Fairservice History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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• Scotland

Early Origins of the Fairservice family

The surname Fairservice 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 from early times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Important Dates for the Fairservice family

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Fairservice Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ferservice, Fairservice, Fayreservice and others.

Early Notables of the Fairservice family (pre 1700)

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Fairservice migration to the United States

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fairservice Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• John Fairservice, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1766 ^[1]

Fairservice Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Thomas Fairservice, aged 55, who arrived in New York in 1894 aboard the ship "Nebraska" from Glasgow, Scotland ^[2]
• Isa H Fairservice, aged 20, who arrived in New York in 1894 aboard the ship "Anchoria" from Glasgow via Moville ^[3]

Fairservice Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

• Mary Fairservice, aged 63, originally from Glasgow, who arrived in New York in 1905 aboard the ship "Furnessia" from Glasgow, Scotland ^[4]
• Richard Fairservice, aged 25, originally from Dunoon, Scotland, who arrived in New York in 1907 aboard the ship "Columbia" from Glasgow, Scotland ^[5]

Contemporary Notables of the name Fairservice (post 1700)

• Don Fairservice, American film historian
• Colin Fairservice (1909-1999), English cricketer who played for Kent from 1929 to 1933
• William John "Bill" Fairservice (1881-1971), English first-class cricketer for Kent County Cricket Club between 1902 and 1921, father of Colin Fairservice

Citations

1. ^ 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)
2. ^ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXMW-TZ3 : 6 December 2014), Thomas Fairservice, 17 Jul 1894; citing departure port Glasgow, arrival port New York, ship name Nebraska, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ^ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JX93-X46 : 6 December 2014), Isa H Fairservice, 23 Apr 1894; citing departure port Glasgow via Moville, arrival port New York, ship name Anchoria, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ^ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JFQ2-JZD : 6 December 2014), Mary Fairservice, 23 May 1905; citing departure port Glasgow, arrival port New York, ship name Furnessia, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ^ "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JXV2-MJ3 : 6 December 2014), Richard Fairservice, 22 Jul 1907; citing departure port Glasgow, arrival port New York, ship name Columbia, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).