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1881 Census - RG11; Piece: 5212; Folio: 45; Page: 31
23 Chapel Lane, Kirkland, Kendal
John Baxter, Head, Mar, 55yrs, Woollen Weaver, b. Kendal
Eleanor Baxter, Mar, 38yrs, b. Kendal
Eleanor Grisedale, Step Daughter, Unm, 15yrs, Factor Hand Tobacco, b. Kendal
Elizabeth Baxter, Daughter, 12yrs, Scholar, b. Kendal
Jacob Baxter, Son, 4 months, b. Kendal

1871 Census - RG10; Piece: 5285; Folio: 41; Page: 31
4 Copper Lane Yard, Kirkland, Kendal, Westmorland
John Baxter, Head, Widow, 46yrs, Overlooker, b. Kendal
Margaret Baxter, Daughter, Unm, 16yrs, Overlooker, b. Kirkland
James Baxter, Son, 14yrs, Overlooker, b. Kirkland
John Baxter, Son, 12yrs, Overlooker, b. Kirkland
Thomas Baxter, Son, 8yrs, b. Kirkland
Isaac Baxter, Son, 4yrs, b. Kirkland
Elizabeth Baxter, Daughter, 2yrs, b. Kirkland
Eleanor Grisedale, Housekeeper, Un, 26yrs, House Keeper, b. Kirkland
Eleanor Grisedale, Daughter, 5yrs, b. Kendal
Agnes Grisedale, Daughter, 1yr, b. Milnthorpe

1861 Census - RG9; Piece: 3969; Folio: 16; Page: 7
Grocer Shop, Kirkland, Kendal
John Baxter, Head, Mar, 36yrs, Linsey Weaver, b. Kendal
Sarah Baxter, Wife, Mar, 32yrs, Wife, b. Kendal
William Baxter, Son, 12yrs, Scholar, b. Kendal
Sarah Baxter, Daughter, Unm, 8yrs, Scholar, b. Westmorland, Kendal
Margaret Baxter, Daughter, 6yrs, Scholar, b. Westmorland, Kendal
James Baxter, Son, 4yrs, b. Westmorland, Kendal
John Baxter, Son, 2yrs, b. Westmorland, Kendal

1851 Census - HO107; Piece: 2442; Folio: 386; Page: 26
Godman’s Yard, Kirkland, Kendal
John Baxter, Head, Mar, 26yrs, Linsey Weaver, b. Westmorland, Kendal
Sarah Baxter, Wife, Mar, 22yrs, Linsey Weaver Wife, b. Kendal
William Baxter, Son, 2yrs, at home, b. Kendal

The burials are in Parkside Cemetery, Kendal, but are not all together.
Grave No. 554 Section A - John BAXTER, a weaver of Chapel Lane, Kendal, Buried 27th. Nov. 1885 aged 60 years
Grave No. 103 Section AA Section AA - Sarah BAXTER, wife of John, of Kirkland, buried 22nd. Feb. 1870
Grave No. 336 Section A Eleanor BAXTER, wife of John, of Chapel Lane, buried 14th. Jan. 1884 aged 40 years (according to our records.
Grave No. 103 Section AA James William BAXTER a shoefitter, died 6th. June 1897 aged 41 years.
These are all unpurchased graves therefore there are no memorials. This is all the information we have.
Regards
Ken McClurg
Cemeteries Officer
http://www.southlakeland.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=1379



1901 Census - RG13; Piece: 4912; Folio: 6; Page: 3
16 & 18 Peppercorn, Kirkland, Kendal
Elizabeth Baxter, Head, Widow, 44yrs, Lodging House Keeper, Own account, b. Yorkshire, Halifax
James D. Baxter, Son, 15yrs, Bobbin Turner, b. Halifax
Edward Baxter, Son, 13yrs, Errand Boy Baker, b. Halifax
Ernest Baxter, Son, 12yrs, b. Westmorland, Kendal
Margaret Baxter, Daughter, 4yrs, b. Westmorland, Kendal
9 Lodgers also in the house.

1871 Census - RG10; Piece: 4396; Folio: 28; Page: 6
10 Bedford Buildings, Halifax, Yorkshire
Daniel Drennan, Lodger, Mar, 40yrs, Ag Lab, b. Ireland
Hannah Drennan, Lodger Wife, Mar, 50yrs, b. Ireland
Elizabeth Drennan, Daughter, Unm, 15yrs, Cotton Drawer, b. Yorks, Halifax
Joseph Burrows, Lodger, Unm, 40yrs, Mechanic Fitter, b. Ireland
John Colphill?, Lodger, Unm, 30yrs, Stone Dolcer?, b. Ireland

Deaths Mar 1879
DRENNAN Hannah (age 56) – Halifax, 9a, 404

My husband's grandmother was Gladys Baxter. My husband was told by his father that there is a Baxter and McDonald link believed to be Scottish. I have since discovered that Gladys was born illegitimate to Elizabeth Baxter in Oldham Union Workhouse in 1904. I now strongly believe that Elizabeth is in fact William Baxter and Maria Airey’s daughter born 1871. William was the son of John and Sarah (McDonald) . Elizabeth married a James Edward Tattersall in 1909 in Oldham.
The father is named as William Baxter occup nail maker. When James dies he leaves his money to Gladys Bennett married (nee Baxter) Hence husband’s grandmother
The Ernest Baxter that you mention later lived in Oldham and is burried there. He had a wife named Doris. As there is no sign of Gladys or 1911 census I believe this to still be a mystery . James Tattersall and Elizabeth (nee Baxter) are living in Oldham in 1911. Elizabeth dies in 1939 unfortunately before the register however James is still living in Oldham 89 West Street.
Gladys has school records in 1914 Again in Oldham whereby either the father or guardian is given as James.