Archibald Stewart, in Edra and Monachyle

1807 - 1896  (88 years)

• Name	Archibald Stewart  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Suffix	in Edra and Monachyle
  Born	11 Apr 1807	Edraleachdach, Strathgartney, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 16, 17]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	22 Apr 1807	Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   [2]
  Residence	1841	Monachyle, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland   [16, 17]
  Residence	1851	Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1871	Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1881	Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Relation to Head of House: Cousin
  Residence	1891	Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland   [6]
  	Relation to Head of House: Grand Uncle
  Died	27 Feb 1896	Monachyle, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
  Buried	Brig o' Turk, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland
  	Brig o' Turk Cemetery
  Person ID	I15271	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	Walter Stewart, in Lorachan and Edraleachdach,   b. Abt 1758, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 22 Jun 1822, Edraleachdach, Strathgartney, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 64 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth McDonald,   b. 5 Dec 1778, Arivurichardich, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 16 May 1848, Monachyle, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Between 24 Apr and 3 May 1800	Callander and Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland   [15, 18, 19, 20, 21]
  Family ID	F4833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Janet Buchanan,   b. 30 May 1820, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1871  (Age < 50 years)
  Married	Between 17 and 28 Apr 1845	Port of Menteith and Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   [7, 14, 15, 22, 23]
  Children	1. Isabella Stewart,   b. 29 Dec 1845, Wester Dullater, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. Walter Stewart,   b. 8 Feb 1848, Wester Dullater, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. John Stewart,   b. Abt 1850, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   4. Archibald John Stewart,   b. 28 Aug 1850, Wester Dullater, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   5. Elizabeth Stewart,   b. 2 Mar 1853, Wester Dullater, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   6. Duncan Stewart,   b. 29 Nov 1853, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F4194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Archibald Stewart was born 11 Apr 1807 in Edraleachdach on the north shore of Loch Katrine in Callander parish, Perthshire, Scotland, as a younger son of Walter Stewart in Edraleachdach and Elizabeth McDonald. In 1841, at age 30, Archibald Stewart was residing at Monachyle farm in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, with his widowed mother in the home of her brother, Donald McDonald. There is also an Archibald Stewart, age 30, residing at Dullatermore (Wester Dullater), Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, employed as an agriculturalist, who may be this same Archibald Stewart recorded twice in the census. Or it may be is same-aged cousin, Archibald Stewart in Colveny. On 17 Apr 1845, Archibald Stewart married in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, to Janet Buchanan. The marriage was also registered on 28 Apr 1845 in Callander Parish. In 1851, at age 43, Archibald Stewart was residing at Wester Dullater, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and two young children, Isabella and Archibald Jr. He was employed as a farmer employing two labourers. Archibald Stewart has not been found in 1861 (nor have any members of his family). On 15 Oct 1870, Archibald Stewart's brother, James Stewart in Edraleachdach and Lorrachan died, leaving the farmstead of Edraleachdach to Archibald with conditions: "Trustees shall allow my brother Archibald Stewart and his son Archibald John Stewart to remain upon and manage the farm of Edraleachalach with all its possessions and furnish the trustees information about the management of the farm yearly and for five years. After 5 years, “should my said Trustees be satisfied with the management and behaviour of the said Archibald Stewart and Archibald John Stewart” they were to convey the farm and it’s possessions to them. If the trustees were dissatisfied they were to sell the farm and its contents and “invest the sum of fifteen hundred pounds sterling in their own names for behoof of the said Archibald John Stewart in liferent for his liferent use….” In 1871, at age 54, Archibald Stewart was residing in Edraleachdach, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, with his children. He was a widower and employed as a farmer of 1600 acres (of which 28 were aerable). In 1875, the term of the trustees' conditions for inheriting Edraleachdach would have come due for review. In 1881, at age 73, Archibald Stewart was residing at Monachyle in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland in the home of his cousin Duncan Stewart of Monachyle. Archibald Stewart was employed as a retired farmer. Given that Archibald was found in 1881, ten years after his brother's death, residing again at Monachyle and is shown as a "retired farmer", and is not shown at Edraleachdach, this would seem to indicate that he did not satisfy the conditions of the testament above and that the farms of Edraleachdach and Lorachan were sold by the trustees and dispersed as per above. It must be noted that the trustees would have received £1500* each for their services in the event that Archibald failed to satisfy them of his fulfillment of the conditions. Such a huge payment could have influenced their evaluation of Archibald's success. (*£1500 in 1871 is worth roughly £225,000, or $300,000 USD, or $425,000 CAD/AUD in 2025.) In 1891, at age 83, Archibald Stewart was residing at Monachyle, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, in the home of his cousin, John McDonald Stewart McDonald of Monachyle. Archibald Stewart was identified as "grand-uncle" to John, however, this is not entirely accurate as their connection was through Archibald's mother. On 27 Feb 1896, at age 90, Archibald Stewart died at Monachyle in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland. "At Monachyle, Lochearnhead, on the 27th Inst., Archibald Stewart, late of Edra, Loch Katrine, in his 89th year. Friends, accept this (the only) intimation. Funeral from Monachyle to Brig o' Turk, on Tues 3d March at 9 am." (Edinburgh Evening News, Friday February 28, 1896)

  
  

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