Rev Robert Fairley & Margaret Fairley correspondence
Bundle of miscellaneous letters, some official, and papers relating to the mission in Fernando Po including Fairley's contribution, 1881-1937. Illustrated scrapbook entitled "Missionary articles and letters, 1883-1904, Rob. Fairley". 2 volumes entitled "Journals of Fernandian Life and Work" 1883-85...
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MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/FBN 7 (fiche 266-272 & 279) |
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| Date(s) of creation: |
c1881-1937 |
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Sub-series |
| Format: | Archive |
| Main author: | Fairley; Margaret (fl 1880-1928); missionary wife |
| Other authors: | Fairley; Robert (c1855-1937); ordained missionary |
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MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Africa/FBN 7 (fiche 266-272 & 279) |
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| Summary: |
Bundle of miscellaneous letters, some official, and papers relating to the mission in Fernando Po including Fairley's contribution, 1881-1937. Illustrated scrapbook entitled "Missionary articles and letters, 1883-1904, Rob. Fairley". 2 volumes entitled "Journals of Fernandian Life and Work" 1883-85 and 1902 to 1904. Letters (some copies) in English, dated 1898-1905, from local residents to Rev and Mrs Fairley at the Methodist Mission house, Fernando Po [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea]. 2 photographs taken in Fernando Po [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea], one of Rev Fairley with a fathers' class and the other of Mrs Fairley with a mothers' class, n.d. Volume containing press-cuttings "Partly missionary, mainly general", early C20th. Scrapbook "Personal, Domestic and General" which includes a few family photographs, obituaries, marriage notices etc, early C20th. |
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| Main author: | Fairley; Margaret (fl 1880-1928); missionary wife | |
| Other authors: | Fairley; Robert (c1855-1937); ordained missionary | |
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5 volumes & 3 folders |
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| Admin history: | Robert Fairley was born at Dalkeith in Scotland ca. 1855. He became an ordained minister of the Primitive Methodist Church in 1876. He married Margaret Dickson in 1880 and, in 1883, he and his wife began the first of five terms of service in Fernando Po [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea]. Because of the high rate of mortality among Europeans in West Africa two years was set as the maximum period for one term of service. The Fairleys worked in Fernando Po [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea] until c1904 although Robert Fairley also made a pioneer journey to what was then known as the Oil Rivers Protectorate, now part of Nigeria. Here he was instrumental in establishing a mission at Akwa Effy in Eastern Nigeria. Margaret Fairley died on 3rd March 1928 aged 71. Robert Fairley later remarried (Emily Calder) and died, aged 82, on 5th January 1937. | Robert Fairley was born at Dalkeith in Scotland ca. 1855. He became an ordained minister of the Primitive Methodist Church in 1876. He married Margaret Dickson in 1880 and, in 1883, he and his wife began the first of five terms of service in Fernando Po [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea]. Because of the high rate of mortality among Europeans in West Africa two years was set as the maximum period for one term of service. The Fairleys worked in Fernando Po [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea] until c1904 although Robert Fairley also made a pioneer journey to what ... View more |
| Custodial history: | Donated to the Methodist Missionary Society by Mrs Fernella Mary Burling in 1978. | |
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Open |
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| Access conditions: |
Only to be viewed on microfiche. |
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| Copyright: | Copyright held by Methodist Missionary SocietyApply to SOAS Archives & Special Collections in the first instance. | |
| Language: | English Bube Spanish |
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| Related material: | Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence of the Primitive Methodist Missionary Society. Extant correspondence for Fairley from Fernando Po [Bioko, Equatorial Guinea] should be within MMS/PMMS/Correspondence/Fernando Po/ FBN 6). | |
| Format: | Archive | |
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