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Robert Baxter (abt. 1850 - aft. 1918)

Robert Baxter
Born about in Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdommap [uncertain]
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 31 Dec 1873 in Tradeston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdommap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , and
Died after after about age 67 in Donkin, Cape Breton, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canadamap
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Biography

This profile is part of the Donkin, Nova Scotia One Place Study.

Robert Baxter was born about Dec 1850 in Kirkliston, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, son of Robert Baxter (1821 - 1880) and Christina Kerr (1821 - 1885). [1]

Robert (~23) married Elizabeth Kinnaird (21) (1852 - 1939) on 31 Dec 1873 in Tradeston, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]. Their children were:

  1. Mary Baxter (1874 - )
  2. Robert Baxter (1876 - 1959)
  3. John Baxter (~1877 - ~1963)
  4. William Baxter (~1883 - )
  5. Elizabeth (Baxter) Anderson (1892 - 1979).

Occupation: Coal Miner Hewer [3]

1901 Lived at Coalburn New Bldgs - Civil Parish: Lesmahagow - County: Lanarkshire[3]

Immigrated to Canada in 1905 [4]

1911 Living Dominion No 6 "Donkin" Nova Scotia [5]


Robert died after 18 Jul 1918 in Donkin, Cape Breton, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada aged >67. [6]

Sources

  1. ↑ https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1911&op=pdf&id=e001966285
  2. ↑ Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT1N-9JY : 11 February 2020), Elizabeth Kinnaird in entry for Robert Baxter, 1873.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  4. ↑ APID 1,8991::8526927. "Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2QS4-NTT : 11 March 2018), Robert Baxter, Apr 1905; citing Immigration, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, T-499, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
  5. ↑ Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1911. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada, 2007. http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1911/Pages/about-census.aspx. Series RG31-C-1. Statistics Canada Fonds. Microfilm reels T-20326 to T-20460.
  6. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives: Arthur Anderson death at Glace Bay, Cape Breton County on July 28, 1940 Male Death Registration: Year: 1940 file: 192 number: 573 https://archives.novascotia.ca/vital-statistics/death/?ID=306965




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