Cpl. Alexander D. Stewart
Abt 1799 - 1865 (~ 65 years)
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Name Alexander D. Stewart [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Title Cpl. Born Abt 2 Nov 1799 Ardcheanochdan, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland 
[1, 2, 5] Gender Male Residence 1851 Beauharnois, Canada East (Quebec), Canada [4, 5] Residence 1861 St-Anicet, Huntingdon, Canada East, Canada [2] Died 22 Feb 1865 St Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada [1] Buried Dundee Centre, Monteregie Region, Quebec, Canada [1] Person ID I14869 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father Duncan Stewart, Jr. in Kirkline, b. 1775, Clachglas, Glenbuckie, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1837, St Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada (Age 62 years) Relationship natural Mother Agnes McGregor, b. 1783, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1862, Dundee, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada (Age 79 years) Relationship natural Married Between 18 Jan 1801 and 29 Dec 1802 Crieff and Callander, Perthshire, Scotland Family ID F4178 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Ann Nancy McIntosh, b. 1803, Montreal, Quebec, Canada , d. 4 Sep 1891, St Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada (Age 88 years) Married 1831 Montreal, Québec, Canada [6, 7] Married 1 Dec 1831 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Children 1. Donald Alexander Stewart, b. 11 Dec 1841, St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada , d. 20 Feb 1914, St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada (Age 72 years) [natural]2. Jannet A Stewart, b. 1849, St Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada , d. 4 Feb 1864, St Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada (Age 15 years) [natural]3. Duncan Stewart, b. 25 Nov 1834, Dundee, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada , d. UNKNOWN [natural]4. Christen Stewart, b. 1832, St Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada , d. UNKNOWN [natural]5. Anne Stewart, b. 1836, St Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada , d. UNKNOWN [natural]6. Agnes Stewart, b. 1839, St Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada , d. UNKNOWN [natural]7. James Stewart, b. 1850, St Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada , d. Bef 1861, St Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada (Age < 10 years) [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F8491 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Married 1 Dec 1831 Montreal, Québec, Canada [3] Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F8501 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Alexander D. Stewart was born in 1799 in Ardcheanochdan, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. It is not known what his middle initial stood for, but it is liely Duncan.
In 1809, when Alexander was ten years old, he moved with his parents to Kirkline on the Blair Drummond Moss in Kincardine-by-Doune, Perthshire, Scotland.
In 1818, his family left Scotland and immigrated to St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada.
In 1825, Alexander's father, Duncan Stewart is shown residing in a house with 11 occupants: 2 under the age of 6 (Charles 6 and Daniel 3); 2 between 6-14 (John 13 and Peter 9); 2 between 14-18 (Archibald 16 and Jannet 16); 2 males between 18-25 (Alexander and James D); one male over 60 (Duncan 50); one single female between 14-45 (Mary); one married female between 14-45 (unknown); and one married female over 45 (Agnes McGregor). Also residing in Dundee at the time was Robert Stewart with one child under 6, one male 18-25, and one married female between 14-45. Robert is of no known relation to Duncan.
The 1831 Godmanchester Statistical Report gives us an informative picture of the progress of the family's development of their farm. It shows Duncan Stewart occupying Lot 60 Range 1 in St. Anicet, Huntingdon. It indicates that he settled in 1818. It also shows his son, Alexander Stewart, as another head of household sharing the same lot, occupying Range 1 & 2. They had 13 acres cleared, 12 acres under cultivation, one house, one barn, one head of family and his wife, 8 males, 2 females, one horse, 14 horned cattle, 6 pigs and 12 sheep.
On 1 Dec 1831, Alexander Stewart married Ann McIntosh.
"Alexander Stewart of Godmanchester, farmer, and Ann McIntosh of the city of Montreal spinster were after due proclamation of having joined in the Holy Bonds of Matrimony on the first day of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty one by Alex Mathieson, Minr." Witnesses: Dugald Stewart, John H Howell and two illegible signatures.
"Husband of Nancy McIntosh Father of Donald Alexander Stewart"
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131887750/alexander-stewart
The 1838 Muster Rolls for Capt. Patrick Buchanan’s Company, includes: Corporal Alexander Stewart, Pvt John Ferguson, Pvt Archibald Stewart, Pvt James Stewart, Pvt Peter Stewart. Capt. RB Somerville’s Company includes Pvt John Stewart. And the Dundee Local Militia 1838 paylist: Corp. Alexander Stewart, Corp. John Ferguson.
In 1842, Duncan Stewart's widow, Agnes McGregor, was residing in Godmanchester (which included St. Anicet) where she is recorded in the census as "Widow Stewart" with 5 inhabitants in her home. Next to her was Alex Stewart with 7 inhabitants, Peter Stewart with 3 inhabitants, and James Stewart with 5 inhabitants.
In 1851, at age 54, Alexander Stewart was residing in St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada, with his wife Ann McIntosh, age 56, and their children, Duncan 17, Donald 10, Christen 19, Anne 15, Agnes 12, Jane 3, James 1
In 1861, at age 60, Alexander was living in St Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada, with his wife Ann, 50, and children Donald, 15, Jennet, 12. They were living just a few farms away from his brother, James D Stewart.
02-27-1865 Alexander D. Stewart, of St Anicet, Aged 65 years, died, a native of Perthshire Scotland (The Gleaner newspaper, Huntingdon, Quebec, 1865)
Alexander Stewart is buried in Zion United Church Cemetery, St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada.
- Alexander D. Stewart was born in 1799 in Ardcheanochdan, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. It is not known what his middle initial stood for, but it is liely Duncan.
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