Please, I truly don't need any look-ups of any kind in Canada or UK.
Just seeking anyone who descends from John WYATT (WHYATT*) born 1849 Stockport Cheshire - died 1899 Bedford NS and Margaret MCCLUSKY* born 1857 Glasgow Scotland - died 1943 Bedford NS.
*WHYATT - Spelling on all English & Scottish BMD certs & cenus. Only with transcripts of John's older 3 siblings' baptisms is it WYATT.
*MCCLUSKY-MCCLUSKEY - From 9 BMD certs & several census reports, this surname is spelt without the 'e'. On several certs it is actually spelt MCLUSKY. Only on the two English certs and the Canadian certs/bapt does it have the 'e'.
John & Margaret wed on 16th July 1875 Dennistoun Glasgow Scotland
From m/c, parents were: James WHYATT & Agnes HADFIELD // John MCLUSKY & Jane STEVENSON. His mother always used forename Nancy, not Agnes.
Children:
1) James - b.1876 - d.1878 Glasgow
2) John - b.1877 - d.1879 Glasgow
3) Joseph - b.1879 Glasgow - reported to have died at sea sometime in early-mid 1920s off Nfld.
4) Janet Stevenson WHYATT b.1881 Glasgow - mar Charles NELSON in Bedford NS
5) James b.1884 - Mellor Derbyshire - died Bedford NS - mar. Cora
6) Agnes (aka Nancy) b.1885 Stockport Cheshire - d. c1967 (death registered in San Jose California - mar. c1920 Paul GERHARD in Brooklyn NY - sons John c1920 & Edward c1921 NY
7) Mary (Polly) b.1887 Halifax NS - died MA USA - mar. Edmund CAUDLE in NS - 1 daughter Ruby b.1910 Bedford NS - she wed & had several children / grandchildren in USA
Margaret (Peggy) b.1891 Halifax NS - d.1898 Bedford NS
9) John (Jake) b.1892 Halifax NS - d.1974 Kingston Ontario - m. Esther LOGAN - 4 children: John (Sonny), Douglas, Stewart, Sylvia
10) Thomas b.1894 Bedford NS - d.1983 Halifax NS - mar. 1915 Lower Sackville NS Alice STONE - 10 children (my father was eldest son/5th child; have lots of data)
11) Alice (Allie) b.1895 Bedford NS - d.? Bedford NS - m. Ronald MYATT - 1 daughter Jean b.c1919
12) Anna Victoria (Chick) b.1897 - d. post 1987 Atlanta GA USA (confirmed by son) buried Cos Cob CT - m. Joseph MURRANS died Florida-buried Cos Cob CT - 2 children [living]
+ Robert b.1877 Glasgow Scotland. Until just before Margaret's death in 1943 always thought to be eldest child / brother. He was the son of Margaret's sister Mary MCLUSKY (1877 m/c & 1881 d/c) who married James MCKENZIE in Glasgow. Daughter Sarah b.1879-d.1949 Greenrock Scotland; unwed/no children. Known in Nova Scotia as Robert WYATT, he wed and had 1 daughter Margaret, who never had any children.
John WYATT* (*name on manifest), wife Margaret, children Robert, Joseph, Janet, James & Nancy left Liverpool Lancashire on 19th July 1887 aboard Peruvian, arriving in Halifax Nova Scotia on 29th July 1887.
If you connect to this family, please make contact.
Toni
