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Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert Paxton

Hugh Paxton
1777-1854
John Dick
± 1795-< 1851
John Paxton
1806-1866
Margaret Dick
1819-1884

Robert Paxton
1857-????


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    1. 1871 Scotland Census Scotlands people, 1871 PAXTON, MARGARET (Census 411/ 4/ 17) Parish: Burntisland 1871 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      1871 PAXTON, MARGARET (Census 411/ 4/ 17)
      1871 Scotland Census
      Thistle Street, Burntisland
      Margaret Dick Paxton Head Widow 51 Annuitant Burntisland Fife
      Janet Paxton Daughter Unmarried 18 Outdoor Worker Aberdour Fife
      Robert Paxton Son Unmarried 13 Letter Deliverer and Messenger Aberdour Fife
      Aberdour Fife
    2. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Paxton Parish: Aberdour; ED: 2; Page: 6; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1861_53 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for John Paxton
      Name: John Paxton
      Age: 52
      Estimated birth year: abt 1809
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Margaret Paxton
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Burntisland, Fife
      Registration Number: 401
      Registration district: Aberdour
      Civil Parish: Aberdour
      County: Fife
      Address: Monziehall Farm
      Occupation: Farmer
      ED: 2
      Household schedule number: 28
      Line: 8
      Roll: CSSCT1861_53
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Paxton 52 Head
      Margaret Paxton 44 Wife
      John Paxton 16 Son
      Elisabeth Paxton 12 Daughter
      George Paxton 10 Son
      Janet Paxton 8 Daughter
      James Paxton 8 Son
      William Paxton 6 Son
      Robert Paxton 3 Son
      James Junis 17 Ploughman
      William Kilgour 16 Ploughman
    3. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1857 Record for Robert Paxton Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
      Record for Robert Paxton
      Name: Robert Paxton
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 16 Aug 1857
      Birth Place: Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
      Father: John Paxton
      Mother: Margaret Dick
      FHL Film Number: 6035516
    4. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Paxton Parish: Burntisland; ED: 4; Page: 2; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1881_114
      Record for Margaret Paxton
      Name: Margaret Paxton
      Age: 62
      Estimated Birth Year: abt 1819
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Burntisland, Fife
      Registration Number: 411
      Registration district: Burntisland
      Civil parish: Burntisland
      County: Fife
      Address: Thistle Street
      Occupation: Farmer's Widow
      ED: 4
      Household schedule number: 11
      Line: 18
      Roll: CSSCT1881_114
      Household Members Age Relationship
      Margaret Paxton 62 Head
      Robert Paxton 23 Son
    5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1908 DICK, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 411/ 14)
      1908 DICK, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 411/ 14)
      Deaths in the District of Burntisland in the County of Fife 1908.
      William Dick
      Railway Waggon Inspector
      Married to Christina Finlayson
      1908 February Twentieth 3h 30m P.M.
      6 Thistle Street, Burntisland M 77 years
      Parents: John Dick
      Quarryman (Freestone)
      (Deceased)
      Margaret Dick M.S. Bruce
      (Deceased)
      COD: Pneumonia, 4 days
      As cert. by Robert Spence
      M.B.Ch.
      Inf. Robert Paxton, Nephew
      37 Ferguson Place, Burntisland
      Registered
      1908 February 21st, Burntisland
      David Wood
      Asst. Registrar

    Historical events

    • The temperature on August 16, 1857 was about 27.1 °C. The air pressure was 15 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 1, 1856 to March 18, 1858 the cabinet Van der Brugghen, with Mr. J.L.L. van der Brugghen (protestant) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1857: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
      • March 29 » Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
      • April 18 » "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France.
      • May 11 » Indian Rebellion of 1857: Indian rebels seize Delhi from the British.
      • August 24 » The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history.
      • September 22 » The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
      • October 24 » Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
    

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