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| 5551 | Robert is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South and is presumed to have died young. | Stewart, Robert (I18031)
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| 5552 | Robert is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South. It may be that he died young or he may have been unknown to the author of Stewarts of the South. | Stewart, Robert (I17992)
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| 5553 | Robert is not recorded in the family trees of his sister's descendants, so appears to be unknown to them. Robert moved to Bancroft, Ontario where he was a truck driver. Robert has not been found in the 1831 census. | Brown, Robert James Jr. (I21182)
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| 5554 | Robert is presumed to have died young prior to the birth of his same-named brother in 1756. | Stewart, Robert (I17989)
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| 5555 | Robert is presumed to have died young prior to the birth of his same-named brother in 1782. | Stewart, Robert Graham (I18104)
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| 5556 | Robert is presumed to have died young prior to the birth of his same-named half-brother in 1770. | Stewart, Robert (I17991)
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| 5557 | Robert is recorded as a natural child of John Stewart of Glenbuckie and Mary Stewart in Lednascridan. The Annat Tree wrongly records Robert as being the first child of John's lawful marriage. However, this is chronologically impossible as John and Catherine were married in Nov 1805 and their son David was born Mar 1806. It is also onomastically unlikely as John would name has first lawful son after his own father, David. It is more likely that this Robert, being a natural child, has been named after his mother's father. According to the Annat Tree, Robert immigrated to the United States where he died. It is not known how old he was when he died nor whether or not he had a family, though the Annat Tree does not mention any family. Stewarts of the South does not show Robert, but instead shows an "Alexander" as "a young man living in Callander and thinking of going to the West Indies." It is believed that Stewarts of the South has the name incorrect. | Stewart, Robert (I17959)
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| 5558 | Robert is recorded in Stewarts of the South as being "in the West Indies in the way of making a fortune." He may be the "Aba R Stewart", male, b 1788, occ "Iadar Cander", residing with Rev. John Stewart in Blair Atholl in 1841. | Stewart, Robert (I17996)
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| 5559 | Robert is recorded in the Balquhidder OPR as being the son of "David Stewart of Craigrui and Stewart his wife." According to Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, Robert died young. | Stewart, Robert (I17993)
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| 5560 | Robert is shown in family records but no date of birth is given. His date of birth here is just a guess based on chronology. He has not been found in any public records. | Coventry, Robert (I3004)
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| 5561 | Robert is shown in Stewarts of the South as Rob mac Phatrick mac Iain Dubh Beg. He was a tacksman at Lianach in Glenbuckie. | Stewart, Robert mac Pharic mac Iain Dubh Beag (I18153)
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| 5562 | Robert Lloyd Brown was a DNA match to Group 39. The manager of his DNA account, Bill Hancock, has ceased contact and is believed to be deceased. His Ancestry bio describes him as: "Retired banker of 30 years...Wisconsin, Illinois,Iowa and Nebraska in 2000. Self employed the past 10 years in home remodeling near Onawa, IA. Moved to GJ in August of 2010." Obituary: Robert Lloyd Brown (Bob) of Grand Junction CO, age 81 passed away on 02/23/2021 from complications of Parkinson Disease. He was born May 21, 1939 in Beloit WI. He was the son of Robert Ingle Brown and Fern Winifred Brown. Robert (Bob) graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in Agriculture. He had a dairy farm In Brodhead, WI and went on to work in banking for many years. He enjoyed doing small remodeling jobs in his retirement. Bob was a member of the Rotary Club for many years, loved to work on antique cars and enjoyed learning about his family ancestry. He was a lifelong gardener and left a garden full of tulips that will come up in the spring for his neighbors at the Commons. In 2010 Bob moved from Onawa, Iowa to Grand Junction, CO with his good friend, Patricia Powell. He made many friends in Grand Junction and loved to go visit at The Commons of Hilltop every week. He also enjoyed and made many new friendships while attending Silver Sneakers. Bob is survived by his sister Barbara (Daniel) Robertson and two nephews, Timothy (Nadine) Robertson and Joel Robertson. His three daughters; Heather (Daniel) Stephens; Amy CastleDowns (Jill Herbert), by his first wife Sandra N. Brown; Melanie Olson by his second wife, Judith Ann Brown and stepson Michael (Carla) Zimmerman. 15 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren and a grand niece and nephew. Bob will be dearly missed. | Brown, Robert Lloyd (I1959)
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| 5563 | Robert married and resided in Ardchullery in Strathyre, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland and also held the Anie farm. | McLaren, Robert in Ardchullarie (I10532)
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| 5564 | Robert married moved to Italy where he had children and later returned to the USA. His descendants are beyond the scope of this report. | Stuart, Robert (I18743)
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| 5565 | Robert married Olive Wyse, the widow of his brother Charles. They had no children. They lived near Strabane in Flamborough Township, Wentworth County. | Stewart, Robert Russell (I18190)
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| 5566 | Robert McLaren acquired The Anie through his wife, Catherine McKinlay, who was the last of the McKinlays of the Anie. According to Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions, Robert and Catharine had five sons, four of whom emigrated to Ontario, Canada and the other emigrated to Michigan, USA. Descendant information indicates that they immigrated to Howard Township, Kent County, Ontario, Canada and settled in Ridgetown with one branch emigrating to Munro County, Michigan, USA. | McLaren, Robert (I10533)
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| 5567 | Robert presumably died prior to 1815 as he is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South and his brother James is described as the senior surviving male of the Annat family. | Stewart, Robert 3rd of Drumvaich (I18129)
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| 5568 | Robert served as Colonel in the Bengal Lancers and succeeded his brother, William, in the lands of Ardvorlich in 1857. He married at Ochtertyre, on 9 August 1860, to Charlotte Joanna, daughter of Anthony Murray, 11th of Dollerie. In 1881, Robert was residing with his wife and daughter in Brompton, Kensington, London, Middlesex, England. His occupation was given as Retired Colonel. His brother, Lt Col. George Stewart, was also living with them. Robert died at his sister’s residence in Earl’s Court, London, on 6 June 1882. His wife, Charlotte, survived him and died at Comrie, on 10 December 1925. After his death, the estate of Ardvorlich passed to his younger brother, Col. John Stewart. They had six children, only one of whom survived to adulthood. | Stewart, Col. Robert 11th of Ardvorlich (I18122)
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| 5569 | Robert shows two birth dates. The latter one is from Duff's Church baptismal records, but this is later than his date of death and is thus impossible, unless there were two Robert Mark Blacks. The earlier one is from his gravestone. | Black, Robert Mark (I1079)
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| 5570 | Robert Stewart and Janet Buchanan - Summerlane MARRIAGE 1843 March 25 Stewart, Robert and Janet Buchanan, parishioners. BIRTHS 1843 Augt 27 Betsy, dr to Robert Stewart and Janet Buchanan. 1846 April 7 Peter, son to Robert Stewart and Janet Buchanan, Summerlane. 1848 Feby 12 Mary, dr to Robert Stewart and Janet Buchanan, Summerlane. 1851 May 3 Margt, dr to Robt Stewart and Janet Buchanan, Summerlane. | Stewart, Robert (I24115)
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| 5571 | Robert Stewart is described in Stewarts of the South as "Robert, a clerk in London" ca. 1815. However it would appear that by 1841 he had returned to the family farm after the death of his father. At least there is a Robert Stewart matching his age living with a widowed Mary Stewart matching the age of his mother and residing at Ardcheanochdan. However the Robert Stewart found in the census may also be this Robert's cousin, Robert Stewart son of James Stewart, born 1798. | Stewart, Robert (I18039)
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| 5572 | Robert Stewart is described in Stewarts of the South as descending from "a natural branch from one of the Glenbuckie's who had the twelve sons". This refers to Patrick Stewart, 2nd of Glenbuckie, who is described by Duncan Stewart (1739) as having twelve sons and one natural son. Robert is described further in Stewarts of the South as: "There was one Robert Stewart, [a] tenant in Blairchoill, Loch Catharineside, [on] Burrel Drummond's [estate] in Callander Parish, who had three sons." (sic - The author later corrects this and adds a fourth son.) | Stewart, Robert in Blairchoill (I18115)
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| 5573 | Robert Stewart is described in Stewarts of the South as: "[Big Black Rob's] descendant was Rob McDonachie ("Robert, son of Duncan"), lately one of the four tenants of Ardcheanacnocan who left four sons." Robert is recorded in Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions for Kilmahog Cemetery: 48a (next to 47) Robert STEWART, farmer (at) Wester Ardcheanacrochdan., wife Janet BLACK, son David born here 1 JUN 1769 went to England at an early age in partnership with his brother as land surveyor and land agent for many years in Great Russel Street Bloomsbury, London, died 26 MAY 1852, age 82, at (the) home of his nephew at Aucharacle near Strontian, Argyll. (Mitchell notes: see Allan, Emigrants to Canada (The Scottish Genealogist xvii 3 (1970) p. 89-90 ? the brothers, Robert and David, were active in the colonization of Prince Edward Island, Canada, and their letter dated 1834 to William Buchanan, Trossachs, is quoted [in the article.]) Robert's date of death is not recorded in the preceding entry. All we can say is that he is buried in Kilmahog Cemetery in Callander parish. | Stewart, Robert McDonachie in Wester Ardcheanacrochdan (I18155)
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| 5574 | Robert Stewart is likely not the son of John Stewart and Agnes Wilson, unless he was illegitimate. He is found residing with John Stewart and Agnes Wilson in the 1881 census. He could be the Robert Stewart born 1862 to Alexander Stewart and Isabella Stewart in McNab whose brother Alexander married Annie Stewart daughter of John Stewart and Agnes Wilson. Or he could be the Robert Stewart born 1862 in McNab to Peter McNie Stewart. In 1881, at age 18, Robert Stewart was residing in the home of John Stewart and Agnes Wilson in McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. He was employed as a lumberman. His relationship to the family is not given. | Stewart, Robert (I18011)
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| 5575 | Robert Stewart is mentioned in Patrick Stewart of Ledcriech's 1763 genealogy, in a reference to his mother, "Catherine Stewart, daughter of Alexander, "brother of Robert Stewart of Glenagle, predecessor to John Stewart of Hyndfield, or Stronvar." Robert Stewart would have been a mother's uncle to Patrick Stewart of Ledcreich. (Edson, George, Stewart Clan Magazine, Tome G, December 1956, vol. 34, no. 6, pp.177-179) It is suggested that this Robert is the one referred to in the: "Testament of Robert Stewart in Glenogle who died in July of 1704 given up by Duncan Stewart in Monochyle as creditor". (Gordon MacGregor, The Red book of Scotland) | Stewart, Robert 5th of Glenogle (I18136)
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| 5576 | Robert Stewart is not found with his family in any census records and is presumed to have died before 1841. | Stewart, Robert (I17970)
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| 5577 | Robert Stewart is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South. Nothing is known about him other than that he married on 18 Dec 1756 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland Janet Stewart, b. Abt 1740, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, d. UNKNOWN. They had the following children: | Stewart, Robert in Dalveich (I18119)
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| 5578 | Robert Stewart of Blairgarry, who, with his mother, had the rental of the crown lands of Blairgarry, in the lordship of Strathgartney, in 1503, which he disponed to Thomas Graham of Boquhapple on 16 April 1558 and apparently died without children. (MacGregor) There is mention of Robert Stewart in Blairgarry in the Exchequer Rolls of 1502-7. The lands of Blairgarry later returned to the Stewarts of Gartnafuaran as Duncan Stewart's 1739 History implies that the lands of Blairgarry belonged to the oldest cadet branch of Gartnafuaran. | Stewart, Robert in Blairgarry (I18181)
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| 5579 | Robert Stewart of Tarbolten and Crookston, and Lord of Darnley, had no known issue. | Stewart, Sir Robert of Tarbolten and Crookston and Lord of Darnley (I18187)
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| 5580 | Robert Stewart son of James Stewart and Margaret MacNab, was born 1 April 1808 and baptized 17 Apr 1808 in Dunning, Perthshire, Scotland. His birth is also registered on 10 Apr 1808 in Glenturret on the Ochtertyre estate in Monzievaird, Perthshire, Scotland. The birth registration in Dunning is hard to explain. Dunning is on the far east side of Perthshire, just southwest of the town of Perth. This would lead one to rule out the connection, except for the fact that Robert's father had the nickname, "The Earl of Kinnoull." Kinnoull is located just outside the village of Perth, 15 km from Dunning. In 1841, at age 30, Robert Stewart was living alone at Immerioch in Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland. Robert has not been found in 1851 or later census records. He may have died or emigrated. Robert's sister, Janet married Andrew Taylor and moved to Culcrieff on the Ochtertyre estate in Monzievaird, Perthshire, Scotland. Culcrieff is located at the foot of Glen Turret where Robert was born. | Stewart, Robert (I18196)
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| 5581 | Robert Stewart was a business agent and salesman for Massey (Harris) Machinery (later Massey-Ferguson) in Renfrew. Robert and Christiana lived on a farm in Burnstown but never worked the land. He had lost an arm in an accident when he was comparatively young and as a result of this he decided to go into the business world, joining the Massey Harris Co. Christina was always noted for her almost mystical ability to heal people and she spent most of her life tending to sick in the area. She was also a renowned cook and hostess. The 1911 census indicates that Robert's first language was Gaelic. | Stewart, Robert (I18050)
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| 5582 | Robert Stewart was born and raised in Immervoulin in Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire. Scotland, as the eldest son of Peter Stewart in Immervoulin of the 'Caleb Stewarts' branch of the Stewarts of Glenogle. In 1851, at age 26, Robert Stewart was residing at "Inn of Froachs" (No such place is known to exist. It's believed to be a transcription error.) in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. He was employed as a shepherd to 75 year old John McLaren and his 79 year old sister, Christian McLaren. On 1 Feb 1854, at age 28, Christian Stewart gave birth to Mary Stewart, illigitimate daughter of Robert Stewart, farm servant in Laggan. "Decr 15 , 1854, Robert Stewart Farm Servant Laggan and Christian Stewart residing there had a child begotten in fornication born 1 Feby 1854 baptd named Mary." The extracts of minutes from the Balquhidder Kirk Session are below. They reveal an extremely gender-biased exercise of church discipline as Christian is compelled to appear before the Session three times for the sin of fornication, whereas Robert is only required to appear once. The father of Christian Stewart's illegitimate child is identified as Robert Stewart, a servant for Christian's brother at Laggan in 1853. Her brother is Robert Stewart of Laggan. He has no servant named Robert Stewart residing with him in 1851 or 1861. However. Immervoulin and Laggan are less than one kilometre from each other and this Robert is nearly the same age as Christian. And, in 1881, Christian's illegitimate daughter, Mary Stewart, was residing with Robert's sister, Marjory Stewart and her husband, Charles Stewart, on Glenfinglas Road in Auchnahard, confirming a familial connection that this is the Robert Stewart who fathered Christian's illegitimate daughter, Mary. From 1861 onward, there is a Robert Stewart, the same age as this Robert Stewart, born in Balquhidder, and living in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, with an eldest son named Peter. There is no other known Robert Stewart born in the mid 1820s in Balquhidder with a father named Peter, so it's believed, but not confirmed to be this Robert Stewart. Assuming it is the correct Robert Stewart then... In 1861, at age 37, Robert Stewart (believed, but not confirmed, to be this Robert) was residing in Mains, Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, employed as a shepherd, and residing with his wife and two young children. In 1871, at age 48, Robert Stewart (believed, but not confirmed, to be this Robert) was residing in Ewings Land, Burn Street in Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, employed as a night watchman, and residing with his wife and two young children. In 1881, at age 57, Robert Stewart (believed, but not confirmed, to be this Robert) was residing at 79 Burn Street in Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, employed as a fireman at a print works, and residing with his wife and children. In 1891, at age 64, Robert Stewart (believed, but not confirmed, to be this Robert) was residing at 95 Burn Street in Bonhill, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, employed as a stationer engineman, and residing with his wife and children. ----------- Balq. 9 Apr 1854 The Kirk Session met and constituted. Present: the Rev. Alex M. McGregor, moderator, Messers Hugh McGregor and John Carleton, elders. Compeared Compeared Christian Stewart presently residing at Strathire. States that she gave birth to an illegitimate child on the 1st day of January last at Immereon Glenbuckie and being interrogated she gave up Robert Stewart who was servant with her brother at Laggan in the spring of 1853 as the father of her child. Being further interrogated she states that the said Robert Stewart acknowledges guilt with her. In the meantime, the Kirk Session must communicate with Robert Stewart before any thing is done in the case. And instruct the Clerk to send him an extract of this minute requesting an early reply from him. 4 June 1854, the Kirk Session met and constituted. Present: the Rev. Alex M. McGregor, moderator, Messers Hugh McGregor and John Carleton, elders. Compeared Robert Stewart. The minutes of 9 April having been read over to him and being interrogated admitted having received a letter from the Clerk with an extract of said minutes and acknowledges that he had been guilty of the sin of fornication with Christian Stewart and was the father of her child. The Kirk Session are therefore and there~~~~~~ to administer the discipline of the church to Christian Stewart accessory to his application and instruct the Clerk to communicate with the her. 18 June 1854, the Kirk Session met and constituted. Present: the Rev. Alex M. McGregor, moderator, Messers Hugh McGregor and John Carleton, elders. Compeared Christian Stewart Strathyre under scandal of fornication with Robert Stewart having been admonished by the moderator she was directed to appear before the Kirk Session on two succeeding Sabbaths. 16 July 1854, the Kirk Session met and constituted. Present: the Rev. Alex M. McGregor, moderator, Messers Hugh McGregor and John Carleton, elders. Compeared Christian Stewart at Strathyre for the third time having been admonished by the moderator she was absolved from the scandal of fornication with Robert Stewart. This Robert may be the Robert Stewart who had an illegitimate daughter with Christian Stewart, daughter of James Stewart 1st of Laggan, cited in the following reference: Mary STEWART, b. 1 FEB 1854 and bap. 15 DEC 1854 in Laggan in Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland. She is recorded in the Balquhidder OPR as "begotten in fornication with Robert STEWART, farm servant in Laggan." | Stewart, Robert (I18170)
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| 5583 | Robert Stewart was born in 1762 in the clachan of Easter Glentarken on the north shore of Loch Earn in Perthshire, Scotland. Following Scottish custom, he was named after his paternal grandfather, Robert Stewart in Ardveich, who, according to family tradition, was a Jacobite who was killed at the Battle of Culloden fighting for Bonnie Prince Charlie. (Comrie parish records support this tradition.) Stewarts of the South indicates that Robert Stewart was a descendant of John Dubh Mhor Stewart of Dalveich, natural son of James Beag Stewart, 2nd of Ardvorlich. The document also describes Robert as "an industrious and well-doing man". On 4 Dec 1795, Robert Stewart married his second-cousin, Catharine McNaughtan. His paternal great-grandfather, Alexander Stewart in Ardveich was her maternal great-grandather. In the early 1800s, Glen Tarken belonged to the Earl of Perth, and sometime during the early 1800s the Earl emptied Glen Tarken and moved all of the crofters to the nearby village of St. Fillans. The houses they once lived in were left to fall into ruin. As Robert's son, Peter, recalls growing up in St. Fillans, then it is presumed that Robert Stewart's birth family would have been among those who were moved. Stewarts of the South (ca. 1818) indicates that Robert Stewart was a feuer (a feudal land holder, like a tenant) in St. Fillans on the estate of Sir John Drummond, Earl of Perth. Stewarts of the South also indicates that Robert had a close relative named Alexander Stewart, living in Dalveich. They were second-cousins. Sometime between 1825-1830 (more likely closer to 1830), Robert died, presumably of natural causes (he would have been in his mid-60s) and the croft passed to his sons. A few short years after Robert's death, his widow, Catharine, and all their children, as well as a couple of young grandchildren, left Scotland for good, and headed to Canada. Robert and Catharine seem to have followed the traditional Scottish naming custom more strictly for their sons, but less strictly for their daughters. Their eldest son was named John after his paternal grandfather, their second son was named Duncan after his maternal grandfather, and their third son was named Robert after his father. However, their first daughter was named Margaret after her paternal grandmother, and their second daughter was named Elisabeth after her maternal grandmother, thus reversing the traditional order. Their next three daughters seem to have been named after Robert's sisters. It's not until their sixth daughter that they name a daughter after her mother. | Stewart, Robert in Morell & St. Fillans (I18088)
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| 5584 | Robert Stewart was born in 1777 in Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, to James Ross Stewart and Catherine McLaren. Stewarts of the South (written about 1815-1818) describes Robert Stewart as "son of Sheumas Ross - Robert Stewart once foreman to Mr Stewart of Ardvurlich now in the same capacity with one Mr Rob at Menstrie Blairlogie parish Sir Ralph Abercrombie's estate Stirlingshire two sons." The Stewarts of Ardvorlich, Vol. 3, which says "Robert, who lived at Ashinranoch, and was a ploughman at Ardvorlich. He married Lizzie MacLaughlan, a servant at Ardvorlich. His son, William, is now (1879) a shopkeeper at Menstrie." Ashinrannoch no longer exists. but was described as "a croft just where the nursery used to be at Ardvorlich." Both of these sources describe Robert Stewart as a farming labourer (either a ploughman or foreman) to the Laird of Ardvorlich and then later residing in Menstrie. In 1908, Christina Margaret McIntyre (b. 1878) received a letter from her 77-year-old aunt Margaret McIntyre which stated that Margaret's mother (Christina's grandmother), Mary Stewart, was born in 1798 in Stronvar as the daughter of James Stewart and Jean McDiarmid, and that James was the youngest of three brothers -- the others being John and Donald. It also says that Donald had to flee the country due to his "wild behaviour." Christina Margaret McIntyre was the youngest daughter of John Lorne Stewart McIntyre, son of Peter McIntyre and Mary Stewart, daughter of James Og Stewart in Stronvar. Margaret McIntyre (b. 1831), author of the letter, was a younger sister of John Lorne Stewart McIntyre. The James Stewart that the letter is referring to is James Og Stewart, grandfather to Christina's aunt Margaret McIntyre. One would like to think that Margaret knew the family of her own grandfather well, and that her account is reliable, but she was 77-years-old, just four years from her death, at the time that she wrote the letter. Her grandfather, James Og Stewart had been dead at least 70 years by then, so Margaret McIntyre was at most 7-years-old and possibly not even born when her grandfather died. He died in Scotland and she was raised in Canada, so she certainly never met her grandfather. Thus, her account of her grandfather's family would have been recalled from second-hand stories told to her by others decades prior to her writing of the letter. As such, her account is succeptible to mixing up details as would appear to be the case. Margaret McIntyre stated that James Og Stewart was the youngest of three brothers, but no older brothers have been found for James. Margaret stated that James' older brothers were John and Donald, and that Donald had to flee the country due to his "wild behaviour." But James had no known brothers named John or Donald. However, James Og Stewart did have a younger brother, Robert Stewart in Ashinranoch, who appears to have had to flee the country for his "wild behaviour" (which is putting it kindly). Robert Stewart sired multiple illegitimate children with multiple young women and was reprimanded by the Comrie Kirk Session on multiple occasions for his conduct. He also appears to have been fired from multiple estate jobs because of his conduct and finally "fled the country" (of Perthshire) to far away Menstrie in Clackmannanshire, Scotland. On 28 Jan 1795, when Robert was 18-years-old, the Comrie church Session minutes indicate that Mary Dochart, a servant to Mr Stewart of Ardvorlich was pregnant outside of marriage. She identifies "Robert Stewart, servant with Ardvorlich," as the father. A few months later, on 22 Feb 1795, Robert Stewart and Mary Dochart in Ardvorlich had a son, Duncan, who is described in the parish register as "begotten in fornication." No other Robert Stewart contemporary to this time period has been identified in Stewarts of the South, or The Stewarts of Ardvorlich, Vols 1-3 & Supplement as a servant at Ardvorlich. Thus, it appears that Robert Stewart in Ashinrannoch is the father of Mary Dochart's son, Duncan. Just three months later, on 17 May 1795, the Comrie church Session minutes indicate that Catherine Dochart, servant maid to Mr McNab at Dundurn was pregnant by Robert Stewart, servant to the said Mr. McNab. The Comrie parish register shows on 9 July 1795 an incomplete entry for Robert Stewart, Dundurn. which says nothing else other than his name. It is followed immediately by an entry dated, 19 Aug 1795, which says that Robert Stewart and Catherine Dochart had a daughter Cathrine. Neither Stewarts of the South nor The Stewarts of Ardvorlich, Vols 1-3 & Supplement identify any Robert Stewart that was a servant at Dundurn. It is suggested that Robert Stewart in Dundurn is the same person as Robert Stewart (formerly) in Ashinrannoch and that he is the father of both illegitimate children by Mary Dochart and Catherine Dochart. It is possible that Mary Dochart and Catherine Dochart could have been sisters. It is further suggested that Robert Stewart may have been dismissed from his service at Ardvorlich for getting the maid pregnant and went to work nearby for McNab of Dundurn where he did the same thing and was fired again and thus ended up way down in Logie working for Mr Rob at Menstrie. It is further suggested that his conduct matches the description in the McIntyre Letter - 1908, of the brother of James Og Stewart who had to "flee the country" for his "wild behaviour." In 1805, at age 27, Robert Stewart married in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland to Lizzie MacLaughlan. In 1841, at age 60, Robert Stewart was residing in Menstrie, Clackmannashire, Scotland, with his wife and children: Mary Stewart 20, John Stewart 15 (sic), Elizabeth Stewart 15, and William Stewart 14. Robert was employed as an agricultural labourer. In 1851, at age 77, Robert Stewart was residing at the Sabbath School in Menstrie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, with his wife and children: Mary Stewart 32, and William Stewart 24. Also residing with them was his granddaughter, Cathrine Mustard 13 and grandson, William Forsyth (7 months). Robert was employed as a farm servant. No birth records have been found for the grandchildren shown here. Their parents are unknown. | Stewart, Robert in Ashinrannoch (I18111)
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| 5585 | Robert Stewart was born in 1781 in Wester Ardveich, on the north shore of Loch Earn in Comrie parish, Perthshire, Scotland, as the youngest child of Donald Stewart in Keip and Catherine McLaren, on lands that had been in his family for three generations. In 1812, at age 31, Robert Stewart married in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland to Mary McGregor. Her birth family has not been identified. They began their family at Ardvorlich on the south shore of Loch Earn where Robert likely worked as a shepherd. In 1818, at age 37, Robert Stewart moved his family to Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland, where he was employed as a shepherd to Capt. Duncan Stewart, 16th of Glenbuckie, and Factor to the Duke of Argyll. Duncan Stewart held lands in both Balquhidder and Campbelltown. About this time, Robert Stewart was described in Stewarts of the South as "a shepherd to Captain Stewart of Glenbuckie. He was living at Kintyre, [Argyll, Scotland]." Robert Stewart and Mary continued to have children in Kintyre until 1831, afterwhich they immigrated to Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, and settled on a farm next-door to Robert's nephew James Stewart, who preceded them in 1830. Robert and Mary's exact date of immigration is unknown. The only mention of Robert Stewart in The Story of Renfrew is in reference to his son: "J. R. Stewart, who, belonging to another branch of the Stewart family and whose father was one of the settlers on the second line alongside of [his nephew] the pioneer James Stewart, left the farm which he had inherited and had wrought for some years, coming to Renfrew well on in the 'sixties.'" (Campbell, Rev. Robert, and Smallfield, William Elgood, The Story of Renfrew - from the coming of the first settlers about 1820 to 1928. Mercury Newspaper Publishing, 1914, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada) From this quote, we can infer that Robert Stewart may have immigrated shortly after as his nephew, James Stewart (b 1798 in Wester Ardveich), who immigrated in 1830. Robert Stewart and his family have not been found in 1841. Sometime between 1831-1843, Robert Stewart's first wife, Mary McGregor died. On 17 Mar 1843, at age 61, Robert Stewart married secondly in Bathust, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, to Janet Ferguson. She was born in Derry on Loch Earn, not far from where Robert Stewart was born. She was 59 and they did not have any children together. In 1851, at age 74, Robert Stewart was residing in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, with his second wife, Janet Ferguson, and his 20-year-old son, John. Robert was employed as a farmer. They are listed nearby to his nephew, James Stewart. In 1861, at age 79, Robert Stewart was residing in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, with his second wife, Janet. He was residing on the farm of his son, John (29) and John's wife, Margaret (28), and their son, James (1). Robert Stewart died in 1865. He is listed on the big McIntyre/McLaren gravestone in the McLaren Cemetery, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, shown as "Robert Stewart, 1780-1865, Donald Stewart, ___-1867, Margaret Stewart, 1809-1891." | Stewart, Robert in Campbelltown (I17971)
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| 5586 | Robert Stewart was born in 1787 in Rannag of Glenogle, Balquhider, Perthshire, Scotland. The 1814 Blair Drummond Moss Census shows Robert as 26 years old and residing with his father and step-mother at 9 Rossburn Lane. This entry corresponds perfectly with Robert's birth in the Balquhidder OPR. About 1815, Stewarts of the South says that Robert Stewart, son of Duncan Stewart in Summerline Moss, was a smith. On 26 Feb 1826, at age 39, Robert Stewart married in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland to Jane McNie. Both were from Kincardine. Between 1828-1831, Robert Stewart along with his wife and their first daughter, immigrated with his wife's maternal McIntyre cousins to Renfrew, Ontario, Canada as pioneer settlers. In 1851, at age 65, Robert Stewart was residing in McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada with his wife and children. He was employed as a farmer. Living nearby were several McGregors who could be related to his mother. In early 1861, Robert died. Later that year in the census, at age 61, his widow Jane McNie was residing in MacNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, with her children, Jean, Robert and Peter, along with Peter's wife. Burial: White Lake Cemetary: ROBERT STEWART died;JAN 11,1861;AGED 75 YEARS, his wife JANE McNIE died JAN 12,1881;AGED 81 YEARS, NATIVES OF PERTHSHIRE,SCOTLAND; THEIR SON ROBERT McNIE STEWART died APR 10,1933, AGED 87 YEARS;his wife MARGARET L.McFADYEN died JUNE 2,1926 AGED66 YEARS | Stewart, Robert (I18021)
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| 5587 | Robert Stewart was born in 1821 in Laggan in Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire. Scotland, as the eldest son of James Stewart, 1st of Laggan, who was 56 years old at the time. Robert Stewart is described in The Stewarts of Ardvorlich, Vol. 3, p. 56, as "Robert Coirechrombie, farmer at Laggan, d. Ardoch Mill, 1886, m. Janet Stewart, d. 1886, bur. Dundurn." The discrepencey in his date of death (shown here as 1900) has not been resolved. Robert is described in Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions as "Robert farmer (at) Laggan, died 24 NOV 1900 (his wife Janet STEWART 26 NOV 1880." In 1841, at age 20, Robert Stewart, was residing at Laggan in Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland with his father and siblings. Also residing with him was 40 year old Donald Stewart and 10 year old Duncan Stewart working as farm hands. The 1861 census reveals that Donald was Robert's maternal uncle. In 1851, at age 29, Robert Stewart was residing at Laggan in Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, with his father and siblings. In 1852, at age 31, upon the death of his father, Robert inherited the Laggan farmstead. On 15 JAN 1853, at age 32, Robert Stewart married in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland to Janet STEWART, b ABT 1 SEP 1822 as the daughter of Peter Stewart in Immervouin in Strathyre and Jean McGregor of the "Caleb Stewart" family, a cadet of the Stewarts of Glenogle. Janet was also sister to Margaret Stewart, wife of John Stewart of the Grodich of the Stewarts of Auchnahard in Glenfinglas. Their marriage was also registered on 18 JAN 1853 in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland. In 1861, at age 39, Robert Stewart was residing at Laggan in Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife, Janet Stewart, and their three young children. He was employed as a farmer. Also residing with them was Janet's maternal uncle, Daniel Stewart, who was born in 1793 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. Robert has not been found in 1871. In 1881, at age 59, Robert Stewart was residing at Laggan in Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, as a widower with his sons James and Peter. He was employed as a farmer. Also residing with them was 40 year old James Carmichael (born 1841 in Balquhidder) and 31 year old John Carmichael (born 1859 in Comrie), farm servants, who may be related on the McLaren side. In 1891, at age 70, Robert Stewart was residing at Laggan in Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, as a widower with his son James. Also residing with them was James' wife, Margaret Stewart, and their 3 year old son, Robert. Also residing with them was 70 year old James Stewart (born 1821 in Callander) and 39 year old John McEwan (born 1852 in Balquhidder) farm servants. John McEwan was a cousin from the McLaren side. -------------- 29 James STEWART, farmer (at) Laggan (in) Strathyre, died SEP 1852, wife Mary STEWART predeceased him, brother William STEWART (at) Ardoch Mill (in) Strathyre, died 23 APR 1860 (family: Christina 12 MAR 1881, Robert farmer (at) Laggan, died 24 NOV 1900 (his wife Janet STEWART 26 NOV 1880, son Peter farmer (at) Immervoulin, died 15 APR 1935), John farmer (at) Laggan, 29 MAR 1911 (his wife Helen MACKAY 25 JAN 1917, son James farmer (at) Laggan died 5 MAR 1935)). 32 (next to 31) John STEWART, died (at) Laggan (in) Strathyre 29 MAR 1911, wife Helen MCKAY, died there 25 JAN 1917, youngest son James died there 15 MAR 1935, youngest daughter Sarah 19 MAY 1967. | Stewart, Robert of Laggan (I18125)
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| 5588 | Robert Stewart was born in Puslinch, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada on the family farm owned by his parents. His grandmother Catharine Stewart, his aunt Catharine Stewart, and his uncles Peter and William Stewart initially lived with the family. Robert's parents and grandmother died when Robert was only 11 years old leaving Robert as the eldest of four orphans. Robert and the two next eldest orphans were raised by their uncle, Peter Stewart and aunt, Catherine Stewart on the Stewart farm in west Puslinch, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada. Robert's youngest brother, James, was raised by his aunt Margaret McCallum in the nearby city of Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. Robert would later marry that aunt's daughter. In 1851 Robert was residing in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada with this Uncle Peter Stewart and his orphaned siblings Hugh Stewart and Catharine Stewart. Robert has not been found in 1861 anywhere in Ontario. Sometime between 1851-1866 Robert moved to Chicago, Illinois, USA. The 1861 Puslinch census does not show Robert living with the rest of his siblings, so it is possible that he may have already left for Illinois by this time. However he has not been found in the 1860 American census. So it's possible that he may have been residing in Ontario in 1860 and the USA in 1861 thereby missing both censuses. In 1866 Robert returned briefly to Hamilton to marry his first cousin, Elizabeth ("Edith") McCallum, daughter of Margaret McCallum (nee Stewart), Robert's father's oldest sister. Robert's youngest brother, James, was a witness to the wedding. Robert Stewart is listed in Central Presbyterian Church's marriage record as residing in Chicago, Illinois, USA at the time of his wedding. In 1869, Robert's sister, Catherine, also emigrated to Illinois, settling in Bellflower, south of Chicago. Robert and Edith began their family in Hamilton where their first two daughters, Margaret and Mary were born. In late 1869 (after the birth of daughter Mary) or early 1870 (prior to the American census), Robert returned to Chicago, Illinois, USA, this time with his young family. The 1870 USA census shows Robert with his wife and first two daughters living in Chicago. Robert was employed as a carpenter, like his father-in-law. Their third child, Robert, was born in Chicago. By 1873 Robert and his family had returned again to Hamilton where their fourth child, Minnie, was born. In 1881, Robert was residing in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada with his wife and children. He was employed as a merchant. In 1891, Robert was residing in Ward 7 of Hamilton City, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada with his wife and children. He was employed as a brewery agent. Also residing with them was Robert's 90 year old mother-in-law/aunt, Margaret McCallum. In 1901, Robert was residing in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada with his wife and three of his adult children. He was employed as a beer agent. In 1911, Robert, now 72 years of age, was residing in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada with his wife and daughters Margaret and Mary along with their husbands. Robert's employment is given only as "income," presumably referring to a pension or other retirement income. It is worth noting that, by this time, the alcohol business in Hamilton was become controlled by the emerging Italian mafia, under the future kingpin, Rocco Perri, who had close criminal ties to Chicago. Robert's son-in-law, Detective John Cameron, would be the first recorded Hamilton Police officer to have an encounter with Rocco Perri. Robert's niece, Jane Ord Stewart (daughter of Robert's brother, Hugh) married Tom Brown, future Chief of Police for Hamilton, whose career became very involved with Rocco Perri. In 1921, Robert, now 83 years of age and widowed, was residing in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada with his daughter, Mary, and her husband, Jack Leith. Robert was not employed. Robert and Edith had four children, but only one grandchild, who died as an infant in 1905. Robert died in 1922 from acute pneumonia. He was 85 years old. He had no suriviving descendants. With the deaths of his children, this line became extinct. Robert's gravestone reads: Hamilton Cemetery Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada PLOT M/O, 1878 Inscription Robert STEWART / died Aug. 25, 1922 / aged 85 years / Elizabeth McCALLUM / wife of / Robert STEWART / died Nov. 10, 1912 / in her 75th year / Robert James / their only son / died April 24, 1906 / in his 32nd year / Jack LEITH / 1873 - 1964 / John CAMERON / born June 27, 1861 / died July 11, 1921 / Annie CAMERON BEAR / born Nov. 4, 1875 / died Apr. 16, 1956 / Muriel / died Aug. 7, 1899 / Stewart / died July 28, 1908 / infant children of / John & Minnie / CAMERON / Charles CAMERON / born Dec. 24, 1879 / died Dec. 27, 1912 / John MUIR / born Mar. 4, 1857 / died Mar. 1, 1924 / James A. MUIR / born in Orkney / Scotland 1858 / died Oct. 24, 1942 / his wife / Margaret MUIR / 1872 - 1954. | Stewart, Robert (I18086)
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| 5589 | Robert Stewart was born in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1851. Following traditional Scottish custom, he was named after his paternal grandfather. Robert was a bailiff for the Hamilton Courts. His granddaughter, Margaret Ritter (nee Stewart), described him as a "huge, lumbering giant, with twinkling blue eyes, droopy bristly moustache, and a gentle disposition." Although Robert's birth is recorded as being in Puslinch, and he was baptised at Duff's Presbyterian Church in Puslinch, only a few months later, in 1851, his family is shown as residing in nearby Galt, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. In 1861, Robert was residing in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, as a young boy, but not with his birth family. He was residing with his uncle and aunt, Peter Stewart and Catharine Stewart on the Stewart farm in Puslinch. In 1871, Robert was residing in Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada in the home of his aunt Marion Kerr (Stewart) and uncle John Kerr. Robert was apprenticing as a carpenter at the time. Robert has not been located in the 1881 Canadian census or the 1880 American census. In 1882, at the time of his marriage to Margaret Tait, Robert was residing in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA, but was married in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada. He was employed as a grocer at the time. Robert and Margaret initially lived in Detroit where their first child was born in 1884, but by 1886 they had returned to Canada. In 1891, Robert was residing in Hamilton with his wife and children. He was employed as a sheriff's bailiff. In 1901, Robert was residing in Hamilton with his wife and children. He was employed as a bailiff. In 1910, on the occasion of his son John's marriage, Robert's occupation was given as sheriff's clerk. In 1911, Robert was residing in Hamilton and employed as a sheriff's officer. In 1921, Robert was residing in Hamilton with his wife and youngest two children. He was employed as a sheriff's officer. In 1931, at age 80, Robert Stewart was residing at 16 Avalon Place in Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, with his wife. He was employed as a court crier. | Stewart, Robert (I18066)
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| 5590 | Robert Stewart was born in Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. When he was an infant, his parents moved to nearby Stronvar, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, where he spent the rest of his life. On 22 Dec 1832, at age 36, Robert Stewart married in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland to Margaret Stewart, daughter of John Stewart in Second Lot of Tullich. They were recorded as "both of this parish" at the time of their marriage. They had no children. In 1841, at age 40 (sic), Robert Stewart was residing in Balnluig (at the east end of the Stronvar estate), Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife Margaret and their 5-year-old niece, Jean McFarlane, and Donald McLaren (15) and Christian McNicol (14). Robert was a farmer. In 1851, at age 54, Robert Stewart was residing at Bal-n-luig, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland with his wife Margaret. They had no children. He was employed as a crofter of 4 acres arable. Also residing with them were Jean Mcfarlane (16, Robert Stewart's sister Jean Stewart's illegitimate daughter), Alexander Ferguson (36, Robert Stewart's sister Jean Stewart's second lover by whom she had an illegitimate son, Donald Ferguson), and five servants, John Mcnaughton 29, William Wilkie 29, Peter Lynch 22, Alexander Kemp 21, and William Kemp 21. In 1861, at age 64, Robert Stewart was residing at Stronvar, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife, Margaret. He was employed as a crofter. Also residing with them were Jean McFarlane (26, Robert Stewart's sister Jean Stewart's illegitimate daughter), and Duncan Stewart 12. ------------------- Census 1841 - Balnluig, Balquhidder Robert Stewart 40 ; b. 1801 Perthshire ; Farmer Margaret Stewart 35 ; b. 1806 Perthshire Jean McFarlane 5 ; b. 1836 Perthshire (Robert Stewart's sister Jean Stewart's illegitimate daughter) Donald McLaren 15 ; b. 1826 Perthshire ; Ag Lab Christian McNicol 14 ; b. 1827 Scotland ; F S Census 1851 - Balquhidder Robert Stewart 54 abt 1797 Comrie, Perthshire Margaret Stewart 51 abt 1800 Balquhidder, Perthshire Jean Mcfarlane 16 abt 1835 Balquhidder, Perthshire (Robert Stewart's sister Jean Stewart's illegitimate daughter) Alexander Ferguson 36 abt 1815 Comrie, Perthshire (Robert Stewart's sister Jean Stewart's second lover by whom she had an illegitimate son, Donald Ferguson) John Mcnaughton 29 William Wilkie 29 Peter Lynch 22 Alexander Kemp 21 William Kemp 21 Census 1861 - Balquhidder Robert Stewart 64 abt 1797 Margt Stewart 60 abt 1801 Jean McFarlane 26 abt 1835 (Robert Stewart's sister Jean Stewart's illegitimate daughter) Duncan Stewart 12 abt 1849 And Robert and Margaret's death certificates; Robert Stewart (Crofter) Stronvar, Balquhidder. Aged 70 d. 1866, father James (Crofter) mother Jane McDiarmid. Margaret wife, Alexander Stewart Stronslany brother-in-law. Margaret Stewart Stronslany, Balquhidder. Aged 72 d. 1869 f. John (Farmer) m. Janet Stewart. Widow of Robert Stewart (Crofter), Alexander brother. | Stewart, Robert (I18112)
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| 5591 | Robert Stewart was residing in Monachyle Mor and Monachyle Beg when his children were born. He is recorded in a writ dated 7 April 1745 as bailie and as "Robert Stewart, late of Blairvorich, now of Craigruie." As such, Robert must have owned Blairvorich prior to 1745, sold it, and subsequently purchased Craigrui. (Gordon MacGregor, author of The Red Book of Scotland, personal correspondence.) Robert died in 1747 in Craigruie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland at the age of 57 years and is buried in the Balquhidder Kirkyard. He married ABT 1717 to Janet STEWART, although no record of their marriage has been found. Janet's birth family is presently unknown, though onomastics would suggest that her father's name was James and her mother's name was Margaret and she would likely be the daughter of the head of one of the other major local families. Robert is mistakenly identified in Stewarts of the South as "John Stewart of Craigruie" and is referred to in the following reference from Stewarts of the South: "David Stewart's father had once Monachill Mor and Monachill Beg [in the] Braes of Balquhidder, now the property of Miss MacNab, grand-daughter to Archibald MacNab of Newton." From this entry, it is possible to infer that Robert Stewart may also have previously owned Monachyle and sold it to MacNab. Or, it is possible that the author of Stewarts of the South was in error and Robert merely resided in Monachyle. Craigruie is adjacent to Monachyle Mor and Beg. | Stewart, Robert in Monachyle and of Blairvorich and Craigrui (I18134)
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| 5592 | Robert Stewart was served heir general to his father on 13 March 17515 and succeeded to the lands of Ardvorlich in 1760, as heir male to his distant cousin, Robert Stewart of Ardvorlich. (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland) In 1760, this Robert's distant cousin, another Robert Stewart who was 6th of Ardvorlich, died without heirs and the principal branch of Ardvorlich died out with him. As such, the estate devolved upon the second branch of the family to this Robert Stewart who became 7th of Ardvorlich. Although the death of Robert Stewart, 6th of Ardvorlich, is given as 1760, this Robert was already residing at Ardvorlich as early as 1751 when his daughter Catherine was born there, and he was already being styled "of Ardvorlich" as early as 1754 when his son John was born and Robert was recorded in the Comrie OPR as "of Ardvorlich." Robert is referred to in Stewarts of the South as follows: "2 Branch Robert Stewart Taxman of Balmeanach father to the present Mr Stewart when he was born there was thirteen between him and the estate. It was with some difficulty he got the estate at all as he was not an active man himself. This family were called the House of Balmeanach of which farm they had a wadset or Feu of which they were dispossessed in an unlawful way by Robert of the first branch a rude and unruly man. The first of this Branch was one William an Uncle's son (sic) to Major Stewart, he was called William MacAlastir, the major mentioned above was the bloody M James Stewart who killed Lord Kilpont. Ardvorlich is on the South Side of Lochearn parish of Comrie County of Perth." (The author of Stewarts of the South mistakenly says that the first of the Balmeanach line was "an uncle's son" to Major James Beag Stewart, 2nd Ardvorlich, when in fact William Stewart, 1st Balmeanach, was James' brother.) This Robert Stewart was described in Stewarts of the South as a "simple man of little experience". On two occasions he almost gave up the estate of Ardvorlich to his cousins. One occasion happened when his distant cousin, David Stewart of Ballachallan, tried to swindle him out of the property by offering to pay Robert's debt and some money to Robert and to leave Robert the estate if he died without children. Robert was talked out of accepting the deal by his wife and his brother James. The other time came when Stewart of Appin tried to buy Ardvorlich, but Rob Roy intervened: Rob Roy's Advice Saves Ardvorlich Robert Stewart, 7th of Ardvorlich, was an acquaintance of Rob Roy MacGregor according to the following excerpt from Stewarts of the South: The late Robert Stewart of Ardvorlich intended to sell Ardvorlich itself, and would actually have sold it if it were not for advice given to him by Rob Roy McGregor - famed for good as well as bad actions - when he was driven from Callander and Balquhidder for his pranks upon the Duke of Montrose. Rob Roy was a fugitive at Auch Glenurchay. Robert of Ardvorlich lodged a night with Rob Roy when Robert Stewart was going to sell Ardvorlich to Stewart of Appin. Rob Roy advised him to keep Feuer of Ardvorlich and that the Feu should keep him. It is remarkable that an Ardvorlich Stewart would take advice from a MacGregor after the murder of Drummonderinoch. If the reader thinks those memories were forgiven and forgotten by the mid-18th century, let me share with you a 20th century story. I am informed by Gordon MacGregor, a Strathearn historian who is descended from two of the alleged murderers of Drummonderinoch, as follows: "John Stewart, late of Ardvorlich (14th), flung my uncle, the then Chief Inspector of the Perthshire Police, out of his house for our part in this crime fully 400 hundred years later!! Long are the memories in Highland Strathearn!" (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, private correspondence) Sources conflict over the identity of Robert's wife. Her name was Margaret Stewart and she belonged to the Annat branch, but which Margaret Stewart? There are two candidates. MacGregor shows Margaret being the daughter of Alexander Stewart, 4th of Annat. However this contradicts the accounts of Stewarts of the South and The Annat Tree which both say that Margaret Stewart, daughter of Alexander Stewart, 4th of Annat, resided with her sister Francis in Stirling and received income from the family tack of Offrans and a pension from her cousin Lt. Col. Robert Stuart of Rait (later General Stuart) of the Drumvaich family below, inferring that she was a spinster. The Annat Tree shows the wife of Ardvorlich as Margaret Stewart, daughter of John Stewart, predecessor of the Drumvaich family, a cadet branch of the Stewarts of Annat, as shown here. Onomastics also favour this choice as Robert and Margaret had a second son named John and no son named Alexander. | Stewart, Robert 5th in Balimeanach and 7th of Ardvorlich (I18133)
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| 5593 | Robert Stewart, b. 3 Apr 1819, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN, and Robert Stewart, b. 2 Jun 1819, Logie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN, are believed to be the same person but with two different birth registrations indicating that the family moved from Dunkeld to Logie between April - June 1819. | Stewart, Robert (I17956)
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| 5594 | Robert Stewart, b. 3 Apr 1819, Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN, and Robert Stewart, b. 2 Jun 1819, Logie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN, are believed to be the same person but with two different birth registrations indicating that the family moved from Dunkeld to Logie between April - June 1819. | Stewart, Robert (I17957)
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| 5595 | Robert Stewart, 2nd. son of Walter Stewart of Gartnafuaran, was born in 1655 and died 1714. Circa 1679, he married Janette Forsyth, perhaps the daughter of John Forsyth and Catherine Morisone. Robert was a Covenanter and fought at the Battle of Bothwell Brigg in 1679, where the government defeated the rebel Covenanters. Robert then fled to Ulster -- perhaps in or near Carrickfergus, County Antrim, where his eldest son John may have been born circa 1682 (at any rate, John’s wife Elizabeth Clark is said to have been from Carrickfergus). Robert was said by his grandson Joseph to have later returned to Edinburgh and died there, but his widow Janette, son John, and other members of his family either stayed in or returned to Ulster. It could be that the tradition Joseph related is faulty, and that Robert did not return to Scotland, but remained in Ulster and died there. However, since Joseph heard these family traditions from his grandmother, they are likely to be accurate. Robert’s widow Janette, son John, and other family members left Aghadowey, Ulster, in 1718 and came to America, where Janette died circa 1750. Tradition states that Janette was buried at Chandler Hill Cemetery near Colrain, Mass. (Olar) “Captain [John] Stewart [born 12 Sept. 1745] had a distinct remembrance of his aged great-grandmother [Janette Forsyth Stewart]. He used to relate to [his grandson] Homer her stories of the family’s persecutions by ‘Bonnie Dundee,’ in Scotland. . . . Homer H. Stuart once remarked that the character ‘Henry Morton of Milnwood,’ in Sir Walter Scott’s Romance ‘Old Mortality,’ reminded him of Robert Stuart as portrayed in these tales of Captain Stewart’s great-grandmother. For Robert, according to these stories, fought against Monmouth and in consequence was exiled and deprived of his estate.” (Genealogy and Biography of the Descendants of Walter Stewart of Scotland, B. Frank Severance, 1905, pp.167-168) (Olar) Contrary to many genealogies published on-line it is the opinion of the Stewarts of Balquhidder Research Group that Robert Stewart did NOT have a son named Alexander who came to the USA. Please refer to stewartsofbalquhidder.com for more information. | Stewart, Robert Covenanter (I20821)
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| 5596 | Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife and later Earl of Menteith, Earl of Atholl, Earl of Buchan, Duke of Albany and Governor of Scotland, has traditionally been described as a man of ruthless ambition, however recent historian, Dr. Shayna Devlin, PhD, who acknowledges his ambitiousness, casts him in a more favourable light as a participant in a system of late medieval corporate (family) governance, where he was doing his part to participate in shared roles with his royal family members. (There are three Robert Stewarts in this family, making for a confusing read and necessitating the constant repetition of titles in order to distinguish which Robert is being referring to each time.) (This) Robert Stewart was the third son of King Robert II of Scots, a man who persistently consolidated power in his very large family (he had over two dozen children by several women) and vested much of that power in his eldest sons. This strategy was very successful until such time as his powerful sons began to flex their own influential muscles. (This) Robert Stewart married in 1361 to Margaret Graham, Countess of Menteith, who, only a year prior, had inherited the Earldom of Menteith from her late father Sir John Graham, Earl of Menteith, through her mother, Mary, the late Countess of Menteith. Thus, Robert became Earl of Menteith and acquired lands around the town of Doune in southern Perthshire. Sometime shortly thereafter, Robert began restoration work on the 13th century ruins of what would become Doune Castle, which still stands in excellent condition today and has been used in many films including Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Robert, Earl of Menteith's eldest brother, Walter Stewart, had married Isabella, Countess of FIfe, bestowing the honour of Lord of Fife on Walter. Walter died in 1362 without any children. The king sought to keep the powerful Earldom of Fife in the family and convinced Isabella to resign her earldom to her brother-in-law, Robert Stewart, Earl of Menteith, in exchange for keeping the income for much of her lands, which she did in March 1371, after which Robert was styled Earl of Fife and Menteith. Robert, Earl of Fife and Menteith's younger brother, Alexander Stewart, was made Earl of Buchan and Justiciar of the North and abused his power there, eventually in June 1390, burning the town of Elgin in a dispute with the local bishop and earning Alexander the nickname "The Wolf of Badenoch". Alexander's abuse of power was destabilizing for the Stewart family grip on power throughout Scotland, and King Robert II was reluctant to rein in his rogue son. After the death of his first wife, Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife and Menteith, married secondly to Muriella Keith. In 1388, Robert II's sons, John Stewart, Earl of Carrick, and Robert Stewart, Earl of FIfe and Menteith, persuaded the Scottish High Council that their father was too feeble to rule and had ruling authority vested in them for the remainder of their father's reign. They dealt swiftly with their rogue brother, Alexander, stripping him of his title of Earl of Buchan and bestowing that on Robert's son, Murdoch Stewart. In Aug 1390, King Robert II died and his eldest son, John, Earl of Carrick, was crowned King of Scots and took the reigning name of King Robert III. Robert III suffered from a prior injury rendering him partially disabled. In the medieval world, a "lame" king was a weak king. King Robert III allowed his brother, Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife and Menteith, authority to run the affairs of state until 1393 when King Robert III reassumed his royal responsibilities for the next six years. Robert III then delegated his authority to his eldest son David. In 1398, the king's son, David, was created Duke of Rothesay, the first royal Dukedom in Scotland. The king's brother, Robert, Earl of Fife and Menteith, was likewise created Duke of Albany. Historians claim this was the beginning of a power struggle between the two Dukes as to who would rule Scotland. In 1401, David had proven to be so incompetent that Robert III had him arrested and placed in custody of his brother, Robert, Duke of Albany. While in custody, David died. Robert, Duke of Albany, was widely suspected to be responsible, however an inquiry by the Scottish Council exonerated him. History, however, has never exonerated him. Historians have long suggested that Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, was likely responsible for starving his rival to death, suggesting that he did so as it would bring Robert one step closer to the throne with only his second nephew, James (the future King James I), remaining in the way. Others have suggested that it may have been a recognition that Robert, Duke of Albany, was simply a more competent ruler than David. In 1402, under persuasion from the king, Robert's stepmother, Euphemia, Countess of Ross, resigned her earldom of Ross in favour of Robert Stewart, Earl of Fife and Menteith. He bestowed the Earldom on his third son, Robert. In late 1405, the king began to fear for the life of his remaining son, Prince James. In February 1406, 11-year-old Prince James was sent to France for his safety. His ship was intercepted by English pirates and he was taken to London as a prisoner of King Henry IV of England. A few weeks later in April 1406, Robert III died and the captive James became the uncrowned King James I of Scots. James remained a prisoner in the Tower of London for 18 years. In the absence of the king, Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, ruled Scotland as Regent and made little effort to secure the release of his nephew, the king. Even though Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany, was never king, he governed Scotland at various times for over thirty years during the reigns of three kings. Robert had his second son, John Stewart, made Earl of Buchan, following the death of Robert's brother, Alexander, The Wolf of Badenoch. Robert had his third son, Robert Stewart, made Earl of Ross, which angered Donald McDonald, Lord of the Isles, who felt the Earldom of Ross belonged to him, sparking an invasion by the Islemen. Upon the death of Robert Stewart, the Dukedom of Albany, the governorship of Scotland, Doune Castle, and all of Robert's other titles and lands, passed to his eldest son, Murdoch Stewart. Murdoch continued to rule Scotland on behalf of the Albany Stewarts, but not for very long. | Stewart, Robert Duke of Albany Earl of Menteith Earl of Fife Earl of Atholl Earl of Buchan. (I18123)
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| 5597 | Robert Stewart, was witness with his brothers in 1451. | Stewart, Robert (I20917)
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| 5598 | Robert Stuart was a natural son by a "high born Indian princess". He was educated in Scotland and lived at Annat in Rait with his father and his father's Scottish wife. Robert qualified as a doctor about the same time as his father's death. He then returned to India. He had descendants in four generations, though none of the Stuart name continue. | Stuart, Dr. Robert MD (I18745)
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| 5599 | Robert Stuart was born 13 May 1744 Powblack (Boblack), Kilmadock parish, Perthshire, Scotland. His baptism was witnessed by Robert Forrester and Alexander Stuart in Frew (possibly his father's cousin). While most published histories consistently give Robert's father's name as also Robert, Stewarts of the South identifies his father as "James Stewart of Boblach [in] Carse of Frews (Powblack of Frews)". However, the Kilmadock OPR shows his parents as Alexander Stewart in Powblack and Isobel Miller. MacGregor, citing Duncan Stewart 1739 and Stewarts of the South, says, "Robert Stuart of Rait, is said to be in descent from a son of Archibald Stewart, younger son of Alexander Stewart, 1st of Annat, but there is no evidence for that." MacGregor is correct that there is no evidence to show that the Stewarts of Rait descend specifically from a younger son of said Archibald Stewart. Stewarts of the South provides us with a portrait of Robert's birth family as the third family descending from the Stewarts of Annat, without specifying exactly how. Duncan Stewart 1739 mentions only the Stewarts of Glassingall as descending from Archibald, younger of Annat, but does not mention the Stewarts of Rait at all. The Glassingall Court of Session Papers (1849-1856) indicate that all the Stewart claimants for the estate of Glassingall assert descent from Capt. John Stewart (2nd) of Annat. The Stuarts of Rait were among the claimants. Stewarts of the South says the following about Robert Stuart and his family: "3 line - James (sic, s/b Alexander*) Stewart, tacksman of Boblach Carse of Frews, Down parish, Earl’s estate, was drowned upon the water of Teith. (The Kilmadock OPR records confirm that the father of General Robert Stuart of Rait was Alexander Stewart of Powblack in Frew, not James. Thus it is not certain whether it was Alexander who drowned in Teith or whether it was an unknown James Stewart who has been confused.) He left two sons: 1. Commissioner Stewart, who was in Stirling. He left one son who sold the little property left him by his grandfather’s mother to his uncle, Gen (General) Robt Stewart of Boblach (below). He now lives between Edinburgh and Falkirk. He has some family. 2. Gen (General) Robert Stewart of Reath (Rait), of the Honorable East India Company, has three sons of whom you know something yourself." *(Given the shared military connections between Robert Stuart of Rait and the author of Stewarts of the South, it's highly likely they were personally acquainted with each other, which makes it hard to fathom how the author could have been mistaken about the identity of Robert Stuart's father's. This suggests that the error was either simple inattentiveness when writing or it could also be a transcription error, which we cannot verify as we do not have access to the original documents.) Robert Stuart served as a commander in the army of the Honourable East India Company and actively recruited many of his Stewart cousins into service with the HEIC. In Stewarts of the South he is mentioned as a Lieutenant General, but was later promoted to General. He became extremely wealthy from the East India Company and was arguably the most financially successful of all the Balquhidder Stewarts. General Robert Stuart acquired the estate of Rait in the Carse of Gowrie in southeast Perthshire (as noted above). He named his residence there, "Annat", after his ancestral home near Doune. As the original line of Stewart of Annat had been sold, General Robert Stuart had the arms re-matriculated and became 1st of Annat in Rait. In 1817 a book of poetry by John Stewart of the Glenfinglas tribe was published by subscription of other members of the clan. The list of subscribers includes Lieutenant General Stewart of Rait. Robert's distant cousin, John Stewart, 5th of Annat, was an alcoholic who badly managed the Annat estate and lost it, leaving his sisters in financial peril. Robert Stuart of Rait stepped in to provide for them. Stewarts of the South says: "The last of [the Stewarts of Annat] was a great drunkard, but was very mindful of his two sisters to see them in Stirling for they were much supported by Gen [General] Stewart of Boblach." "On 29 October 1814, he executed an Entail and Settlement of his estate whereby “in the event of my dying without heirs lawfully begotten of my own body” he disponed his lands and barony of Rait to his natural son Kenneth Bruce Stuart “and the heirs whatsoever of his own body, whom failing, to Robert Stuart, also my natural son, now Merchant in Glasgow, and the heirs whatsoever of his body, which failing, to William Stewart, Esquire, of Ardvorlich, and his heirs and assignees whatsoever, heritably, all and whole the lands and barony of Rait including certain parts of the Estate of Fingask.” He made his Will at Annat Lodge on 3 September 1819, conveying provisions and his estate to his three natural sons, Peter, Kenneth and Robert, his adopted daughter, Margaret, and a niece, Jean Stewart, and d. at Annat Lodge, on 18 February 1820." (MacGregor) ----------------------- https://madeinperth.org/lieutenant-general-robert-stuart/ Lieutenant-General Robert Stuart of Annat and Rait Born at Powblack Farm (Doune) 13 May 1744 the son of a farmer, Robert Stuart joined the Bengal Army of the East India Company as a cadet in 1764. By the time he retired from that force in 1803 he reached the rank of Lieutenant-General. Subsequently he served at that level in the British Army of India. He was awarded the title Behadur (the Brave) by the Moghul Emperor Shah Alam. Robert Stuart died 18 February 1820 and is buried in Kilspindie Churchyard (Carse of Gowrie). On the family tomb in that churchyard is a plaque written in Persian (the court language of the Moghul Empire): “The Support of the State, Helper of the Kingdom General Robert Stuart, Behadur War a Veritable Sword of Mohammed A Faithful Servant of Shah Alam Ghazi 1212 AH (1834 AD)” In the 1780s the East India Company army consisted of 70,000 sepoys and 15,000 British troops; in Bengal half of the officer cadre were Scottish. By 1791, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Stuart commanded the 6th Native Infantry Brigade on the Western frontier of Oudh, Northwest of Delhi, with orders to resist Sikh excursions. On January 3rd whilst out riding near Anupshar, Stuart was captured by Sikh outriders, armed with spear, matchlock and scimitar. The 29th battalion under Captain John Breadley pursued in vain as the entire Sikh Army withdrew into their territory. Stuart was now the prisoner of Banga Sing who demanded a ransom for his prisoner. However, Sing allowed Stuart to correspond with the British authorities and their allies; 41 of these letters are held in Perth & Kinross Archives. The letters are pasted into a hardback book and are arranged in chronological order. They chronicle his ten months of captivity and attempts to persuade the British Government to organise an armed rescue attempt instead of negotiating. Many include details of his incarceration and plans to storm his prison. Many of the letters are to a third party, the Begum Sumroo, the ruling princess of the state of Sardhana (between Sikh territory and British controlled India). Begum Sumroo was acting as an intermediary in negotiations and supported Stuart by providing foods and clothing. One issue raised by Stuart in the letters is that of food tampering which he believed was taking place. The letters end on 22 September 1791 and it seems that Stuart was released on 24 October 1791 in exchange for a ransom of 15,000 Rupees - paid for by the East India Company. After returning to Scotland, Stuart settled down with the huge fortune he had accumulated during his colonial service. He also brought back buffalo and Arabian horses. His retirement was spent at Annat Lodge on Kinnoull Hill, which he purchased from the original builder - a house later associated with the artist Sir Everett Millais and his wife Effie Gray, and later with botanist and entomologist Francis Buchanan White. Plans by Stuart to build a castle at Rait never came to fruition. Perth & Kinross Archives is home to may of the surviving papers of Robert Stuart, donated by his descendants in 2006. Perth Museum & Art Gallery has a collection associated with Stuart including a portrait in oils (Baird). ---------------------------- From Ailsa Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Stuart of Annat and Rait was born at Powblack Farm in Doune on 13 May 1744. He was the son of farmer Robert Stuart. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Stuart died on 18 February 1820 and is buried in Kilspindie Churchyard, Carse of Gowrie. On his tomb is a plaque written in Persian “The Support of the State, Helper of the Kingdom General Robert Stuart, Behadur War a Veritable Sword of Mohammed A faithful Servant of Shah Alam Ghazi”. He joined the Bengal Army of the East India Company as a cadet in 1764 serving in India. By the 1780s the army consisted of 70,000 sepoys and 15,000 British Troops, in Bengal half of the officers were Scottish. By 1791, Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Stuart commanded the 6th Native Infantry Brigade on the western frontier of Oudh, northwest Delhi with order to resist Sikh attacks. On 3 January while out riding his horse he was captured and made prisoner by the Sikh Chief Banga Singh who demanded a ransom for his return. Stuart’s release from captivity was secured by a 4 ½ foot former dancing girl called Begum Samru. She had been picked up from the red light district by a mercenary soldier Walter Reinhardt Sombre. Sombre treated Samru as his equal and allowed her to train as a mercenary and was renowned for her bravery when leading her army into battle. On Sombre’s death, Samru took over the lucrative Principality of Sardhana. Samru had converted to Catholicism and on discovering that the Catholic Lieutenant-Colonel, Robert Stuart, had been kidnapped she set out securing his release. Stuart wrote to Sumru whilst in captivity and she supported him with food and clothing. On 24 October 1791 she managed to secure his release in exchange for payment of a 15,000 Rupee ransom (later reimbursed by the East India Company). Stuart was awarded the title Behadur (the Brave) by the Moghul Emperor Shah Alam. Samru has been depicted in various works including Sir Walter Scott's The Surgeon's Daughter. When Stuart returned to Scotland he brought back black buffalo and Arabian horses. He settled at Annat lodge, Kinnoull Hill, Perth which was named after his ancestral home in Doune. His house would later be associated with the painter Sir Everett Millais and his wife Effie Gray. With the huge fortune Stuart had accumulated during his colonial service he provided pensions for several of his widowed and spinster cousins, including the sisters of John Stewart, 5th and last of Annat, who was a drunk and sold the family estate of Annat in Kilmadock. Forty-one letters and other possessions are held in Perth and Kinross archives chronicling his life including the 10 months he spent in captivity. His portrait by Baird is hung at the Perth Museum and Gallery. | Stuart, Gen. Robert 1st of Rait (I18744)
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| 5600 | Robert Stuart was born 20 FEB 1785 in Ruscachan in Strathyre, in Balquhidder parish bordering on Callander parish in Perthshire, Scotland. He was son of John Stewart, schoolmaster in Callander, shown above; born with the traditional Scottish spelling of Stewart. Robert adopted the English spelling of Stuart upon emigration. (Several accounts mistakenly indicate that Robert was born in Callander. It would be more correct to say that he probably grew up in Callander.) Balquhidder and Callander parishes were at that time strong Gaelic communities, and, as the son of a schoolmaster, Robert was raised with a strong knowledge of both Gaelic and English. There is a disputed and doubtful claim that he was later educated in Paris and was fluent in French. Correspondence shows that his French was merely passable. Robert was allegedly named after Gen. Robert Stuart of Rait and Powblack of the East India Company. A family letter describes the General as a "relative" but it was not known how close. Gen Stuart of Rait was of the Annat family of Stewarts and paternally related, but very distantly so. However he was a cousin by marriage to the Monachyle branch of Glenogle, above, and appears to have been in close contact with this branch. According to the same family letter, Robert was originally intended for service in the East India Company under Gen. Stuart, however Robert's mother strenuously objected and Robert chose instead to go to Canada. Robert's uncle, David Stuart (shown above), had immigrated to Canada prior to 1805 following his cousin, John Stuart (also above) where they both worked for the North West Company (see note above). When Robert was 22 his uncle, David Stuart, invited Robert to join him in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In 1810, Robert and his uncle were enticed away from The North West Company by J.J. Astor to help establish The Pacific Fur Company, which became the chief American rival to The Hudson Bay Company. In the same year Robert took the ship Tonquin on an expedition to the Columbia River and aided in laying the foundation of the city of Astoria, Oregon. However, Robert is most famous for his discovery of the Oregon Trail. In June 1812, Robert and a company of explorers left Astoria, Oregon to make the return trip east by land across the Rockies to St. Louis, Missouri. They travelled by horse, canoe and on foot over 3800 miles and finally reached St. Louis ten months later in April 1813. The trail marked out by Robert's party on this journey would later become the Oregon Trail. This was one of the most important events for opening up the western United States to settlement. Meanwhile, ironically, Robert and his party had missed out on the entire War of 1812 between the USA and Britain (in what would later become Canada.) After returning from this journey Robert travelled to New York where he married in 1813 to Emma Elizabeth Sullivan. They would go on to have 9 children. In 1817 (another account says 1819) Robert went to Mackinac, Michigan, USA where he was managing partner of the American Fur Company's entire Northwest operations from 1817 to 1834. His residence there is now a museum. Rev. Ferry takes credit for "converting him to Christianity." (It's more likely that Ferry merely won Robert into his congregation, as Robert was clearly already Christian.) And it was through Robert?s urging that Ferry in 1833 made a circuit of Lake Michigan, beginning and ending at Mackinac, but stopping at the mouth of the Grand River along the way. Robert supplied much of the capital needed for the Grand Haven settlement that followed shortly. Ferry wished to name the community ?Stuart? in his honour, but Rix Robinson already had registered the name Grand Haven. In 1833, Robert was in Chicago for the Indian Treaty and presented a request for $17,000 for losses allegedly suffered by the company though Indian activities since 1812. In 1834 Stuart was an equal partner with Robinson and Ferry of the Grand Haven Company for the purpose of buying pinelands, erecting mills, lumbering, etc, at which time he moved to Detroit. In 1835 Stuart was Government Indian Agent for the Northwest. In 1846 he and his wife conveyed Block 13 of Akeley?s Addition to Ottawa County for public buildings. The county court house, offices, and jail were built on this site. Robert was also secretary to David Leavitt and Capt. William Swift, trustees for Illinois and Michigan Canal. Robert invested largely in real estate, was a director of the old Bank of Michigan and served as state treasurer in 1840, a position he held for a year. He was a ruling elder in the First Presbyterian Church (Detroit). Robert died suddenly on a business trip to Chicago on October 29, 1848. Robert Stuart Junior High School in Twin Falls, Idaho is named after him. He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, USA. | Stuart, Robert (I18741)
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