)
- William Arthur Fairchild (1850–1863)
- Generation 2back to top
Mary Jane Fairchild, daughter of David Wheeler Fairchild and Emeline Sophia Wetmore, was born on August 8, 1840 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT and died on July 28, 1915 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT at the age of 74. She married William H. Lawrence, son of James Lawrence and Charlotte J. Shepard, on November 17, 1856 in Bethel, Fairfield, CT. He was born on May 5, 1838 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT and died in 1876 in Bethel, Fairfield, CT at the age of 37.
Children of Mary Jane Fairchild and William H. Lawrence:
- Charlotte Emeline Lawrence (1858–1915)
- Frances Adelaide Lawrence (1860–1902)
- William Arthur Lawrence (1862–1863)
- Catherine (Kate) Adeline Lawrence (1864–1932)
- Ammon Lewis Lawrence (1870–1876)
- Bertha May Lawrence (1873–1874)
- Generation 3back to top
Charlotte Emeline Lawrence, daughter of William H. Lawrence and Mary Jane Fairchild, was born in December 1858 in Bethel, Fairfield, CT and died on October 4, 1915 in Bethel, Fairfield, CT at the age of 56. She married George W Wheeler about 1879. He was born on September 22, 1849 in Redding CT and died on March 17, 1916 in Bethel CT at the age of 66.
Frances Adelaide Lawrence, daughter of William H. Lawrence and Mary Jane Fairchild, was born on July 12, 1860 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT and died on March 2, 1902 in Bethel, Fairfield, CT at the age of 41. She married George Wheeler.
William Arthur Lawrence, son of William H. Lawrence and Mary Jane Fairchild, was born on October 31, 1862 in Newtown, Fairfield, CT and died in 1863 in Bethel, Fairfield, CT at the age of 2 months. He married Gertrude Estelle Stanton, daughter of John R Stanton and Lucretia Phelps,. She was born on December 4, 1864 in Litchfield CT and died on December 13, 1951 in Danbury CT at the age of 87.
Children of William Arthur Lawrence and Gertrude Estelle Stanton:
- Leon Arthur Lawrence (1890–1963)
- Edith May Lawrence (1886–1886)
- Edna May Lawrence (1886–1921)
- Helen Gertrude Lawrence (1892–1983)
Catherine (Kate) Adeline Lawrence, daughter of William H. Lawrence and Mary Jane Fairchild, was born on July 7, 1864 in Bethel, Fairfield, CT and died on March 17, 1932 in Wallingford, New Haven, CT at the age of 67. She married Franklin Wilkes Porter, son of Charles Joyce Porter and Hannah A. Wilkes, on June 5, 1884 in Bethel, Fairfield, CT. He was born on January 5, 1860 in Bethel, Fairfield, CT and died in 1877 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT at the age of 16.
Children of Catherine (Kate) Adeline Lawrence and Franklin Wilkes Porter:
- Ina Belle Porter (1887–1974)
- Frederick L. Porter (1892–1893)
Bertha May Lawrence, daughter of William H. Lawrence and Mary Jane Fairchild, was born on December 13, 1873 in Bethel, Fairfield, CT and died in 1874 in CT at the age of 19 days. She married Homer Fillow. He was born on June 9, 1862 and died on April 2, 1939 at the age of 76.
| BURI | Wooster Cem., Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
| Shared note | !Early Fairchilds in America and their Descendants, compiled by Jean Fairchild Gilmore (1991); !Genealogy of the Fairchild Family and Allied Families of Newtown and Vicinity: The family moved to Fairwater, Fond du Lac, WI. in 1856 for ten years, then in Springville, NY., six years. David and Emeline separated while living in Springville. David returned to Danbury and Emeline to Newtown. He died in Danbury at the home of his daughter. He was a carpenter.; !Marriage:Barbour Collection, Newtown Vital Records, Vol. 3, Page 97; copy of page 97 in file; !Occ:Carpenter; |