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| 7051 | William Angus/Anghurst Jr was born in 1732 in Wyresdale, Lancashire, England. His baptism reads, "William, son of William Anghurst of Wyresdale." On 22 Apr 1754, at age 22, William Angus, a day labourer, married in St. Mary's, Lancaster, Lancashire, England to Jennet Greenal. The marriage was witnessed by Thomas Greenal and John Angus. Bride and groom both signed with an X. Two years later, in 1756, at age 24, William and Janet had their only known child, William Angus, III. | Angus, William Jr. in Over Wyresdale (I44)
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| 7052 | William Angus/Anghurst represents one of the earliest known persons with the surname Angus in all of Lancashire and Western Yorkshire. William's marriage to Mary Leah indicates they were both from Wyresdale. Their children were all baptised in Over Wyresdale Chapelry. Their eldest daughter Jane's baptism specifies that the family resided at Hawthornthwaite in Over Wyresdale. The rest of the children's baptisms do not specify where in Wyresdale they resided. It is presumed that they continued to reside at Hawthornthwaite. Hawthornthwaite in Over Wyresdale Over-Wyresdale is a chapelry located in Wyresdale, the upper part of the Wyre Valley, about 13 km (8 mi.) southeast of the town of Lancaster. It is comprised of hill country, farmland and forests on the land of the former Forest of Lancaster, originally belonging to the Duke of Lancaster and latterly to the Crown. Hawthornthwaite Farmhouse is part of the former Hawthornthwaite estate located about 1 km south of Christ Church Chapel in Over-Wyresdale on the south side of the Wyre River, and belonging for generations to the Hawthornthwaite family, who date back to pre-Norman times. Their name is Norse in origin and they claim to have Viking ancestry. In most records, William's surname is recorded as "Anghurst", reflecting what appears to be a Scottish pronunciation. No birth record has been found for William in Lancashire, nor anywhere in northern England. It is presumed that William was probably born in Scotland. Current DNA research suggests that William may have come from near Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland. William would be the right age to have been a refugee from the nearby Battle of Preston in 1715. There is no person surnamed Angus listed among the prisoners taken at Preston. Highland soldiers who followed the Jacobite army down to Lancashire were given the right to desert without penalty at any time. (Fumey) It's also possible that William may have deserted on the way down to Preston. William's daughter, Elizabeth (possibly his eldest surviving daughter), married Dr. Edward Robinson of Lancaster Caste, a surgeon. He came from a prominent local landed military family. He is believed to be descended from Major Edward Robinson, a local Roundhead commander in Cromwell's forces fighting nearby. Such a marriage suggests that William have had military connections. Could her marriage be the means by which the later Anguses moved from rural Wyresdale into the town of Lancastr and settled in Castle Ward? Further research is required to answer these questions. ---------- The Online Parish Clerk Project for Lancashire has transcribed William's surname for his marriage as "Hugus." The handwritten 'A' has been mistaken for an 'H' and the 'n' has been mistaken for a 'u.' However, given this mistranscription, and the fact that the later Wyresdale records show William's surname as Anghurst, there is a potential confound to our origin theory in that there is another local family named Hayhurst, which could be a mistranslation or corruption of Anghurst. However that family appears to maintain the spelling 'Hayhurst' into later generations suggesting that it is not a variant of Angus. Noteworthy among possible births are the following: 1. William, born 21 MAR 1705 and bap 25 MAR 1705 in Culross, Fife, Scotland, son of William Angus and Margaret Hunter. Siblings b/b: Robert 12/20 JAN 1703, Margaret 1 MAY/8 JUN 1707, John, 17/22 APR 1711. This is noteworthy because one of William's descendants was baptized in Fife, so it is speculated that perhaps that is an indication of where the family may have originated. 2. William, son of George Angus, born 1695 in Fyvie, Aberdeen, whose sibling George's descendants are believed to have later moved to Lancashire. This will have to be left to future research to determine. | Angus, William Sr. in Wyresdale (I43)
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| 7053 | William Angus/Anghurst, III, was baptized on 2 May 1756 in Over Wyresdale, Lancashire, England, as the son of William Anghurst, where his family had lived for three generations. His story is a tragic one. William Angus, III, is presumed to have married a woman named Jane, whose surname is unknown, but no record of their marriage has been found. They had one son together. William Angus, III, age 25, is described as a soldier at the baptism of his son, Peter. It is not known what unit he served with. No record has been found for William's death. William is presumed to have died sometime after the birth of his son Peter in 1781 and prior to the birth of his wife Jane's first illegitimate child in 1784. The other horrible possibility is that Jane's illegitimate children were born while William was away serving as a solider. Jane continued in poverty, presumably after William's death, and had two illegitimate sons in 1784 and 1787. She and her youngest son died in 1788. She was just 32, and had likely lost her husband and at least two of her children before she herself died. | Angus, William III (I20639)
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| 7054 | William Angus/Angious was born in 1773 and was baptized on 30 May 1773 in St Mary, Lancaster, Lancashire, England as the son of Thomas Angus in Quarmore (Quernmore). On 6 Apr 1807, William Angious of Bulk, a husbandman*, and Ann Wheeler of Skerton, a widow, were married in St. Mary's, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. As Ann is listed as a widow, it is presumed that Wheeler was her married name. Her birth surname is unknown. The marriage was witnessed by Thomas Braithwaite and Betty ~yers (Dwyers, Myers?). The bride, groom and witnesses all signed with their marks. [*A husbandman was someone who looked after animals, but in Northern England the term was also used to refer to a tenant farmer.] (The fact that Ann was a widow would suggest she likely had children from her first marriage. This might explain why William and Ann only had two (known) children together.) Later that same year, on 31 Dec 1807, William Angious was a witness to his brother John's marriage and was employed as a husbandman at the time. William and Ann had two known sons, Thomas and James. It's possible that they may have had more for whom records have not been found. It's possible that Ann may have died after having only two children. If so, it's possible that William may have remarried and had more children with another wife that we don't know about. William Angus died in 1840 at age 67 prior to the first census in 1841 so we are unable to glean further information about him from the census. | Angus, William in Bulk (I41)
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| 7055 | William Brown's widow, Sarah Lewis-Brown, then married in 1805 to Archibald Smiley. Their children: Samuel, John (died 8 yrs old), Archibald, and Lewis. | Lewis, Sarah (I8863)
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| 7056 | William Caldwell Ferguson is buried in Old Zion United Church Cemetery, Dundee, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada. | Ferguson, William Caldwell (I25034)
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| 7057 | William changed the spelling of his surname from "Batsch" to "Batch" at the outbreak of WWII to make his name appear less Germanic. | Batsch, William August (I652)
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| 7058 | William de Braose was a knight of William the Conqueror and is recorded as having been present at the Battle of Hastings. For his loyalty to William the Conqueror, William de Braose was granted the lands of Bramber in Sussex as well as many other lands. He became the first Bardon of Bramber. His descendants remained close with the new Norman royal family until the time of King John. | de Braose, Baron William (I4083)
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| 7059 | William De Warenne was one of the knights who sailed with William the Conqueror and received lands in England for his loyalty. | de Warenne, Baron William (I4768)
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| 7060 | William died as a child. | Stuart, William Maynard (I18836)
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| 7061 | William died at age three months and is buried in the same cemetery section as his brother, Robert Bruce Stewart, Jr., who also died young. | Stewart, William Joseph (I18776)
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| 7062 | William died in infancy. (Wikipedia) | Stewart, William (I18492)
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| 7063 | William does not show up in the 1840 census, so he was probably born just after the census was taken. According to family tradition among Jane's descendants, William died of smallpox with his parents. There is no documentary evidence of William's existence. The only evidence of his existence is the family tradition. It is possible that William may never have existed. | Stewart, William (I18482)
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| 7064 | William Drummond (alias Galloch) was minister at Wester Cowden near Drummonderinoch in Upper Strathearn, Perthshire. He immigrated in 1770 to Prince Edward Island, Canada (then known as Isle St. John), where he became pastor to an immigrant community of disperate Presbyterians. It is not known if he had any children...legitmately. The Auchterarder Presbytery Minutes, re. Mr William Drummond, accused him of 11 misdemeanors (dating back to November 1761) on the 20 November 1763. Mostly, he appears to have been too fond of the drink and given to squabbling and there was also some confusion as to whether he or his brother, David, had fathered a child by Mary Carmichael. He denied all and maintained that it was a plot by the Kirk session of Comrie and the Supervisor of Excise, Mr Forrester. The latter had evidently said openly that he was going to make sure that Mr William Drummond never got 'a kirk'. Mr. William Drummond appears to have ministered to folk in the vicinity of West Cowden, one place being Blairinroar which is in the parish of Muthill. McLarens who gave evidence came from various places, one place was Blairinroar. All of the witnesses depositions maintained he was innocent of the charges and refused to say anything against him,therefore nothing could be proved against him conclusively, nevertheless his license to preach was suspended. Then on the 6 March 1770 "Mr William Drummond Preacher of the Gospel compeared and craved that the Presbytery would grant him ordination in regard he is under Engagement to go abroad as a minister of the Gospel upon condition of his being ordained by the beginning of April next. The Presbytery agreed to grant the above request provided Mr Drummond produce satisfying attestations of his good Behaviour during the time he has resided without the Bounds of the Presbytery, and likewise an authentic Evidence of his being engaged as above represented." He had obviously moved away from the area after October 1766, but no indication is given as to where. He then produced documents which stated that he was going to St John's Island in the West Indies. (sic) | Drummond-alias-Galloch, Rev. William (I5127)
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| 7065 | William Duncan does not appear with the family in the 1881 census and is not recorded in Janet Duncan's notes. It is presumed that he died young. | Duncan, William (I5345)
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| 7066 | William fought for the government in the Riel Rebellion. | McNaughton, William (I10939)
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| 7067 | William Frederick Steuart was a Maryland-born medical doctor who served in the Confederate States Army on the staff of General Robert E Lee, during the American Civil War. He was a surgeon in the 3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, a unit that formed part of the brigade commanded by his cousin, General George H. Steuart. After the war he returned to Maryland and served as resident physician at the Maryland Hospital for the Insane, an institution founded largely thanks to the efforts of another cousin, Dr. Richard Sprigg Steuart. Early life Steuart was born on January 1, 1816, in West River, Anne Arundel County, the son of Maryland physician Charles Calvert Steuart and his wife Anne Fitzhugh Biscoe. He was only six years old when his mother died and 20 when his father died. His grandfather was the Maryland physician Charles Mark Steuart and his great-grandfather was the planter and politician George Hume Steuart. In the will of William Steuart (great-uncle to the currect William Frederick Steuart), probated in 1838, William F Steuart is guaranteed to inherit the estate of Aberdeen upon the death of his uncle George H Steuart. The date of the death of George H Steuart is unknown, so it's not known exactly when this William F Steuart inherited Aberdeen. On 27 February 1840, William Steuart married Anne Hall, the daughter of Henry Hall and Mary Stevenson, with whom he had a large family. Civil War Like other members of the Steuart family, Steuart supported the southern slavery cause. On the outbreak of war, he chose to flee his home state of Maryland, which remained in the Union, to join the rebels. As a Confederate sympathiser he had been closely watched by the authorities in Maryland. One of his sons was arrested and imprisoned, and shot dead while attempting to escape, hardening Steuart's own views against the Union. Steuart and his wife fled their home state and joined the Confederate cause with around $20,000 in paper and precious metal which they smuggled out of Maryland, rolling up bills of exchange and hiding them in their belongings. They promptly invested their small fortune in Confederate bonds, so certain were they of Southern success in the war. Steuart served as a surgeon in the 3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, a unit that mustered at Garysburg, North Carolina, in May, 1861 and formed part of the brigade commanded by his cousin, General George Hume Steuart. In 1862, his eldest son Captain Henry "Harry" August Steuart was captured while running medical supplies to the Confederacy, and killed. Despite being "esteemed by officers and men" in the regiment, it appears that army life was too much for him, as the "rigors of march" and the "hardships of camp" eventually obliged him to apply to be posted away from front line duty. This may have been due to his age; Steuart was around 50 years of age when he joined the Southern armies. After the War Maryland Hospital for the Insane at Spring Grove. After the war, Steuart returned to Maryland and private practice, where he became resident physician at the Maryland Hospital for the Insane, a pioneering institution dedicated to the care of mental illness which had been founded largely thanks to the efforts of his cousin, Richard Sprigg Steuart. William Steuart died on December 10, 1889, and was buried in Christ Church, Owensville, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. (Wikipedia, edited to remove biased santizing language regarding support for slavery) | Steuart, Dr. William Frederick MD (I22279)
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| 7068 | William George Cairns 8 May 1868 in Hinchinbrooke, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada. DEATH 25 Oct 1937 (aged 69) in Huntingdon, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada. ""William George Cairns was the son of William Cairns and Sarah Brown. Born in 1868 he was one of four children. He married Rose Dougherty. They became the parents of Earl. William died in 1937 in Huntingdon, at the age of 69 years. Huntingdon Gleaner Extract: 10-25-1937 William's G. Cairns, died at his home, 4 miles south of Huntington Québec, age 69 years. He was born and 69 years ago, son of William Cairns and Sarah Brown, and had two brothers, John and Robert, who predeceased him. He was married twice, first to Rose Dougherty and two sons were born to this union. He had no children from his second marriage. His second wife and his sister Mrs. Thomas of Huntington survive him. Funeral services from the house, conducted by the Rev. J. H. Woodside, assisted by the Rev. J. H. Miller D.D., and Rev. A Nimmo. Interred in Athelstan Cemetery." | Cairns, William George (I21931)
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| 7069 | William had four children by his second wife, however the names of the other three are unknown. | Bridgman, William (I1530)
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| 7070 | William had no children by his first wife and one daughter by his second. His daughter Janet married Stanley Stewart and resided at Clappison's Corners, Waterdown, Wentworth, Ontario, where this author also presently resides. | Bridgman, William Henry (I1602)
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| 7071 | William Henry Angus was born in 1871 in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, as the son of William Angus and Margaret Lowther. In 1881, at age 9, William Angus was residing at 49 Bridge Lane in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England with his parents and siblings. In 1891, at age 19, William Angus was residing at Caton, Lunesdale, Halton, Lancashire, England with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a general labourer. On 15 Jul 1896, at age 24, William Henry Angus married in Halton, Lancashire, England to 23-year-old Mary Elizabeth Lunt. They had nine children together. In 1901, at age 29, William Angus was residing at 65 New Street in Caton, Lunesdale, Halton, Lancashire, England, with his wife and children. He was employed as a paint works labourer. In 1911, at age 39, William Angus was residing at New Street in Halton, Lancashire, England, with his wife and children. He was employed as a traveller in an oil cloth works. In 1912, at age 40, William Angus, along with his wife and seven children immigrated to Quebec, Canada, bound for Michigan, USA. In 1920, at age 47, William Angus was residing at Manistique Avenue in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA, with his wife and children. He was employed as a grinder in an auto factory. His place of birth was given as England. In 1930, at age 58, William H Angus was residing at Eastwood Ave in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA, with his wife and 8 children. He was employed as a boiler operator in a rubber and tire company. His place of birth was given as England. In 1933, when William was 61, his 60-year-old wife, Mary, died. In 1940, at age 68, widowed William Angus was still residing at Eastwood Ave in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA, with two of his younger children. He lists no employment and was presumably retired. William H Angus died in 1947 in the rural community of Flushing, Genesee, Michigan, USA, just outside of Flint, about 100 km (60 miles) northwest of Detroit. | Angus, William Henry Jr. (I40)
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| 7072 | William Henry Evans is found in 1881 with his mother in Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, just weeks prior to his mother's marriage to David Atkinson. She was working as a servant to the Hume family. | Atkinson, William Henry (I21318)
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| 7073 | William Hunter was born in Ireland, probably in Belfast, Antrim. He married in 1864 in Belfast, Antrim, Ireland to Mary Harten and their first known child was born in Belfastin 1866. Their second known child was born in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland in 1868 suggesting that William and his wife and infant daughter immigrated to Scotland in 1867. As William's parents have not been found in any Scottish census records it seems likely that they remained in Ireland. William's reasons for immigrating from Belfast to Glasgow are unknown, but given the economic climate of that day it is likely that he was seeking better employment opportunities. Ireland GRO gives date of marriage as 10 MAR 1864. Margaret Harton Hunter's birth record shows her parents marriage date as 10 MAR 1863. No death record has been found for William Hunter in Scotland. He may have returned to Ireland. At that time of William's marriage to Margaret, he was a serving soldier with the 37th Foot. There is a record of him returning from India in 1861. He was officially discharged from the Army in 1874. | Hunter, William (I8140)
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| 7074 | William Hutton Jr. was born in 1820 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland. His father is presumed to have died shortly thereafter as his mother married in 1827 to Duncan Stewart in Summerline. As no marriage record has been found for his parents, it is possible that William may have been illegitimate. His birth record has not been examined to determine his legitimacy. William Hutton Jr. travelled with the Gillespie family to Canada in 1834 and is mentioned in his grandfather, Hugh Gillespie's will as having died and his funeral was 17 Oct 1844. William would have been 24 years old when he died. He is not the William Hutton, b 1821 in Perthshire, later found residing in Auchterarder after 1851, as he was already deceased in Canada at that time. | Hutton, William Jr. (I24136)
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| 7075 | William immigrated from Tandragee, Armagh, Northern Ireland to Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada at the age of 16 in 1866. He is found in 1871 residing in St. Lawrence Ward, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada, employed as a moulder. He was residing among a large group of Irish immigrant labourers who appear to be not related. William's marriage record indicates that he was an iron moulder, son of William Brown, farmer. He was born in 1849 and residing in Tandragee. He married Rachel Brown, daughter of Robert Brown, baker in Tandragee. At his marriage, William James Brown was employed as an iron moulder. Another record gives William's parents as Robert and Sarah William is found in 1881 in Hamilton, Ward 6 with his first wife, Rachel and his first two children. Birth records confirm the children were born in Ontario, thus William and Rachel were in Canada prior to 1878. In 1891 William is found residing in Hamilton, Ward 7, employed as a moulder, nearby to his brother-in-law, John Brown. In 1894, William married secondly to Elizabeth Leonard at which he gives his parents' names as Robert (or Albert?) and Sarah. In 1901 William is found residing with his 2nd wife, Elizabeth, in Ward 6, Hamilton City as lodgers of Mary Garnet. It indicates that he immigrated in 1866, 22 years prior to his suggested brother, John Brown. A William J Brown died from chronic pneumonia at the Toronto General Hospital on 28 Sep 1907 and buried 16 Oct 1907, age 59, born 1848 in Ireland. He is buried in Necropolis Cemetery in a plot owned by Robert James Brown. He was a widower employed as a moulder. His son, Robert James Brown, moved to Cabbagetown in Toronto which is where Necropolis Cemetery is located. Robert had a daughter who died in infancy who is also buried in Necropolis, which would seem to confirm that the William J Brown thus mentioned is the correct one. The following record may also be this William James Brown: Name: William James Brown Marriage Date: 9 Jun 1883 Marriage Place: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Spouse: May Ellen Linburne | Brown, William James (I20731)
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| 7076 | William immigrated in 1875, presumably with his birth family. | Houghton, William (I7893)
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| 7077 | William immigrated to New Zealand where he had numerous descendants. This is Leo Lavarre's line. | McNaughtan, William (I10823)
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| 7078 | William inherited the family farm on lot 11, southeast, concession 13, Mountsberg, East Flamborough, Wentworth County. Originally William and his brother, Robert, split the farm with 50 acres each, but Robert later sold his half to William. William was the third of five generations to live in the Mountsberg log cabin. | Stewart, William E. (I18754)
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| 7079 | William is believed, but not confirmed, to be the William Anderson found in 1841 residing at High Street, Forres, Moray, Scotland employed as a journeyman shoemaker and residing with the family of William Gregor, a 45 year old shoemaker. William Anderson is shown with no family. William Anderson has no family with him in 1841 and is presumed to have never married. He has not been found in 1851 and may have emigrated or died. | Anderson, William (I302)
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| 7080 | William is believed, but not confirmed, to have married secondly to Margaret McKenzie. Their marriage is double registered on 9 FEB 1794 in Bellie, Moray and 10 FEB 1794 in Keith, Banff. | Cuthbert, William (I3748)
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| 7081 | William is cited in a charter dated 23 JUL 1478 for the lands of Auld Castle Hill to "William Cuthbert, son of John and grandson of George who distinguished himself at the Battle of Harlaw against the King's enemies." He is accounted in "The Cuthberts of Castlehill" as being the great-grandfather of George Cuthbert, Esq., (6th of Castlehill.) | Cuthbert, William (I3709)
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| 7082 | William is described in family correspondence as a "good, clean living man", "a hard worker" but with a "bad temper". | Harten, William (I7723)
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| 7083 | William is described in Stewarts of the South as follows: "William Stewart Esqur the presant proprietor four sons 1 Robert 2 John 3 Willm 4 Anthony." William attained the rank of Major in the 22nd Bengal Lancers and fought in the Indian Wars. He married at Berhampore, Bengal, on 8 August 1826, to Charlotte, daughter of Major Robert Joseph Debnam, 13th Light Infantry. William died at Benares, on 20 July 1853. His wife, Charlotte, survived him and died at Kensingtongate on 24 November 1860, aged 53 years, (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland) | Stewart, Major William Murray (I18780)
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| 7084 | William is described in the Fasti Ecclesia in an article pertaining to his father, Rev. Allan Stewart, in which William is described as "a merchant in Glasgow." William is the only child in the article with no birth date indicated. He is also not found in the Kilspindie OPR. | Stewart, William (I18471)
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| 7085 | William is found in 1841 and 1851 residing at Upper Hythie with his parents and siblings. In 1861 he is found residing at Upper Hythie with his widowed mother and was employed as a tailor. | Stewart, William (I18478)
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| 7086 | William is found in 1901 residing with his uncle George Taylor and is listed as an "adopted son". | Taylor, William (I19142)
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| 7087 | William is living with his second wife in Nelson, Halton, Ontario in 1901. | Watson, William W. (I19982)
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| 7088 | William is not identified by name in Stewarts of the South but is believed to be the son of Robert Stewart in Ruskie who is described as: "One of them [is] a saddler in Greenock [and is] unmarried." | Stewart, William (I18475)
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| 7089 | William is not living with his family in 1901. He may have died. | Prangley, William Ivan (I13160)
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| 7090 | William is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South and is presumed to have died young. | Stewart, William (I18452)
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| 7091 | William is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South and is presumed to have died young. | Stewart, William (I18496)
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| 7092 | William is not mentioned in the letters of his brother George, however, according to Malcolm Sisson's notes, William lived at Middle Grange in Peterhead and is buried at Peterhead. In 1841 William was unmarried and working as an agricultural labourer on his brother's farm at Copland Hill in Peterhead. After his brother's death, William is found in 1851 (as "Stuart") residing at Milltown of Crimond, Crimond, Aberdeenshire, Scotland employed as a farm overseer for William Lawrence. In 1861 William was residing at Lochside in Peterhead with a wife and daughter, Mary. He was employed as a farm overseer with six labourers, including 3 ploughmen, 2 cattlemen, and 2 agricultural labourers. William has not been found in 1871. Given that William was shown in 1841 and 1851 with no wife and children and in 1861 he has a wife and a 22 year old daughter, it's possible Mary may not be his biological daughter, but may be a step-daughter and Margaret may have had Mary from a previous marriage. No IGI record has been found for Mary's birth. According to the late Bernard Stewart's research, this William was identical with William Stewart in Peterhead who was the father of Peter Stewart, founder of Stuart & Co. Granolithic in Edinburgh. This association has now been disproved as both Williams can be found separately in 1841 and 1851. | Stewart, William in Middle Grange (I18760)
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| 7093 | William is not recorded anywhere. He is suggested from onomastics only. If he existed at all then it is suggested that he likely died young as the estate passed to George Cuthbert. | Cuthbert, William (I3708)
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| 7094 | William is not recorded in Stewarts of the South and thus would normally be presumed to have died as a child. However it is also possible that Stewarts of the South got his name wrong and that it was really William who resided in Balemenoch of Glenbuckie, rather than David, shown below. | Stewart, William (I18497)
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| 7095 | William is only found in the 1911 census, shown as a baby. He was not present with his birth family when the emigrated in 1913. No birth or death record has been found for him. He is presumed to have died as an infant. | Liptrot, William (I20594)
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| 7096 | William is recalled in Janet Duncan's notes and must therefore have lived to adulthood. Janet says that William died in Scotland. | Hunter, William James (I8115)
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| 7097 | William is recorded as a widower on his marriage to Estella Sharpe. His first marriage is unknown. | Jackson, William John (I8207)
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| 7098 | William is recorded as having fought in the 1715 Jacobite uprising. William later moved to South Sheils, Durham, England where he was employed as supervisor of the duties of salt. The Caledonian Mercury, 22 January, 1754 contains the following entry: "Whereas William Stewart, Supervisor of the Duties upon Salt at South-Shiells, in the County of Durham in England, brother-german of the deceast Robert Stewart of Ardvorlich, and Tutor by Law to Robert Stewart now of Ardvorlich, his newphew, has granted a factory to James Moir, Writer in Down, for managing his said nephew's affairs, and uplifting the rents of Ardvorlich, &c. and has also named certain Commissioners in Scotland for giving directions to the Factor as to the management of his said nephew's affairs; and whereas it is necessary that the extent of the debts affecting the estate of Ardvorlich be known: the Commissioners desire the cretitors to lodge their claims with James Hay, Writer to the Signer, Old Assembly-close, Edinburgh, or Thomas Drummond of Deanstoun at Deanstoun near Down, or the said James Moir; and to let their Ground of Debt be seen to any one of the persons above named on or before the 15th day of February 1754, so as a proper course may be concerted for their payment." | Stewart, William (I18439)
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| 7099 | William is recorded in Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions for Kilmahog Cemetery #25 as: "son William died (in) infancy." | Stewart, William (I18454)
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| 7100 | William is referred to as "the present Mister Stewart" in the following entries from Stewarts of the South: "The old Branch of the Ardvorlich family (and sometimes Macorriston) became extinct when the present Mr Stewart's father became heir." "Robert Stewart, Taxman of Balmenoch, father to the present Mr Stewart. When he was born there was thirteen between him and the (Ardvorlich) 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 Balmenoch, of which farm they had a wadset or feu, of which they were dispossessed in an unlawful way by Robert of the first branch (6th Laird), a rude and unruly man." William Stewart served as Chamberlain and Factor to the Earl of Breadalbane at Edinample Castle, located just west of Ardvorlich on the south shore of Loch Earn. Capt. James Stewart, author of Stewarts of the South, has some less-than-kind comments about William Stewart of Ardvorlich in reference to the eviction of his cousin, John Stewsart, 6th in Balimeanach: "John Stewart, Balemeanoch, of the above family and property [Ardvorlich]. A decent friendly good man but more innocent than active. [Pays annual rent of] £150. Ardvorlich has given him a charge of removal this year to his great shame, his father being the occasion of keeping the Estate to them being a more active man than Ardvorlich's father and this is the reward of his great service. Ardvorlich like many great men of the world has got his good character very cheap and as other that get a bad character undeserved, for if he is once injured he knows not how to forgive and forget. Certainly Ardvorlich is an honest man but that cannot secure him from censure on that account, for Justice, Mercy and Charity ought to go hand in hand without which no other accomplishment can constitute a good man for we have from Scripture do Justice love mercy and walk humbly before thy God (Malachi). I have no business to interfere in this or to depreciate his Character further than to tell my opinion of him every man being allowed to judge for himself if they don't interfere with state affairs." He succeeded his father in 1770. He married on 19 August 1797, to Helen, eldest daughter of James Maxton, 11th of Cultoquhey. He died at Ardvorlich, in March of 1838. She survived him and died at Ardvorlich, on 11 October 1853. (Gordon MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland) | Stewart, William 8th of Ardvorlich and Factor of Breadalbane (I18785)
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