Donald Stewart, in Auchalader

1814 - 1898  (84 years)

• Name	Donald Stewart  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Suffix	in Auchalader
  Born	26 Jul 1814	Auchnahard, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   [2, 3, 4, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	1815	Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   [1]
  Residence	1841	Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   [3]
  Residence	1851	Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Relation to Head of House: Brother
  Occupation	1871
  	Farmer
  Residence	1871	Auchallander, Glenorchy and Inishail, Argyll, Scotland   [6]
  Occupation	1881
  	Farmer of 20000 acres, employing 6 men & 2 women
  Residence	1881	Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland   [4]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Residence	1891	Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland
  	76 Age: 76; Head RelationToHead: Head
  Residence	1891	Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland   [1]
  	76 Age: 76; Head RelationToHead: Head
  Died	9 Aug 1898	Auchallander, Glenorchy and Inishail, Argyll, Scotland   [5]
  Person ID	I15351	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	Alexander "Alastair Mhor" Stewart, in Auchnahard,   b. 30 Mar 1777, Innercharnaig, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1841, Auchnahard, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age < 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Christian Stewart, in Auch,   b. 1771, Auch, Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. Between 1851 and 1861, Auchnahard, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	12 Jun 1803	Fortingall, Perthshire, Scotland   [7, 8]
  Family ID	F4004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret McKay,   b. Abt 1825, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Children	1. Archibald Mackay Stewart,   b. 1850, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 28 Jan 1892, Auchallander, Glenorchy and Inishail, Argyll, Scotland  (Age 42 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026
  Family ID	F4207	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Donald Stewart was born 26 July 1814 in Auchnahard, Glen Finglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, to Alastair Mhor Stewart in Auchnahard and Christian Stewart in Auch. Donald Stewart is recorded in the Glasingall court of session records as, "Donal farmer in Glenlyon (sic - Glenorchy), born 26 July 1814." Donald is found in family records and in the Account of Mrs Stewart of Milton and in census records. In 1871 and 1881 Donald was residing in Auchalader, Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland and was a farmer of 20,000 acres -- an enormous farm. Donald died on 9 Aug 1898 at Auchallander, Glenorchy, Argyll, Scotland at the age of 84. His death record shows his parents as Alexander Stewart and Christian Stewart. Donald never married but had relations with Margaret Mckay and had a natural son, Archibald McKay Stewart. Stewart, Donald, farmer, Achallander, Blackmount, died 9 August 1898 at Auchallander, testate. Confirmation granted at Inverary, 2 February, to John McNaughton, farmer, Inverlochlarig, Balquhidder, Eliza Brown or Stewart, Auchallander, William Brown, farmer, Edindonach, Dalmally, and John Stewart, Ledard, Aberfoyle. Executors nominated in Will or Deed, dated 17 May 1892, and codicil dated, 6 November 1895, and recorded with other writs and court books of Commissariat of Argyll, 31 January 1899. Value of Estate, £14,778, 6s, 19. (About £2.4M, $3.2M USD, $4.4M CAD/AUD in 2025.) Donald Stewart outlived his son, Archibald, whose widow Eliza Brown, named in the testament.

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] 1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Glenorchy; ED: 3; Page: 14; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1891_167. Record for Donald Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1108&h=1967518&indiv=try [S119] 1851 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Callander; ED: 8; Page: 2; Line: 3; Roll: CSSCT1851_72; Year: 1851. [S122] 1841 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Callander; ED: 8; Page: 1; Line: 980; Year: 1841. [S8] 1881 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Glenorchy; ED: 3; Page: 4; Line: 1; Roll: cssct1881_152. [S318] Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). [S163] 1871 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Glenorchy and Inishail; ED: 3; Page: 3; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1871_90. [S66] 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:XY34-C6R [S66] 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:XY34-C6T