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- Elisabeth Stewart was born in 1799 in the clachan of Morell, Easter Glentarken, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. The Comrie OPR records her place of birth as "Moril." Her parents seem to have varied from the traditional Scottish naming custom by naming her after her maternal grandmother, Elisabeth MacNab, instead of her paternal grandmother, Margaret Mclaren.
Elisabeth was the second daughter of Robert Stewart and Catharine McNaughtan. It is not known if she married. Her whereabouts after immigration is unknown. 1842 census records indicate that three of the eldest daughters were resident in the Stewart household in Puslinch, but by 1851 these daughters had moved elsewhere. It's not known for certain if Elizabeth was one of the three.
According the Llewella McIntyre's notes, Elisabeth married a McNaughton. His exact identity is not confirmed, and it is not known if she married in Scotland or Canada, but he could be John McNaughtan of Balquhidder. If so, then they were married in May 1834 just prior to the family leaving for Canada.
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