Joseph MCQUITTY

1807 - 1885  (78 years)

• Name	Joseph MCQUITTY
  Birth	1807	, , Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Nov 1885	Douglas, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  Burial	Douglas, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
  	Address: Douglas Public Cemetery Douglas, Ontario
  Person ID	I2398	Whitewater Region Early Families
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2010

  
  

  Father	William MCQUITTY   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Ellen SMITH   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1709	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Jane EVENS,   b. Abt 1805   d. 1850, , Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 45 years)
  Children	1. Ellen MCQUITTY,   b. 18 Dec 1832, , , Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 1911, , Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 78 years)   2. Ann MCQUITTY,   b. 18 May 1830, , , Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland d. 28 Feb 1869, , Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 38 years)   3. Jane Isabella MCQUITTY,   b. 1 Oct 1850, Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2008

  
  

  Family 2	Jane OWENS,   b. 1817, , , , Ireland d. 1887, , Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1857
  Children	1. Joseph E. MCQUITTY,   b. 9 Jun 1859, Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 30 Jan 1934, Eganville, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)   2. William James MCQUITTY,   b. 15 Dec 1857, Bromley Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 28 Mar 1932, Douglas, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F1710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2008

  
  

• Headstones

  Gravestone-McQuitty, Joseph & Jane nee Owen; son WM James & his wife Mary Ann Burgess; their children: Wm, Eliza, infant, Emily Douglas Public Cemetery, Douglas, ON photographed by Fay Bennett 2013

  
  

• Notes

  !SOURCE: 1. HUMPHRIES BOOK !HOME: DOUGLAS It is believed that Joseph arrived in Canada about 1835. He travell ed in the company of his brothers, David and William McQuitty. Joseph a nd his family settled near Douglas, Ontario in Renfrew County. His proper ty was located at the 3rd Chute on the Bonnechere River. CENSUS RECORDS: 1851 - Living in Bromley Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Joseph, 45, bo rn in Ireland, Presbyterian, married, farmer, with wife Jane, 40, bo rn in Ireland, children at home, Ellen, 21, born in Ireland, Anne, 19, bo rn in Ireland, Issabell, 1, born in Canada. The census taker listed one f emale birth in past year, and two female deaths, one of consumption and o ne of convulsions. The family live in a shanty. (Note: It is known th at Jane died about 1850 of consumption so it is presumed that the baby Isa bell died of convulsions.) (Reel # C-11751, pg. 3) 1861 - Still resides in Bromley Township, Joseph, 52, wife Jane, 40, bo rn in Ireland, Church of England; children at home: William J., 3, Jose ph C., 2, both born in Upper Canada. The family now live in one-storey l og house. They live next-door to Robert Robertson Smith and wife Elizabet h. (They were the parents of John R. Smith who married Joseph's daught er Ellen.) (Reel # C-1070, pg. 6) Note: the wife Jane listed here is Jane Owens, the second wife of Joseph 1871 - Still resides in Bromley Township, Joseph, age 62, born Ireland, Pr esbyterian, Farmer, married, could read but not write. In same househol d, wife Jane, age 52, William, age 13, Joseph, age 11, and Alice, age 9. ( Actually his granddaughter, daughter of Ann (McQuitty) Stevenson). Own er of 100 acres, located at Conc. 9, Part of Lot 8 with 60 acres improv ed with 20 acres pasture, 6 acres wheat (40 bushels wheat, 100 bushels oat s, 20 bushels peas), 2 acres potatoes (200 bushels), 80 bushels turnip s, 30 acres hay (12 tonnes). Livestock - 2 oxen, 4 milch cows, 4 other ca ttle, 12 sheep, 5 swine. Butchered or sold - 2 cattle, 3 swine. Produc ed 200 lbs butter, 48 lbs. wool. Cut 10 cord firewood. Reel # C1002, Renf rew County, Bromley Twp, Pg. 48, line 5.(FTM Sharon Weller)