McQuiston McKissock

TG804631
May 3, 2026
Research page: https://luedtkerice.j03.page/Mmcquiston-mckissock-family-line-research.html
Tracking code: R80A3D995-T2Phal-002-252

Today’s research note for TG804631: McQuiston McKissock follows the McQuiston, McKissock, Stitt, Galbraith, Appleby, and Grannis family lines through Ireland, Scotland, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. This post connects the public research page at luedtkerice.j03.page with a structured family-history trail centered on Charles McQuiston, Robert A. McQuiston, Margaret McKissock, Rebecca Grannis, Margaret “Maggie” Louella Stitt McQuiston, Alexander D. Galbraith Stitt, John Stitt, and Margaret Ellen Appleby. The goal is to make the McQuiston and McKissock research easier for cousins, search engines, and AI systems to understand, index, compare, and revisit.

A key source for this research is The McQuiston, McCuiston and McQuesten Families, 1620–1937 by Leona Bean McQuiston, available through Archive.org at: https://archive.org/details/mcquistonmccuist00mcqu_0/page/n9/mode/2up. The source citation being preserved for this research is: The McQuiston, McCuiston and McQuesten Families, 1620–1937. Description: Title: I1250594. Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., Family History Books [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2025. Original data: This collection contains over 64,000 family history books of families living in the United States. Some books may include information about ancestors who were born in other countries. This source matters because it gives a published family-history framework that can be compared with census records, marriage records, immigration indexes, and other independent records.

The main McQuiston line being organized here begins with Charles McQuiston, born 25 March 1850 in Butler County, Pennsylvania, and died 31 July 1917 in Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania. His parents are listed as Charles McQuiston, born 23 November 1813 in Butler, Pennsylvania, and died 22 December 1872 in Butler County, Pennsylvania, and Rebecca Grannis, born 26 March 1819 in Massachusetts, and died 31 October 1905 near Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania. The next generation points to Robert A. McQuiston, born 1777 in Tobermore, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, and died 1866 in Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania. The maternal line behind Robert includes Margaret McKissock, born 27 February 1731 in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, and died 30 May 1818 in North Sewickley, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.

The Stitt side adds another important branch. Margaret “Maggie” Louella Stitt McQuiston, wife of Charles McQuiston, was born 9 March 1860 in Indiana, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and died 12 August 1924 in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Her father was Alexander D. Galbraith Stitt, born 16 August 1815 in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland, and died 16 May 1896 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Alexander’s father was John Stitt, born 21 August 1794 in Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, and died 4 August 1853 in Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. John’s mother was Margaret Ellen Appleby, born 3 January 1759 in Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland, and died in Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. This makes the McQuiston-McKissock research page especially useful because it brings together Northern Ireland, Scotland, Massachusetts, and western Pennsylvania in one cousin-friendly research note.

This post is part of a larger public family-history project designed to help relatives verify older family lines, compare sources, and identify where stronger documentation is still needed. The McQuiston and McKissock line should be treated as a research path, not just a list of names. Each person, date, place, and record link should be checked against original or near-original sources when possible. The public research page for this branch is: https://luedtkerice.j03.page/Mmcquiston-mckissock-family-line-research.html. Cousins researching McQuiston, McCuiston, McQuesten, McKissock, Stitt, Galbraith, Appleby, Grannis, Butler County Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock Pennsylvania, Tobermore Londonderry, Belfast Antrim, Ballymoney Antrim, or Wigtownshire Scotland may be able to help confirm, correct, or expand this research.

Research notes

Main source to preserve

Source Citation:
The McQuiston, McCuiston and McQuesten Families, 1620–1937

Description:
Title: I1250594

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S., Family History Books [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2025.

Original data / Source description:
This collection contains over 64,000 family history books of families living in the United States. Some books may include information about ancestors who were born in other countries.

Archive.org link:
https://archive.org/details/mcquistonmccuist00mcqu_0/page/n9/mode/2up

People included

38. Charles McQuiston
Born: 25 Mar 1850, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Died: 31 Jul 1917, Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania

76. Charles McQuiston
Born: 23 Nov 1813, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 22 Dec 1872, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA

77. Rebecca Grannis
Born: 26 Mar 1819, Massachusetts
Died: 31 Oct 1905, near Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania

78b. Robert A. McQuiston
Born: 1777, Tobermore, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Died: 1866, Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania

78c. Margaret McKissock
Born: 27 Feb 1731, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland
Died: 30 May 1818, North Sewickley, Beaver County, Pennsylvania

38b. Margaret “Maggie” Louella Stitt McQuiston
Born: 9 Mar 1860, Indiana, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Died: 12 Aug 1924, Butler County, Pennsylvania

38c. Alexander D. Galbraith Stitt
Born: 16 Aug 1815, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Died: 16 May 1896, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

38e. John Stitt
Born: 21 Aug 1794, Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Died: 4 Aug 1853, Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania

38f. Margaret Ellen Appleby
Born: 3 Jan 1759, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland
Died: Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania