James Stewart
1805 - 1880 (75 years)
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Name James Stewart [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] Born Jan 1805 Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland 
[6, 7, 9, 10] Gender Male Baptism Jan 1805 Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland [2, 3] Baptism 6 Jan 1825 Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland [3] Residence 1841 Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland [9] Residence 1851 Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland [6] Relation to Head of House: Head Residence 1861 Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland [10] Relation to Head of House: Head Residence 1871 Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland [7] Relation to Head of House: Head Died 6 Apr 1880 Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland Person ID I29885 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 26 Sep 2026
Father John Stewart, Master Shoemaker in Drymen, b. 14 Jan 1772, Ardess, Buchanan, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. Between 1835 and 1841, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 62 years) Relationship natural Mother Mary Battison, b. 4 Oct 1773, Wester Spittal, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. Between 1851 and 1855, Dunbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Age 77 years) Relationship natural Married 10 Dec 1796 Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland Family ID F22574 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Gow, b. 6 Jul 1807, Tullochan, Kilmaronock, Dumbartonshire, Scotland , d. 21 Feb 1847, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 39 years) Married 9 Dec 1831 Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1, 5, 11, 12] Married 10 Dec 1831 New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [5, 8, 13] Children 1. Jane Stewart, b. 1833, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]2. Agnes Stewart, b. 1835, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]3. Mary Stewart, b. 1837, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]4. Flora B Stewart, b. 1839, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. 6 Oct 1884, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Age 45 years) [natural]5. Elizabeth Stewart, b. 1839, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. Between 1841 and 1851, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 2 years) [natural]6. Helen Stewart, b. 1841, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. 10 Jun 1876, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Age 35 years) [natural]7. Robina Stewart, b. 1844, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. 1877, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 33 years) [natural]Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F22576 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - James Stewart was born Jan 1805 in Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland as a son of John Stewart and Mary Battison. ("John Stewart Shoemaker Drymen and Mary Battison his wife had a son baptized in January 1805 named James." Drymen Parish Register)
On 9 Dec 1831, James Stewart, labourer, married in Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, to Elizabeth Gow, daughter of the deceased James Gow. Their marriage was registered secondly on 10 Dec 1831 in New Kilpatrick, Dunbarton, Scotland. ("1831, Drymen Parish, James Stewart, labourer in Drymen in this parish and Elizabeth Gow, daughter of the deceased James Gow, late at Tullochan in Kilmaronock, presently residing at Snab in the parish of New Kilpatrick, listed for proclamation of Banns, this 9th day of Dec'r 1831.")
In 1841, at age 35, James Stewart was residing in the Village of Drymen, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland with his wife and children. He was employed as an agricultural labourer.
Sometime after the birth of their last daughter Robina, and prior to the 1851 census, James Stewart's wife, Elizabeth Gow, died. Her exact date of death is unknown. Their daughter Elizabeth died about the same time and possibly their daughter Jane also. James was left to raise remaining young daughters by himself.
In 1851, at age 45, James Stewart was residing in Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, as a widower with his daughters Agnes, Flora, Helen and Robina. He was employed as a road surface man.
In 1861, at age 50 (sic), James Stewart was residing above the grocer's shop in Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his recently widowed daughter Mary Murphy and her infant son, John Murphy. James was employed as an agricultural labourer.
In 1871, at age 64, James Stewart was residing at High Road in Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with his daughter Mary Murphy and her son, John Murphy. James was employed as a road surface man.
James Stewart died on 6 Apr 1880 in Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland. (1880 Deaths in the parish of Drymen in the county of Stirling -- James Stewart, railway surfaceman, widower of Elizabeth Gow, died 6 Apr 1880 in Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, age 76, son of John Stewart, shoemaker, deceased, and Mary Battison, deceased. Informant: Mary Murphy, daughter.)
- James Stewart was born Jan 1805 in Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland as a son of John Stewart and Mary Battison. ("John Stewart Shoemaker Drymen and Mary Battison his wife had a son baptized in January 1805 named James." Drymen Parish Register)
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