Brief Life History of Janet
When Janet Baxter was born on 5 October 1821, in Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Alexander Baxter, was 25 and her mother, Helen Robertson, was 29. She lived in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1861.
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- Janet Baxter, "Scotland Census, 1861"
- Janet Baxter, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Janet Baxter in baptism in Old parochial registers for Errol
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1822 · Visit of King George IV to Scotland organized by Sir Walter Scott.
The Visit of King George IV was organized by Sir Walter Scott two years after the Radical War ended. For the celebration of the visit, the creation of the Tartan Kilts came about and were worn by all men attending the celebration. These types of kilts have become part of Scotland's national identity.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English baxter ‘baker’ (from Old English bæcestre ‘baker’, earlier ‘female baker’, the feminine equivalent of bæcere). Compare Baker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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