Duncan Stewart, in Bohellachan and Thornhill
1806 - 1886 (79 years)
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Name Duncan Stewart [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] Suffix in Bohellachan and Thornhill Born 16 Mar 1806 Auchraw, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland 
[1, 3, 4, 9, 10] Gender Male Baptism 16 Mar 1806 Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland [2, 8] Residence 1841 Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland [10] Residence 1851 Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland [1] Relationship: Head Residence 1861 Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland [4] Relation to Head of House: Head Residence 1871 Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland [3] Relation to Head of House: Head Residence 1881 Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland [9] Relation to Head of House: Boarder Died 1886 Glenhead, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland Person ID I15574 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 26 Sep 2026
Father John Stewart, in Wester Achra, b. Abt 1760, Auchraw, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Between 1815 and 1835, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 55 years) Relationship natural Mother Margaret McDonald, b. Abt 1770, Scotland , d. Aft 1841, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland (Age > 72 years) Relationship natural Married 3 Aug 1793 Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland Family ID F4549 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jean McLaren, b. 2 Feb 1800, Westwood Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 28 Jul 1880, Glenhead, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 80 years) Married 12 Jul 1829 Kincardine-by-Doune, Perthshire, Scotland [11, 12] Children 1. John Stewart, b. 26 Apr 1830, Auchalty, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. 24 May 1877, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 47 years) [natural]2. Janet Stewart, b. 14 Oct 1832, Bohellachan, Drymen, Stirling, Scotland , d. 5 Nov 1913, Thornhill, Norriestown (formerly Kincardine), Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 81 years) [natural]3. Margaret Stewart, b. 26 Feb 1835, Bohellachan, Drymen, Stirling, Scotland , d. 16 Dec 1915, Glenhead, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland (Age 80 years) [natural]4. Jean Stewart, b. 2 Mar 1837, Boquhapple, Kincardine-by-Doune, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 13 Mar 1883, Dalmary, Scotland (Age 46 years) [natural]5. Peter Stewart, b. 15 Apr 1839, Boquhapple, Kincardine-by-Doune, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1921, Lenzie Mill, Cumbernauld, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Age 81 years) [natural]6. Duncan Stewart, b. 6 Oct 1842, Boquhapple, Kincardine-by-Doune, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1 Jun 1898, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 55 years) [natural]7. Robert McLaren Stewart, b. 18 Aug 1844, Thornhill, Norriestown (formerly Kincardine), Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 20 Apr 1919, Bonny Bridge, Deney, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 74 years) [natural]Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F4299 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Duncan Stewart was born 16 Mar 1806 in Achra, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, as a son of John Stewart and Margaret McDonald.
On 12 Jul 1829, Duncan Stewart married in Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, to Jean McLaren. Her family were at Westwood lane on the Blair Drummond Moss, however her parents came from Lochearnside close to Duncan's birth place of Achra. The marriages was also recorded in the parish of Drymen: "Duncan Stewart, labourer, at Bohellecan in this parish (Drymen), and Jane McLaren, daughter of John McLaren, farmer at Mime? in the parish of Kincardine listed for proclamation of banns this 11th day of July, 1829." (Drymen Parish Register)
In 1835, "Duncan and Mrs Stewart, [and] Margaret Stewart in Bohellachan" were listed in the Drymen Parish Communion Examination Roll. This would be Duncan and his wife and his widowed mother.
In 1841, at age 30, Duncan Stewart was residing at Little Mill, Boquapple, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and several of their children. He was employed as a miller.
In 1851, at age 52, Duncan Stewart was residing at Little Mill, Boquapple, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and several of their children. He was employed as a miller.
In 1861, at age 65, Duncan Stewart was residing at Little Mill, Boquapple, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and two of their children and two grandchildren. He was employed as a miller.
In 1871, at age 66, Duncan Stewart was residing at Miller's House, Little Mill (Boquhapple), Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, with several of his adult children and grandchildren. He was employed as a miller of oatmeal.
In 1881, at age 75, Duncan Stewart, widower, was residing at Glenhead in Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland, in the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Robert Thomson. Duncan was listed as an annuitant.
Duncan Stewart, miller, widower of Jean McLaren, died 9 Mar 1886, age 78 years, son of John Stewart, general labourer, deceased, and Margaret Stewart (nee McDonald), deceased. Informant: Duncan Thomson, grandson.
This is the Duncan Stewart mentioned in Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions for Kincardine Cemetery: "24b 1862. By Duncan STEWART and Jean and Christina MCLAREN, in memory of their father John MCLAREN, farmer (in) Lenniston, died 1 MAR184-, age 82, mother Janet STEWART, AUG 1811, age 42, sister Mary, MAR 1818 (sic 1813), age 20. (remainder buried under turf)."
- Duncan Stewart was born 16 Mar 1806 in Achra, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, as a son of John Stewart and Margaret McDonald.
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