John Stewart
1803 - 1877 (73 years)
-
Name John Stewart Born 30 Oct 1803 Achra, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland 
Gender Male Occupation 1861 Mason Residence 1861 Milling, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland Died 20 Jan 1877 Grahamston, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland Person ID I16912 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father John Stewart, b. Abt 1760, Achra, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Between 1815 and 1841, 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 F4458 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Margaret McIlquham, b. 14 Jan 1806, Milton, Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton, Scotland , d. Bef 1841, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland (Age < 34 years) Married 15 Jan 1828 Kilmarnock, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Children 1. John Stewart, b. 1833, Kilmarnock, Dunbartonshire, Scotland , d. Between 1841 and 1851 (Age 8 years) [natural]2. Catherine Stewart, b. 1836, Luss, Dunbarton, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]3. William Stewart, b. 1836, Kilmarnock, Dunbartonshire, Scotland , d. Aft 1877 (Age > 42 years) [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F4416 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Catherine McNaughton, b. 1806, Arrochar, Dumbartonshire, Scotland , d. Aft 1877 (Age > 72 years) Married 5 Jun 1841 Kilmarnock, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Children 1. Margaret Stewart, b. 1841, Kilmarnock, Dunbartonshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]2. Elisabeth Stewart, b. 1843, Kilmarnock, Dunbartonshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]3. Alexander Stewart, b. 1845, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F4417 Group Sheet | Family Chart
-
Notes - John was recorded as a mason at his time of death. John's death was witnessed by his son, William Stewart in Gargunnoch. In 1851 John's wife and children are found residing in Mendhouie, Port of Menteith, but John is absent. Catherine is recorded as an agricultural labourer's wife. In 1861 John was residing in Milling, Port of Menteith with his wife and a 2 year old border named Willian Breyn born in Buchanan, Stirlingshire, relationship unknown.
There's an excellent match for John in 1841 residing in Gartocharn, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, shown as born ca 1811 in Dunbarton (sic), employed as a "pavement quarrier" with sons: John Stewart b 1833 in Dunbarton, and William Stewart b 1836 in Dunbarton, also residing with them is William Love, b 1816 in Scotland, also employed as a pavement quarrier. This matches on several accounts: we know John had a son William whom we can't find with his second marriage and thus presume is from his first marriage. Onomastics would suggest that John should have an older son named John whom we see here. And this elder John has no wife and we know John was a widower at the time of the 1841 census.
Armed with this info and going back to the 1851 I now find a John Stewart b 1809 in Kincardine (sic) residing at Portend, Port of Menteith, employed as a farm servant, with son William Stewart b 1836 in Kilmarnock, Dumbarton and residing with Janet Stewart b 1822 in Balquhidder (!). She's too young to be William's mother, so if this is the correct John and William (which I'm not sure of) then I wonder if Janet could be a previously undiscovered younger sister of John's? There's no other William Stewart around the right age born in Kilmarnock anywhere in 1851 so it looks pretty good, especially that he's residing with a father John who is close to the right age (despite the discrepency of the place of birth for John). They are all residing on the farm of Robert McKechnie.
In 1871 John is found residing in Curroch, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland employed as a mason. he is residing with his wife, Catherine and daughter Margaret, along with his grandchildren, Catherine and William Buchanan, ages 5 yrs and 6 mos.
- John was recorded as a mason at his time of death. John's death was witnessed by his son, William Stewart in Gargunnoch. In 1851 John's wife and children are found residing in Mendhouie, Port of Menteith, but John is absent. Catherine is recorded as an agricultural labourer's wife. In 1861 John was residing in Milling, Port of Menteith with his wife and a 2 year old border named Willian Breyn born in Buchanan, Stirlingshire, relationship unknown.