Individual Details
Joseph Ellin Fairburn
(4 Aug 1894 - 19 Feb 1968)
From the Philadelphia Inquirer (1/13/1916):
"AWARDED $3500 FOR LEG
Second Trial Results in Verdict Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Second trial of the suit of Joseph Fairburn, of 3579 Tulip street, against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, to recover damages for the loss of his right leg, which had to be amputated after being crushed under a locomotive near Tioga and Tulip streets about eight years ago, yesterday resulted in a verdict for $3500 in favor of the plaintiff, before Judge Davis, in Common Pleas Court No. 3.
At the time of his accident, Fairburn was only about 14 years old. His father, Joseph Fairburn, Sr., who was a party to the suit was awarded $750 for the loss of his son's services due to his crippled condition.
Events
| Birth | 4 Aug 1894 | Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |  | ||
| Residence | 1 Jun 1900 | 3479 Weikel Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1908 | lost his leg dur to railroad accident - (near) Tioga & Tulip streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 15 Apr 1910 | 3579 Tulip Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 13 Jan 1916 | 3579 Tulip Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 20 Feb 1916 | Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States - Julia Elliott | | ||
| Residence | 1917 | 3569 Tulip Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 3 Oct 1918 | received double sentence for multiple auto thefts - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 3 Oct 1918 | Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 9 Oct 1925 | assaulted Hans Norley or Nahlee, who later died, - Ontario and Belgrade streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 12 Oct 1925 | Tulip and Venango streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1942 | 3569 Tulip Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | | ||
| Death | 19 Feb 1968 | | |||
| Reference No | 00560057.04.02.02 |
Families
| Spouse | Julia Elliott (1897 - 1968) |
| Child | Julia Fairburn (1917 - 1917) |
| Child | Francis John Fairburn (1918 - 1998) |
| Father | Joseph E. Fairburn (1872 - 1929) |
| Mother | Mary C. Flaherty (1872 - 1957) |
| Sibling | Charles Fairburn (1892 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Jennie Fairburn (1896 - 1941) |
| Sibling | William Price Fairburn (1900 - 1965) |
Endnotes
1. "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530 : accessed 24 June 2014), Joseph Fairburn, Jr., https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-26647-22179-32?cc=1968530.
2. Pennsylvania "Pennsylvania, Prison, Reformatory, and Workhouse Records, 1829-1971," index & images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61173 : accessed 4 August 2018), Joseph Fairburn Jr, aka Joseph Ellin Fairburn Jr., No. B9383.
3. 1900 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania || Phila. Co., PA, population schedule , Ward 25, Philadelphia, enumeration district (ED) 603, sheet 15B, dwelling 297, family 302, Joseph Fairburn; digital images, FamilySearch.org (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 24 June 2014).
4. "Awarded $3500 For Leg," The Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Inquirer, 13 January 1916, p.9; online images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 21 January 2017).
5. 1910 U.S. Census, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania || Phila. Co., PA, population schedule , Ward 45, Philadelphia, enumeration district (ED) 1161, sheet 11A, dwelling 213, family 203, Joseph Fairburn; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1727033 : accessed 24 June 2014).
6. "Awarded $3500 For Leg," The Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Inquirer, 13 January 1916, p.9; online images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 21 January 2017).
7. "Delaware Marriage Records, 1806-1933," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1673 : accessed 4 July 2017), Joseph Fairburn & Julia S. Elliott.
8. "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530 : accessed 24 June 2014), Joseph Fairburn, Jr., https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-26647-22179-32?cc=1968530.
9. "Auto Thief Gets Double Sentence," The Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Inquirer, 4 October 1918, p.8; online images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 21 January 2017).
10. Pennsylvania "Pennsylvania, Prison, Reformatory, and Workhouse Records, 1829-1971," index & images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=61173 : accessed 4 August 2018), Joseph Fairburn Jr, aka Joseph Ellin Fairburn Jr., No. B9383.
11. "Cripple Wields Crutch," p.2, The Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Inquirer, 10 October 1925; online images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 21 January 1925).
12. "Cripple Held in Death," The Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Inquirer, 12 October 1925, p.2; online images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 21 January 2017).
13. "Cripple Wields Crutch," p.2, The Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Inquirer, 10 October 1925; online images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 21 January 1925).
14. "United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1861144 : accessed 24 June 2014), Joseph Ellan Fairburn, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11823-135492-86?cc=1861144.
15. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch, FamilySearch U.S. Social Security Death Index (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1202535 : accessed 24 June 2014), Joseph Fairburn, 166-22-3512.
16. "Joseph Fairburn Jr. Obituary," The Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Inquirer, 22 February 1968, p.31; online images, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 21 January 2017).