Walter Frangich Stewart, in Auchnahard
1777 - UNKNOWN
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Name Walter Frangich Stewart [1] Suffix in Auchnahard Born 8 May 1777 Auchnahard, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland 
[1] Christened 10 May 1777 Callander,Perth,Scotland [1] - 0 Age: 0
Gender Male Baptism 10 May 1777 Callander, Perthshire, Scotland Died UNKNOWN Person ID I18428 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father Donald Stewart, in Grodich and Auchnahard, b. Abt 1735, Gartnafuaran, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland , d. Abt 1780, Auchnahard, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland (Age ~ 45 years) Relationship natural Mother Catharine MacNab, in Braeleny, b. Abt 1755, Braeleny, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN Relationship natural Married 9 Apr 1776 Callander, Perthshire, Scotland Family ID F7195 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Robertson, b. Abt 1780, Kinellar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN Children 1. Daniel Stewart, b. 17 Mar 1807, Auchnahard, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]2. Charles Stewart, b. 3 Nov 1809, Auchnahard, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]3. Walter Stewart, b. Abt 1815, Auchnahard, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]4. Margaret Ainslie Stewart, b. 1820, Kinnellar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F4731 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Walter is described in Stewarts of the South as: "There is also another brother of the real family and is nearest to the above mentioned Walter; [he is] a tenant in Glenfinglas -- one of the eight tenants of the name of Stewart -- and pays a rent of one hundred guineas. This person is rather a silly indolent man, and, however, has some abilities, but cannot make any use of them, either for himself or family. [He] is married to a very genteel woman from Aberdeenshire. [He] has three sons [who are] under age."
And also as: "Mr Walter Stewart, Auchnahard [in] Glenfinglas, of the first branch of Gartnafuaran family, but very [illegible] them, an indifferent character to be so near the head of a family. £105. Earl of Murray's property. Unjustly turned out since this was wrote." (ca. 1815, the same time that the family moved to Aberdeen.)
The account of Mrs. Stewart of Milton says, "There were two Stewart families in Grodich. The earlier family are those who eventually went to Aberdeen. The latter went to Strathyre -- of this family was John who was nearly 100 when he died. Walter Stewart (Frangich) was in Glenfinlas. He married an Aberdeenshire woman McNab. He was of the first Grodichs." And also, "Walter Frangich had two sons who went to Aberdeen. Their names were, I think, Walter and Charles. Their mother was a MacNab and came from Aberdeenshire." Mrs. Stewart of Milton has conflated two generations of women: Walter's mother was a MacNab, but his wife was from Aberdeen.
Clan MacNab records indicate that Catharine MacNab, daughter of Donald MacNab of Braeleny, married firstly to a Stewart, by whom she had one son before her husband died. The son lived in Kinellar, Aberdeenshire, in 1820 with his family and an uncle, Alexander Stewart, when MacNab relatives from France came for a documented visit. They were referred to as "The French MacNabs." This would explain Walter's nickname of "Frangich" which means "French speaker."
Both the Stewarts of the South and Clan MacNab accounts can be easily reconciled with OPR and census records showing this Walter Stewart marrying Elizabeth Robertson from Kinellar, Aberdeenshire, and beginning their family in Auchnahard, Glenfinglas, Callander, Scotland and later moving to Kinellar, Aberdeenshire.
Walter's birth shown here matches geographically, chronologically, and onomastically.
- Walter is described in Stewarts of the South as: "There is also another brother of the real family and is nearest to the above mentioned Walter; [he is] a tenant in Glenfinglas -- one of the eight tenants of the name of Stewart -- and pays a rent of one hundred guineas. This person is rather a silly indolent man, and, however, has some abilities, but cannot make any use of them, either for himself or family. [He] is married to a very genteel woman from Aberdeenshire. [He] has three sons [who are] under age."
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Sources - [S276] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).
Record for Walter Stewart
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- [S276] Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;).