Birth of Margaret Monat in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, the future wife of a Janesville settler.

The evidence

• “P. 0. Janesville ; born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in July, 1812; attended school there until 24 years of age; in 1837, he came to New York, located in Caledonia, Livingston Co., where he followed farming; he returned to Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1842, when he married Miss Margaret Monat,who was born there in March, 1822 ; had twelve children, ten are living — James, Margaret, Thomas, Mary, Malcolm, Jennie, Da,vid, Peter, William and Robina. In 1842, he returned with his bride from Scotland ; they located in Livingston Co., N.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/36-bios-harmony.md, PDF p. 889

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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