When Jane Baxter was born on 14 November 1818, in Rampton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Baxter, was 37 and her mother, Sarah Bird, was 34. She married John Whale in July 1842, in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Islington, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 9 April 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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English: occupational name from Middle English baxter ‘baker’ (from Old English bæcestre ‘baker’, earlier ‘female baker’, the feminine equivalent of bæcere). Compare Baker .
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