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QUIGLY, Andrew
(About 1798-Between 1851/1887)
BELL, Mary
(About 1799-Between 1851/1887)
QUIGLY, Andrew
(About 1844-1860)

 

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QUIGLY, Andrew 1

  • Born: About 1844, Dryfesdale, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: 23 September 1860 after midnight, Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland 2
  • Buried: Lockerbie Churchyard, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

   Cause of his death was collision with an express train passing along the railway line.

   Another name for Andrew was QUEGLEY, Andrew.

  General Notes:

The 1851 census recorded Andrew Quigly aged 7 years living with his family in Bridge Street, Lockerbie. He was a scholar and had been born in Dryfesdale parish of Dumfriesshire.

Andrew Quegley died shortly after 12.00 am on the Caledonian Railway near Motherwell Station in the parish of Dalziel, Lanarkshire, on 23 September 1860 (a Sunday). It was estimated that he was 18 years old when he died.

No parental information is given for him. 1 2

  Medical Notes:

Andrew's death is likely to have been instantaneous.

His remains were buried in Lockerbie, and, on the instructions of James A. Dykes, the Procurator Fiscal, his death was registered in the parish of Dalziel before George Sneddon, registrar, on 31 October 1860.


Sources


1 1851 UK census, Dryfesdale Dumfriesshire Bridge Street Lockerbie 820 en d 6 page 22.

2 GRO Scotland, Motherwell 1860 RDS 639 no 119 death certificate.

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