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- In 1801, according to family records, Catherine Stewart was born in Stronvar, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland. No record of her birth has been found in the Comrie or Balquhidder parish registers, however her father was living at Stronvar at the time.
On 19 Apr 1823, at the age of 22, in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, Catherine Stewart married to Donald McMillan, age 25, from Sron Eadar a Chinn (Stonedrigan), Callander, Perthshire, Scotland. A family photo says, "Donald 'Daniel' MacMillan b. 22 Jan 1798 'born in the hills north of Callander, which is southeast of Balquhidder' d. 29 Dec 1870 (though photo of headstone from Vera looks like 8 Dec) Lamlash, Isle of Arran.
Catherine and Donald began their family in her family home of Stronvar, having two children there.
In 1826, Catherine and Donald moved from Balquhidder to Kilmichael farm in Brodick parish on the Isle of Arran in Bute, Scotland where they had seven more children between 1827-1842.
"Donald McMillan was a shepherd on the Kilmichael estate; the only land on Arran not belonging to the Duke & Duchess of Hamilton. The estate had been given to a Fullarton family by King Robert the Bruce for services rendered in the 1400s.... [Glencoy and Kilmichael farms were] "managed by Donald M'Millan" [who was] “known as The Shepherd” [and who] “had a fine personality, and was much respected by the people of Brodick and elsewhere for his kindness and uprightness." (Inglis, James C., Brodick Old and New, Arthur Guthrie & Sons Ltd., 1935)
In 1841, at age 37, Catherine McMillan was residing at Kilmichael farm, Brodick, Isle of Arran, Bute, Scotland, with her husband and children. They were residing in the home of Widow Fullarton (nee Stewart).
In 1851, at age 47, Catherine McMillan was residing at Glencloy, Kilbride, Bute, Scotland, with her husband and three of their children.
In 1861, Catherine McMillan was residing on Captain Fullarton's farms of Kilmichael and Glencoy, Brodick, Isle of Arran, Bute, Scotland, with her husband and children.
Circa 1862, their son James MacMillan and his wife Margaret Robertson emigrated to Williamsburg, Stanley Parish, New Brunswick, Canada and raised their 7 children. James and Margaret would never allow their photos to be taken.
Circa 1864, their daughter Helen Irene MacMillan and her husband Alexander Fullarton also emigrated to Williamsburg, New Brunswick, Canada, and raised their 9 children.
In 1871, at age 67, Catherine McMillan was residing at Hersley, Brodick, Bute, Scotland, with her children. She was a widow working as a housekeeper.
Circa 1876, their eldest daughter Elizabeth MacMillan and her husband David Brown also sailed to Williamsburg, New Brunswick, Canada. They returned to Scotland some time later. They had no children.
Catherine has not been found in the 1881 census in Scotland. This is likely becasue, according to family records, in 1881 Donald MacMillan and Catherine Stewart left Arran and spent a winter in Williamsburg, New Brunswick, Canada, visiting their daughters, Elizabeth and Helen, and their son James and their families, but they did not take to the cold harsh winter and returned the next year to Arran.
In 1891, at age 90, Catherin McMillan was residing at No 5 Nicol Street Lamlash, Kilbride, Bute, Scotland, with her son Peter and his children and her daughter Elizabeth and her husband, David Brown.
An unverified online family tree says that Donald died 29 Dec 1870 and Catherine died 6 SEP 1892 in Lamlash, Bute, Scotland.
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Family information above and below is provided by descendant Jennifer Hackett.
Donald MacMillan and Catherine Stewart’s 9 children were -
Angus MacMillan d. 1903 about 80 years old in Antigua and Barbuda, Caribbean;
Elizabeth (MacMillan) Brown d. unknown;
infant James MacMillan d. 1828 1 year old Arran;
Helen Irene (MacMillan) d. 1917 88 years old in Stanley NB;
John MacMillan d. unknown date and age in Australia;
James MacMillan (my great great grandfather, their second child with this name) d. at 9:20 am 1 June 1914 (after having sadly suffered a stroke in August 1908, resulting in reduced mental faculties caused by a slight paralysis of the brain and after a few years was confined to bed for the remainder of his life - his eldest son, a bachelor - my great great Uncle Dan MacMillan looked after his father James.)
James and his wife Margaret Robertson had 7 children all sons. [My great grandfather was their 5th son Charles MacMillan. Charles was a lumberer and millman. During WWI, in 1917 at the age of 47 Charles enlisted in No. 2 New Brunswick Forestry Company as a Sawyer & Engineer, stating on his attestation papers that he was 2 years younger. Charles served in various locations in England and France, and in 1918 Charles was sent with his transportable mill to Scotland to aid in the building of bridges];
James MacMillan’s younger brothers were -
Donald MacMillan d. 1856 at 19 years in old Brodick, Arran;
Robert MacMillan d. 1862 at 23 years old in Melbourne, Australia; and finally their youngest child
Peter MacMillan d. 1901 at 64 years in Lamlash.
Peter married and raised a family, taking over from his father Donald as the Shepherd of Glencloy and equally respected. A photo post card of Shepherd Peter and his young family on Arran was in the possession of his brother James’s family in Williamsburg NB. (Some personal sources: my grandmother Edith (MacMillan) Gallagher; my great great Uncle Dan MacMillan’s Diaries; Leonard Allan letters to Marnie 1984; and photos from a distant cousin Vera. Also 'Brodick Old and New’ by James C. Inglis, Publisher; Arthur Guthrie & Sons Ltd.)
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