Janet Baptie
Submitted by Alison McCall on 29 March 2018 - 4:37pm
Revised: 29 March 2018 - 4:55pm — Alison McCall
Other names:
She was known as Jenny.
Dates:
20 September 1828 - 10 May 1915.
Janet Baptie was born in Peeblesshire, the daughter of William Baptie, Shepherd, and Margaret Shiel. She and her brother William had a grocer's shop at Innerleithen. After his death she ran the business alone. She was known for her home-made sweets, which she sold in the shop.
She died in 1915.
