Fairchild (name)
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Fairchild is a common surname of Anglo-Saxon
, Dane origin, first recorded in Oxfordshire
where the family held a seat from the Dark Ages before the Norman Conquest with the arrival of William the Conqueror at Hastings
in 1066.. The name is derived from the Old English words for fair or beautiful and the word child.
Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon may refer to:* Anglo-Saxons, a group that invaded Britain** Old English, their language** Anglo-Saxon England, their history, one of various ships* White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, an ethnicity* Anglo-Saxon economy, modern macroeconomic term...
, Dane origin, first recorded in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
where the family held a seat from the Dark Ages before the Norman Conquest with the arrival of William the Conqueror at Hastings
Hastings
Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located east of the county town of Lewes and south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900....
in 1066.. The name is derived from the Old English words for fair or beautiful and the word child.
List of persons with the surname
- Fairchild familyFairchild familyThe Fairchild family has long roots in New England, United States. They descend from Thomas Fairchild who came from England in 1639 and settled in Stratford, Connecticut, a part of the fledgling New Haven Colony.-Genealogy:...
, descendants of Thomas Fairchild (1610–1670), son of William Fairchild (b.1577 in Essex England) - Barbara FairchildBarbara FairchildBarbara Fairchild is an American Country Music/Gospel Music Singer, who is best known for her 1973 Country chart-topper "The Teddy Bear Song". After the success of the song, she continued to have success on the Country charts....
, American country and gospel singer/songwriter from Knobel, Arkansas - Benjamin L. FairchildBenjamin L. FairchildBenjamin Lewis Fairchild was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Sweden , Monroe County, New York, Fairchild attended the public schools of Washington, D.C., and a business college. He was graduated from the law department of Columbian University at Washington, D.C., in 1885...
(1863–1946), five-time New York State Republican Congressman - Caitlin FairchildCaitlin FairchildCaitlin Fairchild is a fictional comic book superhero, who appears in the Wildstorm series Gen¹³. She was created by writers Jim Lee and Brandon Choi, and artist J. Scott Campbell.-Early life:Fairchild is the daughter of Alex Fairchild of Team 7...
, fictional Gen 13 comic book heroine - Cassius FairchildCassius FairchildCassius Fairchild was a Wisconsin businessman, politician, and military officer. Born in Franklin Mills, Ohio , Fairchild was educated mostly in Ohio. His father was Jairus C. Fairchild, who was the first Treasurer of Wisconsin and the first Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. His brother was Lucius...
(1829–1868), Wisconsin Democrat Party Leader and Union Army Colonel, U.S. Civil War - Charles Stebbins FairchildCharles S. FairchildCharles Stebbins Fairchild was a New York businessman and politician.-Biography:Born in Cazenovia, New York, to Sidney and Helen Fairchild, he graduated from Harvard College in 1863 and Harvard Law School in 1865. He was married to Helen Lincklaen in 1871...
(1842–1924), New York State Attorney General, 38th United States Secretary of Treasury - David Grandison FairchildDavid FairchildDavid Grandison Fairchild was an American botanist and plant explorer. Fairchild was responsible for the introduction of more than 200,000 exotic plants and varieties of established crops into the United States, including soybeans, pistachios, mangos, nectarines, dates, bamboos, and flowering...
(1869–1954), pioneering industrial botanist, plant explorer, son-in-law of Alexander Graham Bell - Edward Henry Fairchild (1815–1889), abolishionist educator, first President of Berea College, the first fully integrated southern university
- Edward Thomas FairchildEdward T. Fairchild (Wisconsin associate justice)Edward Thomas Fairchild was an American jurist and legislator from Wisconsin.Born in Towanda, Pennsylvania, Fairchild grew up in Dansville, New York, where he was educated...
(1872–1965), jurist, Wisconsin Supreme Court - Edward Thomson Fairchild (1854–1917), New Hampshire College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (U. of New Hampshire) President
- Frank Fairchild WesbrookFrank WesbrookFrank Fairchild Wesbrook was a Canadian physician, bacteriologist, academic, and University president. He was the first president of the University of British Columbia.-Biography:...
(1868–1918), First University of British Columbia President. - Fred Rogers FairchildFred Rogers FairchildFred Rogers Fairchild was an American economist and educator. Fairchild was born in Crete, Nebraska. His father was Arthur Babbitt Fairchild, a descendant of Thomas Fairchild who settled in New England in 1639. He was a brother of Henry Pratt Fairchild, a sociologist and educator. Fairchild...
(1877–1966), educator/economist, holder of Seymour Knox Chair Professor of Mathematical Institutional Economics (Emeritus) Yale University - George Thompson FairchildGeorge FairchildGeorge Thompson Fairchild was an American educator and university president.Fairchild was the son of Grandison Fairchild...
(1838–1901), college educator, President of Michigan State University and Kansas State University - George Winthrop FairchildGeorge Winthrop FairchildGeorge Winthrop Fairchild , was a six-term Republican U.S. Representative from New York.Prior to joining congress, he was a businessman and investor, best known as the chairman from 1915-1924 of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company which later became IBM.-Biography:He was born in Oneonta New...
(1854–1924), New York State Senator, Republican National Convention delegate, and co-founder of IBM - Alexander Graham Bell FairchildGraham FairchildAlexander Graham Bell Fairchild was an American entomologist, and a member of the Fairchild family, descendants of Thomas Fairchild of Stratford, Connecticut....
(1906–1994), Harvard educated entomologist, and grandson of Alexander Graham Bell - Henry Pratt FairchildHenry Pratt FairchildHenry Pratt Fairchild was a distinguished American sociologist. He was a sociologist who was actively involved in many of the controversial issues of his time. He wrote about race relations, abortion and contraception, and immigration...
(1880–1956), American sociologist, co-founder of Planned Parenthood - Herman LeRoy FairchildHerman LeRoy FairchildHerman Le Roy Fairchild was an American educator and geologist. He was an early proponent of the theory of meteorite impact causing craters such as that of Meteor Crater, Arizona....
(1850–1943), American geologist and college educator, early proponent of theorizing meteorite impact - Hiram Orlando FairchildHiram Orlando FairchildHiram Orlando Fairchild was a Wisconsin politician, legislator, and politician.Born in Newtown, Indiana, Fairchild graduated from Wabash College and was admitted to the bar. In 1869, he moved to Oconto, Wisconsin, and then to Marinette, Wisconsin where he helped with the creation of Marinette...
(1845–1925), Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly - Jim FairchildJim FairchildJim Fairchild is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He records under the name All Smiles.-Biography:...
(b.1973), American singer/songwriter guitarist, Band member of Modest Mouse - Jairus Cassius FairchildJairus C. FairchildJairus Cassius Fairchild was an American politician and businessman.Born in Granville, New York, he moved to Hudson, Ohio, where he was a merchant. Later he would move to Franklin Mills, Ohio for a brief time where he operated a tannery before relocating to Cleveland around 1834...
(1801–1862), first Wisconsin State Treasurer, and first mayor of Madison, Wisconsin - LeRoy Fairchild, founded the Masonic order, the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm in 1889
- Lucius FairchildLucius FairchildLucius Fairchild was an American politician, army general, and diplomat. He served as the tenth Governor of Wisconsin and as U.S. Minister to Spain.-Military career:...
(1831–1896), Civil War Brigadier General, three-term Governor of Wisconsin, U.S. Minister to Spain, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. - Lydia FairchildLydia FairchildLydia Fairchild and her children are the subjects of a documentary called The Twin Inside Me .Lydia Fairchild was pregnant with her third child when she and the father of her children, Jamie Townsend, separated...
, one of only 30 known worldwide cases of chimerism - Megan FairchildMegan FairchildMegan Fairchild is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. She studied at the Ballet West Conservatory in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she was born, and later on attended the School of American Ballet as a boarding student. She went to high school at the Professional Children's School. ...
, principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, from Salt Lake City, Utah - Morgan FairchildMorgan FairchildMorgan Fairchild is an American actress. She achieved prominence during the late 1970s and early 1980s with continuing roles in several television series, in which she usually conveyed a glamorous image. Fairchild has also performed in live theater and played guest roles in television comedies...
, American actress from Dallas, Texas - Muir Stephen FairchildMuir S. FairchildGeneral Muir Stephen Fairchild was former vice chief of staff of the United States Air Force. He was born September 2, 1894 at Bellingham, Washington, and died March 17, 1950 at Fort Myer, Virginia.-Early service:Muir S...
(1894–1950), Four-star General, Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force - Robert Fairchild, principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, soloist from Salt Lake City, Utah
- Sherman Mills FairchildSherman FairchildSherman Mills Fairchild was an inventor and serial entrepreneur who founded over 70 companies namely Fairchild Aircraft, Fairchild Industries, Fairchild Aviation Corporation and Fairchild Camera and Instrument. Fairchild made significant contributions to the aviation industry and was inducted into...
(1896–1971), industrialist inventor, founder of Fairchild Aviation, Fairchild-Strato, Fairchild-Hiller, Fairchild Recording, and Fairchild Camera and Instrument - Thomas Edward FairchildThomas E. FairchildThomas Edward Fairchild , was a U.S. federal judge and former politician from Wisconsin. Before his death, he served as a Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit....
(1912–2007), Wisconsin Attorney General, appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court and U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals after losing the 1952 Wisconsin Senate race to Joseph McCarthy from "McCarthy-ism" fame.