William McQuat

Born 15.12. 1801 at Crawford, Lanark [6] Certificate
Full Name William McQuat .
Father Edward McQuat Mother Margaret McQuat (m.s. Kennedy)
Christened . . at .
Married 7.8. 1835 to Janet Halliday at Kirkpatrick Juxta, Dumfries Certificate
Children 1836 Edward b 22 Jan 1836 Johnstone-by-Lockerkeir
  1838/9 William b Kirkpatrick, Dumfries; m 1869 Helen McKervail
  1844 Peter b 2 Aug 1844 Sanquhar, Dumfries; d 1862
  1846 James b 17 Aug 1846 Sanquhar, Dumfries; m Ann Hislop
Died 26.6. 1879 at Lochmeharb [6] (Carsphairn Hills, NGR 567040) Certificate

William was born about 1801 at Crawford, Lanarkshire. On 7th August 1835 he was married at Kirkpatrick Juxta, Dumfries, to Janet Halliday [3], [6]. In 1841 he was described as an agricultural labourer and lived with his wife and family at Euchan Head, Sanquhar [1], and in 1851 he was still at Euchan Head, working as a shepherd [2]. By 1864 when his wife died they lived at Kingsburn in Sanquhar, and he was still there in 1871[7].

William died in 1879 at the remote farmstead of Lochmeharb[6], in the Carsphairn hills northwest of Sanquhar.

Sources: Census [1]1841, [2]1851, [3]1861, [7]1871; [3]IGI; [4] GRO marriage certificate (son Edward); [5] Baker genealogy; [6] Sarah Mehta


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