Baxter Family - Motherwell, Wishaw

[Drop Bear]

Hi All,

Great Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents William Baxter & Janet Johnstone
Great Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents Andrew Baxter & Mary White
Great Great Great Great Great Grandparents Andrew Baxter & Mary Nisbet
Great Great Great Great Grandparents Andrew Baxter & Jean Thomson
Great Great Great Grandparents Robert Baxter & Margaret Donaldson
Great Great Grandparents Andrew Baxter & Elizabeth Stewart
Great Grandparents William Baxter & Isabella Mitchell McFarlane & then Sarah Bright
Grandparents William Baxter & Mary Ann Jordan

This is my family does anyone have any direct links to these people?

[GeriK64]

  Hi Drop Bear,

 I came accross William and Mary Ann Baxter in
Grave number 94 - 3D in St Patricks cemetery in New Stevenston

the date for William is: 16/10/1954 and Mary Ann: 8/10/1963.   

[GeriK64]

Hello again,

Sorry, I just realised that your looking for a direct link to these family members, and you probably know the information I posted. 

[Alba]

Hi  Drop Bear.

I can link to Andrew Baxter and Jean Thomson.
My Great Great Great Grandfather was Thomas Baxter (1818)  married to Janet Sneddon.  Thomas is younger brother to your Robert.

Drop me a line if you would like to compare notes 

[Lodger]

Hi Drop Bear,

I have no link to your family but did find a few of them in the Cambusnethan cemetery records. You may already have this information but just in case you dont.

First of all, a burial in Common (or Public) Ground.

LYDIA BAXTER. Servant, Overtown, aged 20 years, unmarried.
Parents - Andrew Baxter and Elizabeth Stewart.
Interred 19th January 1881.

The next two are interred in Section D 130.
ANDREW BAXTER, miner, Wishaw, aged 54 years, married.
Parents - Robert Baxter and Margaret Donaldson.
Interred 12th June 1889.

AGNES BAXTER, Wishaw, aged 4 months.
Parents - Andrew Baxter and Jeanie Lindsay.
Interred 8th June 1895.

The last two are interred in Section D 70.

FRANCIS GLIDDEN, coal miner, Bowhousebog, aged 25 years, married.
Parents - william Glidden and Grace Harris.
Interred 8th September 1888.

ELIZABETH GLIDDEN, Motherwell, aged 32 years, widow.
Parents - Andrew Baxter and Elizabeth Stewart.
Interred 7th September 1897.

Not much, but it may help to pad-out the tree a  little.
Not too many Baxters in Cambusnethan parish, none mentioned in the Monumental Inscriptions in the parish churchyard.
Same for Dalziel parish, no Baxters mentioned on the stones in the old parish burial ground or in South Dalziel parish churchyard.
There are a few in Shotts parish I think, but I don't have a full transcript of the stones there.

Good luck,

Lodger

[Drop Bear]

Thank you for your reply Alba, I don't have a Thomas listed as a child of Andrew & Jean but please don't misunderstand. This part of the tree is coming together way too rapidly for me to keep up at the moment. As I add to it I am verifying everything which is slowing down the process. I am particularly keen for your information as I am a Baxter and this IS my family. Send me a PM and I will give you my e-mail address.

Kind regards,
Liz

[Drop Bear]

Lodger, my Knight In Shining Armour. I don't know if you realise how many times you have helped in the past, you are worth your weight in gold.

I was born and live in Australia and never had the pleasure of knowing any of my relatives, that is why finding out who my family was is so important.

All of the listed people are mine (although I am not sure about Agnes, but I will look into that).

I don't suppose you have any photos? The above mentioned William and Mary Ann (my Grandparents) I have a photo of as they died before my Mum & Dad came to Australia and obviously a photo was taken before they left.

The further back I go (I have reached 1685) they have come from West Lothian, Slamannan & Polmont. It would seem that my Great Grandparents William & Isabella were the start of the Cambusnethan line.

Once again Lodger, thank you so much.
Kind regards,
Liz

[Drop Bear]

My apologies Alba, as I said this family is coming together too rapidly to keep up. I am only adding people to my actual family tree as I verify each one. I went venturing into my "big box of stuff" and I do have Thomas Baxter born 5th November 1818, Baptised 6th December 1818 that I can verify. I have a Thomas Baxter marrying a Janet Snaddon (note the spelling) 4th June 1842 but have not been able to verify this as it does not give parents names. If you have a death date for Thomas, this would verify his parents and spouse.

Regards
Liz

[davidconway]

My son in law Ross Neilly is the son of the late Sheana Baxter Neilly,nee Whitehall.Her maternal grand mother was Jeanie Moffat Richardson,nee Baxter.Jeanie's parents were Robert Baxter and Maggie Gibb.Robert was born 1859 in Slamannan to Andrew Baxter [b.1834, Polmont,d 1889 Cambusnethan] and Elizabeth Stewart[ b.1838,Inveresk].Andrew Baxter was son of Robert Baxter and Margaret Donaldson [d 1857 Slamannan].Margaret's parents were Matthew and Katherine Donaldson.