This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Fairbrother, Windship, Winship, Wenn, Chapin, Jackson, Bruce Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/RRB.2ACE/6199 Message Board Post: Searching for information on the Orlando Fairbrother (b. 1840) in New York. He was the son of Edwin and Eliza Orpha (Jackson) Fairbrother - both of Vermont. Orlando's siblings included Erwin O. Fairbrother (b. abt 1837), Candis Fairbrother Winship (b. 1838), Emeline Fairbrother Chapin (b. 1842), and Alonzo C. Fairbrother (b. 1844). In 1860, Orlando is living in Little Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York with his grandparents Amos Jackson and Olive (Bruce) Jackson. The 1865 Index of New York State - Cattaraugus County still lists Orlando Fairbrother as living in Little Valley. I can find no record of Orlando Fairbrother in 1870 but by that time he would have been married to Mary (Windship?) Fairbrother (b. abt 1845). 3 children of Orlando and Mary were born in New York - probably in Little Valley. Elden Clarence Fairbrother (b. 1867), Emaline Fairbrother (b. 1868), Anna E. Fairbrother (b. 1869). By 1880, Orlando and family had moved to Imlay City, Lapeer County, Michigan where the family remained. I am particularly interested in maiden name of Orlando's wife Mary. Although I've seen references of her maiden name being "Windship", pg 149 of "Genealogical and Family History of Western New York" Vol. 1 (pub 1912) lists Orlando Fairbrother being married to a Mary "Wenn". Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated.