In 1871 he was living with his uncle John Ellerton in Paddington, and shown as an "articled clerk to architect"
At the 1881 Census he was living at 166 London Road, Leftwich, Cheshire - along with his wife Annie (24, b. Tarback [near Gateacre]/Lancs.), son George, and a servant. Morris' Business Directory of 1884 listed Mouat as "architect and surveyor, 24 High Street, Northwich, Cheshire", and in 1886 several advertisements were placed in The Manchester Guardian - "Architect is in immediate want of Articled Pupil ... M.K.Ellerton, High St., Northwich".
The 1891 Census showed Mouat, his family, and a nurse (Annie Pugh) living at The Curatage, Davenham, Leftwich, in the Rural District of Northwich.
Kelly's 1892 Trade Directory for Northwich included "Mouat Keith Ellerton, architect and surveyor, High Street". Kelly's 1896 Trade Directory for Cheshire showed him at 26 High Street, Davenham, Northwich, while the "Wolverhampton Red Book" for 1897/98 showed him living at Bath Place.
The 1901 Census for Wolverhampton/Staffs. shows Monat [sic], Annie, and children Victor, Annie, and Catherine.
Known details of their children, including data from the GRO Indexes (for Northwich, Cheshire) and the Cheshire BMD website:
George Mouat Keith - see his own page
Victor Alexander Louis - b.1881/Q4 (at Leftwich, Cheshire, per the 1891 Census). The 1901 Census for Wolverhampton recorded him as an Architect, like his father. A passenger manifest recorded him travelling from Liverpool to Quebec in 1906. He died in 1935 (GRO Index Q2 for Birmingham).
Charles Fleetwood - see his own page
Alice Friede - b.1888/Q4. Died at the end of 1889 - GRO Index 1890/Q1, Northwich, aged 1.
Annie - b.1890/Q2 (at Leftwich, Cheshire, per the 1891 Census).
Catherine Ada - b.1894/Q3.
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