Jessie Baxter

Parents:

• Birth*: Jessie Baxter was born in 1875 at Dundee, Scotland, .
• She was the daughter of David Baxter and Jessie Wishart.

• Married Name: Her married name was Ritchie.¹
• Immigration*: Jessie Baxter immigrated on 3 June 1895 to New York, USA, . Passenger list for ship "the State of California" sailed from Glasgow via Londonderry arrived NY Jun 3 1895; 115 Fairweather, Jessie, 56, Ho (house? howdie?) Wife, can read, can write, native country Scotland, last residence Scotland, intended destination Philadelphia, intending protracted sojourn, space occupied in steerage aft, 2 pieces baggage (for both), embarked at Glasgow; daug Jessie also Fairweather, 18, weaver, rest ditto.
• (Witness) Burial: She witnessed the burial of Ann Stewart Fairweather after 13 March 1937 at Mt. Zion cemetery / Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, ; MRS. ANNIE NICHOLSON Mrs. Annie Nicholson (nee Fairweather), 69, of 88 Chester pike. Collingdale, died Saturday morning at her home after a long illness. Her husband, William Nicholson, is employed in the Collingdale schools.
  Mrs. Nicholson was a resident of Collingdale for 30 years and was formerly a member of the Stone Ladies' Auxiliary. She was a member of the Darby Presbyterian Church. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. with Reverend John Neilson, of Collingdale, and Reverend Elisha Salford, of Darby, officiating. Interment will be at Mt. Zion cemetery.
  Surviving Mrs. Nicholson are three daughters, Mrs. Edith Cox and Mrs. Margaret Howard, of Collingdale, and Mrs. Hazel Ziert, of Darby, a son Charles, of Collingdale, a sister Mrs. Jesse Ritchie, of Philadelphia and a half-brother, Walter Baxter of Boston.²

Census & Directory Entries

Principal	1881	Jessie Baxter appeared in the 1881 census at 79 Princes Street, Dundee, Scotland, . Daug, 5, Dundee.
Principal	1891	She appeared in the 1891 census at 8 Charles Street, Dundee, Scotland, . Jessie Fairweather, daug, 15, Jute Weaver, Dundee.