John Mowat (1784 - abt. 1847)

Born 4 Nov 1784 in Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Husband of Anna (Irvine) Mowat — married 8 May 1820 in Aberdeen, Scotland

Died about 1847 at about age 62 in Atholville, Restigouche, New Brunswick, Canada

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Biography

John was born about 1784 in Old Machar, Aberdeen to Alexander Mowat. He was baptised the following day on the 5 Nov 1784. ^[1]

He married Anna Irvine/Irving 8 May 1820 at the North Church, Aberdeen.^[2]

After his wife died, he immigrated to Canada in 1834 with his son, Maxwell and he received a Government land grant at or near Moore’s Settlement on the north shore of the Restigouche in Quebec, near the border with New Brunswick. He called his grant Deeside because it reminded him of his home in Scotland. ^{[3] [4]}

He died in 1847 at the age of 63 at Deeside and is buried in Plot 9 of the Athol House Cemetery on the Fraser Mill Property in Atholville. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XB1S-KH6 : 16 September 2021), John Mowat, 1784.
2. ↑ "Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Banns and Marriages" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 30 Jan 2022), John Mowat and Ann Irvine, 8 May 1820, Aberdeen; citing Parish Number 168N, Reference Number: 390 0; FRMR7-39 NO.72.
3. ↑ Family History of the Mowats of New Brunswick (http://mowat.stonehavenlife.com/data/uploads/1-nb-branch-of-mowat-family.pdf
4. ↑ Lovell’s Gazetteer of Dominion of Canada, 1908, Part 1 F5008 L91 1908 Archives
5. ↑ Family History of the Mowats of New Brunswick; (http://mowat.stonehavenlife.com/data/uploads/1-nb-branch-of-mowat-family.pdf)

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