Lieutenant Alexander Stewart

Abt 1771 - 1851  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Alexander Stewart  [1, 2, 3]
  Title	Lieutenant
  Born	Abt 27 Apr 1771	Dalveich, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	27 Apr 1771	Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
  Occupation	1841
  	Military Pensioner
  Residence	1841	Dalginross, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland   [1]
  Died	Between 1841 and 1851	Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I15064	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Stewart, in Lochearnhead,   b. Abt 1735, probably Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Janet Stewart,   b. Abt 1740, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Married	18 Dec 1756	Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F4656	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Janet Reid,   b. Abt 1875, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Between 1802 and 1815, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Married	Between 23 Aug and 5 Sep 1800	Balquhidder and Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland   [4]
  Children	1. Rev. William Stewart,   b. Abt 17 Jan 1802, Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 12 Oct 1852, Dundee, Angus, Scotland  (Age ~ 50 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2024
  Family ID	F4063	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Comrie,   b. 23 Aug 1786, Monzievaird, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Between 1851 and 1861  (Age 64 years)
  Married	8 Apr 1815	Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Children	1. Martha Stewart,   b. Abt 15 Sep 1816, Comrie Village, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. Robert Stewart,   b. Abt 18 Apr 1819, St. Fillans, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1901, Stewarton Bank, Arrochar, Dumbartonshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 83 years)  [natural]   3. Son Stewart,   b. Abt 12 Dec 1821, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1822, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age ~ 0 years)  [natural]   4. Alexander Stewart,   b. 13 Dec 1823, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1841, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age < 17 years)  [natural]   5. Helen Maxton Stewart,   b. 16 Jul 1825, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   6. Daughter Stewart,   b. Abt 22 Jan 1827, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1827  [natural]   7. Margaret Stewart,   b. 16 Dec 1827, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2024
  Family ID	F4062	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alexander is described in Stewarts of the South as "Lieutenant Alexander Stewart, of the P[erthshire] Militia, who is now a feuer in St Fillans, Comrie parish, on Drummond's estate. He has two sons -- one who is a student of Divinity and the other who is a minor by a second marriage." (ca.1815-20) The Comrie OPR clearly identifies Alexander's second marriage in which he is described as "Lieutenant Alexander Stewart" "in Comrie" initially and "in St. Fillans" latterly. His first marriage is not so clear. There is only one son born to an Alexander Stewart in Comrie in the preceding few years (that has not been accounted for with another family) and that is William Stewart, bap 17 JAN 1802 in Comrie Village in Comrie parish as the son of "Mr." Alexander Stewart and Jane(t) Reid. This is the only child for them. They were married on 25 AUG 1800 in Comrie with Alexander described as "in the parish of Balquhidder" and Janet Reid as "in this parish" (Comrie). The specification of "Mr." is noteworthy as it is very rare in the OPRs of that era. It usually designates one of two things: a clergyman or a minor landowner/feurer. Thus, William's birth is a near-perfect match for Lieut. Alexander's first son, except for onomastics. The Fasti Ecclesia confirms that Alexander's son, William was a student of Divinity. According to Stewarts of the South, Alexander's father was named Daniel Stewart in Walbeich. However, current research suggests that his father's name was more likely Robert and that Robert's father or grandfather was the Daniel Stewart in Walbeich mentioned in Stewarts of the South. As such, if William is this Alexander's first son then Alexander violated onomastic custom, possibly because his first wife may have died in childbirth and Alexander chose to honour Janet Reid's father by naming their son after him instead of his own father, perhaps feeling that he would have another opportunity to name a son after his own father. If so, then the onomastics work just fine. As such, for now we are tentatively suggesting that William could be Alexander's first son with the preceding uncertainties noted. The Comrie OPR records Alexander's second marriage as: "1815, April 6th, Lieut. Alexr Stewart and Margt Comrie, both in this parish, proclaimed themselves and were married on the 8th." In 1825, Alexander Stewart named his daughter, Helen Maxton Stewart, after Helen Maxton, wife of William Stewart, 8th of Ardvorlich. Alexander is found in 1841 residing in Dalginross, just south of the village of Comrie in Comrie parish, Perthshire, Scotland with his wife, Margaret, and daughters, Helen and Margaret. In 1851, Alexander's wife is recorded as a widow, thus Alexander died sometime between 1841-1851, but his exact date of death is not known. No death or burial record has been found for him.

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] 1841 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online. Record for Alexander Stewart [S367] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYSB-25Z [S380] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1NJ-SV4 [S367] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).