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- According to the 1851 Ontario, Canada census, Daniel Stewart was born about 1773 in Scotland, Daniel is described in Stewarts of the South as, "Donald Stewart - a feuer in Greeloaning (sic, Greenloaning), Dunblane parish, is now living in Upper Canada, America (present-day Ontario, Canada). He has four sons who are all minors. John Stewart, brother of Donald Stewart, is a gardener and land surveyor in London, and is in respectable circumstances." Despite the very limited details provided in Stewarts of the South, they are sufficient to confidently identify this family.
Assuming that Daniel/Donald Stewart was born in Dunblane parish and didn't move there from elsewhere, then there is only one Daniel/Donald Stewart born in Dunblane parish who is close to being born in 1773 and that is Daniel Stewart, born 16 Apr 1775, son of Alexander Stewart (mother's name not given).
Stewarts of the South was written about 1815-1818. There is only one Donald/Daniel in the Dunblane parish records having children who would be the right age to described as minors around 1815-1818 and that is the Daniel Stewart shown here who married Christian/Chirsten McNab and had the children shown here. A perfectly matching Daniel Stewart and Christian McNab is found in 1851 in Easthope, Perth, Ontario, Canada with children that exactly match the Dunblane births shown here. Thus confirming that this family is indeed the family described in Stewarts of the South.
On 31 May 1807, Daniel Stewart married in Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland to Christian/Chirstan McNab. According to the 1851 Ontario, Canada census, Christian/Chirstan McNab was born in 1779. Her exact birth record has not been found.
Dunblane parish records show the following children born to Daniel and Christian:
1. Daniel Stewart 18 May 1808 in Dunblane
2. Janet Stewart, 10 Jan 1811 in Dunblane
3. Margaret Stewart, 19 Mar 1812 in Dunblane
4. Peter Stewart, 26 Apr 1814 in Dunblane.
5. Mary Stewart, 19 Apr 1816 in Dunblane
According to Stewarts of the South, written ca. 1815-1818, Daniel had four sons who were minors at the time. Only two sons' births can be found in Dunblane parish records. The remaining two sons are unaccounted for. It's possible that Stewarts of the South was in error on the number of sons that Daniel had.
In 1851, at age 78, Daniel Stewart was residing in Easthope, Perth, Ontario, Canada, with his wife Christian McNab (72). He was employed as a labourer. Their religion is Baptist. Residing with them was their daughter, Mary Stewart (34) and James Stewart (17). James exact relationship to the family has not been determined.
Residing two units away was their son Peter Stewart (37) and his wife Catherine Miller (33) and their children Alexander Stewart (6), Peter Stewart (4), and Catherine Stewart (2). Also residing with them was Ellen Monteath (11). Her relationship to the family is unknown.
In 1861, at age 87, Daniel Stewart was residing in North Easthope, Perth, Ontario, Canada, as a widower. He was "retired from his labours." His daughter Mary Stewart (44) was residing with him.
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Donald Stewart 1773 and Christian McNab 1779, res 1851 in Easthope, Perth, Ontario
1. Daniel Stewart 18 May 1808 in Dunblane
2. Janet Stewart, 10 Jan 1811 in Dunblane
3. Margaret Stewart, 19 Mar 1812 in Dunblane
4. Peter Stewart, 26 Apr 1814 in Dunblane. m Catherine Miller b 1818
1. Alexander Stewart, 1845
2. Peter Stewart 1847
3. Catherine Stewart 1849
5. Mary Stewart, 19 Apr 1816 in Dunblane
6. James Stewart, b 1834
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The only Daniel/Donald Stewarts born in Dunblane in the late 1700s are:
Daniel Stewart, b 16 Apr 1775, son of Alexander Stewart (no mother given)
Daniel Stewart, b 1 Apr 1792, son of Peter Stewart (no mother given)
Donald Stewart, b 2 Nov 1735, son of RObert Stewart (no mother given)
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The summer of 1832, saw a party of eight or nine families from Perthshire, Scotland- John and Alexander Stewart, Mrs. McTavish and three sons, whose husband died at sea of cholera, Peter and Alexander Crerar, George Scott and Donald Robertson . In 1833 came more families from Perthshire, Scotland- John and James Crerar, Robert Fraser, John Kippen, Donald McNaughton, Donald Stewart, Duncan Stewart, John Stewart , James Fisher, John McTavish and J. E . Linton. From 1835- 1841, settlement was slow. During this period, came Mrs. George Scott, James Stewart, Alexander Grant, Peter McTavish, who settled at Amulree, Perth County, Ontario, Canada. In 1840 came a party from Perthshire, containing Anderson, Fraser and McDermid
(A History of the North Easthope Pioneers, p25)
https://digitalcollections.ucalgary.ca/archive/A-history-of-the-North-Easthope-pioneers--County-of-Perth--Ontario--Canada--from-Perthshire--Scotland-2R3BF1FJQ60DR.html
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