Résumé

Military service, Spanish-American War.

Clerk, transportation company, San Francisco, CA, 1900.

Partner, Bliss and Fairweather, Architects, San Francisco, CA.

Relocation

J. Stewart Fairweather had a remarkably stable life, measured in terms of his family's and his own relocation. He spent his whole life in San Francisco, CA, having been born there on 10/15/1877. He lived for a long period on Steiner Street, and did not move around for work, like many architects. At age three, he lived with his parents and three siblings in a house at 150 Steiner Street. At the time, the family rented a room to a boarder, Ella Drury (born c. 1857 in NB), who likely was connected to J. Stewart's parents from their time living in New Brunswick. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1880; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: 79; Page: 378B; Enumeration District: 222, accessed 11/19/2021.)

By 1900, he and his family lived at 407 Steiner, where they dwelled next door to his brother Alfred Fairweather (born c. 02/1834 in NB), his wife Emily (born c. 09/1839 in Canada), and their four children. Alfred worked as a salesman of dry goods. J. Stewart's parents again had a boarder to earn added income in 1900, a 33-year-old insurance agent, also Canadian, William G. Knowlton (born c. 06/1866 in Canada). In 1900, he lived with his sister Eva, who worked as a school teacher, and brother Earnest, who was also a groceries salesman, like his uncle. At this time, J. Stewart worked as a clerk for a transport company.

In 09/1918, Fairweather resided with his wife at 431 Steiner Street in San Francisco. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: San Francisco Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 11/19/2021.)

The architect resided at 2590 Union Street in San Francisco on 04/27/1942, and continued to reside here at his death in 1947. He passed away at San Francisco's Hahnemann Hospital due to complications from coronary artery disease (atherosclerosis), and was buried at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 11/19/2021 and Ancestry.com, Source Information: California, U.S., San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1895-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, accessed 11/19/2021.)

Parents

His father was Julian Fairweather, his mother Emma Stewart. His parents were Canadian by birth, his father having been from Saint John's, NB. His mother was also from NB.

n 1880, Julian Fairweather operated a music store, perhaps selling instruments and/or sheet music. By 1900, Julian had switched professions, having become a building contractor.

Emma had had four children by 1880, who included: Eva Fairweather (born c. 1872 in CA), Blanche Fairweather (born c. 1876 in CA), and Earnest Fairweather (born 1879 in CA).

The 1900 US Census indicated that Julian Fairweather had come to the US in 1862, while Emma was recorded to have come in 1870,.

Spouse

He wed Rachael Amanda Hovey.

Biographical Notes

Fairweather's World War I draft registration card listed the architect as being Caucasian and tall with a medium build. He had brown eyes and light hair. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Registration State: California; Registration County: San Francisco Source Information: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 11/19/2021.) His World War II draft card noted that he stood 5-feet, 10-and-1/2-inches tall and weighed 155 pounds. By this age, 64, he wore glasses and was "slightly bald." (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War Ii Draft Cards [4th Registration] For the State of California; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147, accessed 11/19/2021.)