McQuiston Family 1848 - Bratton Family History

[Neale1961]

Death for Mary Kelly / Mary Mcquiston in 1925 in Mid Calder

[Neale1961]

I have found your Mary Ann in 1901 census.
The family is in Barrhead and Levern, Renfrewshire. Note spelling of surname.
Hugh MCQUISTION 41
Mary 40
William 13
Mary Ann 7

(Ref on Scotlands People 572/2 1/ 23)

 That census record doesn’t seem to appear on Ancestry for some odd reason………..

Oh yes, it does, but the transcription is SO bad.
It is under the name ”Maryam McQuentin” in Neilston, Renfrewshire.
That census entry confirms the birth record that I posted earlier will be the correct one.


In 1911 census the parents are in Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, and Mary Ann is in Stewarton, Ayr.

In 1921 census, Hugh and Mary McQuiston  (60 and 61) are in Hurlford, Ayrshire.

In 1921, the son William (32) is in Mid Calder with his wife Jane and 2 children.
William McQuiston married Jane Bratten in 1910 in Inch.

[Neale1961]

Once you’ve looked at the marriage record, I think you’ll find that Mary Kelly was born in Penninghame on 26 July 1860, the daughter of John Kelly and Maryann McClellan.
John Kelly is recorded in the census as a shepherd and a ploughman, born abt 1837.

[Kwils]

Yes, I am very new to this and not sure how it all works.  Thank you everyone for helping.

I believe that Mary Anne Bratton, nee McQuiston married William Wallace Bratton who was 17 years older than her and that this Mary's mother was also a Mary "Kelly" but I could be wrong.

[Neale1961]

Yes, I am very new to this and not sure how it all works.

How does it work? You asked for help. People responded and pointed out problems / errors in your Ancestry tree. The correct information has been posted in this thread, so you need to read through it all, carefully.
If you engage in “conversation” with those trying to assist, you will probably get more out of your thread. If you don’t understand a post, then ask for further help.

I believe that Mary Anne Bratton, nee McQuiston married William Wallace Bratton who was 17 years older than her and that this Mary's mother was also a Mary "Kelly" but I could be wrong.

Yes, that is basically correct. Mary Ann’s mother was Mary Kelly. You need to obtain Mary Ann McQuiston’s birth certificate - the details of it have been posted. You should also obtain the marriage certificate for Mary Kelly to Hugh McQuesten in 1886.
Mary Ann McQuiston had only one brother. He was William, and he also married into the Bratton family.
Apart from birth and marriage records, information obtained from the death certificates (as posted) and census records (as posted) will help you to understand the family better.

[Neale1961]

I have posted below a brief chronological summary of your Hugh McQuisten family, so that hopefully you can see where you have gone off track.
I recommend that you do not follow other public trees on Ancestry, as they are all wrong, because they have all copied the other. None have done the most basic checking of simple facts or have bothered to look at birth or marriage records. Consequently they all incorporated several McQuiston families into one!
Scottish records are available from ScotlandsPeople https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk


Hugh McQUISTEN
Born 15 Mar 1860 Maybole, Ayrshire
Parents Matthew McQUISTEN and Jane GALT [marriage 6 June 1856 Kirkoswald]

1861 census Maybole
Hugh McQuestan age 1
With parents Matthew (27, ploughman ) and Jean (26) and siblings William and Matthew.

1871 census Maybole
Hugh McQuiston age 11
With parents Matthew (37), Jane (34), and Matthew (14)

1881 census Tarbolton
Hugh McQueston (18) working as a farm servant for the Morrison family.

Hugh McQUESTEN married Mary KELLY 1886 Ballantrae Ayrshire.

-   Daughter, Stewart McQUESTIN born 1887 West Calder, died as a baby in 1887.
-   Son, William McQUESTIN born 1888 West Calder.

1891 census Hartwood Row, West Calder, Midlothian
Hugh McQuestin (31, ploughman), Mary McQuestin (wife,  30), William (son, 2)
 
-   Daughter, Mary Ann Kelly McQUESTIN born 1893 Barrhead and Levern

1901 census Springhill Road, Auchinleck Farm, Neilston, Renfrewshire
Hugh McQuestion (41 ploughman), Mary (40 wife), William (13 son), Maryann (7 daughter), William Oglivy (51 boarder, joiner)

1910 Son, William McQUISTON married Jane BRATTEN in Inch. **

1911 census Hugh and Mary McQuiston (51 & 50) are in Kilmaurs Ayrshire

1913 daughter, Mary Ann McQUISTON Emigrated to Canada, and in 1914 married William Bratten.

1921 census Hugh and Mary McQuiston  (61 and 60) are in Hurlford, Ayrshire.

1925 Mid Calder - Death for Mary McQUISTON (nee Kelly)

1947 Mauchline – Probable Death for Hugh McQUISTON (age 87)



** Children of William McQuiston and Jane Bratten: Hugh McQuiston 1910-1984, Kathie Jane Stewart McQuiston 1913-1914, Jane Bratten McQuiston 1916-2004.