Robert Stewart, in Campbelltown
Abt 1781 - 1865 (~ 83 years)
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Name Robert Stewart [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] Suffix in Campbelltown Born Abt 1 Jul 1781 Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland 
[1, 2, 5] Gender Male Baptism 1 Jul 1781 Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland [3] Occupation 1851 Farmer Residence 1851 Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada [2] Residence 1861 Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada [1] Religion: Church of Scotland; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Head Died 1865 Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada [5] Buried Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada [5] Person ID I17971 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father Donald Daniel Stewart, in Wester Ardveich and Kichp, b. Abt 1738, Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Abt 1817, Keip in Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 79 years) Relationship natural Mother Catharine McLaren, b. Abt 1740, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN Relationship natural Married Between 16 and 29 Jun 1776 Comrie and Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland Family ID F4220 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary McGregor, b. Abt 1785, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Between 1831 and 1843 (Age ~ 46 years) Married 14 Jan 1812 Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland [7] Children 1. Jean Stewart, b. Abt 5 Oct 1813, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]2. Donald Stewart, b. Abt 28 Nov 1815, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 1867, Horton Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 51 years) [natural]3. Cathrine Stewart, b. Abt 12 Sep 1817, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 20 Feb 1883, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 65 years) [natural]4. Duncan Stewart, b. 16 Sep 1819, Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]5. Alexander Stewart, b. 27 Jun 1822, Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]6. Margaret Stewart, b. Abt 6 Jan 1829, Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland , d. 12 Feb 1891, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 62 years) [natural]7. John Robert Stewart, b. May 1831, Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland , d. 19 Mar 1887, Horton Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 55 years) [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F4611 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Janet Ferguson, b. 11 May 1783, Derry, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland , d. 21 Jul 1880, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 97 years) Married 17 Mar 1843 Bathust, Lanark, Ontario, Canada Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F4610 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Robert Stewart was born in 1781 in Wester Ardveich, on the north shore of Loch Earn in Comrie parish, Perthshire, Scotland, as the youngest child of Donald Stewart in Keip and Catherine McLaren, on lands that had been in his family for three generations.
In 1812, at age 31, Robert Stewart married in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland to Mary McGregor. Her birth family has not been identified. They began their family at Ardvorlich on the south shore of Loch Earn where Robert likely worked as a shepherd.
In 1818, at age 37, Robert Stewart moved his family to Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland, where he was employed as a shepherd to Capt. Duncan Stewart, 16th of Glenbuckie, and Factor to the Duke of Argyll. Duncan Stewart held lands in both Balquhidder and Campbelltown.
About this time, Robert Stewart was described in Stewarts of the South as "a shepherd to Captain Stewart of Glenbuckie. He was living at Kintyre, [Argyll, Scotland]."
Robert Stewart and Mary continued to have children in Kintyre until 1831, afterwhich they immigrated to Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, and settled on a farm next-door to Robert's nephew James Stewart, who preceded them in 1830. Robert and Mary's exact date of immigration is unknown.
The only mention of Robert Stewart in The Story of Renfrew is in reference to his son:
"J. R. Stewart, who, belonging to another branch of the Stewart family and whose father was one of the settlers on the second line alongside of [his nephew] the pioneer James Stewart, left the farm which he had inherited and had wrought for some years, coming to Renfrew well on in the 'sixties.'" (Campbell, Rev. Robert, and Smallfield, William Elgood, The Story of Renfrew - from the coming of the first settlers about 1820 to 1928. Mercury Newspaper Publishing, 1914, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada)
From this quote, we can infer that Robert Stewart may have immigrated shortly after as his nephew, James Stewart (b 1798 in Wester Ardveich), who immigrated in 1830.
Robert Stewart and his family have not been found in 1841.
Sometime between 1831-1843, Robert Stewart's first wife, Mary McGregor died.
On 17 Mar 1843, at age 61, Robert Stewart married secondly in Bathust, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, to Janet Ferguson. She was born in Derry on Loch Earn, not far from where Robert Stewart was born. She was 59 and they did not have any children together.
In 1851, at age 74, Robert Stewart was residing in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, with his second wife, Janet Ferguson, and his 20-year-old son, John. Robert was employed as a farmer. They are listed nearby to his nephew, James Stewart.
In 1861, at age 79, Robert Stewart was residing in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, with his second wife, Janet. He was residing on the farm of his son, John (29) and John's wife, Margaret (28), and their son, James (1).
Robert Stewart died in 1865. He is listed on the big McIntyre/McLaren gravestone in the McLaren Cemetery, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, shown as "Robert Stewart, 1780-1865, Donald Stewart, ___-1867, Margaret Stewart, 1809-1891."
- Robert Stewart was born in 1781 in Wester Ardveich, on the north shore of Loch Earn in Comrie parish, Perthshire, Scotland, as the youngest child of Donald Stewart in Keip and Catherine McLaren, on lands that had been in his family for three generations.
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