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6251	Robert Stewart was born 14 Sep 1823 in Auchraw, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, as a son of David Stewart and Anne Stewart. Robert Stewart has not been confidently identified in later records. His later whereabouts is unknown.	Stewart, Robert (I28816)
6252	Robert Stewart was born 17 Jul 1816 in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, as the son of William Stewart and Margaret McArthur. The exact location of his birth is not recorded in the parish register. In 1841, at age 22, Robert Stewart was residing at Mid Torrie Farm, identified as being in Deanston civil parish, but in the ecclesiastical parish of Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. He was employed as a farmer. Also residing with him was his widowed mother, Margaret Stewart, age 47, and his siblings, Margaret Stewart, 24, James Stewart, 17, Janet Stewart, 16, William Stewart, 12, and John Stewart 10. In 1851, at age 33, Robert Stewart was residing at Mid Torrie Farm, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland with his sister, Janet Stewart, age 25. Robert was employed as a farmer of 130 acres, employing two labourers. Robert Stewart has not been found in later records, with one exception. He is believed to be the father of Helen Stewart who died in 1935 and identified in her obituary as the fourth daughter of "Robert Stewart in Deanston." No birth records have been found for Robert's daughters in Kilmadock. No census records have been found with Robert and his daughters living in the same location at the same time.	Stewart, Robert in Deanston (I17635)
6253	Robert Stewart was born 18 Apr 1824 in Killearn, Stirlingshire, Scotland, as the son of Duncan Stewart and Margaret Graham. Robert Stewart never married nor had children. He was a farmer who continued on the family farm. In 1841, at age 15, Robert Stewart was residing at 14 Park, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. In 1851, at age 25, Robert Stewart was residing at Park, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a farmer's son. In 1859, Robert Stewart is mentioned in his uncle Walter Stewart's will. In 1860, Robert Stewart was the informant for the registration of his mother's death. In 1861, at age 35, Robert Stewart was residing at Gartinstarry, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his elderly widowed father and his adult siblings. On 5 Feb 1867, Robert Stewart was the informant on his father's death registration. In 1871, at age 44, Robert Stewart was residing at Gartinstarry, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his younger adult siblings. He was employed as a farmer of 80 acres of which 66 were aerable. In 1881, at age 54, Robert Stewart was residing at Gartinstarry, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his brother Duncan and his deceased sister Catherine's daughters. He was employed as a farmer of 120 acres of which 98 were aerable. He was employing two men and one girl. In 1891, at age 64, Robert Stewart was residing at Balfunning, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his brother Duncan and his deceased sister Catherine's daughters. He was employed as a farmer.	Stewart, Robert (I26183)
6254	Robert Stewart was born 18 Mar 1791 in Lianach of Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland as a son of James Stewart and Jean Stewart. He is presumed to have died in infancy prior to the birth of his same-named brother in 1792.	Stewart, Robert (I32321)
6255	Robert Stewart was born 1843 in Gartmore, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, as a son of Robert Stewart and Margaret Morrison. In 1851, at age 8, Robert Stewart was residing at Back Borland, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. In 1861, at age 18, Robert Stewart was residing at Tombane, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a carter. Robert Stewart has not been found in the 1871 or 1881 census. On 28 Feb 1884, at age 38, Robert Stewart married in Renton, Dunbarton, Stirlingshire, Scotland to Isabella Ritchie, age 36. He was employed as a farm servant at the time. "1884, District of Renton in the County of Dunbarton. 1884, on the twenty-eighth day of February at the Established Church Manse, Renton, after Banns according to the the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland, Robert Stewart, farm servant, age 38, residing at Dalquhurn Farm, Renton, son of Robert Stewart, farmer, and Margaret Stewart, m.s. Morrison, married to Isabella M. Ritchie, farm servant, age 36, residing at Hillbank, Bonhill, daughter of Duncan Ritchie, farmer (deceased), and Sarah Ritchie, m.s. Caldwell. Witnesses: John Morrison and Bella Ritchie." (Scotland Statutory Register of Marriages)	Stewart, Robert (I31028)
6256	Robert Stewart was born 24 May 1789 in Harperstown, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, as a son of Robert Stewart and Agnes Kirkwood. Robert Stewart has not been found in later records. Nothing more is known of him.	Stewart, Robert (I31011)
6257	Robert Stewart was born 25 July 1791 at Letrunchen on the shore of Loch Chon at the remote west end of Aberfoyle parish in Perthshire, Scotland. He presumably grew up working on the family farm. On 1 Aug 1818, at age 27, in Aberfoyle parish, Robert Stewart married to Isabella McLaren, daughter of Duncan McLaren and Janet Buchanan. Robert Stewart and Isabella McLaren had four children while residing in Aberfoyle parish. Their exact location is unknown as the full parish register has not been consulted. In the latter half of 1831, Robert Stewart and Isabella McLaren moved to the Gartmore Estate in Port of Mentieth, Perthshire, Scotland, presumably for employment reasons. Here they had two more children. In 1841, at age 45, Robert Stewart was residing at Windy Yetts #1 in Port of Menteith parish. The exact location of Windy Yetts is not known. It has not been found on maps or in other documents. It means "Windy Gate" and is likely located on the Gartmore estate. Robert was employed as a woodcutter and was residing with his wife and their children John, Duncan, Alexander, and Robert. Also residing with them was 60-year-old Isabella Stewart, whose relationship is not specified. She is suspected to be Robert's older sister. Sometime in the mid-late 1840s, Robert Stewart and Isabella McLaren and their children immigrated to Canada. Their exact date of immigration is unclear due to conflicting accounts. Their son Robert Jr and their son-in-law, John Buchanan, both report in the 1911 census that they immigrated inn 1849. However, John Buchanan and Janet Stewart had a child in 1844, and were married in 1845, in Goderich, Huron, Ontario, Canada, so they could not have immigrated in 1849. It's possible, but unlikely, that Janet immigrated on her own as a single person prior to 1844 and that the rest of her birth family followed later. However, it's more likely that the accounts in the 1911 census are not correct and that the family immigrated between 1841-1844. They settled on a pioneer farm in Usborne township in Huron county, Ontario, Canada, in a community with many other Scottish immigrants. In 1851, at age 60, Robert Stewart was residing in Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and adult children, Duncan, James, Alexander, and Robert. He was employed as a farmer. In 1861, at age 68 (sic, 70), Robert Stewart was residing in a log home in Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and adult children, James, Alexander, and Robert. He was employed as a farmer. In 1871, at age 78 (sic, 80), Robert Stewart was residing in Usborne, Huron, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and adult son, Alexander. Robert was employed as a farmer. His son, Robert Jr and his young family were residing next-door. Robert Stewart and his wife Isabella McLaren both died within five months of each other in 1874. Robert's gravestone reads: "In memory of Robert STEWART, died April 23, 1874, aged 82 years, his beloved wife, Isabella McCLAREN, died Sept. 11, 1874, aged 82 years. Their beloved son, Duncan, died May 23, 1857, aged 31 years. Natives of Perth-shire, Scotland."	Stewart, Robert (I27878)
6258	Robert Stewart was born 26 Jan 1840 in St. Ninian's parish in the town of Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland as a son of Robert Stewart and Christian McLaren. In 1841, at age 1, Robert Stewart was residing at Cowan Street in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland with his parents and siblings. In 1851, at age 11, Robert Stewart was residing at Cowan Street in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland with his parents and siblings. In 1861, at age 20, Robert Stewart was residing at Baker Street in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a journeyman mason. On 14 Jan 1862, Robert Stewart married in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland to Janet McGregor. In 1871, at age 31, Robert Stewart was residing at 94 Baker Street in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his wife and young children. He was employed as a mason. In 1881, at age 40, Robert Stewart was residing at 11 Shore Road in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as a mason. In 1891, at age 51, Robert Stewart was residing at 69 Lower Bridge St. in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as a stone mason. Robert Stewart died on 2 Oct 1894 in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland.	Stewart, Robert Jr. (I28553)
6259	Robert Stewart was born 29 Jan 1810 in Ballaird, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, as the son of James Stewart and Helen McEwan. "James Stewart, wright in Balaird and Helen McEwan his wife had a son born 29th Janry and Bap’d 4 Febry, n’d Robt." (Drymen Parish Register) On 6 Feb 1840, at age 30, Robert Stewart married in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, to Margaret Morrison. Their marriage was registered secondly on 9 Feb 1840 in Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Robert Stewart has not been confidently identified in the 1841 census. He is believed to have been residing in Barony, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, where his son, Andrew, was born, but there are too many possible matches to confirm which one is him. His wife, Margaret, and their infant son, Andrew, were residing with Margaret's father, Andrew Morrison, in Tomachar, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland in 1841. No such place has been found and is likely to be an error for either Tomnagarrow or Treuchan. Treuchan is preferred as it is on the Gartmore estate where their next child was born in 1843. In 1851, at age 40, Robert Stewart was residing at Back Borland, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his wife and children, along with his 81-year-old father-in-law, Andrew Morrison. Robert was employed as a farmer of 200 acres, employing one labourer. In 1860, Robert Stewart was the informant for the tragic deaths of his five nieces in Cashley Mill, daughters of his brother, Andrew, Stewart. The nieces all died from scarlet fever within days of each other. In 1861, at age 51, Robert Stewart was residing at Tombane, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as a carter. In 1871, at age 60, Robert Stewart was residing at Tombane, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his wife and daughter, Agnes, and his 5-year-old grandson, Robert. He was employed as an agricultural labourer. On 19 Aug 1773, Robert Stewart in Tombane was the certified as the executor for the estate of his uncle, John Stewart in Cashley Mill, who died intestate on 13 Aug 1870 at Cashley Mill, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland. In 1881, at age 71, Robert Stewart was residing at Tombane on the Gartmore estate in Drymen parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his wife Margaret and grandchildren, Robert (15) and Margaret (7). He was employed as a general labourer. In 1891, at age 81, Robert Stewart was residing at South Side of Gartmore Village, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and granddaughter, Margaret (17). He was employed as a farmer crofter. Robert Stewart died on 4 Mary 1900 at age 90 at Gartmore, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland. The Glasgow Herald, Wednesday, March 7th., 1900. Death notice:- "STEWART.- At Gartmore, on 4th. inst., Robert Stewart, late of T--bane, Gartmore, aged 90.- Funeral to Buchlyvie, Friday first, 12 noon.- Friends please accept this intimation." (Fragmented printing.) 1900 Death recorded Port of Menteith 388/ 11, Robert Stewart (90).	Stewart, Robert in Tombane (I31014)
6260	Robert Stewart was born 29 Sep 1826 in Lianach of Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland as a son of Donald Stewart in Lianach and Christian Stewart. In 1841, at age 13, Robert Stewart was residing in Lianach of Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. In 1851, at age 20, Robert Stewart was residing at Kirkton of Strathfillan, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a farmer's son. In 1861, at age 30, Robert Stewart was residing at Kirkton of Strathfillan, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland, with his widowed father and siblings. He was employed as a farmer's son. In 1871, at age 40, Robert Stewart is believed to be the Robert Stewart visiting at Ballanacator, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland with the family of Duncan and Catherine McNaughton. On 16 Jun 1875, Robert Stewart married in Balquidder, Perthshire, Scotland to Anne Stewart. She was his cousin and the daughter of his maternal uncle, Alexander Stewart in Woodend. In 1881, at age 54, Robert Stewart was residing in Killin Schoolhouse, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and their young children. In 1891, at age 65, Robert Stewart was residing at Mid Auchleskine, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and their young children. He was employed as a crofter. In 1901, at age 75, Robert Stewart was residing at Ledcreich, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland with three of his adult children. He was employeda as a farmer.	Stewart, Robert in Killin (I17416)
6261	Robert Stewart was born 5 Apr 1812 in Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland, as a son of Allan Stewart and Margaret Mitchell. Robert was a watchmaker and renowned jeweler and is believed to be related to, but not descended from James Stewart, a watchmaker in Glasgow in the late 1700s who was descended from 3-Line of the Stewarts in Coille Mor (VI-Branch of the Stewarts of Gartnafuaran). James Stewart, watchmaker and clockmaker, became a Burgess and Guild Brother in 1778 and resided at 40 Trongate in Glasgow until at least 1809. In 1813-1814, he was residing a few blocks away on Bridge Street on the south side of the river in Tradeston, Glasgow. Present research suggests that James may have been an uncle to Robert's father. In 1835, Robert Stewart and his older brother Allan Stewart were residing at 162 Trongate in Glasgow when they opened their shop as "Allan and Robert Stewart, Clock and Watchmakers of Glasgow". He may be the Robert Stewart who married on 28 Dec 1838 in Mearns, Renfrew, Scotland to Elizabeth Stewart, however there is insufficient evidence to confirm if this is the correct marriage. Robert Stewart is presumed to have married about 1840 to Elizabeth Stewart, b 1816 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, although no confirmed record of their marriage has yet been found. Her parents and ancestry are unknown. (She may also be the means of connection to the earlier James Stewart, watchmaker.) About 1840, Robert's brother, Allan Stewart, left the business partnership and subsequently moved to Australia, leaving Robert to run the business on his own. In 1841, Robert Stewart was residing at Trongate in Glasgow. (According to John Hunter, editor of Clocks Magazine.) This is believed to refer to the entry on Ancestry's 1841 index that shows (Male) Stewart b 1816 in Scotland and (female) Stewart b 1816 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, residing at 148 Trongate, St. David, Glasgow with a 1 month old infant, not named. No occupation, no further info. In 1851, at age 38, Robert Stewart was residing at Great Wellington Street, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as a jeweler employing four men. In 1861, at age 49, Robert Stewart was residing at Paisley Road, in Tradeston, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as a master goldsmith. In 1871, at age 58, Robert Stewart was residing at 16 Sandyford Place in Anderston, Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his children. He was employed as a jeweler. His wife was not listed with the family in 1871 and may have been away visiting. She has not been located in the 1871 census. "Robert Stewart continued to grow the business alone, and between 1886 and 1896 (sic, Robert died in 1871), it is documented that Robert Stewart was appointed goldsmith, jeweller, wholesaler and silversmith to Queen Victoria. "Robert Stewart, Argyle & Buchanan Streets, Glasgow. Retailers of fine watches, clocks and jewelry. The company was created in 1835 by the brothers Allan and Robert Stewart, watch and clockmakers, working out of 162 Trongate, Glasgow. The association lasted for five years whereafter Robert continued the enterprise under his own name. By 1845 Robert moved the business to 25 Argyle street, and later in the mid 1850s, to the 132 street address which would be kept until the early 20th century. After the passing of Robert Stewart (ca. 1871), the company was continued by sons James Robert Stewart and John Allan Stewart as sole proprietors (post 1877). It is during this second phase of the R. Stewart company that the current watch belongs to. Listed as Goldsmiths, Jewelers and Watchmakers, from the second half of the 19th century to its closing date of 1934, the company had a firm reputation for selling the best quality watches and clocks. As nearly all watch retailers in the second half of 19th century England, R. Stewart purchased completed watches from watchmakers who would engrave the resellers name on the movement. The present watch has all the indications of being finished in the Lancashire area, most probably in Prescot, and purchased for resale by R. Stewart." https://www.coggiolawatch.com/r-stewart-argyle-buchanan-streets-glasgow-no-50796-ca-1890s (See also https://www.glasgowhistory.com/buchanan-street.html for photo and additional info) STEWART Robert. 7 December. The Confirmation of the Commissariot of Lanarkshire dated 17 November 1871 of James M'Aulay of Pollokshields Peter Stewart M.D. Glasgow James Ritchie Senior Manufacturer Glasgow William Connell Plumber Glasgow James Houston Soap Manufacturer Glasgow and the Reverend John Stewart Minister North Shields as Executors Nominate of Robert Stewart Goldsmith Jeweller and Watchmaker Glasgow who died at Glasgow 18 June 1871. (Register of Testaments)	Stewart, Robert Watchmaker & Jeweler (I28885)
6262	Robert Stewart was born 8 Dec 1776 in Buchany, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, as a son of Donald Stewart and Janet McGregor. His baptism was witnessed by Archibald McArthur and John McNee, both in Buchany. On 20 Dec 1822, Robert Stewart married in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, to Agnes Forbes. "1822 - Stewart and Forbes - Dec. 7, Robert Stewart and Agnes Forbes, both of this parish, declared their purpose of Marriage and having been proclaimed pro 1st & 2nd, 8th pro, and 3th, 15th, were married 20th Decr." (Kilmadock Parish Register) Robert is listed in Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions in Kilmadock cemetery: 203 Robert STEWART feuar (at) Buchany 1776 (to) 1866, wife Agnes FORBES 1853, son James 1841 (age) 18, son John (a) blacksmith (at) Burn of Cambus died 6 SEP 1913, age 84 (and his wife Margaret BUCHANAN 31 JUL 1871, age 38, daughter Christina 8 MAY 1871, age 13, son Robert John died (at) Wester Coilechat 16 SEP 1929, age 61, daughter Agnes Forbes 1 DEC 1930, age 70 (widow of E. THOMSON), daughter Margaret Robina 9 DEC 1930, age 64). Robert is mentioned in the Glassingall Court of Session notes: "At the Milton on Burn of Cambus the twelfth April 1852. In presence of John Burn Murdoch one of Her Majestys Justices of the Peace for Perth. Compeared Robert Stewart Blacksmith at Milton of Burn of Cambus in the Parish of Kilmadock who solemnly declares that he is 75 years of age and that he was born at Buchany a village on the Estate of Cambus Wallace, situated about a mile and a half to the South East of Annat, that his father Donald Stewart was a Blacksmith at Buchany; that his grandfather James Stewart was a labourer in Buchany, and that his great-grandfather lived at Calziebolhalzie, a farm on the Braes of Doune in Kilmadock. Declares that his present residence of Milton at Burn of Cambus is on the border of the estate of Annat."	Stewart, Robert in Buchany and Milton of Cambusburn (I17767)
6263	Robert Stewart was born 8 May 1806 in Buchany, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland as the youngest recorded son of Robert Stewart and Mary Ferguson in Buchany. He was baptised on 18 May 1806 in Kilmadock. His baptism was witnesse by John and Robert McNee, both in Buchany. Robert Stewart has not been identified in later records.	Stewart, Robert (I28854)
6264	Robert Stewart was born 9 Aug 1795 in Colveny (Colvey or Heads), Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, as the son of Duncan Stewart and Christian Walker. Robert's baptism was witnessed by Alexander Forbes at Ballocaish and Walter Stewart at (illegible, possibly his cousin Walter Stewart, merchant in Callander, son of Alexander Stewart in Bochastle). Robert Stewart is described in Stewarts of the South c. 1815 as a servant to the Earl of Murray (Moray) who resided at Doune Castle and Doune Lodge (Cambus Wallace). Robert Stewart married on 15 Dec 1825 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, to Christian McLaren. The marriage was also registered in Kincardine parish. Robert Stewart appears to have continued in his employment with the Earl until about 1828-1830 when he moved from Kilmadock parish to Kincardine parish and finally to the town of Stirling. In 1841, at age 40 (sic), Robert Stewart was residing at Cowan Street in St. Ninian's parish in the town of Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his wife and young children. He was employed as a labourer. In 1851, at age 55, Robert Stewart was residing at Cowan Street in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as a carter. Robert Stewart's wife, Christian, died sometime between 1851-1855. In 1861, at age 65, Robert Stewart was residing at 116 Baker Street in Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, as a widower with two of his adult children. He was employed as a carriers porter. Robert Stewart, carter, widower, died 17 Mar 1866 at Portnellan, age 72 years, son of Duncan Stewart, labourer, deceased, and Christina Walker. Informant: Peter Stewart, brother.	Stewart, Robert Sr. Servant to the Earl of Moray (I17415)
6265	Robert Stewart was born about 1791 in either Balquhidder or Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. No matching record for his birth has been found in either parish. No matching birth has been found in Callander parish either. The 1851 census indicates that Robert was born in Balquhidder, however his death certificate says he was born in Comrie. The census is presently preferred as this information presumably came from Robert himself and was given during his lifetime, whereas the death certificate information comes from Robert's son. Robert's death certificate in Australia also indicates that his parents' names were Duncan Stewart and Janet Stewart. No corresponding birth record has been found for Robert. Robert married on 7 DEC 1825 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland to Mary MCCALLUM, b 30 OCT 1793 in Killin Perthshire, Scotland, daughter of John McCallum and Janet Clark. In 1841 the family was residing in Duchruin, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland where Robert was employed as a shepherd. In 1841, at age 50, Robert Stewart was residing at Denchrin (sic, Duchruin), Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and five children. He was employed as a shepherd. In 1851, at age 59, Robert Stewart was residing in Ducheran (sic Duchruin), Glenartney, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and two of their children, Duncan (19) and Janet (17). Robert was employed as a shepherd. Duchruin has been identified as an extinct property in Glen Artney formerly located adjacent to Dalchruin. In 1852, Robert Stewart and his family immigrated to Australia aboard the ship, Miltiades. Listed on the ship's register is Robert Stewart, 58, Mary Stewart, 48, Duncan Stewart, 21, Janet Stewart, 18, Robert Stewart, 14, John Stewart, 5. Note that daughter Margery is not present. Mary McCallum died 23 Oct 1885 in Victoria, Australia. Her death certificate records her parents' names as "John McCallum and Mother not known." Her son Robert Stewart was the informant. It also lists her children as Marjory - dead, Duncan - dead, Jessie - dead, Robert - age 47, John - age 45.	Stewart, Robert in Duchruin (I26285)
6266	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 (I17780)
6267	Robert Stewart was born in 1759 in Blaircrioch, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland. Sometime prior to 1787, Robert moved from Balquhidder to the Blair Drummond Moss in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, where he began his family. On 19 May 1787 in Kincardine by Doune parish, Perthshire, Scotland, Robert Stewart married Mary McNie. She may have been his cousin, as Robert's mother was also a McNie. In 1814, at age 52, Robert Stewart was residing at #7 Summer's Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. (1814 Blair Drummond Moss Census -- see below.) According to Stewarts of the South (ca. 1815-1820), Robert was a shepherd on the Blair-Drummond estate. He had a son who was an "honest and industrious person". The Appendix indicates that the son being referred to is Duncan, who was either "an industrious character" or "a middling, industrious character." (Stewarts of the South Appendix, ca. 1815. There are two Duncan Stewarts described thus, each living at Summerline and descending from a branch of the Stewarts of Glenbuckie.) Robert Stewart is referred to in the past tense in Stewarts of the South and his son, Duncan, is referred to in the present tense, suggesting that Robert had died and Duncan had taken over the farm by the time that Stewarts of the South was written (between 1815-1820). Robert was certainly dead by 1842 when his widow, Mary McNie wrote to their son Duncan in Canada. In 1842, Robert Stewart's wife, Mary McNie sent a family bible to their son, Duncan, in Canada, in which she refers to her husband as already deceased: "This Bible is Sent from Summer Lane Blair Drummond Mofs to Duncan Stewart son of Robert Stewart late of that Place by his Mother Mary (or Marg) McNie as the best blefsing she can send and may God be with you and yours is the earnest Prayer of your Mother. Summerlane 26 May 1842" From that inscription, we can identify Robert's family in parish records as shown below. --- Robert Stewart and Mary McNie - Moss MARRIAGE: 1787 May 19, Robert Stewart and Mary McNee both in this parish. BIRTHS: 1791 March 27 Patrick, son to Robt Stewart and Mary McNie, Moss. 1793 June 27 Janet, daugr to Robt Stewart and Mary McNee, Moss. 1795 June 21 Elis, daugr to Robert Stewart and Mary McNie, Summer Line. 1797 July 30 John, son to Robert Stewart and ___ McNee, Summer Line. 1799 Septr 20 Mary, daugr to Robt Stewart and Mary McNee, Moss. 1802 Febry 21 Isobel, daugr tro Robt Stewart and Mary McNie, Moss. --- 1814 Drummond Moss Census Summer's Lane No7 Former Possessor: Robert Stewart Present Possessor: Robert Stewart 52 yrs, Mary McNie 50 " Children: - Duncan 25 yrs - Peter 22 " (As Peter is also shown below as dying in 1796 at age 3 months, and as Stewarts of the South shows Robert having only one son, it's possible that this Peter is a son-in-law, rather than a son.) - Jannet 19 " - Elizabeth 17 " - Mary 13 " - Isobel 10 " - Christian 8 " Persons deceased: - Peter 1/4 1796 Croup (sic. This would make him born after his same-named brother above, which makes no sense. It is presumed this is a transcription error, possibly for 1790.) - John 10yr 1800 Consumption (sic. John's birth is recorded in 1797. He could not have been 10 years old in 1800.) Years Settled on the Moss: 26 years Where they came from: Balquhidder Possessions: Cats 2, Poultry 6, Cows 2, Horses 1.	Stewart, Robert in Summerline (I17537)
6268	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 (I17506)
6269	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 (I17761)
6270	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 (I17544)
6271	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 (I17431)
6272	Robert Stewart was born in 1801 in Auchnahard in Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, to Duncan Stewart and Mary McKinlay, although no record of his birth has been found. Stewarts of the South says Robert was "with his father at Glenfinglas" (c. 1815-1820). On 16 Jan 1835, Robert Stewart married in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland to Mary Stewart, daughter of Walter Stewart in Edraleachdach and Elizabeth McDonald (of the McDonalds of Monachyle). The Stewarts of Ardvorlich, Vol. 3, describes Robert as: "Robert, a farmer at Drunkie, who married Monachyle's sister, and had one daughter who married Duncan, now in Monachyle, another married John Stewart of the Milton." Robert actually married the daughter of Monachyle's sister. It was his wife's mother who was McDonald of Monachyle's sister. In 1841, at age 35, Robert Stewart was residing at #1 Drunkie (a.k.a. Invertrossachs), Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as an agriculturist. Robert Stewart has not been found in the 1851 census, however, his wife and children were residing at Little Mills in Kincardine parish, Perthshire, Scotland without him. Robert Stewart is found in the 1857 Valuation Roll residing in Wester Dullater, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, with his brother-in-law, James Stewart in Edraleachdach and Lorachan: "James Stewart in Edraleachdach (brother of Anne Stewart, first wife of Alexander) was tenant in Wester Dullater under the proprietorship of Mrs Agnes Eastmonth (McNaughton)." James Stewart in Edraleachdach was also tenant in Hill Grazings of Invertrossachs, proprietor Mrs Jane Hunter (Eastmonth). She was also proprietor of: - Farm of Cuilnagrain, tenanted by Robert Stewart - Mansion House of Invertrossachs, Home Farm and Grain Parks (of Invertrossachs), tenanted by Stewart McNaughton Esq.	Stewart, Robert in Drunkie (Invertrossachs) (I17770)
6273	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 2nd of Laggan (I17625)
6274	Robert Stewart was born in 1821 on the family farm at Summer's Lane (Summerline) on the Blair Drummond Moss in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland. He was the third generation in his family to rent the Summerline farm. In 1841, at age 19, Robert Stewart was residing at Summerlane, Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. He was working on the family farm. On 25 Mar 1843, Robert Stewart married in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, to Janet Buchanan. In 1851, at age 29, Robert Stewart was residing at Summerlane on the Blair Drummond Moss in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and two of their children. He was employed in agricultural work. They were living three houses from his parents. He was presumably working on his parents' farm. In 1854, Robert's 3-year-old daughter, Margaret, died. A year later, in 1855, Robert's 9-year-old son, Peter, died. In 1861, at age 38, Robert Stewart was residing at Summer Lane on the Blair Drummond Moss in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and daughter, Mary. Robert was employed as a general labourer, presumably on his parents' farm. In 1871, at age 50, Robert Stewart was residing on his parents farm at 9 Summer Lane on the Blair Drummond Moss in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and daughter, Mary, as well as his grandson, James W Stewart (6). Also residing with them was Robert's elderly widowed father, Peter Stewart (80). Robert was employed as a farmer of three acress. This is a significantly smaller acreage than his father had farmed, which suggests that the farm had been divided into smaller portions. In 1872, Robert's father, Peter Stewart, died. In 1881, at age 59, Robert Stewart was residing at Summer Lane on the Blair Drummond Moss in Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and their grandson, James W Stewart. Robert was employed as a hedger. He is identified as a Gaelic-speaker. In 1891, at age 69, Robert Stewart was residing at Blair Drummond Cottage, Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife. He was employed as a hedger. In 1893, Robert's wife, Janet Buchanan, died. She was 72. In 1901, at age 77, Robert Stewart was residing alone as a widower at Blair Drummond Cottage, Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland. He was employed as an estate superintendant. (Presumabely superintendant of the Blair Drummond Estate.) Robert Stewart died in 1906 at the age of 84. He was the third and final generation of his family to live and work on the Blair Drummond Moss.	Stewart, Robert in Summer's Lane (I23521)
6275	Robert Stewart was born in 1825 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland to Duncan Stewart and Christian Buchanan, although no record of his birth has been found. Robert Stewart never married nor had children. He worked as a grain dealer and spent his entire life in Callander. Robert Stewart has not been confidently identified in the 1841 or 1851 census records. There are too many possible matches to identify the correct ones. In 1861, at age 36, Robert Stewart was residing at Main Street in Callander Village, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, with his widowed father and his adult siblings, Arthur and Mary. He was employed as a corn dealer. In 1871, at age 46, Robert Stewart was residing at Main Street in Callander Village, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, with his sisters, Ann and Mary. He was employed as a grain merchant. In 1881, at age 56, Robert Stewart was residing at Stewart's Building, Main Street in Callander Village, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, with his sisters Ann and Mary. He was employed as a grain dealer. On 3 Nov 1882, Robert Stewart, grain dealer, died in Callander Village, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. 1883 - Robert Stewart, value of estate £389, 3s, 8d. 13 April -- Confirmation of Robert Stewart, graindealer, Callander, county of Perth, who died 3 November 1882 at Callander, intestate, granted at Dunblane to Peter Stewart, surfaceman, Callander, aforesaid. Executor dative qua next of kin.	Stewart, Robert (I28218)
6276	Robert Stewart was born in 1826 in Hardgate, Dunochter, Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, as a son of Robert Stewart and Grisal Paton. No birth registration has been found for him. In 1841, at age 15, Robert Stewart was residing at Hardgate, Dunochter, Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a cotton piercer. In 1851, at age 22 (sic), Robert Stewart was residing at Cloberhill Colliery Row, East Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, with his brother Walter Stewart, in the home of Martha Hartis. He was employed as a coalminer. In 1861, at age 34, Robert Stewart was residing at Collier's Row, Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, with his widowed mother. He was employed as a collier (coal miner). Robert Stewart died at age 47 on 26 Dec 1868 in Newton, Milnagavie, Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, just 12 days after his sister Janet in the same location.	Stewart, Robert (I26400)
6277	Robert Stewart was born in 1830 in the village of Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland, as the son of Duncan Stewart and Margaret Gillespie. About 1834, when Robert was about 4 years old, his family immigrated to Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, where they settled on a pioneer farm adjacent to Robert's maternal grandparents, Hugh and Mary Gillespie. In the 1842 Canadian census, Robert is shown as a son under 16 to Duncan Stewart, residing next-door to Hugh Gillespie. In 1848, when Robert was just 18 years old, both his parents died along with his grandfather, Hugh Gillespie. Robert's immediate whereabouts after the death of his parents is unknown. Robert Stewart has not been found in 1851. On 21 Feb 1861, Robert Stewart married in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, to Lydia Sammons. In 1861, at age 33, Robert Stewart was residing in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, and was working as a farm labourer on the farm of Robert Dunn (father-in-law of Robert's sister, Mary). Robert's wife, Lydia Simmons, was working as a labouer on the same farm. In 1871, at age 41, Robert Stewart was residing in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada with his wife and four children. He was employed as a labourer and residing next-door to his brother, Hugh Stewart. In 1881, at age 55, Robert Stewart was residing in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, as a widower with his three daughters. He was working as a labourer and living next-door to his brother Hugh's farm. Robert Stewart has not been found in the 1891 census. In 1901, at age 70, Robert Stewart was residing in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, and working as a servant in the household of Donald McLean. Robert Stewart, died January 3, 1907, aged 76 years and 7 months in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada and is buried in Crown Cemetery. He died of chronic nephritis (kidneys). His death was attested by his son, Hugh Stewart.	Stewart, Robert (I17508)
6278	Robert Stewart was born in 1857 as the youngest son of George Stewart and Helen Laws. Sir Robert Stewart lived a life worthy of a biography more expansive than is presently presented here. I shall expand on this biography at a later date. Robert Stewart began his life as a carpenter (joiner) and was a successful tradesperson. He rose to become the second Director of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, and subsequently it's president and chairman, for which service he was later knighted. Later records show him carrying the post-nomial "J.P" so he presumably, at some point, also became a Justice of the Peace. In 1861, at age 4, Robert Stewart was residing at 4 Bolton St in Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland with his parents and brothers. In 1871, at age 14, Robert Stewart was residing at 29 Bolton St in Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his parents and siblings. His employment is listed as "point grender" on Ancestry's transcription, which is clearly a transcription error, but I cannot figure out what it's supposed to say. The original image has not been viewed. Sometime around 1879, Robert Stewart is presumed to have married to Margaret Rennie, although no record of their marriage has been found. In 1881, at age 24, Robert Stewart was residing at 20 Tower Street in Kinning Park, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his wife and their two young sons. Robert was employed as a joiner. In 1891, at age 34, Robert Stewart was residing at 26 Tower Street in Kinning Park, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as a joiner. Also residing with them was his 75-year-old widowed mother, Helen Stewart. In 1901, at age 44, Robert Stewart was residing at 15 Rutland Cres in Kinning Park, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as the Director of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society. In Sept 1932, Sir Robert Stewart, J.P., retired as chairman of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society, Ltd., in succession to Sir Robert Stewart, J.P., who retires under the age limit in September. (Linlithgowshire Gazette, West Lothian, Scotland, 20 May 1932. The article was referencing his upcoming retirement.)	Stewart, Sir Robert J.P. President of the SCWS (I29941)
6279	Robert Stewart was born in 1866 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland to unknown parents. Robert Stewart has not been found in the 1871 census. Robert Stewart is found in 1881 residing with his grandparents in Tombane, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, howeverm this entry has not been indexed by Ancestry and thus is not picked up by their search function. His parents are unknown, but it seems the only son old enough to have been his father would be Andrew. It's also possible that he could have been an illegitimate son of one of Andrew's younger sisters. Robert Stewart has not been found in later census records.	Stewart, Robert (I31376)
6280	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. Robert's youngest brother, James, was raised by his aunt Margaret McCallum in the nearby city of Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario. In 1851 Robert was residing in Puslinch with this Uncle Peter Stewart and his orphaned siblings Hugh Stewart and Catharine Stewart. He 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, whose mother, Margaret, was also Robert's father's 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. Robert's sister, Catherine, emigrated to Bellflower, Illinois (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 again 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. The 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 census records all show Robert and his family living in Hamilton. 1901 census shows Robert as a "beer agent". In 1901 Robert's widowed mother-in-law/aunt Margaret McCallum was residing with Robert's family. 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 his death his 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 (I17504)
6281	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 (I17513)
6282	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 (I17762)
6283	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 (I17604)
6284	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 (I17603)
6285	Robert Stewart was the son of John Stewart and Janet Stewart. He was likely born around 1820 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, although no record of his birth has been found. He has not been confidently identified in census records. In 1860, Robert Stewart was identified in his father's testament as "my son, Robert Stewart, Sawyer, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, United States of America." In 1882, Robert Stewart was identified in the testament of his brother, John Stewart, as being deceased and formerly a farmer in Minnesota, USA. in 1889, Robert Stewart was identified in the testament of his sister, Janet Stewart, as "her late brother, Robert Stewart in Chicago, Illinois." --- Three matches have been found in 1860: Robert STEWART, labourer, b 1827 in Scotland, m Ann, b 1827 in Ireland, dtr Ann, b 1832 in Indiana. Res 1860 in Wakenda, Carroll, Missouri, USA. Robert STEWART, no occ, b 1830 in Scotland, residing 1860 in Carondelet, St. Louis, Missouri, with John Stewart (head), b 1825 in Scotland and Agnes Stewart, b 1830 in Scotland. (Appears that John and Agnes are married and Robt is brother.) Robert STEWART, illegible occupation (Gardener?), b 1834 in Scotland, res 1860 in Meramec, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. --- The will of John Stewart shoemaker of Holytown 1883 8th February, names: His sister Janet Stewart His nephew John Stewart, son of John Stewart portioner of Larkhall. Sister Mary Stewart, wife of John Clarkson farmer in Minnesota Brother George Stewart farmer in Minnesota Brother Robert Stewart deceased farmer Minnesota (sic) Will of Janet Stewart, Boot seller, Holytown 1889 To my sister Mary Stewart wife of John Clarkson, St Charles, Winonnona, Minnesota. To my brother George, Grand Forks, Dakota To family of my late brother Robert Stewart, Chicago, Illinois.	Stewart, Robert Sawyer in St. Louis Missouri (I26702)
6286	Robert Stewart's baptism was wittnessed by Robert Steuart at Lendrick and Robert McLaren at Collichat.	Stewart, Robert (I28090)
6287	Robert Stewart* was born 9 Dec 1792 in Lianach of Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, as a son of James Stewart and Jean Stewart. "1791, March 18th, James Stewart and Jean Stewart in Lianach had a child baptized and named Robert." (Balquhidder Parish Register) Robert Stewart is described in Stewarts of the South, Section II, c. 1815, as being a younger son of James Stewart in Immervoulin and was residing with his father in Immervoulin at the time of writing: "Robert, [who is] at home with his father." Robert Stewart married on 23 Dec 1838 in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland to Janet McGibbon. Their marriage was registered secondly on 28 Dec 1838 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. In 1841, at age 45, Robert Stewart was residing at Polder Moss Settlers, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and their newborn son, James. Robert was employed as an agricultural labourer. Also residing with them were Janet's parents, Daniel and Christina McGibbon. In 1851, at age 50 (sic 59), Robert Stewart was residing at West Poldar, Flanders Moss, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and their three young children. He was employed as a farmer. Also residing with them were Janet's parents, Daniel and Christina McGibbon. Robert Stewart died sometime between 1851-1861. His exact date of death is not known. No record of his date or burial has been found. In 1861, his widow Janet Stewart was residing at Polder Moss, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, with their children. She was employed as a farmer of 14 acres. Also residing with them was Robert's cousin, Walter Stewart, son of Robert's paternal uncle, John Stewart. --- * There is a potential confound with the following family: Robert Stewart, born 6 Nov 1791, Port of Monteith, Perthshire, Scotland, son of James Stewart and Jean Duncanson, who is the same age as Robert Stewart, above, and whose children would produce identical onomastics. However, census records show Robert Stewart above as being born in Balquhidder, not Kincardine. --- It's unknown if Robert married or had children, but if he did, the following are potential candidates for his marriage and children: 1807 Jany 11, Robert Stewart and spouse Isabell McLaren in Balnluig of Stronvar had a son baptd and named James. 1840 April 15, Robert Stewart and spouse Jean Morrison Kip Strathire had a child born 26th November last (1839) baptized named Jean. 1841 Sept 19, Robert Stewart and spouse Jean Morrison Auchliskine had a child born 28th ult. baptd named Janet. 1844 April 8, Robert Stewart and spouse Jean Morrison Auchliskine had a child born 11Feby last bapt named Margaret. 1848 July 12, Robert Stewart and Jean Morrison Auchiskine had a child born 17 June last baptd named Jane. 1852 May 12, Robert Stewart and spouse Jean Morrison Auchleskine had a child born 5 March last baptd named Helen.	Stewart, Robert in Immervoulin & West Polder (I32330)
6288	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 (I17531)
6289	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 (I17532)
6290	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 (I20324)
6291	Robert Stewart, at age 7, was residing at Lagrannoch, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, in the home of his grandparents, John Stewart and Christian McIntyre.	Stewart, Robert (I28942)
6292	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. (I17623)
6293	Robert Stewart, son of James Watson Stewart and Janet Stewart, born 1893 in Scotland, died 5 Dec 1978 in Boquhapple, Mafetang, Lesotho, African Free State. His estate papers list his wife as Margaret Lawson Stewart, nee Christie. They were married on 5 Nov 1941 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. The estate papers identify his brother as Thomas S Stewart in Monzievaird House, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland. His estate was valued at £170,000, including a 1978 Mercedes Benz 250 Sedan, a 1958 Land Rover Sedan, and thousands of shares in various minig companies, including gold. (Roughly = £1,000,000 in 2025 = $1.3 million USD = $1.8 million CAD/AUD) No children are mentioned in the estate documents. It is presumed that Robert had no children.	Stewart, Robert (I27243)
6294	Robert Stewart, tacksman of Inchry [in] Aberfoil parish [once a part of the lordship] of Monteith [and] now [the] Duke of Montrose’s. [Robert] left one son: James, a merchant & grocer [in the] new town of Fintry [in] Stirlingshire. [The town was] erected by Mr Spiers of Kilchroich, a respectable gentleman.	Stewart, Robert in Inchry (I29567)
6295	Robert Stewart, tacksman of Inchry [in] Aberfoil parish [once a part of the lordship] of Monteith [and] now [the] Duke of Montrose’s. [Robert] left one son: James, a merchant & grocer [in the] new town of Fintry [in] Stirlingshire. [The town was] erected by Mr Spiers of Kilchroich, a respectable gentleman.	Stewart, James Merchant in Fintry (I29568)
6296	Robert Stewart, was witness with his brothers in 1451.	Stewart, Robert (I20751)
6297	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 (I18087)
6298	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 (I18086)
6299	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 (I18083)
6300	Robert the Bruce King of Scots, Ronald McNair Scott, Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc, New York, 1982 p9: "Robert Bruce was born on 11 Jul 1274 at Turnberry Castle, of which the remains can still be seen perched on the cliffs which plunge steeply into the waters of the First of Clyde. He was the eldest child of a fruitful and happy marriage which had begun in romantic circumstances. "His father, the sixth Robert of that name, at the age of twenty-four had enrolled in a crusade to the Holy Land under the banner of Prince Edward, soon to become King Edward I of England. Among his knightly companions was Adam de Kilconquahar, great-grandson of Duncan, Earl of Fife. Adam was killed in the Palestine defence of Acre leaving as widow his young bride, already with child, Marjorie, Countess of Carrick in her own right. "Powerful as may have been the forces which called Adam de Kilconquahar to arms, there must have remained in the mind of the countess a residue of resentment that he had so soon exchanged his marriage bed for the wars and when the sixth Robert, after his safe return in 1272, called on her with news of her husband's death it is understandable that in her most vulnerable period of widowhood she should have welcomed the supporting presence of the young crusader in her house. "It was a marriage that, from the worldly point of view, had everything to commend it. The Countess Marjorie was the last of her line. Her father Neil, Earl of Carrick, was the only direct descendant of Fergus Lord of Galloway, a Celtic prince who, in the reign of King David I, exercised an almost independent power over the southwest of Scotland. In 1256 when Marjorie was still a baby, her father died leaving her sole possessor of the great Celtic kingdom of Carrick. Her new husband who, on his marriage, became by right of his wife Earl of Carrick, was already the heir to the vast estates of his father, Robert the Competitor, whose principal Scottish possession of Annandale marched with Carrick." Kings and Queens of Europe, Genealogical Chart, Anne Taute and Romilly Squire, Taute 1989: "Robert Bruce Died 1295, Son of Robert Bruce Killed 1245 and Isabella Huntingdon Died 1251, Mar Isabel De Clare Died 1254, Parents of Robert Bruce Died 1304, Mar (2) Marjorie Carrick."	Carrick, Marjory Countess of Carrick (I2499)

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