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Margaret Laurie - Mother of William McQuhae

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Married to David McQuhae. Mother of William McQuhae.

Also known as

  • Mrs. McQuhae

Life with James Boswell

Boswell visited Mrs. McQuhae and her husband at Wigtown on September 29, 1762, them being the parents of his friend William McQuhae. He described her as "a smiling, sweet-tempered, active woman".

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Margaret Laurie is mentioned in:

  • Journal of my Jaunt, Harvest 1762

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