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William Paxton 1814–1893 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1814

Birth Location: Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 25 May 1893

Death Location: Overton, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Father: George Paxton

Mother: Agnes Dawson

Spouse(s): May Baillie

Children(s): John Paxton, George Paxton, Peter Paxton, Christina Paxton, William Paxton, Agnes Paxton, James Paxton, Mary Paxton, Thomas Sr, Elizabeth Paxton, Isabella Paxton

William Paxton was born in 1814 in Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of George Paxton And Agnes Dawson. In 1851, William Paxton resided in Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland. William Paxton married May Baillie, and had children including Agnes Paxton, Christina Paxton, Elizabeth Paxton, George Kerr Paxton, Isabella Paxton, James Paxton, John Paxton, Mary Paxton, Peter Paxton, Thomas Paxton Sr, William Paxton. William Paxton passed away in 1893 in Overton, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • William Paxton was born in 1814 in Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland, the child of George Paxton And Agnes Dawson.
  • In 1851, William Paxton resided in Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland.
  • William Paxton married May Baillie, and had children including Agnes Paxton, Christina Paxton, Elizabeth Paxton, George Kerr Paxton, Isabella Paxton, James Paxton, John Paxton, Mary Paxton, Peter Paxton, Thomas Paxton Sr, William Paxton.
  • William Paxton passed away in 1893 in Overton, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Paxton
1774–
Birth Location: Dunbar,East Lothian,Scotland
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Agnes Dawson
1780–1868
Birth Location: Whittingehame, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

May Baillie
1821–1902
Birth Location: East Lothian, Scotland
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Children(s)

John Paxton
1852–
Birth Location: Yester, East Lothian
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George Paxton
1842–1926
Birth Location: Haddington, Scotland
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Peter Paxton
1844–1919
Birth Location: Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland
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Christina Paxton
1848–1910
Birth Location: Kilmany, fife shire
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William Paxton
1846–1892
Birth Location: Yester, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
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Agnes Paxton
1850–1914
Birth Location: Gifford, Haddingtonshire
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James Paxton
1856–
Birth Location: Yester, East Lothian
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Mary Paxton
1858–
Birth Location: Yester, East Lothian
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Thomas Sr
1851–1914
Birth Location: Yester, East Lothian
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Elizabeth Paxton
1860–
Birth Location: Yester,East Lothian,Scotland
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Isabella Paxton
1863–1935
Birth Location: Gifford, Haddingtonshire
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William Paxton's Ancestors

Self
William Paxton
1814–1893
Birth Place: Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland
Parents
George Paxton
1774–
Dunbar,East Lothian,Scotland
Agnes Dawson
1780–1868
Whittingehame, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Peter Paxton
–1819
Marion Little
1744–1821
Oldhamstocks, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Patrick Little
1714–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
James Little
1684–

William Paxton's Descendants

1.
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William Paxton (1814–25 May 1893) m. May Baillie (abt 1821–6 September 1902)
  1. 1. John Paxton 1852–
  2. 2. George (Kerr) Paxton 1842–1926 m. Joan McEwen 1845–1911
    1. 1. James (McEwen) Paxton 1874–1875
    2. 2. Andrew (Brown) Paxton 1878–1923 m. Alice (Elizabeth) Mansfield 1882–1963
      1. 1. Katie (Mansfield) Paxton 1916–2007 m. George (William) Debnam 1899–1985
      2. 2. Alice (Mary) Paxton 1913–1994 m. William (Walter) Hulbert 1917–1988
      3. 3. Ivy (Alice) Paxton 1907–1995 m. William (Henri) Schonbeck 1909–1990
        1. 1. Paul (William) Schonbeck 1932–2022 m. Jean (Allen) Bradley 1937–2021
        2. 2. John (Henry) Schonbeck 1945–2024
      4. 4. Constance (Annie) Paxton 1909–1950 m. Bertram (George) Williamson 1902–1975
    3. 3. Mary Paxton 1870–1949
    4. 4. Alexander (McEwen) Paxton 1877–1958 m. Alice (Eliza Louisa) Jackson 1880–1976
      1. 1. Joan (Lucy) Paxton 1912–1996
    5. 5. Archibald (McEwen) Paxton 1880–1953 m. Ada (May) Hatley 1882–1940
      1. 1. Archibald Paxton 1914–1914
      2. 2. Archibald (Hugh George 'Archie') Paxton 1915–1943 m. Florence (Mildred) Noble 1919–1986
    6. 6. Catherine (Bathgate) Paxton 1884–1912 m. Vernon (Sidney Walter) Herbert 1883–1927
      1. 1. Sidney (Walter) Herbert 1908–1926
    7. 7. Annie Paxton 1887–1915 m. George Blair 1884–1958
      1. 1. Annie (Paxton) Blair 1914–2002
    8. 8. Janet (Hodge) Paxton 1867–1956 m. Edward Harper 1867–1910
      1. 1. William (George) Harper 1903–1967 m. Georgina (Lyon) Winton 1893–1973
      2. 2. Charles Harper 1906–1908
      3. 3. Caroline (Annie) Harper 1897–1900
      4. 4. Ellen Harper 1901–1902
      5. 5. Edward Harper 1898–1898
      6. 6. Janet Harper 1895–1977
    9. 9. George (Kerr) Paxton 1872–1938 m. Alice (Elizabeth) Barber 1869–1957
      1. 1. Herbert (Leonard) Paxton 1905–1993 m. Violet (Lilian) Butler 1906–1994
      2. 2. George (Alexander Thomas) Paxton 1901–1991 m. Florence (Sophia) Coleborn 1907–1996
      3. 3. Elizabeth (A) Paxton 1900–1902
    10. 10. Helen (McEwan) Paxton 1875–1968 m. Walter (Tom) Miller 1877–1941
      1. 1. Betty (Ella) Miller 1919–2007 m. Colin (Harold) McKno 1914–1970
      2. 2. Nellie Miller 1901–
    11. 11. John Paxton 1882–1906
    12. 12. William Paxton 1870–1893
  3. 3. Peter Paxton 1844–1919 m. Eliza Waugh 1843–1909 m. Helen Nimmo 1843–1877
    1. 1. Helen Paxton 1877–1892
    2. 2. Jane (Walker) Paxton 1883–1947
    3. 3. Elizabeth Paxton 1869–1887
    4. 4. Peter Paxton 1867–1951
  4. 4. Christina Paxton 1848–1910 m. John Orr 1843–1890
    1. 1. Mary (Baillie) Orr 1873–1873
    2. 2. William (Paxton) Orr 1879–1949 m. Annie (Fairley) Stewart 1879–1968
      1. 1. John Orr 1906–1912
      2. 2. Christine (R Orr) (Adopted) 1897–
      3. 3. Annetta (Fairley) Orr 1914–1984 m. Franklin (David) Schampeau 1908–
    3. 3. Thomas (Wishart) Orr 1877–1956
    4. 4. Agnes (Scott) Orr 1875–1941 m. William (James) Gardiner 1882–1951
      1. 1. John (Orr) Gardiner 1909–1982
      2. 2. Walter (James) Gardiner 1907–
    5. 5. Robert (Alexander) Orr 1887–1953 m. Elizabeth (Rowan) Sutherland 1885–1967
      1. 1. Robert Orr 1914–1996 m. Pauline (C) Becker 1917– m. Elizabeth (Ann) Wright 1915–
    6. 6. Christina Orr 1890–1954 m. Richard (Bull) Cruickshank 1885–1964
      1. 1. Elizabeth (Frase) Cruickshank 1916–2005
      2. 2. Christina (Paxton) Cruickshank 1913–1998
    7. 7. John Orr 1882–
  5. 5. William Paxton 1846–1892 m. Mary Duggan 1850–
    1. 1. Mary Paxton 1879– m. William Currie 1878–
    2. 2. Williamina Paxton 1883–1909 m. Robert Jackson 1879–
    3. 3. Martha Paxton 1889–1975
  6. 6. Agnes Paxton 1850–1914 m. Walter Gardiner 1837–1902
    1. 1. Christina Gardiner 1877–1935 m. Thomas Baillie 1873–1948
      1. 1. Agnes (Paxton) Baillie 1898–1933
        1. 1. Thomas (Baillie) Fairbairn 1927–1988
        2. 2. Mary (Gardiner) Fairbairn 1925–1994
        3. 3. Walter (Gardiner) Fairbairn 1931–2005
      2. 2. Walter (Gardiner) Baillie 1900–1979 m. Una Tuckwell 1901–1975
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Eileen D) Baillie 1924–1987
      3. 3. Robert (Gardiner) Baillie 1909–1987 m. Georgina Sellars 1909–1990
    2. 2. Catherine Garden 1881–1955 m. James (Mclay) Stoddart 1880–1954
      1. 1. Thomas Stoddart 1904–
      2. 2. Walter (Gardiner) Stoddart 1906–1929
      3. 3. Robert (Gardiner) Stoddart 1912–
    3. 3. William (James) Gardiner 1882–1951 m. Agnes (Scott) Orr 1875–1941
    4. 4. Robert Gardiner 1885–
    5. 5. Thomas (Andrew) Gardiner 1888–1907
    6. 6. Hannah (Mackay) Gardiner 1891–1945 m. Andrew Campbell 1884–1959
      1. 1. Agnes Campbell 1907–1982 m. Frederick Laird 1904–1961
      2. 2. Andrew Campbell 1914–1981 m. Sarah Shulanskey 1908–1962
      3. 3. Hannah (Violet Mckie Gardiner) Campbell 1919–1967 m. William Scobbie 1916–1985
      4. 4. Thomas Campbell 1922–1923
      5. 5. Robert Campbell 1926– m. Catherine Dalziel 1926–
      6. 6. Helen (Morgan) Campbell 1928–1996 m. Frederick (George) Dawkins 1922–1998
    7. 7. Elizabeth (Falconer) Gardiner 1894–1975
    8. 8. Agnes Gardiner 1879–
  7. 7. James Paxton 1856–
  8. 8. Mary Paxton 1858–
  9. 9. Thomas (Paxton) Sr 1851–1914 m. Jane (Wise) Aitken 1849–1928
    1. 1. William (Aitken) Paxton 1890–1965 m. Hazel (C) Reeve 1892–1979
      1. 1. Bruce (Reeve) Paxton 1928–2006
    2. 2. Thomas (Alexander) Paxton 1879–1947 m. Helen ('Nellie') Walsh 1882–1962
      1. 1. Virginia Paxton 1909–
      2. 2. Thomas (Eugene) Paxton 1912–1992
    3. 3. Rachel (Wise) Paxton 1874–1939 m. Caleb Spragge 1874–1952
      1. 1. Wilfred (Paxton) Spragge 1902–1988 m. Jean (Isabel) Smeaton 1902–1973
    4. 4. Mary (Jane) Paxton 1883–1941 m. Arthur (Henry) Koenig 1880–1971
      1. 1. Howard Koenig 1912–
      2. 2. Robert (Paxton) Koenig 1915–1915
    5. 5. Male Paxton 1886–1937 m. Anna (Laurette) Shannon 1886–1952
      1. 1. Jean (C) Paxton 1915– m. Paul (K) Wolfram 1911–
        1. 1. Lynn Wolfram 1924–
    6. 6. James (Cornelius) Paxton 1880–1955 m. Emma Havre 1874–1941 m. Estelle Mahoney 1881–1908
      1. 1. Estelle (M) Paxton 1903–
      2. 2. James Paxton 1907–
      3. 3. Paxton 1902–
      4. 4. George (W) Paxton 1905–1973 m. Evelyn (A) Standley 1907–1989
  10. 10. Elizabeth Paxton 1860–
  11. 11. Isabella Paxton 1863–1935 m. James Sutherland 1862–1924
    1. 1. John (Sutherland) Paxton 1885–1946
    2. 2. Mary (Donaldina) Sutherland 1886–1955
    3. 3. Isabella Sutherland 1889–
    4. 4. William Sutherland 1890–
    5. 5. James Sutherland 1893–
    6. 6. Hugh (Frederick North) Sutherland 1896–1975
    7. 7. John (Mackay) Sutherland 1899–1961
    8. 8. Robert Sutherland 1905–1980
    9. 9. Christina (Eliza) Sutherland 1901–1991
    10. 10. Donald Sutherland 1893–1893

William Paxton's Timeline

8 Records

1814
1814
Birth of William Paxton in Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland
Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland
1814
27 December 1814
William Paxton was baptized in Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland
Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 37
William Paxton resided here in Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
1861
1861
Age 47
William Paxton resided here in Yester, East Lothian, Scotland
Yester, East Lothian, Scotland
1871
1871
Age 57
William Paxton resided here in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
1881
1881
Age 67
William Paxton resided here in Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
1891
1891
Age 77
William Paxton resided here in Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
1893
25 May 1893
Age 79
Death of William Paxton in Overton, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
Overton, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1814
    Event Place: Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Yester; ED: 2; Page: 8; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1851_194; Year: 1851
    [2] 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Yester; ED: 1; Page: 9; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1861_135
    [3] 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Corstorphine; ED: 3; Page: 18; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1871_154
    [4] 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Polmont; ED: 3; Page: 6; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1891_153
    [5] 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Corstorphine; ED: 3; Page: 15; Line: 5; Roll: cssct1881_275

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 27 December 1814
    Event Place: Stenton, East Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Gifford, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Yester; ED: 2; Page: 8; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1851_194; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Yester, East Lothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Yester; ED: 1; Page: 9; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1861_135

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Corstorphine; ED: 3; Page: 18; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1871_154

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Corstorphine, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1881 Scotland Census, Parish: Corstorphine; ED: 3; Page: 15; Line: 5; Roll: cssct1881_275

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
    Record Source: 1891 Scotland Census, Parish: Polmont; ED: 3; Page: 6; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1891_153

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 May 1893
    Event Place: Overton, Polmont, Stirlingshire, Scotland
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