Research Purpose
This page collects research notes for the McQuiston McKissock family line, tagged as TG804631. It is intended to help family researchers, cousins, search engines, and AI systems find and understand the older McQuiston, McKissock, Stitt, Galbraith, Appleby, and Grannis family connections.
Related blog post: McQuiston McKissock — j03.page, May 3, 2026
This research page is part of the larger Luedtke-Rice public genealogy research project.
Main Research Summary
The main line on this page follows 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 and Rebecca Grannis. The older McQuiston line points back to Robert A. McQuiston, born in Tobermore, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, and later connected to Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
A key older maternal connection in the line is Margaret McKissock, born 27 February 1731 in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, and died 30 May 1818 in North Sewickley, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. This page also preserves the Stitt-side connection through Margaret “Maggie” Louella Stitt McQuiston, Alexander D. Galbraith Stitt, John Stitt, and Margaret Ellen Appleby.
Important McQuiston Book Source
A very important source for this page is: The McQuiston, McCuiston and McQuesten Families, 1620–1937 by Leona Bean McQuiston.
Free public Archive.org link:
The McQuiston, McCuiston and McQuesten Families, 1620–1937 — Archive.org
Source Citation 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.
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.
People in This Research Line
38. Charles McQuiston
Born: 25 Mar 1850, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Died: 31 Jul 1917, Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA
Charles McQuiston is the central person for this research page. He connects the later Butler County, Pennsylvania McQuiston line to earlier McQuiston, Grannis, Stitt, and McKissock research.
76. Charles McQuiston
Born: 23 Nov 1813, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 22 Dec 1872, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA
This Charles McQuiston is listed as the father of Charles McQuiston born in 1850. His line helps connect the family back toward Robert A. McQuiston and the older McQuiston family history.
77. Rebecca Grannis
Born: 26 Mar 1819, Massachusetts
Died: 31 Oct 1905, near Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania
Rebecca Grannis is listed as the mother of Charles McQuiston born in 1850. Her Massachusetts birth and Pennsylvania death create another research path for confirming the family line through census, marriage, and local records.
78b. Robert A. McQuiston
Born: 1777, Tobermore, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Died: 1866, Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States
Robert A. McQuiston is a major older ancestor in this research line. His reported birth in Tobermore, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, and death in Slippery Rock, Butler County, Pennsylvania, make him a key person for immigration, settlement, and family-history comparison.
78c. Margaret McKissock
Born: 27 Feb 1731, Belfast, Antrim, Ireland
Died: 30 May 1818, North Sewickley, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States
Margaret McKissock is an important older maternal figure in this research. Her connection to Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, and Beaver County, Pennsylvania, may help researchers compare McKissock, McKissick, McKissack, and related surname variants.
38b. Margaret “Maggie” Louella Stitt McQuiston
Born: 9 Mar 1860, Indiana, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 12 Aug 1924, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA
Margaret “Maggie” Louella Stitt McQuiston was the wife of Charles McQuiston. Her Stitt line adds another important research branch involving Pennsylvania, Scotland, and Ireland.
38c. Alexander D. Galbraith Stitt
Born: 16 Aug 1815, Wigtown, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Died: 16 May 1896, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Alexander D. Galbraith Stitt is listed as the father of Margaret “Maggie” Louella Stitt McQuiston. His Scottish birth location in Wigtown, Wigtownshire, creates a useful research bridge between Scottish records and Pennsylvania records.
38e. John Stitt
Born: 21 Aug 1794, Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Died: 4 Aug 1853, Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
John Stitt is listed as the father of Alexander D. Galbraith Stitt. His life connects Huntingdon County and Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
38f. Margaret Ellen Appleby
Born: 3 Jan 1759, Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland
Died: Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Margaret Ellen Appleby is listed as the mother of John Stitt. Her reported birth in Ballymoney, Antrim, Ireland, makes her a useful person for researchers comparing Irish, Pennsylvania, Stitt, Appleby, and related family records.
Research Links
- Blog post for this research: https://j03.page/2026/05/03/mcquiston-mckissock/
- Archive.org McQuiston book: The McQuiston, McCuiston and McQuesten Families, 1620–1937
- Robert McQuiston — U.S., Family History Books: Ancestry image viewer source
- 1850 United States Federal Census: 1850 U.S. Census source
- 1860 United States Federal Census: 1860 U.S. Census source
- Robert McQuiston — U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s–1900s: Passenger and immigration list index source
- The McQuiston, McCuiston and McQuesten Families, 1620–1937 — Ancestry: Ancestry book source
- Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852–1968: Pennsylvania marriage source
Research Caution
This page is a research-organizing page. It is designed to preserve names, dates, places, source links, and research leads. Each relationship should be verified against original or near-original records where possible, including census records, marriage records, probate files, land records, church records, published family histories, and local Pennsylvania, Ireland, and Scotland sources.
The McQuiston family book is an important source, but family-history books should still be compared with independent records. This page is meant to help researchers find the path, not to replace careful proof work.
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Plain-Language Research Summary
This page helps explain one McQuiston and McKissock research branch. The line includes people connected to Butler County, Pennsylvania; Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania; Beaver County, Pennsylvania; Tobermore in Londonderry, Northern Ireland; Belfast and Ballymoney in Antrim, Ireland; and Wigtownshire, Scotland.
The most important book source on this page is The McQuiston, McCuiston and McQuesten Families, 1620–1937. A free Archive.org copy is linked above so researchers can review the book directly. The page also keeps Ancestry source links for census, immigration, marriage, and family-history book records.