Walter Stewart, Farmer at Kirkton

1783 - 1859  (76 years)

• Name	Walter Stewart  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Farmer at Kirkton
  Born	12 Feb 1783	Coilantogle, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	16 Feb 1783	Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   [1]
  Residence	1841	Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [2]
  Residence	1851	Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Died	23 Jul 1859	Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I20943	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	John Stewart, in Coilantogle,   b. 30 Sep 1744, Ardcheanochdan, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Janet Buchanan,   b. Abt 1750, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Married	8 Jan 1773	Callander, Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F4531	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1841, at age 56, Walter Stewart was residing alone at Kirkton House, Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He was employed as a farmer. In 1851 Walter Stewart is mentioned in his brother John's will in 1860 as a former farmer in Kirkton near Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Walter's will refers to himself as Walter Stewart, farmer at Kirkton, and mentions: Robert Stewart at Bucklivie near Balfron, son of Walter's brother Duncan Stewart, residing in Buchlivie. John Bimmie Wood, merchant at Eglinton Street, Glasgow James Robertson, clerk with Messers Pollock and Gilmour, merchants in Glasgow Robert Andrew, merchant at Neilston (The above are named as trustees.) Robert Stewart at Duntocher, brother John Stewart at Murdieston near Shotts, brother William Stewart in Australia, brother James Gourlay. shoemaker in Killearn, spouse of my late sister, Catherine. Catherine Binnie in Glasgow, daughter of John Binnie (trustee above) (These are listed at beneficiaries.) Witnessed by Alexander Robertson Ferguson, apprentice to Matthew Anderson, writer in Neilston; William Mullen in Neilston, son of the deceased Mark Mullen Andrew Young Mullen at ___ Mills John Donnachie, labourer at Neilston (receving financial gifts) Walter Stewart died upon the twenty-third day of July Eighteen hundred and fifty-nine.

  
  

• 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:X14K-FVF [S122] 1841 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Neilston; ED: 8; Page: 1; Line: 500; Year: 1841. [S119] 1851 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Neilston; ED: 8; Page: 61; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1851_122; Year: 1851.