Patrick Duncan Baxter

1827 - 1897  (70 years)

• Name	Patrick Duncan Baxter
  Birth	3 Mar 1827	Aberdeen, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Apr 1897	Penshurst, Victoria, Australia
  Person ID	I1011	SmithTree
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2016

  
  

  Father	Andrew Baxter,   b. Scotland
  Mother	Elizabeth Leys
  Marriage	17 Feb 1825	St Nicholas Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland
  Family ID	F340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane Barnes
  Marriage	14 Feb 1861	Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia
  Children	1. Elizabeth Jane Baxter,   b. 3 Apr 1862, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia d. 7 Nov 1899, Buangor, Victoria, Australia (Age 37 years)   2. Mary Baxter,   b. 19 Aug 1863, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia d. 29 Oct 1939, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia (Age 76 years)   3. Andrew Edward Baxter,   b. 4 Apr 1866, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia d. 2 Jan 1938, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Age 71 years)   4. Robert Leys Baxter,   b. 15 Jul 1868, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia d. 17 Oct 1947, Cunderdin, Western Australia, Australia (Age 79 years)   5. Duncan Baxter,   b. 1869, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia d. 27 Feb 1941, Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Age 72 years)   6. John Leys Baxter,   b. 13 Apr 1873, Mt Rouse, Victoria, Australia d. 3 Jun 1873, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia (Age 0 years)   7. Charles Farquharson Baxter,   b. 27 May 1874, Mt Rouse, Victoria, Australia d. 2 Mar 1950, St John of Gods Hospital, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia (Age 75 years)   8. Angelina Mary Baxter,   b. 6 Apr 1881, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia   9. Irene Annie Baxter,   b. 1882, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia d. 4 Apr 1935, Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia, Australia (Age 53 years)   10. Beatrice Millicent Baxter,   b. 2 Oct 1883, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia d. 1898, Penshurst, Victoria, Australia (Age 14 years)
  Family ID	F338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Nov 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 3 Mar 1827 - Aberdeen, Scotland Marriage - 14 Feb 1861 - Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, Victoria, Australia Death - 30 Apr 1897 - Penshurst, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Patrick Duncan Baxter Patrick Duncan Baxter was born on March 3rd 1827 at Aberdeen, Scotland. He was the first child of Andrew Baxter (Master Mariner) and Elizabeth Leys, who were married on 17 February 1825 in St Nicholas Parish, Aberdeen. His mother was Elizabeth Leys, the daughter of William Leys and Jean Milne. The name "Leys" is a clan name of the "Farquahrson" clan. Both names have been used a number of times by the Baxter family. Patrick arrived in Australia on 18 November 1853, as a crewmember of the 'Ann Dashwood' a sailing ship of 872 tons. The 'Ann Dashwood' sailed from Liverpool, England for Port Phillip VIC on 16 June 1885 under the command of Captain W. Brumwell. There were 381 passengers in steerage, four cabin passengers and general cargo of rock salt and tobacco. After arriving at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, she took on a further 11 passengers before departing for Melbourne on 21 September 1853. From the ships' passenger list, it would appear that Patrick held the position of 'Ships Surgeon'. (This position did not mean that the a ships surgeon was necessarily a doctor but a person who is now known as a 'Purser') His signature appears on the passenger list as having conducted regular musters of the passengers during the voyage. To date nothing has been learned of his movements between 1853 and 1858, however, it is opined that, as gold had just been discovered in Victoria, he may have tried his luck at the Ballarat gold diggings. He first comes to notice on 20 December 1858 when he was appointed the "Head teacher" of the national school at Penshurst when it became" State School No 486 ". Thirty-Four pupils attended on the first school day of 1859. Patrick was listed as being a qualified 'Ship's Master'. He remained at the school until 28 October 1860. On 1st March 1859 he was appointed to the position of 'Postmaster' at the Penshurst Post Office with an annual salary of Đ20.0.0. In 1863 he was also listed as "Deputy Registrar for Births, Deaths, and Marriages' in the Mount Rouse district, which included Penshurst. On 14 February 1861 Patrick married Jane Barnes the daughter of Edward Barnes and Mary Brooker in the Presbyterian Church, Hamilton. Patrick was then aged thirty-four and his occupation was shown as Postmaster. Jane was aged, seventeen and as she was a minor and the marriage could only be celebrated with the consent of her mother, Mary Barnes. Over the next twenty-two years, Jane gave birth to ten children, five boys and five girls. She lost one little boy (John leys) at the age of two months, and one girl (Beatrice Millicent) who died at the age of fifteen. Duncan and Jane resided in Penshurst for the remainder of ther lives, and were both buried at 'Boram Boram Cemetary' in unmarked graves.