Matthew Baxter

Maleabout 1892–18 June 1961

Brief Life History of Matthew

When Matthew Baxter was born about 1892, in Jamaica, his father, Israel Baxter, was 24 and his mother, Ann Elizabeth Duncan, was 26. He married Adlin Stewart on 1 February 1922, in Saint Mary, Jamaica. He died on 18 June 1961, in Saint Mary, Jamaica, at the age of 70.

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Family Time Line

Matthew Baxter
1892–1961
Adlin Stewart
1902–1991
Marriage: 1 February 1922

Sources (3)

  • Matthew Baxter, "Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1880-1999"
  • Matthew Baxter, "Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1880-1999"
  • Matthew Baxter in entry for Adlyn Baxter, "Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1880-1999"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 February 1922Saint Mary, Jamaica
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (4)

    1907

    Age 15

    City of Kingston destroyed by earthquake.

    1944

    Age 52

    Universal adult suffrage introduced. new constitution providing for a popularly-elected House of Representatives promulgated.

    1958

    Age 66

    Jamaica becomes a member of the British-sponsored Federation of the West Indies.

    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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