William URQUHART OBE CBE 1901

William URQUHART OBE CBE, 1901–1982 (aged 80 years)

Name William URQUHART OBE CBE

Name: William /URQUHART/ OBE CBE
Given names: William
Surname: URQUHART
Name suffix: OBE CBE

Gender Male

Events of close relatives
Marriage	Ethel Joan Eugenie (Joan) KIRKPATRICK — View this family ( after death) unknown
Death of a father	William URQUHART June 11, 1901 (aged ) Age: 43 Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England Address: "Craigielea" Alderley Edge Cheshire Cause: sudden death
Burial of a father	William URQUHART June 15, 1901 (aged ) St John's Church, Lindow, Alderley Edge. Cheshire
Birth	December 20, 1901 44 33 Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Viewforth - Family Home - Now a Listed Property
Education	School between 1910 and 1919 (aged 17 years) Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland School or college: Edinburgh Academy
Census	April 2, 1911 (aged 9 years) Age: 8 Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Address: Living at "Viewforth" with widowed mother, grandmother and Uncle Alexander. Inverkeithing
Death of a paternal grandfather	John URQUHART May 19, 1917 (aged 15 years) Bearsden, Dumbartonshire, Scotland Address: "Rosyth", Glenburn Rd, Bearsden
Education	BSc Civil Eng. between 1919 and 1922 (aged 20 years) Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland School or college: Edinburgh University
Burial of a maternal grandmother	Mary FRASER December 29, 1919 (aged 18 years) Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
Death of a maternal grandmother	Mary FRASER December 1919 (aged 17 years) Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland
Residence	1924 (aged 22 years) Address: "Kenwyn" 35 Criffel Ave, Lambeth, London resident with uncle and mother. Not there in later electoral roll records.
Fact	Travelled to Halifax, Canada on the "Canopic". March 1924 (aged 22 years)
Fact	Assistant engineer on Kenya and Uganda Railway, Kenya. 1928 (aged 26 years) Note: He applied for membership to the Institution of Civil Engineers noting his prior engineering and edu… He applied for membership to the Institution of Civil Engineers noting his prior engineering and educational experience. This information about his work provides reason for the family; he, his mother and his uncle, for moving from Inverkeithing to London earlier in the decade.
Fact	William and his wife arrived in London from Uganda on 14th May 1932 with their 8 month old child. May 14, 1932 (aged 30 years)
Death of a mother	Agnes Jean Cusine ARNOT May 30, 1933 (aged 31 years) Balham, Surrey, England
Fact	Awarded an Order of the British Empire January 1, 1946 (aged 44 years) Note: Reference in the gazette states "William URQUHART, Esq. Senior District Engineer, Kenya and Uga… Reference in the gazette states "William URQUHART, Esq. Senior District Engineer, Kenya and Uganda Railways."
Fact	Travelled with wife on "Llangibby Castle" from London to Mombassa. October 1947 (aged 45 years)
Fact	Travelled on the "Kenya"with wife to Mombassa. August 1954 (aged 52 years)
Fact	Awarded the order of Commander of the British Empire May 25, 1956 (aged 54 years) Note: Wikipedia records, "William Urquhart, OBE, Deputy General Manager, East African Railways &… Wikipedia records, "William Urquhart, OBE, Deputy General Manager, East African Railways & Harbours Administration."
Death	July 22, 1982 (aged 80 years) Age: 80 Hospital, Budleigh Salterton, England Address: 6 West Terrace, Budleigh Salterton, Devon
Cremation	July 27, 1982 (5 days after death) Exeter and Devon Crematorium Address: 215 Topsham Road Exeter, Devon, England United Kingdom

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: March 19, 1857 22 23 — Denny, Stirling, SCOTLAND Census: April 2, 1871 — Govan, (Glasgow) Lanarkshire, Scotland Census: April 3, 1881 — Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Scotland Census: April 5, 1891 — Wilmslow, Cheshire, England Passenger records: Merchant. arrived at Liverpool on the Orellana from Valparaiso, Chile on 2 Nov 1898 — November 2, 1898 Passenger lists: Occupation identified as "commercial" and on 23 May 1899 arrived at Queenstown, Ireland from Boston, USA on way to Liverpool — May 23, 1899 Religious marriage: September 18, 1900 — Viewforth, Inverkeithing, Scotland Census: March 31, 1901 Freemason records for Aderley Edge, Cheshire, England: was a member in 1890 and resigned in 1895 Death: June 11, 1901 — Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England Burial: June 15, 1901 — St John's Church, Lindow, Alderley Edge. Cheshire Probate: August 15, 1901 — London, Engand Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Agnes Jean Cusine ARNOT William URQUHART OBE CBE William URQUHART 1857–1901 Birth: March 19, 1857 22 23 — Denny, Stirling, SCOTLAND Death: June 11, 1901 — Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England
mother	Links Birth: July 8, 1868 41 34 — Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Census: April 2, 1871 — Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Census: April 3, 1881 — Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Census: April 5, 1891 — Cathcart, Renfrewshire, Scotland Meeting with Australian cousins: Edith Holdsworth & her husband travelled to Inverkeithing & she wrote about meeting her cousins Alexander and Agnes. "Aggie and Alich met us at the station received a very warm welcome from all. After tea we strolled around the queer little town." — September 10, 1896 Religious marriage: September 18, 1900 — Viewforth, Inverkeithing, Scotland Census: March 31, 1901 — Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England Census: April 2, 1911 — Scotland Inheritance Jan 1920: Inherited family home, "Viewforth", on death of her mother — 1920 Death: May 30, 1933 — Balham, Surrey, England Probate: October 21, 1933 — London, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William URQUHART William URQUHART OBE CBE Agnes Jean Cusine ARNOT 1868–1933 Birth: July 8, 1868 41 34 — Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Death: May 30, 1933 — Balham, Surrey, England
Religious marriage	Religious marriage — September 18, 1900 — Viewforth, Inverkeithing, Scotland
15 months himself	Links Birth: December 20, 1901 44 33 — Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Education: School — between 1910 and 1919 — Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Marriage: unknown Census: April 2, 1911 — Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Education: BSc Civil Eng. — between 1919 and 1922 — Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland Fact: Travelled to Halifax, Canada on the "Canopic". — March 1924 Fact: Assistant engineer on Kenya and Uganda Railway, Kenya. — 1928 Fact: William and his wife arrived in London from Uganda on 14th May 1932 with their 8 month old child. — May 14, 1932 Fact: Awarded an Order of the British Empire — January 1, 1946 Fact: Travelled with wife on "Llangibby Castle" from London to Mombassa. — October 1947 Fact: Travelled on the "Kenya"with wife to Mombassa. — August 1954 Fact: Awarded the order of Commander of the British Empire — May 25, 1956 Death: July 22, 1982 — Hospital, Budleigh Salterton, England Cremation: July 27, 1982 — Exeter and Devon Crematorium Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ethel Joan Eugenie (Joan) KIRKPATRICK William URQUHART OBE CBE 1901–1982 Birth: December 20, 1901 44 33 — Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Death: July 22, 1982 — Hospital, Budleigh Salterton, England

Family with Ethel Joan Eugenie (Joan) KIRKPATRICK
himself	Links Birth: December 20, 1901 44 33 — Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Education: School — between 1910 and 1919 — Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Marriage: unknown Census: April 2, 1911 — Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Education: BSc Civil Eng. — between 1919 and 1922 — Edinburgh, Mid Lothian Scotland Fact: Travelled to Halifax, Canada on the "Canopic". — March 1924 Fact: Assistant engineer on Kenya and Uganda Railway, Kenya. — 1928 Fact: William and his wife arrived in London from Uganda on 14th May 1932 with their 8 month old child. — May 14, 1932 Fact: Awarded an Order of the British Empire — January 1, 1946 Fact: Travelled with wife on "Llangibby Castle" from London to Mombassa. — October 1947 Fact: Travelled on the "Kenya"with wife to Mombassa. — August 1954 Fact: Awarded the order of Commander of the British Empire — May 25, 1956 Death: July 22, 1982 — Hospital, Budleigh Salterton, England Cremation: July 27, 1982 — Exeter and Devon Crematorium Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ethel Joan Eugenie (Joan) KIRKPATRICK William URQUHART OBE CBE 1901–1982 Birth: December 20, 1901 44 33 — Inverkeithing, Fife, Scotland Death: July 22, 1982 — Hospital, Budleigh Salterton, England
wife	Links Birth: November 6, 1900 — Fiddans, Gort, Galway, Ireland Marriage: unknown Passenger list: Ethel departed Liverpool for St John's, Newfoundland, Canada on 29th May 1924. Her country of intended permanent residence was England. — May 1924 Death: January 15, 1987 — Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England Probate: August 12, 1987 — Bristol, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William URQUHART OBE CBE Ethel Joan Eugenie (Joan) KIRKPATRICK 1900–1987 Birth: November 6, 1900 — Fiddans, Gort, Galway, Ireland Death: January 15, 1987 — Budleigh Salterton, Devon, England
Marriage	Marriage — — unknown

Show all notes
Fact	He applied for membership to the Institution of Civil Engineers noting his prior engineering and educational experience. This information about his work provides reason for the family; he, his mother and his uncle, for moving from Inverkeithing to London earlier in the decade.
Fact	Reference in the gazette states "William URQUHART, Esq. Senior District Engineer, Kenya and Uganda Railways."
Fact	Wikipedia records, "William Urquhart, OBE, Deputy General Manager, East African Railways & Harbours Administration."

Birth	Viewforth - Family Home - Now a Listed Property
Census	Inverkeithing
Media object	Inverkeithing Panorama
Media object	Inverkeithing - North
Media object	Fordell's Lodging - Old
Media object	Fordell's Lodging 2015
Media object	High St Inverkeithing

Extra information

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Family with parents
father Parents John URQUHART Margaret DALGLISH	William URQUHART 1857–1901
mother Parents James Miller ARNOT Mary FRASER	Agnes Jean Cusine ARNOT 1868–1933
himself	William URQUHART OBE CBE 1901–1982

Family with Ethel Joan Eugenie (Joan) KIRKPATRICK
himself	William URQUHART OBE CBE 1901–1982
wife	Ethel Joan Eugenie (Joan) KIRKPATRICK 1900–1987

Descendants

William URQUHART OBE CBE(1901–1982)
- Ethel Joan Eugenie (Joan) KIRKPATRICK
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