Flora B Stewart
1839 - 1884 (45 years)
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Name Flora B Stewart [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] Born 1839 Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland 
[1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8] Gender Female Residence 1841 Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland [2] Residence 1851 Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland [1] Relation to Head of House: Daughter Residence 1861 Glasgow St Peter, Lanarkshire, Scotland [8] Relation to Head of House: Cousin Residence 1871 Falkirk Landward, Stirlingshire, Scotland [5] Relation to Head of House: Wife Residence 1881 Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland [4] Relation to Head of House: Wife Died 6 Oct 1884 Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [7] Buried 8 Oct 1884 West Dunbartonshire, Scotland [7] Person ID I29890 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 26 Sep 2026
Father James Stewart, b. Jan 1805, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. 6 Apr 1880, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 75 years) Relationship natural Mother Elizabeth Gow, b. 6 Jul 1807, Tullochan, Kilmaronock, Dumbartonshire, Scotland , d. 21 Feb 1847, Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Age 39 years) Relationship natural Married 9 Dec 1831 Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland [11, 12, 13, 14] Married 10 Dec 1831 New Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [14, 15, 16] Family ID F22576 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Walter McFarlane, b. 1844, Gartmore, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN Married 16 Jul 1867 Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland [6, 17] Children 1. Robert McFarlane, b. 30 Jul 1869, Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland , d. Bef 1871 (Age < 1 years) [natural]2. James McFarlane, b. 1 Feb 1871, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]3. Elizabeth Gow McFarlane, b. 15 Mar 1873, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. 4 Jan 1951, Ealing, Middlesex, England (Age 77 years) [natural]4. Mary McFarlane, b. 1875, Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]5. Flora McFarlane, b. 1878, Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. 10 May 1919, Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Age 41 years) [natural]6. John McFarlane, b. 1881, Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland , d. UNKNOWN [natural]Last Modified 26 Sep 2026 Family ID F22579 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Flora B Stewart was born in 1839 in Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, as a daughter of James Stewart and Elizabeth Gow. Her middle name is not known but is likely Battison.
In 1841, at age 2, Flora Stewart was residing in Drymen VIllage, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with her parents and sisters.
Sometime between 1844-1851, Flora's mother and her sister Elizabeth died. Her sister Jane may have died about the same time. Their father was left widowed to raise the remaining daughters himself.
In 1851, at age 12, Flora Stewart was residing in Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with her widowed father a three of her surviving sisters. She was a student in school.
In 1861, at age 20 (sic), Flora Stewart was residing at 2 York Lane in St. Peter's district of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the home of her cousins Peter and Jean McIntosh (nee Jane Stewart, daughter of Andrew Stewart and Jean Campbell). Flora was employed as a domestic servant.
On 16 Jul 1867 in Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland, Flora Stewart age 25, married to Walter McFarlane, age 21. They had seven children together.
In 1871, at age 32, Flora B McFarlane was residing at Sunnyside, Falkirk Landward, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with her husband and their infant son James.
In 1881, at age 39 (sic, 42), Flora McFarlane was residing at Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with her husband and children.
Flora McFarlane died on 6 Oct 1884 in Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, at the age of 45. Her husband continued to raise the children on his own and never remarried.
- Flora B Stewart was born in 1839 in Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, as a daughter of James Stewart and Elizabeth Gow. Her middle name is not known but is likely Battison.
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