James Maxton

Baptised: 23 September 1770 - Murrays Haugh, Trinity Gask, Perthshire

Married:  Barbara Pullar      (1772 – 29 Sept 1847)

·         25 November 1797 - Aberdalgie, Perthshire

Children:  Isabel (1799-) Janet (1800-63) John (1803-) James (1806-) William (1808-86)

Occupation: Agricultural labourer

Residence:  Upper Craigie, Perth (1841 census)

Died: 1843 (probably Craigie, Perth)

William Maxton

Born: 15 September 1808

Baptised:  18 September 1808 - Dunning, Perthshire

Married:  Mary Gowans   (1815-1892)       ~parents:  James Gowans & Janet Pitkeathly

·         3 September 1841 at Perth by Rev. Dr David Young, Minister of the United Associate Congregation

Children: James, Laurence, Robert, John, Mary, William, William  (b. 1842-1853)

Occupation: Fisher (1851); Night-watchman at dye works

Residence: Upper Craigie, Perth (1841-1881 census)

Died: 16 April 1886 at High Craigie, Perth

Cause: Apoplexy

Informant: John Maxton, son - High Craigie, Perth

Buried: Kirkton of Mailer burial ground, Forgandenny, Perthshire  (Lair 3)

James Gowans Maxton

Born: 13 June 1842  (Upper Craigie?)

Baptised: 26 June 1842 – Perth

Married: Catherine Anderson Keay  (b.1845.  Parents:~ William Keay & Rebecca Taylor)

·         2 December 1864 at Dovecotland, Perth

·         witness: James Dick, Ann Keay

Children:  Daughter, William, James, James (1864-1868)

Occupation: Powerloom tenter

Residence: Upper Craigie, Perth (1851/1861/1871 census)

Died: 10 April 1871 at Upper Craigie, Perth

Cause: Consumption

Informant: John Maxton, brother – present

Buried: Kirkton of Mailer burial ground, Forgandenny, Perthshire

Notes:  Catherine remarried in 1875 to William Greig

Laurence Maxton

Born: 10 July 1844 (Upper Craigie?)

Baptised: 27 July 1844 - Perth

Residence:  Upper Craigie, Perth (1851 census – with parents)

Died: 1 April 1851, Perth.

Buried: Kirkton of Mailer burial ground, Forgandenny, Perthshire

Robert Maxton

Born: 12 November 1846 – Perth (Upper Craigie?)

Baptised: 13 December 1846 – Perth

Occupation: Private soldier - 64th Regiment

Residence:  Upper Craigie, Perth (1851/1861 census – with parents)

Died: 3 February 1870 – Hospital, Parkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight

Cause: Bronchitis, Phthisis pulmonalis

Buried: Kirkton of Mailer burial ground, Forgandenny, Perthshire

Mary Gowans Maxton

Born: abt 1848.

Baptised: 15 May 1849 – Perth (Associate Congregation ?)

[Can’t trace on any census but also no burial record found in Kirkton of Mailer records or recorded on family gravestone in Kirkton].

William Maxton    (twin)

Born: 15 May 1849

Baptised:  27 May 1849 – Perth  (Associate Congregation ?)                         

Died: 16 June 1849 at Perth. (aged 1 month)

Buried: Kirkton of Mailer burial ground, Forgandenny, Perthshire

John Maxton  (twin)

Born: 15 May 1849 (Upper Craigie?)

Baptised: 27 May 1849 – Perth (Associate Congregation ?)                         

Married: Margaret Kidd         (b.1854.  Parents:~ John Kidd & Elizabeth Kirk)

·         29 March 1875 - 11 Strathmore St, Kinnoull, Perth

·         Witness: Mary Duncan

Children:  Robert, John, William, James, Lawrence, Mary, Agnes, George, Eliza, Henry  (b.1876-1895)

Occupation: Joiner

Residence:

·         Upper Craigie, Perth (1849-1875)

·         3 Strathmore St, Kinnoull, Perth (1881 census)

·         Upper Craigie, Perth  (1891 census)

·         Cottage, Upper Craigie, Perth (by 1893-1901 census)

·         16 Scone Gardens, Edinburgh (?-1916)

Died: 24 June 1916 at Cottage Hospital, Liberton, Midlothian (widower)

Usual Residence: 16 Scone Gardens, Edinburgh

Cause: Cerebral embolism

Informant: John Kidd Maxton, son

William Maxton

Born: 15 March 1853 (Upper Craigie?)

Baptised: 27 March 1853 – Perth

Died: 19 February 1858 at Upper Craigie, Perth.

Cause: Cough

Informant: William Maxton, father

Buried: Kirkton of Mailer burial ground, Forgandenny, Perthshire

Daughter

Born/Died: December 1864 at Perth

William Maxton

Born: 6 December 1865 at Perth

Occupation: Wool spinner (1881) Builder's Labourer (1945)

Residence:

·         Upper Craigie, Perth (1871 census – with parents)

·         New Street, Dunnottar, Kincardine (1881 census – with mother & step-father)

·         Muirloch, Fowlis Easter, Perthshire (1901 census – cattleman on farm) ?

·         16 Skinnergate, Perth (by 1945)

Died: 20 December 1945 at 32 Glasgow Road, Perth

Usual Residence: 16 Skinnergate, Perth

Cause: Chronic Myocarditis. Hypostatic pneumonia. Fracture of neck and femur.

Informant: James Maxton, nephew - 32 Fleucher St, Dundee

James Maxton

Born: 12 January 1867 -  Kilmarnock, Ayrshire

Died: 24 June 1867 - Perth

Buried: Kirkton of Mailer burial ground, Forgandenny, Perthshire (lair 3)

James Keay Maxton

Born: 13 February 1868 - Bridgeton, Glasgow

Married: Mary Anne McLaren     (widow – Parents:~ Thomas McIntosh & Hannah Abbot)

·         22 August 1906 at 13 Couper St, Lochee, Dundee

·         Witness: William Maxton,  Mary Hutton

Children:  James  (b.1907)

Occupation: General labourer;  Jute work labourer

Residence:

·         Upper Craigie, Perth (1868/1871 census – with parents)

·         New Street, Dunnottar, Kincardine (1881 census – with mother & stepfather)

·         40 Fishill Rd, Milton, Glasgow (1891 census – lodger)

·         North Port, Perth (1901 census – with mother & stepfather)

·         209 Hawkhill, Dundee (1906 – marriage cert)

·         32 Fleucher St, Dundee (by 1942)

Died: 27 October 1942 at Maryfield Hospital, Dundee

Usual Residence: 32 Fleucher St, Dundee

Cause: Hypostatic pneumonia. Shock from fracture.

Informant: James K. Maxton, son - 32 Fleucher St, Dundee

Robert Maxton

Born: 1876 - Kinnoull, Perth

Residence:

·         3 Strathmore St, Kinnoull, Perth (1881 census – with parents)

·         Upper Craigie, Perth (1891 census – with parents)

·         18 Rosenheath Terrace, Edinburgh (1901 census – lodger)

Occupation:  Law clerk (1901)

John Kidd Maxton

Born: 1878 - Kinnoull, Perth

Married (1): Eliza Bissett Melrose (b.1880.  Parents:~ James Melrose & Eliza Bissett)

·         1 August 1919 -  5 Hill St, Edinburgh

·         By declaration – witnesses:  Charles Creswick, Sarah Creswick

·         Daughter (b.1921)

Married (2): Fran Spowat

Occupation: Drapers assistant (1901 census); Water colour artist (trained Glasgow School of Art)

Residence:

·         3 Strathmore St, Kinnoull, Perth (1881 census – with parents)

·         Upper Craigie, Perth (1891 census – with parents)

·         Cottage, Upper Craigie, Perth (1901 census – with parents)

·         16 Scone Gardens, Edinburgh (by 1916/1919)

·         59 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh (?-1942)

Died: 20 May 1942 at Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

Usual Residence: 59 Marchmont Rd, Edinburgh

Cause: Perforated duodenal ulcer

Informant: James Maxton, brother - 10 West Mayfield, Edinburgh

William Maxton

Born: 1880 at Kinnoull, Perth

Residence:

·         3 Strathmore St, Kinnoull, Perth (1881 census – with parents)

·         Upper Craigie, Perth (1891 census – with parents)

Died: 11 February 1894 - High Craigie, Perth

Cause: Cerebro spinal meningitis

Informant: Robert Maxton, brother

James Maxton

Born: 1882 at Perth

Occupation: Teacher of science

Residence:

·         Cottage, Upper Craigie, Perth (1891/1901 census – with parents)

·         20 Orchardhead Rd, Liberton, Edinburgh (by 1937-1942)

·         10 West Mayfield Rd, Edinburgh (1942-1947)

·         3 West Mayfield Rd , Edinburgh (1949-1954)

·         Elnagar, Pitlochry, Perthshire (1949-1954)

First World War:  Conscientious objector - jailed Prison for Scotland, Perth

Died:  8 March 1965 – Elnagar, 2 Knockard Rd, Pitlochry, Perthshire

Cause:  Myocardial infarction

Informant:  Eliza PB Maxton, sister – present

Lawrence Gowans Maxton

Born: 11 August 1884 at Perth

Occupation: Dairyman (1901); Fitter (1912);  Marine engineer (1954)

Residence:

·         Upper Craigie, Perth (1891 census – with parents)

·         Cottage, Upper Craigie, Perth (1901 census – with parents)

·         Sailed to Montreal, Canada aboard SS Saturnia – 11 May 1912

·         49 Woodlands Rd, Glasgow (by 1954)

First World War Service: 

Served in Canadian forces (possibly Navy?) – in receipt of a military pension from Canadian Govt.

Royal Navy: fitter aboard HMS Maidstone - July 1917 to May 1919

Died:  5 February 1954 – 49 Woodlands Rd, Glasgow

Cause:  Found dead in bed but death consistent with coronary thrombosis

Informant:  G.S. Maxton, brother – 54 Liberton Brae, Edinburgh

Agnes McVean Maxton 

Born: 1887, Perth

Died: 17 March 1890 at Perth Infirmary

Usual residence: High Craigie, Perth

cause: Influenza

Informant: John Maxton, father

Mary ‘Marie’ Gowans Maxton

Born: 1888 at Perth

Occupation:  School teacher

Residence:

·         Upper Craigie, Perth (1891 census – with parents)

·         Upper Craigie Cottage, Perth (1901 census – with parents)

·         Elnagar, Pitlochry, Perthshire (by 1952)

Died: 13 January 1964 at Elnagar, Pitlochry, Perthshire

Informant:  James Maxton, brother – present

George Scrimgeour Maxton

Born: 19 December 1890 - Perth

Married: Mary Catherine Moran   (b.1900.  Parents:~ Malcolm Moran & Anne Grant)

·         25 July 1923 - North British Station Hotel, Edinburgh

• witness: PM Jackson; Eliza Maxton - 16 Scone Gardens, Edinburgh

2 children:  (b. 1925/1928)

Occupation: Editor at McDougall's Education Publishing Co. (1920-60)

Residence:

·         Upper Craigie, Perth (1891 census – with parents)

·         Cottage, Upper Craigie, Perth (1901 census – with parents)

·         16 Scone Gardens, Edinburgh (?-1923)

·         54 Liberton Brae, Edinburgh (by 1954/1960)

First World War Service:  London Scottish Regiment

Died: 7 August 1960 – 54 Liberton Brae, Edinburgh

Funeral:  9 August 1960 – Warriston Crematorium, Edinburgh

Eliza Pullar Baxter Maxton

Born: 29 March 1893 at High Craigie, Perth

Occupation:  Lawyer

Residence:

·         Cottage, Upper Craigie, Perth (1901 census – with parents)

·         16 Scone Gardens, Edinburgh (by 1916/1923)

·         Elnagar, 2 Knockard Rd, Pitlochry, Perthshire

Died:  5 January 1985 – Irvine memorial Hospital, Pitlochry

Usual Residence: Elnagar, 2 Knockard Rd, Pitlochry, Perthshire

Cause:  Fall at home;  Pneumonia

Informant:  Nephew

Henry ‘Harry’ Brown Maxton

Born: 1895 at Perth

Married: Marion Helen Wipper   (b.1895.  Parents:~ George Wipper & Jessie Thomson)

·         15 July 1921 – 9 Chalmers St, Edinburgh

·         witness:  George Scrimgeour Maxton,  Elizabeth Campbell

Children:  Son (1922-1986)

Occupation:  Commercial traveller (1921)

Residence:

·         Cottage, Upper Craigie, Perth (1901 census)

·         16 Scone Gardens, Edinburgh (by 1916-1921)

·         9 Warriston Crescent, Edinburgh (1922-)

First World War Service: Private, Army Service Corps (service no: T/4/198891)

James Keay Maxton

Born: 25 December 1907 – 28 Lowders Alley, Dundee

Occupation:  Joiner

Residence:   32 Fleucher St, Dundee (by 1942-1962)

Died:  31 May 1962 – 32 Fleucher St, Dundee

Cause:  Arterial sclerosis

Informant:  Alice Maxton – intimate friend