George Urquhart (abt. 1837 - 1866)

Born about 1837 in Kilmorack, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 15 Oct 1866 at about age 29 in Alvie, Inverness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

George Urquhart is a member of Clan Urquhart.

This profile is part of the Urquhart Name Study.

George Urquhart was born in Scotland.

George was the son of John Urquhart & Helen Jamieson. He was noted to be their son on the 1851 and 1861 census. In 1851, he was 13 years old and a scholar living in Kilmorack, Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom^[1].

• In 1861, George had moved to Alvie and was a shepherd. He was killed by an accidental gunshot wound^[2]

Research Notes

I have not been able to find a birth record for George but several of John and Helen's children cannot be found and are only noted on census records. However, there is a possibility for the death of a George Urquhart which was registered twice in two different parishes. Unfortunately the certificates give next to no information apart from his age of 29 years (which is correct based on his birthdate) and that he died from an accidental gunshot to the chest on the hill of Ethart and examined by Dr William Marshall^{[3] [4]}. My question was, did his family ever know? or would they have just thought he'd disappeared?

Sources

1. ↑ 1851, 1851 Scotland Census, database, Ancestry.com, (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=1076&h=397681&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1080)
2. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 Scotland Census"
   Parish: Kilmorack; ED: 13; Page: 2; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1861_13; Registration Number: 100; Household schedule number: 9; Roll: CSSCT1861_13
   Ancestry Record 1080 #421946 (accessed 14 April 2023)
   George Urquhart (24) son, Shepherd, in household of John Urquhart (69) at Private House in Kilmorack registration district. Born in Kilmorack, Invernessshire
3. ↑ National Records of Scotland, Statutory Records for Deaths, Scotlandspeople, database, (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 2 Dec 2021, George Urquhart, 1866, Alvie, Inverness; Parish 090/, Ref No 27
4. ↑ National Records of Scotland, Statutory Records for Deaths, Scotlandspeople, database, (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 2 Dec 2021, George Urquhart, 1867, Crathie & Braemar, Aberdeen; Parish 183/, Ref No 13