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The Fairbanks family is a noted American and Canadian family of English origin. The family descends from colonist Jonathan Fairbanks , who emigrated to Boston , Massachusetts in 1633 with his family, settling at Dedham, Massachusetts three years later. [ 1 ]
Ralph Jacobus Fairbanks (December 26, 1857 – October 3, 1943) was an American prospector, entrepreneur, and pioneer who established several towns in the Death Valley area of California, including Fairbanks Springs [1] (1904–05), Shoshone (1910), and Baker (1929).
The Fairbanks family remained in Boston for about three years before settling in Dedham as one of the earliest settler families. The family purchased 12 acres of land, and in 1641, master carpenters began constructing their home. [2] Jonathan Fairbanks signed the Covenant when the town was founded and named.
Ortho Rollin Fairbanks (April 25, 1925 – June 2, 2015) [1] was one of many members of the Fairbanks family who have been prominent artists. Fairbanks was the grandson of painter John B Fairbanks , the nephew of sculptor Avard Tennyson Fairbanks , and the nephew of sculptor-painter John Leo Fairbanks .
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. [1] (born Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman; May 23, 1883 – December 12, 1939) was an American actor and filmmaker best known for being the first actor to play the masked Vigilante Zorro [2] and other swashbuckling roles in silent films.
Emily H. Fairbanks was born February 22, 1834, in Winthrop, Maine, [1] [2] the daughter of Lydia Wood Tinkham and Columbus Fairbanks, [3] [4] a farmer. She was the eighth of nine children. [3] In 1850, Phebe W. and Charles W. Fairbanks were at home with Emily and their parents. [2] Three of Emily's siblings died within their first two years of ...
Fairbanks was born in the town of Brimfield, Massachusetts, on January 16, 1796, the second of three sons of Joseph Fairbanks and Phebe (née Paddock) Fairbanks. [1] He was educated in the schools of Brimfield while working on the family farm in his spare time, and showed a natural inclination toward mechanics. [2] [3]
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr. (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor, producer, and decorated naval officer of World War II.He is best-known for starring in such films as The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Gunga Din (1939), and The Corsican Brothers (1941).