George Moffat^{[1, 2, 3]}

before 1831 - 1913  (> 82 years)

• Gender	Male
  Birth	before 23 April 1831
  Baptism	23 April 1831	Blackerstone, Longformacus, Berwickshire, Scotland   [1]
  Census	6 June 1841	Renton Cottage, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Parish of Houndwood Quoad Sacra (formerly Coldingham) Page 5-6 Renton Cottage George Moffat 45 Ag Lab Born in Berwickshire Isabel Moffat 45 Born in Berwickshire Alexander Moffat 20 Ag Lab Born in Berwickshire Margaret Moffat 15 Ag Lab Born in Berwickshire Eliza Moffat 15 Ag Lab Born in Berwickshire William Moffat 10 Born in Berwickshire George Moffat 8 Born in Berwickshire Catherine Moffat 5 Born in Berwickshire
  Census	30 March 1851	Greenwood, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Book 4 Page 10. Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland Greenwood Isabella Moffat (Clark) Head Widow 58 Retired Berwick, Fogo Alexr. Moffat Son Unmarried 31 Railway Labourer Berwick, Bunkle Wm Moffat Son Unmarried 21 Farm Servant Berwick, Longformacus George Moffat Son Unmarried 19 Farm Labourer Berwick, Longformacus Catherine Moffat Daughter Unmarried 17 House Servant Berwick, Bunkle
  Census	3 April 1881	Renton Barns Farm Cottage, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland   [6, 7]
  	1881 British Census: Dwelling: Renton Barns Farm Cottage Census Place: Coldingham, Berwick, Scotland Source: FHL Film 0224030 GRO Ref Volume 732-2 EnumDist 1 Page 18 Marr Age Sex Birthplace George MOFFAT M 48 M Longformacus, Berwick, Scotland Rel: Head Occ: Farm Steward Isabella MOFFAT M 43 F Coldingham, Berwick, Scotland Rel: Wife Elizabeth MOFFAT U 20 F Coldingham, Berwick, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Ag Lab Isabella MOFFAT U 18 F Coldingham, Berwick, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Ag Lab Agnes MOFFAT 13 F Coldingham, Berwick, Scotland Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar John MOFFAT 10 M Coldingham, Berwick, Scotland
  Census	5 April 1891	Lemington, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland   [8]
  	Parish of Coldingham, Hillend + Lenington 1 Lenington George Moffat Head Mar 58 Farm Steward Berwick, Longformacus Isabella Moffat Wife Mar 53 Berwick, Coldingham Elizabeth Moffat Daur Unm 30 Farm Servant Berwick, Coldingham Anges Moffat Daur Unm 23 Farm Servant Berwick, Coldingham
  Death	13 November 1913	Renton House, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland   [9]
  Burial	after 13 November 1913	Coldingham Churchyard, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland   [9]
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Person ID	I516	Roger
  Last Modified	21 August 2015

  
  

  Father	George Moffat,   b. about 1792, Berwickshire, Scotland d. 15 January 1844, Harelawside Farm, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Isabel Clark,   b. before 8 January 1792, Fogo, Berwickshire, Scotland d. 31 January 1858, Penmanshiel, Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland (Age > 66 years)
  Family ID	F16	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Isabella Paterson,   b. about 1841   d. 5 January 1901, Renton House, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1 January 1858	Edinburgh Parish, Edinburghshire, Scotland   [2]
  Children	+   1. George Moffat,   b. 6 November 1858, Oldhamstocks, Haddingtonshire, Scotland d. 25 April 1924, Hardies Mill Place, Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland (Age 65 years)     2. Elizabeth Moffat,   b. 24 May 1860, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland d. 10 December 1930, Harelawside Farm, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland (Age 70 years) +   3. Isabella Moffat,   b. 1 November 1862, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland d. 26 March 1935 (Age 72 years) +   4. Jane Paterson Moffat,   b. 26 February 1865, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland d. 4 May 1943, Morebattle, Roxburghshire, Scotland (Age 78 years)     5. Alexander Moffat,   b. 4 February 1867, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland d. about 1870, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland (Age 2 years) +   6. Agnes Moffat,   b. 30 January 1868, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland d. 3 May 1942, East Reston Mill Cottage, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, Scotland (Age 74 years)     7. John Moffat,   b. 15 May 1870, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland d. 19 April 1942 (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	30 January 2005
  Family ID	F59	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Baptism - 23 April 1831 - Blackerstone, Longformacus, Berwickshire, Scotland  Census - 6 June 1841 - Renton Cottage, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland  Census - 30 March 1851 - Greenwood, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland  Marriage - 1 January 1858 - Edinburgh Parish, Edinburghshire, Scotland  Census - 5 April 1891 - Lemington, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland  Death - 13 November 1913 - Renton House, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland  Burial - after 13 November 1913 - Coldingham Churchyard, Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland   = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Sign at one entrance to Blakerston Farm. Blakerston Farm is part of St Bathans Estates - a 6000 acre farm originally owned by the Turnbull Family. Now it is a "game farm" raising about 80,000 pheasants each year for release in Britain and Europe for game hunting. William (1825), Elisabeth (1829) and George (1831) Moffat were born here to George Moffat and Isabella Clark, presumably while George and/or Isabella worked on Blakerston Farm. Visited by Roger Moffat and Lisa Christensen 21 June 2000.
  		Descriptive sign at Abbey St Bathans This sign shows the locations of the Blakerston Farm, the Retreat House, and Abbey St Bathans church. George Moffat and Isabella Clark had 3 children - William, Elisabeth and George, born at Blakerston Farm.
  		View of Blakerston Farm on the way to the Game Keeper's Cottage. Photo taken on the drive in from the road to the farm buildings and game keeper's cottage. Visited by Roger Moffat and Lisa Christensen 21 June 2000.
  		Blakerston Farm Gamekeeper Cottage This cottage on Blakerston Farm is used by the head game keeper. He is the one responsible for raising 100,000 pheasants from 150,000 pheasant eggs each year. Visited by Roger Moffat and Lisa Christensen 21 June 2000.
  		St Bathans Church. This church on the St Bathans properties may have been the church attended by George Moffat and his family in the 1820s. The house visible in the distance was "the Laird's House".
  		George Moffat and Isabella Paterson Family Scanned from picture by Ewan Caldwell Left to Right: Isabella Moffat, Agness Moffat, George Moffat, Jane Moffat, Elizabeth Moffat, Isabella (Patterson) Moffat, John Moffat, George Moffat. Back of photo indicates it was taken in Dunse, Scotland by "D Davidson, Castle Street, Dunse The Dunse photographic Studio", and handwritten on back says "Moffat Family Scotland". At first it was believed that this was Robert Moffat and Abigail Stoddart and family from New Zealand in Scotland for a visit. But this seems unlikely given what a trip from New Zealand to Scotland and return would have entailed in the 1890s and Dad's belief that the family were never very well off, so couldn't have afforded such a journey, and information from Dad and Uncle Bob both that World War 1 was the first time Grandad had been out of New Zealand. It seems much more likely that it is Robert Moffat's cousin George Moffat and his family in Scotland.
  		George Moffat and Isabella Paterson Family in Scotland - back of photo. Scanned from photo by Ewan Caldwell This is the back of the photo - shows name and address of photo studio in Dunse, Scotland, and handwritten note "Moffat Family Scotland".
  		George Moffat and Isabella Patterson Image provided by Jean Fleming, descendant of George and Isabella Moffat
  		George Moffat and Isabella Patterson Image provided by Jean Fleming, a descendant of George and Isabella Moffat

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		1841 Census for Parish of Houndwood Quoad Sacra (formerly known as Coldingham), Berwickshire, Scotland Shows George Moffat and his wife Isabella (Clark) and their children Alexander, Margaret, Eliza(beth), William, George and Catherine living at Renton Cottage, Coldstream, Berwickshire, Scotland
  		1851 British Census for Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland Transcript shows Isabel Moffat (nee Clark), with 4 of her children, Alexander, William, George and Catherine. Copy provided by Olive Hooton.
  		1891 Census for Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland Shows George Moffat, his wife Isabella (Paterson) and daughters Elizabeth and Agnes living at 1 Lenington.

  
  

  Headstones

  Headstone in Coldingham Church Yard, Berwickshire, Scotland Shows George Moffat and Isabella Patterson, two of their children and the wife of George (Junior) IN LOVING MEMORY OF ISABELLA PATTERSON WIFE OF GEORGE MOFFAT WHO DIED 5 JAN 1901 AGED 60 YEARS ALSO ALEXANDER THEIR SON WHO DIED IN INFANCY ALSO AT RENTON HOUSE THE ABOVE GEORGE MOFFAT WHO DIED 13 NOV 1913 AGED 82 YEARS ALSO GEORGE MOFFAT SON WHO DIED AT H__DIES MILLS PLACE GORDON 25 APRIL 1924 AGED 66 YEARS ALSO MARGORIE WILSON WIFE OF THE ABOVE GEORGE MOFFAT WHO DIED AT THE HOUSE OF HER SON IN LAW AT HOUNDSLOW 20 MARCH 1949 AGED 92 YEARS

  
  

  Histories

  Travels of the Moffats - by Peter Moffat This article written by Peter Moffat describes his travels in the footsteps of his ancestors in Berwickshire as he visited the farms and places where several generations of Moffat and Houliston ancestors lived and worked

  
  

• Notes

  OPR Longfomacus Was Witness at wedding of brother William Moffat and Ellen Houliston [10, 11]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] indexed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Old Parish Register from New Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland. [S138] published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Vital Record from Statutory Registers of Scotland. [S330] compiled by Jean Fleming of Scotland, Hand drawn Descendant Chart. [S759] British Census of 1841 for Houndwood quoad sacra, Berwickshire, Scotland. [S466] from Olive Hooton, eMail message titled “1851 Census”. [S250] published by the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Index and transcription to 1881 British Census. [S464] from Olive Hooton, eMail message titled “Re: Moffat”. [S787] British Census of 1891 for Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland. [S320] picture taken by Olive Hooten, Tombstone Photograph. [S14] indexed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Old Parish Register from New Register House, Edinburgh, Scotland. [S209] entered by John McGregor - Registrar, Copy of entry in Marriage Register for Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland.