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Fairey History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables

Ireland United States Australia New Zealand

Contemporary Notables Related Stories Citations

Fairey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Scotland
Ireland

Early Origins of the Fairey family

The surname Fairey was first found in Lanarkshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) a former county in the central Strathclyde region of Scotland, now divided into the Council Areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and the City of Glasgow, where they held a family seat at Rutherglen from early times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066. An ancient couplet says "nae man can tell, nae man has seen, when the Faries Haena in Ruglen been." A rough translation of this couplet: "no man can remember when there hasn't been a family of Faries at Rutherglen." 1

Early History of the Fairey family

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Fairey Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fairie, Fairrie, Farie, Fairey, Ferry, Ferrie, Fairy, Faireye and many more.

Early Notables of the Fairey family

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Migration of the Fairey family to Ireland

Some of the Fairey family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 77 words (6 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Fairey migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fairey Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

James Fairey, who settled in Charles Town [Charleston], South Carolina in 1772
James Fairey, who landed in South Carolina in 1772 2

Fairey migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Fairey Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

John Fairey, aged 33, a farm labourer, who arrived in South Australia in 1850 aboard the ship "Constance" 3

Fairey migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Fairey Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

James Fairey, aged 38, a shoemaker, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Cartvale" in 1874
Martha Fairey, aged 38, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Cartvale" in 1874
Julia Fairey, aged 9, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Cartvale" in 1874
Herbert Fairey, aged 4, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Cartvale" in 1874
Alvina Fairey, aged 7 months, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Cartvale" in 1874
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Fairey (post 1700) +

James Burke Fairey (b. 1944), American former professional baseball player
Frank Shepard Fairey (b. 1970), American contemporary artist, graphic designer, and illustrator
John Stephen Fairey (1935-2009), British aviator
David Harold Richardson Fairey (b. 1940), former English cricketer
Francis Thrower Fairey (1887-1971), Canadian politician
Sir Charles Richard Fairey (1887-1956), English aeronautical inventor

Citations +

Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) CONSTANCE 1850. Retrieved http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1850Constance.htm