Hello Jill I may have some information for you as our branch of the family came from near there and the names sound familiar. I am in Germany and won't be home until late August. If you don't hear from me please e-mail me in early September. Regards Rosemary P Sparks Family wrote: > Wanda Rabb wrote: > > > > Please join me in welcoming some new members to our list: > > > > [email protected] > > > > We hope you will introduce yourselves and tell us about the family you are > > researching! > > Thanks for the welcome, Wanda. > > I am new to genealogy and have just started researching my Paxtons. I > am trying to fill in my gggparents: > > My ggfather, Francis PAXTON, was born Feb. 14 1857 in Dunse, Berwick, > Scotland. He was the son of James PAXTON, gardener, and Isabella > AITKEN, believed married in 1847 in Dunse. (Both James and Isabella > were also born in Dunse, according to the 1881 census) > > Francis married Agnes Whitehead HOWEY in 1879 in Dunse. Francis died > shortly after the birth of their 5th child (my gfather), in 1890. Agnes > and all 5 children eventually ended up in Canada. > > Other children of James and Isabella appear to be (from the IGI): > > James b. 1847, Dunse > Robert b. 1848, Dunse > Isabella b. 1860, Dunse > Andrew b. 1866, Dunse (still living with James & Isabella on the 1881 > census) > and _possibly_ Eliza, born 1851 in Lanark, perhaps explaining the 9 year > gap between Robert and Francis?? > > If anyone can help me fill in some of the details of James and Isabella, > I would really appreciate it. > > Jill > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > You may search the PAXTON-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > In the surname field, type in PAXTON