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Matches 6,151 to 6,200 of 6,972
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| 6151 | The Callander OPR records that James Steuart and Janet Mcenan in Culinogle had a daughter born on 17 Apr 1721 and baptized on 19 Apr 1721, named Catherine. | Stewart, Catherine (I21670)
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| 6152 | The Callander OPR records that James Steuart and Janet Mciarmin in Corihrombie had a son born on 13 Jan 1716 and baptised on 20 Jan 1716, named Donald. | Stewart, Donald (I21666)
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| 6153 | The Callander OPR records that James Steuart and Janet Mckermit in Blairgary had a daughter born on 4 Nov 1718 and baptized on 11 Nov 1718, named Bettrice. | Stewart, Beatrice (I21667)
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| 6154 | The Callander OPR records that James Stuart and Jan. Mceuan in Culinteagle had a daughter, Mary born on the 15th and baptized on the 19th. However there is no month given in the entry. It is recorded between 2 Dec 1723 and 13 Mar 1724, so it could represent 15 Dec 1723, 15 Jan 1724 or 15 Feb 1724. The January date has been chosen arbitrarily to record it in this database. Her actual date of birth could be any one of those three dates. | Stewart, Mary (I21686)
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| 6155 | The Callander OPR records that James Stuart and Jan? McKarmin? in Blargary had a daughter born on 29 May 1723 and baptized on 2 Jun 1723, named Elizabeth. (The question marks indicate that the original entry was difficult to read and the transcriber is unscertain of the transcription.) | Stewart, Elizabeth (I21687)
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| 6156 | The Callander OPR records: "1718, John STEUART and Anne STEUART both in this paroch listed themselves to be proclaimed in order to marriage May 3rd and after orderly proclamation got extract thereof to be married by Mr. Robertson Min. of Balquhidder." | Stewart, John in Edraleachdach (I21688)
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| 6157 | The children of this family are probably correct, but it can't be said for certain as there appears to have been two John Stobberts living about the same time in Allendale, both with children. | Stobbart, John (I18570)
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| 6158 | The children shown here for Alexander are not confirmed. They are inferred from a hand-written incomplete family history record which implies, but not does not say, that these children belong to Alexander Watson Cuthbert. Regrettably, the record does not give places for any of the dates. These persons have not been identified in 1880/81 census records for Canada, USA, Scotland or England. Thus it is suggested that Alexander may have immigrated to Australia or another colony whose records are not available to us. | Cuthbert, Alexander Watson (I3220)
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| 6159 | The Comrie OPRs record Mary Stewart at the time of her marriage as being "from Balmeanoch of Ardvorlich". Balmenoch simply means "the middle township". Thus it cannot been said that she is indeed "of the Balmenoch Stewart family"; rather she may simply be "living in" Balmenoch. The relationship to the parents shown here is based on the assumption that she is of the Balemenoch family, but this relationship is not proven. | Stewart, Mary (I17815)
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| 6160 | The Cuthbert biography published in Romantic Kent, indicates that Andrew and his father came from Forres. Andrew's marriage record describes him as a "shoemaker in Hopeman". Hopeman is a little fishing village on the coast of Moray, near Duffus and Lossiemouth. Forres is about 10 miles away and is probably the nearest major settlement. It's likely the biography meant that Andrew came from "near Forres". In MAR 1851 Andrew was apprenticing with George Milne, Master Shoemaker in Garmouth near Port Gordon where he was born at the mouth of the Spey in Banff, Scotland. Three months later, at the time of his marriage, he was described as being a shoemaker in Hopemand (as per above). The biography in Romantic Kent says that Andrew's wife's name was Marjory Anderson, however their marriage record and the birth record of their son give her surname as Shaw. In 1861 Andrew was residing in Mosa, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada with his wife "Mary" and son Alexander. | Cuthbert, Andrew (I3263)
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| 6161 | The date of Margaret's baptism conflicts with her brother Robert's, however these are correct per the OPR; not a transcription error. | Stewart, Margaret (I17477)
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| 6162 | The date of Robert's baptism conflicts with his sister Margaret's, however these are correct per the OPR; not a transcription error. Robert is described in Stewarts of the South as being a flesher in Glasgow. | Stewart, Robert (I18165)
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| 6163 | The date shown for this "marriage" is fictional and should be ignored. It is here only to force my computer program to sort the marriages in the correct order. It is not known who James' mistress was nor when he was with her. | Mistress, Unknown (I11368)
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| 6164 | The dates are quite uncertain for Alexander. There may be a generation missing between him and the James who is here shown as his father. Chamberlain to James Drummond, Lord Commendator of Inchaffray Abbey. | MacGruther, Alexander of Meiggar (I9172)
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| 6165 | The dates shown here are just pure guesses and illustrate the difficulty of equating legendary ancestries with known historical facts. The reader should give much faith to these dates. | Man, Marion Of (I9408)
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| 6166 | The dates shown here make this relationship chronologically impossible. I am following Stirnet.com for the relationship and supplying my own best guesses for the dates. Obviously there is some error here somewhere. | Fife, Isabel of (I6028)
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| 6167 | The Deans moved to Calgary. | Brown, Florence Jean (I1691)
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| 6168 | The death of James is uncertain. He is not mentioned in the Stewarts of the South so it is presumed that he died before the document was written (ca. 1815-1820). Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, says that he "died young". | Stewart, James (I16411)
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| 6169 | The descendants of William Brown Underwood are beyond the scope of this research project, however the following biography of William's son Emanuel provides additional information on the family of William Brown Underwood: EMANUEL LEWIS UNDERWOOD, dairyman, Wilkes-Barre, was born at Forty Fort, this county, November 17, 1833, and is a son of William and Margaret (Swetland) Underwood. His paternal grandfather, Gideon Underwood (formerly of New England) was among the pioneers of Forty Fort, where he engaged in farming, dying there. The father of our subject was a native of Forty Fort, was a carpenter by trade, and resided at his native place until his death. His children were as follows: Sarah (Mrs. Thomas Hale), Melissa (Mrs. John Hufford), Emanuel L., and Frank. Our subject was reared in Scranton from seven years of age, was educated at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, and after attaining his majority taught school fourteen consecutive years. He then embarked in the milk business at Wilkes-Barre, at which he still continues. He was twice married, his first wife being Harriet W., daughter of Alvah and Ann (Pierce) Phillips, of Wyoming, this county, and by her he had four children: Frank L., Fred, Orran and Eva (Mrs. Penn Spencer). Mr. Underwood's second wife was Mrs. Mary Becker Hay, widow of Peter H. Hay, of Wilkes-Barre. Mr. Underwood has been a resident of Wilkes-Barre since 1879. In politics, he is a Republican. http://www.usgwarchives.org/pa/Luzerne/1893hist/1893bios/93u.htm | Underwood, William Brown (I20500)
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| 6170 | The Duncan Ferguson stone includes the following footstones: 30A Footstone F.F., E.C., 1791 30B D MF, M N. Duncan Ferguson in Laggan of Trathire, d 1784, 44, of ancient family of Artandaubh, by s Peter. It is suggest that "D MF" refers to Duncan Ferguson and his first wife Margaret McGregor. Or it may also be "Duncan McFinlay." The adjacent superior stone is suggested to mean "Finlay Ferguson and his wife, EC, who died in 1791." This would refer to Finlay Ferguson who married on 11 August 1759 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland to Elizabeth Carmichael. | Ferguson, Finlay (I23052)
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| 6171 | The eldest son, Patrick, acquired a part of Strathyre is 1455, and had a charter under the great seal of his estate of Buchanan dated in 1460. He and Andrew Buchanan of Leny made in 1455 mutual tailzies of their estates in favour of one another, and the heirs of their own bodies, passing some of their brethren of either side. He married Gaibraith, heiress of Killearn, Bamore, and Auchenreoch. He had two sons and a daughter, Anabella married to her cousin, James Stewart of Baldorrans, grandson of Murdoch, duke of Albany. This Patrick is sometimes confused with his grandson, Patrick, who died at Flodden. However, "The Scottish Clans and Their Tartans", by W & A K Johnston & G W Bacon states it was Patrick son of Walter and Lord Graham's daughter who died at Flodden. | Buchanan, Sir Patrick 13th of Buchanan (I1945)
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| 6172 | The exact relationship between Simon Fraser and his "son" Klyvert is not known. They may not be father/son. They could be uncle/nephew or otherwise. | Fraser, Simon (I6313)
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| 6173 | The exact relationship of Ida to the rest of the Mayes family is uncertain. See notes on her "husband" Samuel J. Mayes for more information. | Rennie, Ida Elizabeth (I13597)
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| 6174 | The existance of Gratian is uncertain. It is also uncertain which of Macsen's wives was her mother. | Wledig, Gratian verch Macsen (I20262)
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| 6175 | The existence of this Andrew is uncertain. Onomastics would suggest that Walter would name his eldest son, Andrew. He may be the Andrew who is cited in a 1622 petition by Lord Madertie for relief against those chargeable with him for the taxation of the Abbey of Inchaffray, “Andrew Stewart of Gartinfarrow” was charged a sum of money “for a part in the pendicles of the Kirk of Monzievaird” (Spalding’s Memoirs of Troubles in Scotland, vol. I, p.437, and Privy Seal 1622 13th Oct., vol. xiii, p.758, first series). If this is the same Andrew then he must have died young or emigrated as he did not inherit Gartnafuaran. Or he could be Andrew, son of Alexander, 5th of Gartnafuaran. | Stewart, Andrew? (I14978)
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| 6176 | The existence of this James Stewart was only discovered in 2021 by professional researcher, Gordon MacGregor, (The Red Book of Scotland.) Gordon discoverd documents proving that Walter Stewart, 3rd of Baldorran actually had two sons named James, one lawful and the other natural (illegitimate). This lawful son inherited and later sold Baldorran, while the natural one, resided in Port of Lochearn. The later Stewarts of Ardvorlich descend from the other James Stewart who was born illegitimate and was later legitmated. "James Stewart entered into a bond with Colin Campbell of Glenorchy to pursue and capture Duncan Ladosach MacGregor and his sons Gregor, Malcolm and Duncan on 11 March 1551, and disponed what remaining rights he had to the lands of Balindoran in favour of Sir James Stewart of Doune on 28 December 1573. He was served heir to his father in the lands of Croftinderry and Innercreichan on 15 August 1575,4 and had Sasine for those lands on 13 December following, which he disponed to Henry Stewart, son of James Stewart of Doune, by charter dated 19 December 1576, in which he styled son and heir of the late Walter Stewart of Ballindoran." (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland) Other records indicate that James sold Baldorran to the Glorat family. And Duncan Stewart's genealogy (1739) incorrectly indicates that it was his father, Walter, who sold Baldorran to William Livingston of Kilsyth ca. 1524. However, Gordon MacGregor's research in The Redbook of Scotland has uncovered the actual record of disponement to James Stewart of Doune. It seems more likely that it was James Stewart of Doune, not James Stewart of Baldorran, who sold Baldorran to the Glorat family. | Stewart, James 4th of Baldorran and Balquhidder (I22916)
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| 6177 | The existence of this son is inferred from the 1790 and 1800 census records. His name is unknown. | Furlow, Son (I6614)
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| 6178 | The fact that Charles' daughters are named identically with his brother George's may indicate and error in the accounting here. I would consider these daughters as unverified. | Cuthbert, Charles Emerson (I3290)
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| 6179 | The fact that Moses' father-in-law's name is also Moses is suspicious. However, his son Charles' baptism says his parents names were Moses and Elizabeth. | Prangley, Moses (I13032)
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| 6180 | The fact that there are two sisters named Marie with conflicting dates may indicate an error here. | Colbert, Marie (I2761)
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| 6181 | The family of James Stewart and Janet McFarlane are identified through OPRs as the only viable birth family for John Stewart in Wards of Goodie. (See notes on son, John, for further explanation.) It seems likely that he is the James Stewart, in Ward of Goodie, mentioned in the Port of Menteith OPR as having died 20 Apr 1817 with funeral costs of £6. The following families are found in the Kincardine OPR as possible additional relationships for James Stewart, none of which impact the onomastic matching for the primary marriage shown here:James Stewart and Elizabeth Stewart. Married 1756 March 13th, James and Elizabeth Stewarts both in this parish listed for proclamation in order to marriage. 1. Janet, daur to James Stewart and Elizabeth Stewart. 1757 March 20 James Stewart and Janet/Mary McEwen (no marriage) 1. Catharine, daugr to James Stewart and Janet McEwen. 1765 Septr 1st 2. Jas, son to Jas Stewart and Mary McEwan at Thornhill. 1767 Augst 9th James Stewart and Isobell Dunn - Thornhill, married 1778 May 16, James Stewart in this parish and Isobel Dun in Dunblane. 1. ___, daugr to James Stewart and ___. 1779 May 17 2. Helen, daugr to James Stewart and Isobell Dunn, Thornhill. 1781July 15 3. James, son to James Stewart and Isobel Dunn. 1783 Novr 16 When searching for a potential birth family for James, there are no viable candidates in the Kincardine OPR and only two viable candidates in the Port of Menteith OPR. The Calziemuck family is preferred as it is located very close to Wards of Goodie, whereas the Drunkie family is too far north and appears to belong to another branch already documented. John Stewart and Janet McFarlane in Calziemuck (Ruskie) and Bogtown (on the estate of Rednock House) (No marriage record found.) 1. John M 26/3/1727 John Janet McFarlane in Calziemuck W: John S 2. Margaret F 9/3/1729 John Janet McFarlane in Calliemuck 3. Isobell F 28/3/1731 John Janet McFarlan in the ?? Kallimuck 4. Agnes F 21/2/1735 John Janet McFarlane in Calliemuck 5. James M 7/6/1736 John Janet McFarlane in Calliemuck 6. Andrew M 29/8/1742 John Janet McFarlane in Calliemuck W: John S 7. Thomas M 17/4/1748 John Janet McFarlane in Bogtown (Rednock House) 8. William M 4/2/1750 John Janet McFarlane in Bogtown (Rednock House) John Stewart and Margaret McFarlane (too far north) 1. James M 31/3/1743 John Margaret McFarlane in Drunky 2. (blank) M 26/3/1748 John ___ McFarlan in Drunkie 3. Mary F 7/7/1751 John Margaret McFarlane in Easter Dullater 4. Alexander M 23/11/1755 John Margaret McFarlane in Dullater | Stewart, James in Ward of Goodie (I21533)
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| 6182 | The family of Janett Black is recorded in the 1906 Wellington County Historical Atlas as follows: "BLACK, John , b. in Ayrshire, Scot., 1799, d. 1876, age 77. He was a Liberal and a Presbyterian, and was a mason by trade. He came to Canada about 1832. He was one of the earliest settlers in Puslinch, where he took up 200 acres, rear lots 20 and 21, con. 7, which he cleared and lived upon. He assisted to build, in Guelph, the Court house, Gaol, F.W. Stone's store, and Wright's store, on Gordon Street. He m. Janet Black in Scot. While her husband was away working at the trade, Mrs. Black was obliged often to remain along, exposed to the dangers of pioneer days, and her grandchildren have often heard her speak of hearing wolves about the house. Issue: William, Mrs. Capt. David McFarlane, Parry Sound; Hugh, d., unm., and one died in youth. "William, b. 1834, d. 1885, succeeded to the homestead. He had a local reputation as an entertainer, and was noted for his songs and stump speeches. He was Township Councillor for one year, and Trustee for some years, and was a Presbyterian and a Liberal. He m. Isabella Amos, and afterwards Maggie Patterson. First issue: John McReady, who owned the homestead, and d. in Montana; Jane (d. young), and Mrs. John A. Ord, the present owner of the homestead. Second issue: Maria, living with her mother in Guelph, and Margaret, d. about 19." (Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906) "The reason the Aberfoyle Black homestead that Janetta and John A. Ord inherited, was because her brother John McCready Black was murdered in a saloon in Montana in 1905." (Andrea Norton) | Black, Janetta E. (I1040)
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| 6183 | The family of John James Angus is noteworthy in that, despite having 7 children, none of those children had known children themselves. This line became extinct after the children of John James Angus. John James Angus was born in 1844 in Otley (near Bradford), Yorkshire, England. In 1851, at age 7, James Angus was residing at 38 Craven Street in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, with his parents and siblings. James was only 8 years old in 1852 when his father died. In 1861, at age 17, James Angus was residing at 21 Wapping Road in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, with his older sister, Ellen. They were living next door to their widowed mother. John James was employed as a worsted spinner. James was 18 years old in 1862 when his mother died. On 16 Mar 1868, at age 23, James Angus married in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, to 21 year old Elizabeth Ashworth. In 1871, at age 27, James Angus was residing at 19 Jarratt Street in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, with his new wife and their young son, Samuel. In 1881, at age 37, James Angus was residing at #8 Four Lane Ends in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, with his wife and their young children. He was employed as an overlooker. Also residing with them was 74 year old tenant, James Hodgson, He may be related to Overend Hodgson, the second husband of James' sister, Mary Ann Angus. In 1891, at age 47, James Angus was still residing at #8 Four Lane Ends in West Bradford, Yorkshire, England with his wife and children. He was employed as a weaving overlooker. In 1901, at age 57, John J Angus was residing at 9 Kensington Street in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, with his wife and children. He was employed as a combing overlooker in a wool factory. John James Angus has not been found in the 1911 census. He died four years later in 1915. | Angus, John James (I23284)
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| 6184 | The fifth son of this family is described in Stewarts of the South as: "Robert died last year." But this reference makes no sense. It is possible, but unlikely, that there were two brothers both named Robert. It is more likely that the author made an error here in the name of one of the two Roberts. | Stewart, Son (I18258)
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| 6185 | The first four children shown here are clearly from a previous marriage. It is not known whose previous marriage. | Robins, Leonard (I13633)
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| 6186 | The first marriage comes from One World Tree Project, unknown submitter. The second marriage and family are found in nearby Alston, Cumberland. Information on this family comes from the IGI, member submitted data, and is contradictory. The name Whitfield Dawson appears to be unique and thus there appears that the two marriages are for the same man. Onomastics reinforces this suggestion. However this family should be considered unverified. | Dawson, Whitfield (I4006)
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| 6187 | The first of this family for whom we have solid evidence is John Cuthbert who married Janet Humphrey. Onomastics would suggest that John's father's name was Alexander. There is also another Alexander Cuthbert, contemporary to John, found in local parish records who would fit chronologically as a brother to John. The children of John and Alexander represent the earliest occurrences of the surname Cuthbert in the Keith, Bellie, and Rathven areas. There are no records of any Cuthberts having resided in the area prior to John's marriage in 1742 in Bellie and Alexander's marriage in Rathven also in 1742. As such, it seems reasonable to suggest that John and Alexander come from the same family of origin and, as they appear to be close in age, it seems reasonable to suggest that they could be brothers, and further, that they were born outside of these parishes. | Cuthbert, John (I3368)
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| 6188 | The following article regards Henry Bridgman. His brother, here incorrectly named as Thomas, is buried with him. Thomas is actually buried in Grimsby, Ontario. It is speculated that the brother may correctly be John Bridgman. "Bridgman, Thomas [sic] and Henry, two brothers, the first settlers on the Grand Lake. They moved subsequently to the Macquapit Lake Shore, where they died about the 1796. They were interred on the Macquapit Lake Shore, on the rear of the farm of William Olmstead. There were also buried their three children, Henry, John, and Jane; also a man by the name of Power. 'Til about twenty-five years ago, these graves were surrounded by a picket fence, within which stood two tombstones, one bearing an inscription. Strange to say, at the time referred to, some fishermen on the Macquapit Lake tore away the fence, which they used for fuel, and took away the tombstones for anchors for their nets. The writer regrets his inability to give names of these robbers of the dead, that they might go down to future ages loaded with infamy. Some persons from Ontario came to Jemseg a few years ago inquiring about these graves, over which they proposed erecting a monument, but went away without obtaining any information about them." -- from the History of Queen's County, New Brunswick, by E. Stone Wiggins, 1876, reprinted and indexed by George H. Hayward, 1993. | Bridgman, Henry (I1472)
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| 6189 | The following baptism in the Kilmadock OPR may pertain to Ruth: "1755 child: unknown gender; father James STEUART; mother Katharine STEUART in Drum----." After her husband's death, Ruth lived in Milngavie and Gorbals. | Stewart, Ruth (I18208)
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| 6190 | The following biography is excerpted from a longer biography of James' son, Dr. William Nolan Stewart. "Col. James D. Stewart was born in Mississippi in 1824 and was educated in the University of Virginia, graduating from this institution in 1844, after which he began the study of law at Cambridge. Upon returning to Mississippi, he began the battle of life as a planter of Wilkinson county, and in 1850 was married to Miss Amanda Yerger, a daughter of George S. Yerger, and about 1852 moved to Hinds county. Three years later he took up his abode in Jackson and practiced law for some time. In 1863 he entered the confederate army as chief of ordnance for Mississippi, receiving his appointment from the governor, and held this position until the close of the war. He is a veteran of the Mexican war also, having served during the conflict in Company B, Jefferson Davis' regiment. "Although the Colonel has never been an officer seeker, yet he has been prominent in the affairs of his section, and the people of Wilkinson county early showed their appreciation of his ability by electing him to the lower house of the state legislature, in which body he was an active member during 1849. In 1879 he was elected to the state senate from Hinds county, discharging his duties in 1880, and during that year he introduced bills which became laws, one being an act to prevent prize fighting, and another for the prevention of cruelty to animals, both of which were wise and humane measures. In 1878 he was elected president of the Howard association, soon after the organization of that society, and was one of its most useful members during the yellow-fever epidemic of 1878. In 1885 he was appointed registrar of the United States land office at Jackson, which position he ably filled for four years. He is the father of nine children, five of whom are living: George Yerger, a druggist; William N., our subject; Nolan, who was physician for the Indians of Arizona, having received his appointment from the government and is now assistant physician of the insane asylum at Jackson, Miss., and Ida, who is the wife of Percy Lemly, of Jackson; Warren was assassinated at Arcola, Washington county, Miss., in 1889; Fulton died in 1879; Amanda is with her father in Jackson; two sons died in infancy. "Colonel Stewart lives in a beautiful residence on Fortification street in Jackson, Miss., and although he has reached the allotted age of three-score years and ten, he shows little of the ravages of time and is remarkably well preserved." [Excerpt from the biography of Dr. William Nolan Stewart, son of Col. James D. Stewart, as published in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Louisiana; Chicago; The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1892; transcribed by Kim Mohler] ----------- James D. Stewart (born 1824) planter, of Jackson, Mississippi. State Representative and Senator, and United States Registrar of Public Lands during President Cleveland's first administration. ----------- From the Vicksburg Herald, June 28, 1905, p. 1: Jackson, Miss. Funeral services over the remains of the late Col. James D. Stewart, for many years one of the foremost and highly respected citizens of Jackson, took place this afternoon at 4 o’clock at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Percy Lemly, on North President street. Col. Stewart died yesterday at Little Rock after an illness of several weeks. He had been in feeble health for many months and the end was not unexpected. The remains reached here from Little Rock, via Memphis, this morning at 6:30 o’clock and were conveyed to the Lemly residence. During the forenoon many old friends called to pay their last sad tribute to his memory. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Walter C. Whittaker, rector of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, of which deceased was a lifelong member. The Pearl Lodge No. 23, A.F. & A.M. conducted the Masonic ritual at the cemetery. The following acted as pall-bearers: Honorary-Messrs. George C. Eyrich, Dr. T. J. Mitchell, S. Livingston, R. J. Harding, J. H. Morris and S. Green. Active-Messrs S. Virden, D. O. M. Turner, Wirt Adams, D. E. Adkison, John W. Robinson, Dr. E. H. Galloway, D. H. Holder and W. F. Wilcox. | Stewart, Col. James Duncan (Planter) (I24021)
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| 6191 | The following biography is provided by Miriam Robbins. See http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kidmiff/daniel_swears.htm for more information on this family. Daniel Swears, III was born 7 April 1777 in Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and was baptized there at First Church on 18 May 1777. His parents were Daniel Zwears, II (a Revolutionary War veteran who fought as a member of the Green Mountain Boys for Vermont) and Abigail Willard; he was their third child. His siblings were: Hannah Zwears (Mrs. Thomas Betterley, Jr.) (b. 1773); Lois Zwears (Mrs. Darius Mann, Sr.) (b. 1774); Benjamin Zwears, Sr. (b. 1779); Peter Zwears (b. 1783) and Henry Zwears, Sr. (1785 - 1863). By the time Daniel was 13 years old, his family had moved to Dummerston, Windham County, Vermont, where his mother's brother Henry Willard also resided. Daniel married Mary [surname unknown] probably c. 1796. They had at least three children: Rhoda Sweers (Mrs. Jeremiah F. York, I) (1797 - 1876); Daniel Sweers, IV (1803 - 1873); and Manley Sweers (1808 - 1894). It is possible they had a daughter named Ruth Sweers, who may have been married to Freeman Wood of New York. Daniel and his family were living in Sandgate Township, Bennington County, Vermont when the 1800 Federal Census was taken. It is known that Rhoda, Daniel, Jr. and Manley were all born in Vermont. Manley's obituary states he was born in "Wooster, Vermont". There is a Worcester (pronounced "Wooster") located in Washington County, Vermont, which is probably the correct location. A fire in 1816 destroyed the town's records, so there is no other known documentation to show the Swears family's residence there. In May 1809, Daniel, Sr. and Mary moved their family to what is now Chippewa, Welland County, Ontario, Canada, near the Chippewa Creek. It is likely that the family moved at the same time as (or to be near) Daniel, Sr.'s brother Peter, who is known to have settled in Chippewa. Family history makes mention several times of an brother of Daniel's who lived in Canada. When the War of 1812 broke out between the United States and Great Britain, the British army in Canada was going to press (forcibly draft) Daniel into the army, so he escaped to New York State. At this time the Battle of Chippewa (a.k.a. the Battle of Black Rock) was in progress, and Daniel's wife Mary and their children later recalled seeing the British go up to battle in the morning and returning in the afternoon, carrying the wounded in ox-carts. Not long after, the children's uncle (probably Peter Zwears) went to a Captain Cummings and told him the situation of Daniel's family. The captain allowed Mary Swears to go down to the [Niagara?] river to flag some boats, which came and carried the family across to the U.S. side. There they joined Daniel and then proceeded to what is now the Town of Clarence, Erie County, New York, where Daniel left them in the care of a wealthy man named Mr. Beeman. This man was probably Colonel Beeman, a local pioneer and leader of the community. Daniel's uncle Jacob had served in the Revolutionary War under a Captain Beeman in Massachusetts, and it is possible that this was the same man (or at least a relative). Daniel enlisted and served as a private in the American army in Chapens' Company of the New York Militia. When the war ended, he returned home, and soon after the family moved to Hunt's Hollow in the Town of Gorham, Ontario County, New York, where his daughter Rhoda married Jeremiah F. York, I, another War of 1812 veteran. In 1819, Daniel and his family moved back to the Town of Clarence, where they lived for many years. In the winter of 1835 - 1836, Daniel's sons Daniel, Jr. and Manley set out through Canada to Michigan and bought land in Section 26 of Atlas Township, Genesee County. Daniel and Mary followed their sons the next spring and lived there until their deaths, Daniel dying between 1840 and 1850; Mary in 1860. Both were buried in the Sweers Family Burial Ground on Manley's farm. | Swears, Daniel (I18880)
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| 6192 | The following biography, from Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Louisiana, published in 1892, contains errors which have been noted in the body of the text. "W.N. STEWART, M.D., is a well-known physician and planter of West Feliciana parish. He is a native of Mississippi and was born in Hinds county, May 16, 1853. He is a son of James D., a native of Wilkinson county, and Amanda (Yerger) Stewart, a native of Warren county, Miss. The mother of our subject is now deceased and his father is a resident of Jackson, Mississippi. James D. Stewart is an influential and well-known citizen of the last-named place. He is of Scotch descent, his paternal great-grandfather, James Stewart, having been a fugitive from Scotland to South Carolina in 1745. [sic - James D. Stewart's paternal great-grandfather was William Stewart, younger of Ledcreich, who immigrated with his older brother, Patrick Stewart, 5th of Ledcreich, who immigrated in 1739 of their own free wills, not as fugitives in 1745. They left before the Jacobite Uprising.] After residing for some time in that state he removed to Tennessee [sic - It was William's son, James Stewart, b. 1763, who moved to Tennessee. Two generations have been conflated in this account.], of which state he was one of the first settlers, and did his full share in the development of the section in which he lived. His son James was born on his plantation in Tennessee [sic, it was James' son William, b. 1793, who was born on the Tennessee plantation.], was there reared and educated and followed the calling of his father, being a planter for the most part of his life. His efforts were rewarded by substantial success, and his latter days were spent in the enjoyment of a comfortable competency. He died while on a visit to his sons in Mississippi, about the year 1856. [sic - No ancestor died in 1856. With the conflation of generations above it's now unclear who the author is referring to.] His son, William [This William is the same person described as James above who was born on his father's plantation. Again, two generations have been confused.], the father of James D. Stewart, was also born in Tennessee, but about 1805 he came to Mississippi, and, like his father, became a planter. He became very wealthy, and died in 1835. [Correct. And from here to the end it appears to be all correct.] Col. James D. Stewart was born in Mississippi in 1824 and was educated in the University of Virginia, graduating from this institution in 1844, after which he began the study of law at Cambridge. Upon returning to Mississippi, he began the battle of life as a planter of Wilkinson county, and in 1850 was married to Miss Amanda Yerger, a daughter of George S. Yerger, and about 1852 moved to Hinds county. Three years later he took up his abode in Jackson and practiced law for some time. In 1863 he entered the confederate army as chief of ordnance for Mississippi, receiving his appointment from the governor, and held this position until the close of the war. He is a veteran of the Mexican war also, having served during the conflict in Company B, Jefferson Davis' regiment. Although the Colonel has never been an officer seeker, yet he has been prominent in the affairs of his section, and the people of Wilkinson county early showed their appreciation of his ability by electing him to the lower house of the state legislature, in which body he was an active member during 1849. In 1879 he was elected to the state senate from Hinds county, discharging his duties in 1880, and during that year he introduced bills which became laws, one being an act to prevent prize fighting, and another for the prevention of cruelty to animals, both of which were wise and humane measures. In 1878 he was elected president of the Howard association, soon after the organization of that society, and was one of its most useful members during the yellow-fever epidemic of 1878. In 1885 he was appointed registrar of the United States land office at Jackson, which position he ably filled for four years. He is the father of nine children, five of whom are living: George Yerger, a druggist; William N., our subject; Nolan, who was physician for the Indians of Arizona, having received his appointment from the government and is now assistant physician of the insane asylum at Jackson, Miss., and Ida, who is the wife of Percy Lemly, of Jackson; Warren was assassinated at Arcola, Washington county, Miss., in 1889; Fulton died in 1879; Amanda is with her father in Jackson; two sons died in infancy. Colonel Stewart lives in a beautiful residence on Fortification street in Jackson, Miss., and although he has reached the allotted age of three-score years and ten, he shows little of the ravages of time and is remarkably well preserved. W.N. Stewart, our subject, was reared in Jackson, Miss., and educated in the common schools, and when old enough attended at New Orleans and later a medical school in Louisville, Ky., where he graduated in 1876. He commenced the practice of his profession in Jackson, La., where he remained for two years. At the end of that time he came to West Feliciana parish and settled in the Tunica Hills settlement, where he engaged in the practice of medicine and in planting. He owns a fine tract of land near Row Landing. Dr. Stewart was married to Miss Ida Heath, the daughter of John T. and Harriet L. (Perkins) Heath, natives of Louisiana. John T. Heath is now deceased, and was a man of considerable learning, having graduated with the highest honors of his class when but seventeen years of age, at Centenary college, and was an attorney. He was in the same class with Judges Kilbourne and Keman and Rev. C.G. Andrews, D.D., and other noted graduates of this college. He died at the early age of thirty. Though so young, there was no lawyer of north Louisiana who had a larger practice, or whose legal opinions were more valued, and had he lived he would have undoubtedly stood in the foremost rank of his profession. His death occurred at Shreveport. His paternal ancestors were of English descent, having removed from England to Virginia some time during 1700 and something. His grandfather, Thomas Heath, was adopted at an early age by a wealthy old bachelor, Uncle Ethel Heath, of South Carolina, and there made his home. His father, J.T. Heath, Sr., upon coming of age removed with his slaves to St. Landry parish, La., purchased a plantation, and there lived until the time of his death. The wife of Dr. Stewart was reared in East Feliciana parish and at Shreveport, La., and was educated at Silliman Collegiate institute, of Clinton, La. She was the eldest child in a family of seven, of whom four are living: Thomas W. Heath is a merchant at Pattersonville, La.; Sally N. is the wife of George Petrie, of Baldwin, La.; Anna McW. Is the wife of S.L. McBee, of East Feliciana parish; Dr. John P. died in this parish in 1878, of yellow fever (after the epidemic his name was found on the roll of honor in all the medical journals of the United States, and none more worthy, for though the only physician in his section, and almost an entire stranger, he gave his life for those who scarcely knew him); Henry P. died in East Feliciana parish in 1891; and Mary died at the age of five years. To Dr. and Mrs. Stewart have been born two daughters: Amanda and Irene. The Doctor is a member of the Episcopal church, and his wife is connected with the Baptist church. Our subject is strongly opposed to the lottery company, and is president of the league for the Seventh and Eighth wards. He affiliates with the democratic party. Most of his time is devoted to the practice of his profession and he is regarded as one of the leading physicians of his vicinity. He is the medical examiner for the Pacific Mutual Life Insurance company, of California. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic lodge. [Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Louisiana; Chicago; The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1892; transcribed by Kim Mohler] Of William's two children, Amanda died in childhood and Irene never married nor had children. Thus, this line became extinct. -------------- Obituary From the Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss., June 16, 1923, p. 6: The funeral of Dr. William Stewart, who died in El Paso, Texas, Wednesday night, will be held here this afternoon upon the arrival of the body on the 2:15 A. & V. eastbound train at the station. The deceased was a brother of Dr. Nolan Stewart and Mrs. Percy Lemly of this city, and for a long time was himself a citizen of Jackson. Dr. Stewart also leaves his widow and one daughter, Miss Irene Stewart, who will accompany the remains from the Texas home. The pall bearers are as follows: active-W. A. Montgomery, Bert Eyrich, R. S. Withers, and William S. Shipman; honorary-Sam Virden, ___Langley, J. H Morris, A. A. Green, Tom Barr, Hazel Millett, Jim Brown and Marcellus Green. The body of Dr. Stewart will be placed beside that of his daughter Miss Amanda, who has gone on before. When in Jackson Dr. Stewart was a member of the St. Andrews Episcopal Church and the services will be Episcopal. | Stewart, Dr. William Nolan M.D. (I23997)
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| 6193 | The following Catherine Docharts from the Comrie parish register would be in the right age range to be having an illegitimate child in 1795. 2 Oct 1765, Christian Dochartach, daughter of Donald Dochartach and Catharine McNab (dec'd by 1768, see below) 26 Jun 1765, Catharine Dochartach, daughter of John Dochartach and Catharine Donaldson 10 Oct 1768, Catharine Dochartach, daughter of Donald Dochartach and Catharine McNab * 3 Dec 1775, Catharine Dochard, daughter of James Dochard and Jannet Cameron bolded entries had sisters name Mary * favoured candidate | Dochart, Catherine (I26189)
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| 6194 | The following comes from the Dunnville Heritage Society, c/o John Stringer (descendant of Rachael Lutes). It was written by Sophia Augusta "Gussie" Stringer (1862-1951) descendant of Rachael Lutes. "Great grandmother Lutes was born in Holland, on the low lands and great grandfather lived in Germany, or as it was called, the high lands. The crops there failed and great grandfather went down to the low lands to work in the harvest and got acquainted with great grandmother. She taught him low Dutch, as they called it and she learned high Dutch and they married. There were twelve children in that family. I remember, Aunt Polly Rock, Aunt Peggy McCarthy, Aunt Lizzie Derrick, Aunt Jane House (who lived on Lake Erie, in a stone house). Uncle William Lutes lived in Waterloo, Uncle George Lutes lived in Moote Settlement in the little house on the nine acres on the corner, across the side road from your father's (John Lewis Ricker's) place. The side road went west to where Pa Stringer lived. Uncle Jake Lutes lived at Lundy's Lane and one nephew and two nieces at Boston. He was Dr. Walter Lutes. We visited them at their home." Early Niagara census records show a Samuel or Samson Lutz as head of one of the first 12 European households in Niagara in 1783. As George would have been only 19 at the time, it is presumed that Samuel is his father. Did Samuel immigrate first, followed later by George? Or did George marry very young and then immigrate in 1783, but not have any children until until 7 years later? Or did their earlier children die unrecorded? The answers to these questions are as yet unknown. | Lutz, George (I9080)
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| 6195 | The following death may be hers: 1862 death ANN STEWART 55, mother's maiden name MCGREGOR Callander although this conflicts with Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions. | Stewart, Anne Drummond (I25248)
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| 6196 | The following entry is found in the Port of Menteith Kirk Session Minutes: "CHARGE 1810 [Febry 12] By balance arising from sale of strayed sheep by James Stuart late in Wester Dullater. £2" As Alexander Stewart found later in Wester Dullater (shown here as the son of this James) had an eldest son named James, we would presume his father was also named James. As we now find this earlier reference to a James Stewart in Wester Dullater then it would seem nearly certain that James is the father of Alexander. We are, as yet, unable to identify this James. | Stewart, James (I21835)
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| 6197 | The following information has been sent to me by Hope Herndon, HopeHnd@aol.com "Hannah Matilda and William Bridgman adopted Hannah's younger brother, Joseph, as he was about 10 years old when Hannah and Joseph's parents died." BRIDGMAN, Mrs. Hannah Matilda, wife of Wm. Bridgman, died the 9th inst. in her 26th year; predeceased by 2 children within the past 4 months; survived by her husband, aged parents, and 2 children...Page no. 42 in the book. Oct. 28, 1840, p. 3, O. (Death Notices From the Christian Guardian 1836-1850 by Donald A. McKenzie ) Brigeman, William, of Grimsby, bch, & Hanah Matilda Thomas, of Binbrook, spr. b: George Adams Jr., of Grimsby, yeoman, and George Flanderr, of Grantham, taylor. 28 May 1832 at St. Catharines. (2686) Pg. 216 in book (Marriage Bonds of Ontario 1803-1834) | Thomas, Hannah Matilda (I19237)
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| 6198 | The following is c/o Joseph Cooke (http://www.babycookmakes3.com/family/mcnaughton1806.html ) Her Obituary was as follows: "Infinite trust, unyielding fidelity, and absolute devotion to duty amid all the vicissitudes of life, were the marked characteristics of Margaet McNaughton, who for more than fifty-eight years was the loyal and devoted wife od Daniel McMillan. Her ancestors were reared amid the influences which attended the teaching of John Knox after he returned from the feet of Calvin. They were of the race that gave a lasting impress to Scotland; men of strong character and sever principles; men who fought and suffered until religious freedom was won and established in the Chuch of Scotland. These characteristics of courage and intellectual strength, of indomitable will and honesty of purpose, which moulded and glorified the past and remain the blessing of the present, were the birthright of Margaret McNaughton. At an early age, she became the favorite child of an heirless uncle and aunt, by whom she was reared and educated with all the rigor and discipline of the exact methods and religious teaching that obtained in the household of Deacon John McVean, of Caledonia, a man of marked ability, serious though, and quiet manner. This influence maintained its sway, and in a great measure characterized and moulded her life. She was quiet, reserved, sincere; possessed of a heart full of tenderness and sympathy, yet without demonstration she wielded an influence for good by wise counsel and unselfish ministration. She was a woman of pre-eminant intuition and of unyielding fidelity to her church, her family and her friends. Unselfishness, faithfullness, and fortitude were the dominant qualities of her nature. She was indeed the ideal wife and mother; always firm, ever consistant; actuated by exalted ideals and stimulated by reasonable ambition. Her joy was in the courts of the Lord's house, and it was ever her pleasure to welcome to her hearth and home those engaged in the Master's work. Her father, Malcolm McNaughton, came from Glenlyon, Scotland, in 1795, and settled at Broadalbin, in the Mohwak valley, where Margaret was born March 6, 1806. In 1812, the family joined the Scottish pioneers and took a new home in the far famed valley of the Genesee. Some years later, the family, with the exception of Margaret and two married sisters, again changed their residence and settled at Milton, in the Province of Ontario, Canada. Here they took much interest in public affairs; three of her brothers occupied seats in the Canadian Parlament, and a fourth, active in the organization of Wisconsin as a State, was a member of its legislative body. Margaret was married January 24, 1828 to Daniel McMillan. They took up their home in York, n the western slope of the beautiful Genesee. There for fifty-eight years they exemplified in their family life the sturdy Covenanter home; he was the "master of the house" and she the loving, loyal, helpmate, twice each day the household gathered at the family altar; a psalm was sung, a chapter of the Bible read and a prayer offered, at which every servant and member of the household was present. On March 30, 1886, her life work ended; her illness was brief; the blessing of freedom without suffering was accorded her, and after four days she closed her mortal eyes in sleep. The beauty of her life remains to her children and grandchildren for generaions to come; it is theirs to hang upon the walls of memory forever, a well-spring of love and unselfishness, "pure as the dew of morning, and sweet as its breath;" and as they rise up to call her blessed, they will seem to hear the words of Willis, like the angelic strains of he "choir invisible," bringing peace and solace as naught else can thie side of the "shores of light". -At the time of her death, the New York Senate passed a resoluation marking the sympathy of the Senate chamber to her son, Daniel H. McMillan, a serving State Senator, for the death of his mother. | McNaughton, Margaret (I10854)
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| 6199 | The following Mary Docharts from the Comrie parish register would be in the right age range to be having an illegitimate child in 1795. 5 Nov 1761, Mary Dochartach, daughter of John Dochartach and Janet McLeran 2 Aug 1767, Mary Dochartach, daughter of John Dochartach and Catherine Donaldson 6 Dec 1767, Mary Dochartach, daughter of John Dochartach and Janet Carmichael 27 Nov 1776, Mary Dochard, daughter of John Dochard and Jannet McIlchonnel * 30 Mar 1780, Mary Dochardoch, daughter of James Dochardoch and Jannet Cameron bolded entries had sisters named Catherine * favoured candidate | Dochart, Mary (I26188)
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| 6200 | The following note is from the late Anna Jackson, Puslinch historian: Catherine McLean was the daughter of McLean who lived on concession 7. Front 7 Lot 20 Neil McLean settled in 1852; Emigrated 1848 from Inverness Baby girl died at sea. 2 other girls, and Kenneth age 3 who played for Guelph Maple Leafs and became a barrister and d 1921 age 76 ..Sisters were Catherine who m Peter Stewart; Margaret who d in Los Angeles and is buried Carberry and Mary, Mrs. Clark of Wellwood MB Note There was also a brother Roderick who farmed near Burnside MB and was visited by his nephew, Duncan Stewart (son of Catherine) Parents Remained until they died." | McLean, Catherine (I10519)
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