8 Jan., 1903 - Blair Courier - John McQuarie
John McQuarrie was born in Cornwell, Kent county, Canada Sept. 10, 1816. Remained in Canada until he was married to Miss Matilda (Mahola) Brown. He came to the state of Nebraska in the year 1855, coming to Omaha when there was only one house and that the Douglas house. He ran the second butcher shop, the first being run be Shelley Brothers. He also witnessed the hanging of the innocent man about 1858. Himself and wife joined the Latter Day Saint church in 1880. He lived a true and faithful Christian life. He died of gangrene at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Parker at Tekamah Dec. 19, 1902. He was buried by the side of his wife in the Blair cemetery.
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Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska. Note: Kent was a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. The county was created in 1792 and named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the English County. The county is in an alluvial plain between Lake St. Clair, and Lake Erie, watered by two navigable streams, the Thames River and the Sydenham River. On January 1, 1998, the county, its townships, towns, and Chatham were amalgamated into the single-tier city of Chatham-Kent. --Wikipedia, which also has maps of the areas
Note: There is no record of him or his wife being buried in the Blair Cemetery. The Vig Files at the Danish American Archives has a record indicating they may be buried in Calhoun, Iowa or in the Blair Cemetery in Block 7, Lot 2, Spaces 5 & 6 owned by a John Parker--kind assistance with Vig Notes and encouragement by FindaGrave volunteer Christine Solomon
Looking at the Calhoun cemetery book (Harrison County, Iowa), there are no McQuarries listed there (even allowing for alternate spellings). Also, these McQuarries seemed pretty close to Washington County, NE. There just don't seem to be any McQuaries listed in Fort Calhoun Cemetery in Washington County, NE, even allowing for alternate spellings. So it likely wasn't Fort Calhoun either and would be Blair, Nebraska, consistent with the existing burials of the time there, and with the Vig files, and with the obituary.
If it is decided to "place" them in 16.2.spaces 5 & 6, the memorials will be marked as NO STONE VISIBLE. These do not sound like wealthy people at all, and most likely there were wooden crosses used.
John McQuarrie was born in Cornwell, Kent county, Canada Sept. 10, 1816. Remained in Canada until he was married to Miss Matilda (Mahola) Brown. He came to the state of Nebraska in the year 1855, coming to Omaha when there was only one house and that the Douglas house. He ran the second butcher shop, the first being run be Shelley Brothers. He also witnessed the hanging of the innocent man about 1858. Himself and wife joined the Latter Day Saint church in 1880. He lived a true and faithful Christian life. He died of gangrene at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Parker at Tekamah Dec. 19, 1902. He was buried by the side of his wife in the Blair cemetery.
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Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska. Note: Kent was a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. The county was created in 1792 and named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the English County. The county is in an alluvial plain between Lake St. Clair, and Lake Erie, watered by two navigable streams, the Thames River and the Sydenham River. On January 1, 1998, the county, its townships, towns, and Chatham were amalgamated into the single-tier city of Chatham-Kent. --Wikipedia, which also has maps of the areas
Note: There is no record of him or his wife being buried in the Blair Cemetery. The Vig Files at the Danish American Archives has a record indicating they may be buried in Calhoun, Iowa or in the Blair Cemetery in Block 7, Lot 2, Spaces 5 & 6 owned by a John Parker--kind assistance with Vig Notes and encouragement by FindaGrave volunteer Christine Solomon
Looking at the Calhoun cemetery book (Harrison County, Iowa), there are no McQuarries listed there (even allowing for alternate spellings). Also, these McQuarries seemed pretty close to Washington County, NE. There just don't seem to be any McQuaries listed in Fort Calhoun Cemetery in Washington County, NE, even allowing for alternate spellings. So it likely wasn't Fort Calhoun either and would be Blair, Nebraska, consistent with the existing burials of the time there, and with the Vig files, and with the obituary.
If it is decided to "place" them in 16.2.spaces 5 & 6, the memorials will be marked as NO STONE VISIBLE. These do not sound like wealthy people at all, and most likely there were wooden crosses used.
8 Jan., 1903 - Blair Courier - John McQuarie
John McQuarrie was born in Cornwell, Kent county, Canada Sept. 10, 1816. Remained in Canada until he was married to Miss Matilda (Mahola) Brown. He came to the state of Nebraska in the year 1855, coming to Omaha when there was only one house and that the Douglas house. He ran the second butcher shop, the first being run be Shelley Brothers. He also witnessed the hanging of the innocent man about 1858. Himself and wife joined the Latter Day Saint church in 1880. He lived a true and faithful Christian life. He died of gangrene at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Parker at Tekamah Dec. 19, 1902. He was buried by the side of his wife in the Blair cemetery.
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Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska. Note: Kent was a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. The county was created in 1792 and named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the English County. The county is in an alluvial plain between Lake St. Clair, and Lake Erie, watered by two navigable streams, the Thames River and the Sydenham River. On January 1, 1998, the county, its townships, towns, and Chatham were amalgamated into the single-tier city of Chatham-Kent. --Wikipedia, which also has maps of the areas
Note: There is no record of him or his wife being buried in the Blair Cemetery. The Vig Files at the Danish American Archives has a record indicating they may be buried in Calhoun, Iowa or in the Blair Cemetery in Block 7, Lot 2, Spaces 5 & 6 owned by a John Parker--kind assistance with Vig Notes and encouragement by FindaGrave volunteer Christine Solomon
Looking at the Calhoun cemetery book (Harrison County, Iowa), there are no McQuarries listed there (even allowing for alternate spellings). Also, these McQuarries seemed pretty close to Washington County, NE. There just don't seem to be any McQuaries listed in Fort Calhoun Cemetery in Washington County, NE, even allowing for alternate spellings. So it likely wasn't Fort Calhoun either and would be Blair, Nebraska, consistent with the existing burials of the time there, and with the Vig files, and with the obituary.
If it is decided to "place" them in 16.2.spaces 5 & 6, the memorials will be marked as NO STONE VISIBLE. These do not sound like wealthy people at all, and most likely there were wooden crosses used.
John McQuarrie was born in Cornwell, Kent county, Canada Sept. 10, 1816. Remained in Canada until he was married to Miss Matilda (Mahola) Brown. He came to the state of Nebraska in the year 1855, coming to Omaha when there was only one house and that the Douglas house. He ran the second butcher shop, the first being run be Shelley Brothers. He also witnessed the hanging of the innocent man about 1858. Himself and wife joined the Latter Day Saint church in 1880. He lived a true and faithful Christian life. He died of gangrene at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. Parker at Tekamah Dec. 19, 1902. He was buried by the side of his wife in the Blair cemetery.
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Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska. Note: Kent was a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario. The county was created in 1792 and named by John Graves Simcoe in honour of the English County. The county is in an alluvial plain between Lake St. Clair, and Lake Erie, watered by two navigable streams, the Thames River and the Sydenham River. On January 1, 1998, the county, its townships, towns, and Chatham were amalgamated into the single-tier city of Chatham-Kent. --Wikipedia, which also has maps of the areas
Note: There is no record of him or his wife being buried in the Blair Cemetery. The Vig Files at the Danish American Archives has a record indicating they may be buried in Calhoun, Iowa or in the Blair Cemetery in Block 7, Lot 2, Spaces 5 & 6 owned by a John Parker--kind assistance with Vig Notes and encouragement by FindaGrave volunteer Christine Solomon
Looking at the Calhoun cemetery book (Harrison County, Iowa), there are no McQuarries listed there (even allowing for alternate spellings). Also, these McQuarries seemed pretty close to Washington County, NE. There just don't seem to be any McQuaries listed in Fort Calhoun Cemetery in Washington County, NE, even allowing for alternate spellings. So it likely wasn't Fort Calhoun either and would be Blair, Nebraska, consistent with the existing burials of the time there, and with the Vig files, and with the obituary.
If it is decided to "place" them in 16.2.spaces 5 & 6, the memorials will be marked as NO STONE VISIBLE. These do not sound like wealthy people at all, and most likely there were wooden crosses used.
Gravesite Details
Some McQuarries are buried in 16.2, sp1,sp 3,sp 4, (Otis Scott McQuarrie, a teenager, Oct. 10, 1881-Nov. 3, 1909), sp 5, (Hazel L. McQuarrie, toddler, Mar. 23, 1891-Nov. 18, 1894), sp 6 (Mary C. McQuarrie, baby, Nov. 11, 1883-Nov. 30, 1888
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