Robert Stewart
1837 - 1922 (85 years)
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Name Robert Stewart [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Born 20 Jun 1837 Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Gender Male Race Scotch [2] Race Scotch [3] Race Scotch Race White Nationality Canadian [3] Residence 1851 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Residence 1851 Wellington, Canada West (Ontario), Canada [4] 14 Age: 14; EnumerationDistrict: 39; EnumerationDistrictName: Wellington County; SubEnumerationDistrict: 367; SubEnumerationDistrictName: Puslinch Occupation 1870 Carpenter Residence 1870 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence 1870 Chicago Ward 15, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA 32 Age: 32; FatherForeignBirth: Y; MotherForeignBirth: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 300; RealEstateValue: 1700; Carpenter Occupation: Carpenter Residence 1870 Chicago Ward 15, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA 32 Age: 32; FatherForeignBirth: Y; MotherForeignBirth: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 300; RealEstateValue: 1700; Carpenter Occupation: Carpenter Residence 1881 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Residence 1881 Ward 6, Hamilton City, Ontario, Canada [2] 42 Age: 42; Married MaritalStatus: Married Occupation 1891 Beverage Agent Residence 1891 Ward 7, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Residence 1891 Ward 7, Hamilton City, Ontario, Canada 56 Age: 56; Brewery Agent Occupation: Brewery Agent; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; DivisionNumber: 1; EnumerationDistrict: 72; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Head RelationToHead: Head; Canadian Presbyterian Religion: Canadian Presbyterian Occupation 1901 Beer Agent Religion 1901 Presbyterian Residence Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Residence Inc Occupation: Inc Residence 1901 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Residence 1901 Ontario, Canada 63 Age: 63; Agent Beer Occupation: Agent Beer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; DivisionNumber: A; EnumerationDistrict: 69; EnumerationDistrictName: Hamilton (City/Cité); LanguageSpoken: English; SubEnumerationDistrict: 2; SubEnumerat Residence 1911 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Residence 1911 , Hamilton East, Ontario StreetAddress: 101 Eric; 72 Age: 72; Income Occupation: Income; Presbyterian Religion: Presbyterian; CanRead: yes; CanWrite: yes; CountingDistrictName: 2 - Ward one; CountingDistrictNumber: 2; CountyNumber: 77; InsuranceCost: 75; LanguageSpoken: E; LifeIn Residence 1 Jun 1921 101 Eric Ave, Hamilton, Hamilton East, Ontario, Canada [3] 83 Age: 83; Presbyterian Religion: Presbyterian; Municipality: Ward 1; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; ClassOfHouse: Single House; ClassofWorker: 4; ConstructMaterials: Brick; EnumerationDistrict: 87; HomeOwnership: Owned; Industry: Died 25 Aug 1922 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada [1, 6] Buried Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada [6] Person ID I17504 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 9 Apr 2025
Father Robert Stewart, Jr., b. Abt 13 Jun 1813, Morell, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Jan 1849, Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada (Age 35 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary Gillespie, b. 12 Jul 1811, Deanston, Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Feb 1848, Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada (Age 36 years) Relationship natural Married 22 Jul 1836 Galt, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada Family ID F4707 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth McCallum, b. 4 Apr 1832, Gorbals, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland , d. 10 Nov 1912, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 80 years) Married 15 Jun 1866 Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada [7, 12] - Central Presbyterian Church
Children 1. Margaret E. Stewart, b. 31 Aug 1867, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada , d. 1954, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 86 years) [natural]2. Mary Elizabeth Stewart, b. 20 Apr 1869, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA , d. UNKNOWN [natural]3. Robert James Stewart, b. 12 Jul 1871, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA , d. 24 Apr 1906, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 34 years) [natural]4. Minnie Catharine Stewart, b. 3 Nov 1873, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada , d. 16 Apr 1956, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada (Age 82 years) [natural]Last Modified 9 Apr 2025 Family ID F4706 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Robert Stewart was born in Puslinch, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada on the family farm owned by his parents. His grandmother Catharine Stewart, his aunt Catharine Stewart, and his uncles Peter and William Stewart initially lived with the family. Robert's parents and grandmother died when Robert was only 11 years old leaving Robert as the eldest of four orphans. Robert and the two next eldest orphans were raised by their uncle, Peter Stewart and aunt, Catherine Stewart on the Stewart farm in west Puslinch, Wellington County, Ontario. Robert's youngest brother, James, was raised by his aunt Margaret McCallum in the nearby city of Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario.
In 1851 Robert was residing in Puslinch with this Uncle Peter Stewart and his orphaned siblings Hugh Stewart and Catharine Stewart. He has not been found in 1861 anywhere in Ontario. Sometime between 1851-1866 Robert moved to Chicago, Illinois, USA. The 1861 Puslinch census does not show Robert living with the rest of his siblings, so it is possible that he may have already left for Illinois by this time. However he has not been found in the 1860 American census. So it's possible that he may have been residing in Ontario in 1860 and the USA in 1861 thereby missing both censuses.
In 1866 Robert returned briefly to Hamilton to marry his first cousin, Elizabeth ("Edith") McCallum, whose mother, Margaret, was also Robert's father's sister. Robert's youngest brother, James, was a witness to the wedding. Robert Stewart is listed in Central Presbyterian Church's marriage record as residing in Chicago, Illinois, USA at the time of his wedding. Robert's sister, Catherine, emigrated to Bellflower, Illinois (south of Chicago).
Robert and Edith began their family in Hamilton -- where their first two daughters, Margaret and Mary were born. In late 1869 (after the birth of daughter Mary) or early 1870 (prior to the American census) Robert returned again to Chicago, Illinois, USA, this time with his young family. The 1870 USA census shows Robert with his wife and first two daughters living in Chicago. Robert was employed as a carpenter, like his father-in-law. Their third child, Robert, was born in Chicago.
By 1873 Robert and his family had returned again to Hamilton where their fourth child, Minnie, was born. The 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 census records all show Robert and his family living in Hamilton. 1901 census shows Robert as a "beer agent". In 1901 Robert's widowed mother-in-law/aunt Margaret McCallum was residing with Robert's family.
Robert and Edith had four children, but only one grandchild, who died as an infant in 1905. Robert died in 1922 from acute pneumonia. He was 85 years old. He had no suriviving descendants. With his death his line became extinct.
Robert's gravestone reads:
Hamilton Cemetery
Hamilton, Hamilton Municipality, Ontario, Canada
PLOT M/O, 1878
Inscription
Robert STEWART / died Aug. 25, 1922 / aged 85 years / Elizabeth McCALLUM / wife of / Robert STEWART / died Nov. 10, 1912 / in her 75th year / Robert James / their only son / died April 24, 1906 / in his 32nd year / Jack LEITH / 1873 - 1964 / John CAMERON / born June 27, 1861 / died July 11, 1921 / Annie CAMERON BEAR / born Nov. 4, 1875 / died Apr. 16, 1956 / Muriel / died Aug. 7, 1899 / Stewart / died July 28, 1908 / infant children of / John & Minnie / CAMERON / Charles CAMERON / born Dec. 24, 1879 / died Dec. 27, 1912 / John MUIR / born Mar. 4, 1857 / died Mar. 1, 1924 / James A. MUIR / born in Orkney / Scotland 1858 / died Oct. 24, 1942 / his wife / Margaret MUIR / 1872 - 1954.
- Robert Stewart was born in Puslinch, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada on the family farm owned by his parents. His grandmother Catharine Stewart, his aunt Catharine Stewart, and his uncles Peter and William Stewart initially lived with the family. Robert's parents and grandmother died when Robert was only 11 years old leaving Robert as the eldest of four orphans. Robert and the two next eldest orphans were raised by their uncle, Peter Stewart and aunt, Catherine Stewart on the Stewart farm in west Puslinch, Wellington County, Ontario. Robert's youngest brother, James, was raised by his aunt Margaret McCallum in the nearby city of Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario.
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Sources - [S84] Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.
Record for Robert Stewart - [S154] 1881 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1881; Census Place: Ward 6, Hamilton City, Ontario; Roll: C_13257; Page: 85; Family No: 415.
Record for Robert Stewart
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1577&h=3463431&indiv=try - [S115] 1921 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 62; Census Place: 62, Hamilton East, Ontario; Page Number: 15.
Record for Robert Stewart
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8991&h=3384237&indiv=try - [S268] 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1851; Census Place: Wellington, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C-11756; Page: 2; Line: 16.
Record for Robert Stewart
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1061&h=2149701&indiv=try - [S42] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934, Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 120.
- [S141] Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196269893/robert-stewart - [S272] Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869.
Record for Robert Stuart
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8510&h=139112&indiv=try - [S146] 1901 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1901; Census Place: Hamilton (City/Cité) Ward/Quartier No 1, Hamilton (City/Cité), Ontario; Page: 12; Family No: 119.
Record for Robert Stewart
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8826&h=11325617&indiv=try - [S190] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Chicago Ward 15, Cook, Illinois; Roll: M593_208; Page: 742A; Family History Library Film: 545707.
Record for Robert Stewart
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7163&h=17187034&indiv=try - [S61] 1911 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1911; Census Place: 2 - Ward one, Hamilton East, Ontario; Page: 11; Family No: 111.
Record for Margaret Murie
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8947&h=4679674&indiv=try - [S148] 1891 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Year: 1891; Census Place: Ward 7, Hamilton City, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6342; Family No: 65.
Record for Robt Stewart
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1274&h=4267729&indiv=try - [S389] Church Register.
- [S84] Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online.