Edward McQuat
| Born |
22.1. |
1836 |
at |
Johnstone, Dumfries |
Certificate |
| Full
Name |
Edward
McQuat |
. |
| Children |
1865 |
Janet |
b 21
Jul 1865 Straiton; Jessie? |
| . |
1867 |
William |
b 15
Apr 1867 Straiton |
| . |
1868 |
Agnes |
b 10
Nov 1868 Straiton; d 1871 age 3 at Straiton |
| . |
1870 |
Robert |
b 2
Oct 1870 Straiton |
| . |
1872 |
Peter |
b 15
Jul 1872 Straiton |
| . |
1874 |
Edward |
b 24
Oct 1874 Straiton |
| . |
1876 |
Agnes |
b 11
Nov Straiton |
| . |
1878/9 |
Jane |
b
Straiton |
| . |
1881 |
James |
d
1881 |
| . |
1885/6 |
Christina |
b
Dalmellington |
| Died |
4.12. |
1907 |
at |
Sanquhar |
Carbolic
Acid poisoning, accidental. |
Certificate |
Edward McQuat was born in
Johnstone, Dumfriesshire on 22nd January 1836. In 1865 he was
working as a shepherd at Dalquhairn, near Barr in Ayrshire when
he married Jane McWhirter at Kilhenzie, Maybole, Ayrshire [6].
In 1881 Edward was a
shepherd 3 miles south of Straiton, at Knockskae, where he lived
with his family [2]. By 1891 he was still shepherding
and he and his family had moved to a commodious 6-roomed house at
Clawfin farm, 2 miles NE of Dalmellington [3].
In 1901 at the age of 64,
Edward was shepherding and living at
Penbreck, a remote location
in the hills 8 miles east of Cumnock, with his wife, 15-year-old
daughter Christina, and another shepherd [4]. The family were photographed about this time at Penbreck
(see below), though if the man is correctly identified as Edward, he is very
young-looking for a 64-year-old.
 |
 |
 |
| Penbreck. |
Edward's wife Jane with her grand-daughter, daughter
and possibly Edward, Penbreck, 1901. |
Edward McQuat? in 1901. |
Edward McQuat died of
accidental Carbolic Acid poisoning, on 4th December 1907 at the
Railway Station, Sanquhar [9].
Sources:
Census [1] 1841, [10]
1871, [2] 1881, [3] 1891, [4] 1901; [5] IGI; [6] GRO birth, marriage and death indexes; [7] McWh*rter Genealogy; [8] Baker genealogy; [9] Sarah Mehta.
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