Henry Purvis Moffat

1806 - 1878

• Name	Henry Purvis Moffat  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Born	1806	Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3]
  Submitter	165
  Died	1878  [1]
  Buried	1878	Durham, Durham Co., Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I6541	Clan Moffat Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 February 2006

  
  

  Father	Charles Moffat,   b. about 1760,   d. 18 May 1828
  Mother	Jane Bowhill,   b. about 1768,   d. 15 May 1841, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F47344	Family Group Sheet

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Margaret Young,   b. about 1811, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland ,   d. February 1886, County Dublin, Ireland
  Banns Placed	18 April 1830	Westruther, Berwickshire, Scotland   [2]
  Married	25 April 1830	Westruther, Berwickshire, Scotland   [2]
  Notes	They lived for a while in the Stockbridge District of Edinburgh. In the 1841 Census they were living at 24 and 26 Brunswick St. in Edinburgh. Henry was 35, a dairyman and “not born in this district”. Margaret was 30 and also “ not born in this district” , so chances are that they moved to Edinburgh after their marriage , and that Henry found work as a stock feeder/ dairyman. From the work of Sandra McGinn we know that Henry was listed as Cowfeeder No. 2A. [2]
  Children	> 1. Charles Moffat,   b. 1831, Scotland ,   d. 1909   2. Thomas Moffat,   b. 26 June 1833   3. Janet Nisbet Moffat,   b. 1834,   d. Yes - date unknown   4. John Young Moffat,   b. 1838,   d. 28 March 1866, Islington, Middlesex, England > 5. George Moffat,   b. 22 June 1840, Edinburgh, Edinburghshire, Scotland ,   d. 10 November 1885, Marshall, Harrison Co., Texas, USA   6. Robert Young Moffat,   b. 1843   7. Henry Young Moffat,   b. 1844,   d. 1915   8. Jean Ann “Jeannie” Moffat,   b. 1854,   d. Yes - date unknown
  Family ID	F4113	Family Group Sheet

  
  

• Histories

  Henry Purvis Moffat and Margaret Young Article about Henry Purvis Moffat and Margaret Young written by Marion Doidge.

  
  

• Notes

  Henry Purvis Moffat passed away by "falling down" from heart failure while happily puttering around in his son Charles' barn. He emmigrated to Durham without his wife and the family story is that they were separated for an unknown reason. [Source 471] Marion Doidge reports that it’s unlikely that Henry Purves Moffat was a son of Charles Moffat and Jane Bowhill [Source 932] [3, 4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Original Moffat GEDCOM File, Robert and Frances Moffitt. [S934] Document titled “Henry Purvis Moffat and Margaret Young”, written by Marion Doidge. [S932] Document titled “Moffat Family”, written by Marion Doidge. [S471] titled henry purvis moffat, Margaret Young line correction, eMail Message from Sandra Moffat McGinn.