James Baxter & Euphemia Gibb of Bothwell

[merlinnz]

My knowledge is only that the three boys, Thomas, William and James left for NZ.

I am going to do some searching and retrieval now, I jhave just finished work.

[merlinnz]

James died 22 Dec 1878 in Hamilton, Lanark, his son Walter was present and witness this and his mother's death cert.

As you rightly found, parents are david and elizabeth (nee brown).

[merlinnz]

David and Elizabeth married in Newton, Midlothian 19/3/1814

[merlinnz]

Euphemia was born 14 July 1814! So I guess they "had" to get married!

[merlinnz]

Jean Cuthbertson was married to ThomaGibb on 23 June 1798 in Shotts, Lanark

Jean was born 1779 Newarthill Lanark

Thomas was born 1775 Newarthill Lanark

[merlinnz]

1871 census

1871   BAXTER   EUPHEMIA   F   54   LARKHALL   /LANARK   638/01 004/01 010

James baxter                          55
William (I thnk)                       29
Walter                                    12
Peter                                      11
Euphemia                               18
Euphemia  (grand daughter)  7

[MonicaL]

Apart from Euphemia, some siblings showing for James Baxter on the OPRs:

1. 02/07/1825   BAXTER   JOHN GRAHAM @ Newton/MIDLOTHIAN   696/ 0050 0065   

2. 07/06/1823   BAXTER   PETER   @ Newton/MIDLOTHIAN   696/ 0050 0043   

3. 05/08/1820   BAXTER   THOMAS   @ Newton/MIDLOTHIAN   696/ 0050 0058

4. 12/06/1818   BAXTER   WILLIAM   @ Newton/MIDLOTHIAN   696/ 0030 0134

Monica 

[MonicaL]

This looks a possibility for James's mother Elizabeth in the 1841 Census, everyone showing as born out of the county:

Elizabeth Baxter 47
Thomas Baxter    20, miner
Peter Baxter    18, engineer
Isabella Baxter 13
Margret Baxter    8
James Bailie    20, lab. b. England

Address:  Village Of Newarthill, Bothwell Holytown

[merlinnz]

so that would make Elizabeth born in the mid 1790's.