Margaret Stewart

1797 - 1875  (78 years)

• Name	Margaret Stewart  [1, 2]
  Born	1797	Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1851	Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Relation to Head of House: Sister
  Residence	1871	Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Relation to Head of House: Head
  Died	22 Jan 1875	Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I29909	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

  
  

• Notes

  Margaret Stewart was born in 1797 in Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, as the eldest daughter of John Stewart and Mary Battison, although no record of her birth has been found. She was named after her maternal grandmother, Margaret Battison nee Stewart. Margaret Stewart has not been found in the 1841 census. In 1851, at age 50 (incorrectly transcribed as 30 at Ancestry), Margaret Stewart was residing at College Street in Dunbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, in the home of her younger sister, Agnes Stewart. Margaret was employed as a washer woman. Also residing in the home were Margaret's elderly widowed mother, Mary, and her siblings Janet and Robert Stewart, along with her 8-year-old niece Mary Currie. Margaret Stewart has not been found in the 1861 census. In 1871, at age 70, she is believed to be the Margaret Stewart residing at Drumpark Road in the Village of Drymen, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland. Margaret Stewart died on 22 Jan 1875 in Drymen Village, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland. "1875-Deaths in the Parish of Drymen in the County of Stirling. Margaret Stewart, pauper, former domestic servant, single, died 1875, January twenty second, about 77 years, daughter of John Stewart, shoemaker, and Mary Stewart (nee Battison). Informant: James Stewart, brother, Drymen." (Scottish Statutory Register of Deaths)

  
  

• Sources

  [S163] 1871 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Drymen; ED: 8; Page: 8; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1871_82. [S119] 1851 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Dumbarton; ED: 6; Page: 31; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1851_106; Year: 1851.