Edward McQuat

Born 22.1. 1836 at Johnstone, Dumfries Certificate
Full Name Edward McQuat .
Father William McQuat Mother Janet McQuat m.s. Halliday
Christened . . at .
Married 4.7. 1865 to Jane McWhirter at Kilhenzie, Maybole Certificate
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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