James Baxter & Euphemia Gibb of Bothwell

[merlinnz]

I am tracing my mother's paternal line.



so far


Jocelyn Baxter (my mother) b 1936 Tauranga NZ d 06 Dec 1989

John (known as Jack) Cunningham Baxter b 1901 Kokiri, Tauranga, NZ
Sisters Isa and Pearl (mrs Ross Clark)

Thomas Baxter (John's Dad)  m (Sarah) Amelia Cunningham in Taipo NZ
(died 10 Jan 1927 aged 59). Brother William.


Thomas Baxter  m (1858 Holytown, bothwell, Lanark)  Christina Pettigrew (died 14 March 1883 (Hokitika, NZ). William and James were brothers. All 3 joined as sawmillers in NZ.

James Baxter m Euphemia Gibb in Bothwell 27 November 1836


And then I am stuck!

[merlinnz]

Oh, for those who may have similar relatives, the baxters of my line arrived on the Robert Henderson in about 1866.

[MonicaL]

Hi Merlinnz

You might get some clues from the 1851 Census re James and Euphemia. Have you got this (family transcribed as Baster):

James Baster    35, collier, b. Newton, Midlothian
Euphemia Baster 34, b. Bothwell
David Baster    14, collier
Thomas Baster    11, collier
William Baster    9
James Baster    7
Jane Baster    5
Betty Baster    3
Agnes Baster 3 Mo

Address: Cleland Road, Newarthill, Bothwell, Lanark

Regards.

Monica

[MonicaL]

These are some of the children's birth/christenings showing on IGI:

1. AGNES BAXTER   Christening: 12 JAN 1851 Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland
2. EUPHEMIA BAXTER Christening: 13 MAR 1853 Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland
3. ISABELLA BAXTER Birth: 22 SEP 1855 Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland
4. WALTER BAXTER Birth: 06 MAY 1858 Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland
5. PETER BAXTER Birth: 01 JAN 1861 Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland

You're in luck  - an 1855 birth for Isabella (No.3 above). The first year of official registration in Scotland resulted in a wealth of information being included on the BMDs that year. For that year only the entries ran over two pages of the register and for births, will include age of parents, where they were born, how many children they'd had (alive/deceased) etc.

Image available to view on Scotlands People.

Regards.

Monica

[merlinnz]

Monica

You're a star!!!! I did do census searches but I searched baxter, so how did you find them under baster?

[MonicaL]

The joy of Ancestry and wider search parameters (I searched for Agnes - no surname born in Bothwell in 1851 with a father James 

Family Search/IGI is on site maintainance (for the last two weeks  ).  I can only get so far and then it stops. There is this birth for example:

JAMES BAXTER  Birth: 09 FEB 1816/ Christening: 25 FEB 1816 Newton, Midlothian, Scotland

I can't see who his parents were...I'm hoping it's a David like the name of James and Euphemia's eldest son showing in 1851!

You also have the option of looking at James and Euphemia's death certs on Scotlands People which will include their parents' names (if known to the informant). There is a death of a Euphemia Gibb/Baxter born c. 1817 in 1875 in Lanark. If the right one, it will show whether James was still alive at this point or whether Euphemia was already a widow - helps to narrow down his death years.

Regards.

Monica

[MonicaL]

This looks like a possibility for Euphemia's birth or christening on the OPRs:

30/03/1817   GIBB   EUPHEMIA   THOMAS GIBB/JEAN CUTHBERTSON FR379   F   Bothwell   /LANARK   625/ 0010 0530

Regards.

Monica

[MonicaL]

  I've given up with IGI and searched on SP's OPR index for James:

25/02/1816   BAXTER   JAMES   DAVID BAXTER/ELISABETH BROWN FR849   M   Newton   /MIDLOTHIAN   696/ 0030 0119

That takes care of the first boys' names 

Regards.

Monica

[MonicaL]

Did the whole family including parents leave in 1866, can't see them in 1871. Below is their 1861 entry:

James Baxter    45
Euphemia Baxter 44
William Baxter    19
James Baxter    17
Jane Baxter    15
Betsy Baxter    13
Agnes Baxter    10
Euphemia Baxter 8
Isabella Baxter 5
Walter Baxter    2
Peter Baxter    3 Mo

Address:     Hamilton Rd, Holytown, Bothwell