Katharine Stewart, in Castle Cottage

1784 - Aft 1861  (> 78 years)

• Name	Katharine Stewart  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	in Castle Cottage
  Born	22 Sep 1784	Tar in Ruskie, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Baptism	22 Sep 1784	Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland
  Residence	1851	Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, England   [3]
  	Relation to Head of House: Visitor
  Residence	1861	Edinburgh St George, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  Died	Aft 1861	Castle Cottage, Doune, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I16611	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	James Stewart, of Tar and Achray,   b. Abt 1730, Achray, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 22 Nov 1809, Auchray, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Agnes Anne Stewart, in Ballachulish,   b. Abt 1755, Ballachulish, Glencoe, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN, Tar in Ruskie, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Married	Abt 1778	Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F4425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Katherine Stewart was born 22 Sep 1784 at Tar in Ruskie in Port of Menteith parish, Perthshire, Scotland, as the daughter of James Stewart of Tar and Achray and Anne Stewart, daughter of Donald Stewart, identified as the Shooter in the Appin Murder. In 1805, Smith Stewart, in his will, lists his following half-sisters as being single and residing in Auchray, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, Scotland, at the time: Isabella, Catharine, Mary, Charlotte, and Lilias Stewart. Katherine Stewart has not been found in the 1841 census. In 1851, Katherine Stewart and her sister Isabella Stewart were residing in Leamington, Warwickshire, Scotland, with their servant Janet Ferguson. They were lodging in the home of Henry Price, a perfumer. In 1852, Katherine Stewart and her sister Isabella Stewart submitted testimony in the Glassingall Court of Session hearings regarding the hereditary ownership of the Glassingall estate. In their testimony, Catherine and Isabella spoke of their great-grandmother, Isobel Stewart of Annat*, who was married to Alexander 4th of Ballachulish. They also spoke of their grandmother having Annat aunties (although they did not name the grandmother) with whom she had boarded in Stirling. *Three of Katherine Stewart's four grandparents were Stewarts by birth. Her fourth grandparent was likely also a Stewart, but this is not confirmed. Most of her great-grandparents were also Stewarts by birth. Katherine Stewart was the daughter of Anne Stewart in Ballachulish, daughter of Donald Stewart, the Shooter, and Isabella Stewart in Ballachulish, who was the daughter of Alexander Stewart, 4th of Ballachulish, and Isabel Stewart in Annat, daughter of Alexander Stewart, 4th of Annat. In 1861, at age 76, Catherine Stewart was residing at 28 Castle Street in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, as a lodger in the home of Andrew Mather. Her sister, Isabella Stewart, was residing with her. Katherine Stewart's date of death is unknown. "The ladies of Castle Cottage appeared to have land at Cleish Mill which is near the Crook of Devon towards Clackmannanshire/ Kinross." (Siuna)

  
  

• Sources

  [S9] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X1XF-F6J [S121] 1861 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Edinburgh St George; ED: 5; Page: 6; Line: 14; Roll: CSSCT1861_126. [S20] 1851 England Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;), Class: HO107; Piece: 2072; Folio: 323; Page: 33; GSU roll: 87337-87338.