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| 6451 | Sgt. John Stewart, Sr. (1791-1855), was a Highland soldier born at Bridge of Teith near Doune in Kilmadock parish, Perthshire, Scotland. His family originated 20 miles to the north at Ardveich at the foot of Glen Beich on the north shore of Loch Earn on the boundary between Balquhidder and Comrie parishes. They belonged to clan Sliochd Iain Dubh Mhor, a cadet branch of the Stewarts of Ardvorlich, the senior branch of the Stewarts of Balquhidder. John carried the name of his great-grandfather, John Dubh Mhor Stewart of Dalveich, an illegitimate son of Maj. James Beag Stewart, 2nd of Ardvorlich. John served in the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) and was later stationed in Ireland where he met and married his wife, Sarah Margaret Smale (or Small) (1805-1854). They began their family in Ireland and, upon John’s discharge from the army, they returned to his home in Balquhidder parish and resided at Lochearnhead, just a short walk from his ancestral home at Ardveich. John was something of a favourite of his clan chief, William Stewart, 8th of Ardvorlich, who secured for him a position as a police sergeant and inspector. With his police salary and military pension, he was able to live out his life comfortably. In 1845, John named his daughter, Helen Maxton Stewart, after Helen Maxton, wife of William Stewart, 8th of Ardvorlich. John Stewart and Sarah Smale had eight children. Sarah Smale died in 1854 and her husband, Sgt. John Stewart Sr., died a year later in 1855, leaving their children orphaned, ranging in ages from 26 to 10 years old. The older siblings appear to have stepped in to look after the younger siblings. Daughter, Sarah, describes them as being unable to continue living in their parents’ former home. Of their children: Eldest daughter, Mary Ann Stewart, had an illegitimate son, Michael, by an unknown man and then married William Rattray, a railway porter from St. Ninians, Stirlingshire. They had several children of their own and took in Mary Ann’s younger sisters, Isabella and Helen. John Smale Stewart became a poet and a sailor and travelled the world before finally settling in New Zealand with his younger brother, Alexander (a.k,a. “Abel”), where he was a farmer, a gold prospector, and finally a respected school teacher. John's poetry invokes images of New Zealand and implies a sympathy for the plight of exploited indigenous Maori peoples. Middle daughter, Sarah, also became a poet and worked as a household servant before marrying another poet, John Hyslop, known as “The Postman Poet.” ----------- The 79th Cameron Highlanders John Stewart’s regiment is not recorded, but his cousin, Robert Stewart in Ardveich, served in the 79th Cameron Highlanders who fought in the Napoleonic Wars (1793 - 1815). The movements of the 79th match with what is known of John’s service. He served in St. Helena during Napoleon’s captivity and later in Ireland. In 1793-94, the 79th were stationed in Ireland and England, then they were deployed to Belgium to fight against Napoleon at the Battle of Flanders. In 1795 they were deployed to the West Indies for two years, then back to England, and to France. In 1801, they were sent to Egypt to stave off French control of the route to India. Then to Menorca in Spain, Portugal, Denmark, back to France. After Napoleon’s abdication in 1814, they were stationed in Cork, Ireland. From there it was back to Belgium in 1815 to battle a returned Napoleon and finally to France for the defeat and capture of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. They remained in France until 1818 after which they were deployed for home service. For John, home service was presumably in Ireland, perhaps back in Cork. ----------- John Stewart's mother was identifed as "Kathrine McKerracher" at his baptism. John Stewart is described in The Stewarts of Ardvorlich Vol. 3 as "a constable (who) died in 1855 (and) had two sons [now in] in Australia, John and Abel (sic - Alexander)." John never moved to Australia so it is likely thatThe Stewarts of Ardvorlich Vol. 3 meant that his two sons were "now in Australia." About 1827, John married Sarah SMALL, probably in Ireland, although no record of their marriage has been found. The 1841 census shows the family residing in Lochearnhead, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland and shows John's occupation as an army soldier. The 1851 census shows the family residing in Coilmore, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland and shows John's occupation as "police constable, Sergeant." On 17 Nov 1855, at age 64, in St. Fillans, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, John Stewart died. He is buried in the Stewart family ground at the Old Kirkyard, Dundurn, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. His parents are listed as Alexander Stewart, wright, and Catherine McKercher. His children are listed as Mary Stewart (23), Catherine Stewart (22), John 21, Isabella 18, Sarah 16, Alexander 14, Helen 10. The informant is James Stewart, his brother. | Stewart, Sgt. John Sr. in Lochearnhead (I16802)
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| 6452 | She also married Sir Andrew Gray of Foulis, 4th of Broxmouth. | Buchanan, Elizabeth of that Ilk (I1838)
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| 6453 | She and her sister both died from tuberculosis. | Fry, Mina Fennella (I6377)
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| 6454 | She and her sister both died from tuberculosis. | Fry, Willa Gordon (I6380)
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| 6455 | She appears in the 1921 Scotland census residing in Balquhidder, age 21. | Watters, Ada Mary Stewart (I23253)
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| 6456 | She cannot be found in the Glasgow OPR. | Wilson, Janet (I19757)
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| 6457 | She cannot be the Grizzel/Grace McLaren who married in 1833 in Balquhidder to Alexander Stewart as that couple had 9 children 1834-1849 in Stronslaney and Woodend. | McLaren, Grizel Grace (I24795)
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| 6458 | She could be the Janet McDiarmid bap 7 MAR 1798 in Killin, Perth, Scotland, daughter of John McDiarmid and Catharine. They may be the John McDiarmid and Catherine Clark who resided in 1814 at 4 Wood Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, formerly from Breadalbane. | McDiarmid, Janet (I9896)
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| 6459 | She died as a child from smallpox. | McLaren, Margaret (I10221)
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| 6460 | She died as a teenager and never married. (Nelker) | Steuart, Margaret Sophia (I21520)
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| 6461 | She died at birth. | Moody-Stuart, Daughter (I11030)
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| 6462 | She died before her father. | McDonald, Catherine May (I23256)
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| 6463 | She died from a fall. | Stewart, Julia Ruth (I16641)
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| 6464 | She died from influenza. Her death registration records her as age 12 at death, given as child of Alexander Stewart, farmer, deceased and Isabella McEwan, deceased. Informant George Stewart, brother, present. 1851 census records indicate she was born in 1847. | Stewart, Isabella (I20909)
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| 6465 | She died in childbirth with her second child. | Thompson, Ruth Estelle (I22137)
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| 6466 | She died in childhood prior to the birth of her same-named younger sister. | Stewart, Beatrice (I14874)
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| 6467 | She died in childhood. | Devane, Mary Jane (I4664)
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| 6468 | She died in childhood. | Steuart, Ann Hall (I21664)
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| 6469 | She died in infancy. | Steuart, Sarah Baxter (I21740)
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| 6470 | She died sometime before 1900 when her husband was recorded as a widower. No death record has been found for her. | Coolbaugh, Melinda (I2852)
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| 6471 | She died without children prior to 1790. (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland) Dr. John Stewart, younger brother of this Catherine, in his letters home beginning in 1777, consistently refers to his sister (singular), thus his sister Jean was the only surviving sister by 1777. (Stewart, John, of Ardvorlcih, The Stewarts of Ardvorlich, Vol. 2.) | Stewart, Catharine (I14885)
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| 6472 | She died without children prior to 1790. (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland) Dr. John Stewart, younger brother of this Margaret, in his letters home beginning in 1777, consistently refers to his sister (singular), thus his sister Jean was the only surviving sister by 1777. (Stewart, John, of Ardvorlcih, The Stewarts of Ardvorlich, Vol. 2.) | Stewart, Margaret (I16742)
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| 6473 | She died young and did not marry. (Nelker) | Steuart, Henrietta Elizabeth (I21501)
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| 6474 | She died young. | Stewart, Mary Ann (I23653)
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| 6475 | She entered into a "marriage contract between David Drummond (3rd) of Comrie and Katherine, daughter of Robert Stewart, 3rd of Ardvorlich, which is dated 12 January, 1683, and in which she is styled as eldest daughter." (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland) Duncan Stewart (1739) says that Katherine's husband was David Drummond of Comrie. This would make them first cousins. | Stewart, Katherine (I16616)
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| 6476 | She had apparently been booked to emigrate from Glasgow to Canada. However, the night prior to sailing, she had a dream that she was going to Australia so the next morning she took this as an omen and went and exchanged her ticket for one to Oz. -- c/o Anne Napier | Cummings, Mary Ann (I3145)
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| 6477 | She had children. | Stuart, Mary (I18060)
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| 6478 | She had issue. | Stewart, Mary (I17171)
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| 6479 | She had just turned 18 when her first child was born. | Stewart, Catherine Noland (I15187)
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| 6480 | She immigrated to Massachusettes, USA in 1890. In 1900 they were residing in Vernon, Tolland, Connecticut, USA with no children. Charles Fick was employed as a farm labourer with many other Irish immigrants. On her marriage registration she indicates that she was 34 years old, born in Ireland as the daughter of John Brown and Eliza Reid. She was residing in Holyoke, Hampden, Massachusetts, USA and was employed as a winder. Given the late date of her marriage it is unlikely they had any children. According to her gravestone registration she was born 18 Sep 1868 in Ireland. She and her husband, Charles Fick, were buried in Forestdale Cemetery, Holyoke, Hampden, Masssachusetts, USA. There were no other family members recorded, confirming that they had no children. | Brown, Sarah J (I20549)
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| 6481 | She is believed to be the "Old Aunt Mary" described in her great-niece's letter as "Old Aunt Mary lived until she was 98, the sweet person she was." The same letter infers that she lived in Greenock, but this is not certain. | Gillespie, Mary (I6821)
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| 6482 | She is believed to be the Mary Stewart from Comrie parish who married Duncan McIntyre from Achra and had a family in Leachin and Dalveich. There are only two Mary Stewarts born in Comrie in the right date range to have married in 1785 to Duncan McIntyre. The other Mary Stewart is recorded as having married Peter Ferguson in St. Fillans. A third option is Mary Stewart, b 1757 in Dalveich, daughter of Donald Stewart, but there is no evidence that Donald's family later moved to Comrie parish, and Mary had no sons named Donald, so that family can likely be eliminated. That leaves the family of John Stewart and Margaret McLaren in Easter Glentarken and latterly in St. Fillans as the only viable option for Mary's birth family. Private papers for "Mary Stewart in Glentarken (1767-1837)" are referenced in a modern cookbook in which Mary describes the quality and usages for home-churned butter in the Highlands in the late 1700s. The reference also gives us Mary's date of death. "...from a manuscript study of the Life and Times of Mary Stewart (1767-1837), a native of Glentarken in Perthshire, written by her great-grandson in conjunction with Mrs. N. Watt of Comrie: "'Butter, on the farms, was used for cooking, but was not otherwise usually eaten; for the most part it was mixed with Archangel tar and smeared on sheep; the butter and the natural oil in the fleece gave resistance to wet, and the tar had an antiseptic quality.' "Predictably, though, the scarcity of fat for cooking meant that such things as pies became luxury items: vegetable oils were not used at the time. "Several of the more fastidious early travellers in Scotland were repelled by the butter. One can sympathise with their complaint that it was invariably full of cows' hairs." (The Good Scots Diet and What Happened to It? by Maise Steven, Aberdeen University Press, July 1, 1985, p. 41) Mary's marriage was registered in Balquhidder and Comrie: 22 jan 1785 • Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland. Contracted Duncan McIntyre in Achra and Mary Stewart in the parish of Comrie dues 2s str. 14 feb 1785 • Comrie Perthshire. Dun McIntyre Balquhidder parish and Mary Stewart in this were listed and after being regularly proclaimed were married 14 Febry | Stewart, Mary (I17138)
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| 6483 | She is believed to be the same person as Esther Alexina Nicholson Stewart, shown as her sister, however their vital statistics differ. | Stewart, Nettie (I26618)
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| 6484 | She is believed to have married on 2 Mar 1853 in Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland to David Ord. He was previously believed to be the David Ord, son of Robert Ord and Mary Edgar who came to Canada ca. 1850. However, recent research has shown that David Ord, son of Robert Ord and Mary Edgar, was in Canada as early as 1843, so he cannot be the David Ord who married Agnes Weatherstone. | Weatherstone, Agnes (I19322)
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| 6485 | She is buried in Isle of Skye cemetery in Dundee, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada. | Cameron, Eliza (I24231)
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| 6486 | She is buried in Isle of Skye cemetery in Dundee, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada. | McKinnon, Catherine (I24232)
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| 6487 | She is described as a "high born Indian princess". | de Barbar, Princess (I4076)
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| 6488 | She is described as a niece of William The Conqueror, but by which sibling is not known. | Beauchamp, Heiress of (I589)
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| 6489 | She is described in family correspondence as "well educated and fond of reading and reciting". Her brother was a superintendent in a school in Belfast. Jane was a dressmaker and sewed for a living. She was very patient and religious. | O'Neill, Jane (I11751)
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| 6490 | She is described in The Stewarts of Ardvorlich Vol. 3 as "Annie was the faithful servant at Ardvorlich, who was well known to the last generation. She served four lairds and eventually died at Ardvorlich about 1897. She was buried at Dundurn inside the chapel." Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions records her gravestone: "Ann Stewart, for 60 yr faithful servant at Ardvorlich, 1813-1897." In 1841, at age 25, Annie Stewart was residing at Ardvorlich House, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, in the home of Robert Stewart, 9th of Ardvorlich. She was employed as a servant. In 1851, at age 36, Annie Stewart was residing at Coilmore, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, with her elderly parents. He was employed as a servant. In 1861, at age 42, Annie Stewart was residing at Ardvorlich Cottage, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. She was employed as a servant. In 1881, at age 65, Annie Stewart was residing at Ardvorlich Cottage March Cottage, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. She was employed as a housekeeper domestic servant. In 1891, at age 76, Annie Stewart was residing at Ardvorlich House, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, in the home of John Stewart, 12th of Ardvorlich. She was listed as an annuitant. | Stewart, Annie (I14523)
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| 6491 | She is incorrectly shown in Burke's as the wife of Alan Fitz-Flaad, Sheriff of Shropshire. Other genealogies have followed Burke's error. | Warinne, Daughter (I19711)
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| 6492 | She is likely the Margaret McGregor bap 25 FEB 1785 in Achtowmor, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, as the daughter of John McGregor and Margaret Fisher. | McGregor, Margaret (I9916)
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| 6493 | She is listed in the Stewart Society Archives "Yellow Binder" of supplementary notes to the three volume, Stewarts of Ardvorlich, by John Stewart, 10th of Ardvorlich. | Stewart, Agnes (I23466)
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| 6494 | She is mentioned by John Stewart of Ardvorlich in Stewart Society Magazine, Vol. XI, 149. Nothing more is known of her. | Stewart, Janet (I16321)
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| 6495 | She is mentioned by John Stewart of Ardvorlich in Stewart Society Magazine, Vol. XI, 149. Nothing more is known of her. | Stewart, Jean (I16442)
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| 6496 | She is not confirmed as a child of this family. She is found residing with this family in 1901 in Edinburgh, but it must be noted that her approximated date of birth falls a year after her alleged father died. It is quite possible the census could be out by a year, or she may not be a child of this family. | Stewart, Archena (I21223)
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| 6497 | She is not found in any census and is presumed to have died as a child. | Gillespie, Catherine (I6874)
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| 6498 | She is not found with her birth family in 1851 and may have already married or died young. | Thornton, Catherine (I18689)
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| 6499 | She is not found with her family in 1861 and is presumed to have died. | Stewart, Janet (I24228)
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| 6500 | She is not found with her parents in 1851 and may have married or died young. | McNaughtan, Ann (I10835)
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