Any sign of my Fairbrothers?

[Mary from Italy]

From Google book search:

Scottish law review and Sheriff Court reports: Volume 59 Scotland. Sheriff Courts - 1943 - Snippet view

At the British Embassy, Chungking, on 14th November, Lieutenant Colin Stevenson Fairbrother, MA(Oxon.), SSC At Buckie...

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...og&sa=N&tab=wp

[Mary from Italy]

Ah, SSC means Solicitor of the Supreme Court, according to this short obit, which confirms that he's Arthur's son:

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?h...rc=&pid=213430

[Mary from Italy]

There's an Alan C Fairbrother in the Glasgow phone book from 1968 to 1977 (not at the same address as the others), and SP is showing a death for Alan Charles Fairbrother in 1977.

Another Google book snippet:

Oxford University calendar University of Oxford - 1941 - Snippet view

1939 Fairbrother, Alan Charles Whit- ton Lydeard
1939 Fairbrother, Colin Stevenson ...

http://books.google.co.uk/books?ei=Y...#search_anchor

[Mary from Italy]

Alan gets a mention in the London Gazette in 1942:

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issu...upplements/279
http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issu...upplements/280

Not sure how to read it; he was with the RAF volunteer reserve, and I assume it means he was a leading aircraftman, appointed as probationary pilot officer (emergency).

Gunner Colin Stevenson Fairbrother got an emergency commission as 2nd lieutenant in the Indian Army in 1942:

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/35912/pages/892

[Uncle John]

Many thanks for all of these links. The Google book search isn't showing the right bit but the Andrews Newspaper clipping on Ancestry gives the full story. And usefully gives addresses, which explains why Elizabeth died where she did. Interesting how Alan's last forename got corrupted from Lidyard (unless the newpaper mangled it of course).

[Mary from Italy]

Originally Posted by Uncle John

Many thanks for all of these links. The Google book search isn't showing the right bit but the Andrews Newspaper clipping on Ancestry gives the full story. And usefully gives addresses, which explains why Elizabeth died where she did. Interesting how Alan's last forename got corrupted from Lidyard (unless the newpaper mangled it of course).

No, it's Lydeard in the Gazette too, so that's presumably the spellng he used.

[Mary from Italy]

I wonder if Elizabeth's maiden name was Whitton or Stevenson?

[Uncle John]

An interesting thought. I haven't yet looked in familyrelatives overseas BMDs to see if the marriage is there. I've now expanded on your phone book finds and found Alan in Finchley Road from 1936 to 1940 and Elizabeth in Campsie Glen in 1942-44.

[Alanadickinson2]

We have noted your posts of 2010 expressing an interest in our ancestors Arthur Fairbrother and his wife, Elizabeth Ann.

For your information, Arthur Fairbrother died in January 1938, and Elizabeth's maiden name was Smith.

We are curious why you were interested in these particular members of our family.

[Uncle John]

Welcome to GF Alan. The connection is our common Lidyard ancestry.
Joseph Lidyard (1796-1878) and Grace Walker (1796-1867) had ten children.
Ann Lidyard (1830-1916) was their 5th. child and my great-grandmother.
They also had 2 daughters named Elizabeth. The first one died and the second one (1840 to 1914) was their 10th. child. She married Alfred Robert Fairbrother, and I've simply traced that branch forward.
So Arthur Lidyard Fairbrother, one of the 3 children I found, is my 1st. cousin twice removed, and you must therefore be my third cousin!