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Fairchild (name)

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Fairchild
Other names
Variant form(s)Fairbairn

Fairchild is a common surname derived from the Old English words for fair or beautiful and the word child.[1] Originally a given name, early records of its use as a surname are found in Oxfordshire, Surrey and Sussex.[1]

List of persons with the surname

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  • Fairchild family, descendants of Thomas Fairchild (1610–1670), son of William Fairchild (b.1577 in Essex England)

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  • Cassius Fairchild (1829–1868), Wisconsin Democratic Party Leader and Union Army colonel, U.S. Civil War
  • Charles S. Fairchild (1842–1924), New York State Attorney General, 38th United States Secretary of Treasury

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  • LeRoy Fairchild, founded the Masonic order, the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm in 1889
  • Lucius Fairchild (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 Fairchild, one of only 30 known worldwide cases of chimerism

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  • Sherman Fairchild (1896–1971), industrialist inventor, founder of Fairchild Aviation, Fairchild-Strato, Fairchild-Hiller, Fairchild Recording, and Fairchild Camera and Instrument
  • Stuart Fairchild (born 1996), American baseball player

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  • Thomas E. Fairchild (1912–2007), Wisconsin Attorney General, appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court and U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals

Characters

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  • Miss Fairchild : From 'Hearts and Hands' by O. Henry
  • Caitlin Fairchild : From Prime Earth, DC Comics
  • Nikki Fairchild : From the Stark trilogy by J Kenner
  • Fairchild family : From Shadowhunters (Netflix show)
  • Simon Fairchild : From the Magnus Archives

References

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  1. ^ a b "Surname Database: Index of Surnames".