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| 7551 | Will - Probate 24 July 1902 This is the last will and testament of me, Ruth Brown of Portadown, in the county of Armagh. Widow, hereby revoking all former wills or other testamentary depositions at any time heretofore made by me. I devise and bequeath all my property, real and personal whatsoever and wheresoever situte, to my two sons, William James Brown and John Brown, both at present residing in America, and my daughter in law, Margaret Brown of Portadown in equal shares and I appoint my said daughter in law Margaret Brown and Samuel James Walsh of Portadown, executors of this, my will, dated this ninth day of March, one thousand and nine hundred. Ruth (x her mark) Brown Signed, published and declared by the said Ruth Brown as and for her last Will and Testament in presence of us who in her presence at her request and in presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses, same having been first truly and distinctly read over to her and she appeared fully to understand same and made her mark thereto in our presence. J Sydney Bright, Solicitor, Portadown John Wright. ------------------------------- Wright is the surname of the Helen McCleary's grandparents from Portadown. No record has been found of a son named William James Brown, though she did have a son-in-law named William James Brown who resided in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada nearby to her son, John Brown. It's possible she meant son-in-law, but then she distinguished daughter-in-law when referring to Margaret. But, she was quite elderly and unable to write at the time of her death, so it's possible she was inaccurate with the use of the term "son" as she was with the term "America." Ruth Brown's daughter-in-law, Margaret Brown, was widow of Thomas Brown, son of Ruth and Robert Brown. Margaret was born Margaret Steenson, daughter of Armagh Marriage Register lists a Ruth Smith marrying Edward Steenson in 1837, two years before Robert Brown. | Smith, Ruth (I1900)
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| 7552 | Will, John Stewart d 4.11.1858, farmer Glastry, Kilbryde, Dunblane. Executors: Ann Gow nee Stewart, wife of James Gow, farmer Glastry, and Janet Anderson nee Stewart widow of William Anderson, grocer in Doune, and Margaret Laurie nee Stewart wife of Andrew, and steward at Barron Hill, North Wales his 3 daughters. Mentioned in the will (1) his wife Ann Innes (2) his three daughters, Janet a widow, Margaret and Ann. Apart from the farm which was now being run by Ann and her husband, there was a house in Doune which was owned by him and tennanted to John McIntyre and John Maxwell and was given to him by John Henderson, farmer at Pendreich in 22.7.1803. Also mentioned (3) grandson William Anderson, and (4) grandson John Stewart Laurie. There was an inventory for a Robert Innes, farmer Tenandry of Kilbryde 17.2.1842 Vol 5 Foli o 135 Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions: Kilbryde Cemetery: 39 by John Stewart and Ann Innes in Glastry, in memory of son Alexander, Minister AM d 16.6.1847 age 29 "30 Apr 1780, John, son of Alexander STEWART and Janet MURDOCH, illegible." (Kilmadock OPR) | Stewart, John in Glastry (I16564)
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| 7553 | Willet Herman McTaggart was born 29 Jan 1864 in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, as a son of Archibald McTaggart and Samantha Ann Caldwell. Willet McTaggart and his family have not been found in 1871. In 1881, at age 16, Willet McTaggart was residing in Huntindgon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, with his parents and siblings. He and his father were employed as carpenters. The family were Methodists. On 31 Oct 1885, at age 22, Willet McTaggart, a cheesemaker (sic*), son of Archibald and Samantha McTaggart, residing in Huntingdon, married in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, to Maggie Hawkins, age 20 (sic, 23), daughter of Thomas and Catherine Hawkins, residing in Tyandinaga, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Witnessed by Georgina Pouton and Elizabeth L. Hogart, both of Belleville. *(The marriage information is taken from the provincial registry, not from the church registry, and was thus copied from another source. As Willet is shown elsewhere as a carpenter and nowhere else as a cheesemaker, then cheesemaker is likely a clerical copying error.) On 8 Oct 1886, Willet and Maggie McTaggart had their first daughter, Mary Josephine McTaggart in Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. On 10 Apr 1889, Willet and Maggie McTaggart had their second daughter, Margaret Jocelyn McTaggart in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. Willet McTaggart's wife, Maggie, died sometime after the birth of their second daughter in 1889 and prior to the 1891 census. Her year of death is incorrectly recorded on her gravestone as 1893, but the stone is believed to have been placed much later. In 1891 Willet McTaggart was residing in Hastings, Huntingdon, Ontario, Canada, in the home of his parents. He is listed as widowed and has his two daughters with him. His occupation is not listed. The family were Methodists. On 31 Oct 1891, Willet McTaggart's father, Archibald McTaggart, died in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada. His death is also incorrectly recorded on his gravestone as 31 Oct 1890. On 8 Nov 1893, at age 27 years, Willet McTaggart, widower, farmer, residing in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, son of Archibald and Samantha McTaggart, married in the Methodist church in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, to Martha J Archibald, age 22, spinster, residing in Huntingdon, daughter of Martin and Eliza Archibald. They had a family together. In 1901, at age 34, Willet McTaggart was residing in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, with his second wife and their three children. His two daughters from his first marriage were living nearby in the home of Willet's parents. It would appear that Willet's second wife did not accept the children from his first marriage. Willet McTaggart was employed as a farmer. His origins are given incorrectly as German and his family were Methodists. On 27 Apr 1909, Willet McTaggart's daughter, Josephine, died in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, after giving birth to her illegitimate son, Ernest McTaggart. In 1911, at age 44, Willet McTaggart was residing in Huntingdon, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, with his second wife and their children. He was employed as a labourer on a farm. He was recorded as being of Dutch origin. His family were Methodists. Sometime between 1911-1920, Willet McTaggart's second wife, Martha Archibald, died. Her exact date of death is unknown. On 30 Dec 1920, age 51, Willet McTaggart, residing in Foxboro, Huntingdon, Ontario, Canada, married thirdly to Mary Frances Caldwell (nee Gordinier), age 45, widow of John Caldwell (unrelated to Willet's mother Samantha Caldwell). On 3 Dec 1925, just five years after they married, Willet McTaggart's third wife died. She is buried with her first husband. In 1931, at age 64, Willet McTaggart was residing in Thurlow, Hastings, Ontario, Canada, as a widower, in the home of Dr. E. F. G. Ward (Everett Franklin Garfield Ward), age 39 (born 1892), of Irish origins, a physician in general (private) medical practice. Willet was recorded as being a labourer in the doctor's employ. Willet McTaggart died on 9 Aug 1938 in Hastings, Ontario, Canada. | McTaggart, Willet Herman (I25687)
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| 7554 | William 6, settled near the old homestead and d. there. (Severence) | Stewart, William (I24017)
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| 7555 | William and Audrey Stewart and their daughters were the last of the Stewarts to live on the family homestead. They sold the property in 1966 after five consecutive generations of Stewart ownership from the earliest pioneer settlement. | Stewart, William Robert (I18126)
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| 7556 | William and his wife moved to Red Deer, Alberta, Canada where three children, two of whom survived. | Newton, William E (I11337)
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| 7557 | William and Mary had no children. | McIntyre, Mary S. (I10084)
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| 7558 | William and Mary's marriage record indicates that they were both from Wyersdale, Lancashire, England. Mary was two months pregnant at the time of their marriage. In 1734, Jno. Leah of Haythornthwaite died on Sep 29. No age is given. (Over Wyresdale parish register) Frances Leah died 10 Jan 1736 in Over Wyresdale. | Leah, Mary (I8489)
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| 7559 | William Angious was born 4 May 1837 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England as the son of James Angious, a sawyer (carpenter), and Jane Angious. In 1841, at age 4, William Angus was residing in Lancaster, Lancashire, England with his parents and siblings. In 1851, at age 13, William Angus was residing at 4 Palisades in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. He was a student. On 13 May 1857, at age 20, William Angus, a labourer, residing at Bridge Lane in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, son of James Angus, a sawyer (carpenter), married in the parish church in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, to 20-year-old Margaret Lowther, residing at Harton Street in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, daughter of James Lowther, a collier (coal miner). For reasons not yet understood, William's children were born in diverse locations, including Castle Ward in Lancaster where William and his wife are found in early census records, as well as in Manchester and even Fife in Scotland. William has not been found in 1861. In 1871, at age 33, William Angus was residing at 37 Bridge Lane in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife and children. He was employed as a painter's labourer. They were sharing a residence with William's sister, Ann Peel, and her family, as well as James and Catherine Hall. In 1881, at age 43, William Angus was residing at 49 Bridge Lane in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife and children. He was employed as a painter's labourer. The Peel family was not living next door at this point. In 1891, at age 54, William Angus was residing on New Street in Halton, Halton, Lancashire, England, with his wife and younger single children. His daughter Elizabeth and her husband John Stockdale were also living with them. William was employed as a general labourer. William died in 1895 in Lunesdale, Halton, Lancashire, England. | Angus, William Sr. (I42)
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| 7560 | William Angus married Elizabeth Atkinson. They had one known son, Wilfred, who died in his teens. In 1939, William Angus was residing in Lancaster, Lancashire, England with his wife and teenage son. William was employed as a cotton weaving loom sweeper/cleaner. | Angus, William (I22591)
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| 7561 | William Angus was born in 1831 in Otley, just north of Bradford, Yorkshire, England, In 1841, at age 11, William Angus was residing in Otley, Yorkshire, England, with his parents and siblings. In 1851, at age 19, William Angus was residing at 38 Craven Street in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a factory worker. On 9 Mar 1856, at age 23, William Angus married in Calverley and Bradford, Yorkshire, England to 19-year-old Mary Ann Marshall Wood. Both were listed as being from Bolton, Yorkshire, England. In 1861, at age 28, William Angus was residing at Lowfold Briggate in Shipley, Yorkshire, England with his wife. He was employed as a fire brick maker. In 1871, at age 36, William Angus was residing at 18 Hudson Fold in Shipley, Yorkshire, England, with his wife. He was employed as a brick baker. In 1881, at age 48, William Angus was residing at 19 Hudson Fold in Shipley, Yorkshire, England, with his wife. He was employed as a stone labourer. In 1891, at age 57, William Angus was residing at 8 Mount Street in Shipley, Yorkshire, England, with his wife. He was employed as a brick labourer. In Oct 1897, at age 62, William Angus died in Shipley, Yorkshire, England. He was residing at 13 Spurr Ford in Shipley at the time. In 1891. William's widow, Mary Ann, was residing alone in Shipley, Yorkshire, England. Her death record has not been found. William and Mary Ann Angus had no children. | Angus, William Jr (I22974)
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| 7562 | William Angus was born in 1847 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. In 1851, at age 4, William Angus was residing at 177 Wood Street in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. In 1861, at age 14, William Angus was residing at Back Cable Head in Castle Ward, Lancaster Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a cotton mill hand. In 1871, at age 20 (sic), William was residing in Barrow, Lancashire, England with his brothers, Thomas and John and Thomas' wife Sarah. He was employed as a labourer. On 3 April 1875, at age 24, William Angus, a labourer, son of Thomas Angus, a carter, residing at Pitt Street in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, married to 23-year-old Margaret Liver, daughter of William Liver, a slater and plasterer, also of Pitt Street. In 1881, at age 32, William Angus was residing at 5 Pitt St in Castle Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife and children. They were residing in the home of William's father-in-law, William Liver. William Angus was employed as a plasterer's labourer, working for his father-in-law. In 1885, William and Margaret's daughter, Dorothy, died at age 10. In 1891, at age 42, William Angus was still residing at 5 Pitt Street in St. Ann's Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife and remaining two sons. He was employed as a plasterer's labourer. His brother-in-law was residing with him. In 1901, at age 50, William Angus was residing at 123 St. Leonard's Gate, in St. Ann's Ward, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his wife and son Thomas. He had prospered enough that he was now employed as a shopkeeper on his "own account" indicating that he owned the shop. His son Thomas was working in his shop. A year later, in 1902, William's son, William Jr, died. It is not known when William Sr. died. | Angus, William Sr. (I41)
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| 7563 | William Angus was born in 1862 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. William was 8 years old when his mother died. Two of his siblings had already died by then. His father remarried five months later. In 1871, at age 8, William Angus was residing at 19 Craven Street in East Bradford, Yorkshire, England, with his father, new step-mother, and his siblings. In 1881, at age 18, William Angus was residing at in Bradford, Yorkshire, England with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a labourer. On 8 Jul 1888, at age 27, William Angus married in Bolton, Yorkshire, England to widow Sarah Ann Spencer (nee Malham). She had two daughters, Ada and Emma from her first marriage. In 1891, at age 30, William Angus was residing at 5 Back Spinkwell Terrace in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, with his wife, her daughters from her first marriage and their first child together, Oliver. William was employed as a gas works labourer. In 1901, at age 41, William Angus was residing at 429 Harewood Street in Bradford, Yorkshire, England with his wife and children. He was employed as a gas worker. In 1911, at age 51, William Angus was residing at 29 Buller Street in Bradford, Yorkshire, England with his wife and their four children. He was employed as a stoker in a gas works. William died in 1933 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. | Angus, William Sr. (I22982)
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| 7564 | William Angus was born in 1895 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. In 1901, at age 5, William Angus was residing at 10 Back George Street in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. He was a student at the time. In 1911, at age 15, William Angus was residing at 12 Albion Street in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, with his parents and siblings. He was employed as a labourer in a paint works. In 1926, at age 31, William Angus married in Lancaster, Lancashire, England to Mary Alice Hull. | Angus, William (I49)
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| 7565 | William Angus was born in 1901 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England. He is found as a child in 1901 and 1911 residing with his parents and siblings. He died in July 1930. Nothing more is known of him. | Angus, William Jr. (I23000)
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| 7566 | 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 (I47)
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| 7567 | 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 (I46)
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| 7568 | 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 (I20042)
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| 7569 | 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 (I44)
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| 7570 | William Armour resided in Broomhill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, where he had a family. His aunt, Eliza Stewart, resided with them. They had four children and in 1932 immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada where they had 11 grandchildren. | Armour, William Myron (I86)
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| 7571 | 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 (I8608)
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| 7572 | William Buchanan, 8th of Auchmar, sold the lands of Auchmar in 1789 to Andrew Buchanan of Jamaica. | Buchanan, William 8th of Auchmar (I30877)
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| 7573 | William Caldwell Ferguson is buried in Old Zion United Church Cemetery, Dundee, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada. | Ferguson, William Caldwell (I24370)
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| 7574 | 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 (I797)
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| 7575 | 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 (I4233)
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| 7576 | 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 (I4758)
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| 7577 | William died as a child. | Stuart, William Maynard (I18268)
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| 7578 | 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 (I18138)
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| 7579 | William died in infancy. (Wikipedia) | Stewart, William (I18037)
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| 7580 | 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 (I4897)
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| 7581 | 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 (I5325)
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| 7582 | William fought for the government in the Riel Rebellion. | McNaughton, William (I10867)
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| 7583 | 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 (I21542)
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| 7584 | 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 (I21397)
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| 7585 | 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 (I1452)
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| 7586 | 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. On 27 Apr 1912, at age 40, William Angus, along with his family, immigrated from Lancashire, England to Quebec, Canada, bound for Michigan, USA. They were travelling with William's brother, Arthur Angus, and his family. The family originally had tickets to sale on the Titanic on April 10, 1912, but (for reasons unknown) ended up sailing on the next ship, The Megantic. The Titanic sank on 14 Apr 1912, four days into its journey. 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. (I43)
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| 7587 | 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 (I20709)
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| 7588 | 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 (I7981)
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| 7589 | 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. (I23194)
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| 7590 | 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 (I20983)
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| 7591 | William immigrated to New Zealand where he had numerous descendants. This is Leo Lavarre's line. | McNaughtan, William (I10331)
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| 7592 | 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. (I18107)
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| 7593 | William is believed to have had no children. | Stewart, William (I18028)
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| 7594 | William is described in family correspondence as a "good, clean living man", "a hard worker" but with a "bad temper". | Harten, William (I7628)
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| 7595 | 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 (I18122)
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| 7596 | 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 (I18005)
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| 7597 | William is found in 1901 residing with his uncle George Taylor and is listed as an "adopted son". | Taylor, William (I18593)
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| 7598 | William is living with his second wife in Nelson, Halton, Ontario in 1901. | Watson, William W. (I19382)
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| 7599 | 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." However, William was married with children at the time of writing of Stewarts of the South. William Stewart died young in 1828, leaving his widowed wife with a household of young children, and then she also died young in 1846. We find most of the children disappearing from record after the 1841 census. It is likely that these children, having lost both parents young, scattered to places unknown in search of a livelihood where simple census searches can't identify them. Their most likely destination would have been Glasgow. | Stewart, William in Mid Torrie (I18009)
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| 7600 | William is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South and is presumed to have died young. | Stewart, William (I18016)
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