Helen Stewart

1843 - 1859  (16 years)

• Name	Helen Stewart  [1]
  Born	1843	Cashley Mill, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1851	Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Relation to Head of House: Daughter
  Died	27 Feb 1859	Upper Kepdowrie, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I31019	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	26 Sep 2026

  
  

  Father	Andrew Stewart, in Kepdowrie,   b. 31 Jul 1811, Ballaird, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland ,   d. 5 Feb 1891, Over Kepdowie, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland  (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Janet McAlpine,   b. 1821, Bellwill, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Married	25 Apr 1840	Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  Married	12 Jun 1840	Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [2]
  Married	12 Jun 1840	Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F22904	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Helen Stewart was born in 1843 in Cashley Mill, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, as a daughter of Andrew Stewart and Janet McAlpine. In 1851, at age 7, Helen Stewart was residing at Kepdowrie, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with her parents and sisters. In late February 1859, a scarlet fever outbreak devastated the Stewart household, killing five of their nine daughters in a week. Helen was the third to die. Helen Stewart died on 27 Feb 1859 at age 15 at Upper Kepdowrie, Drymen, Stirlingshire, Scotland. "1859 Deaths in the Parish of Drymen in the County of Stirling. Stewart, Helen, single, died 1859 February twenty seventh, age 15 and a half, daughter of Andrew Stewart, farmer, and Janet Stewart, maiden name Stewart (sic), cause Scarlatina, buried in the churchyard at Buchlyvie by John Strang. Informant: Robert Stewart, uncle." (Scotland Statutory Register of Deaths)

  
  

• Sources

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