Margaret Drummond-alias-McGregor

1810 - 1893  (82 years)

• Name	Margaret Drummond-alias-McGregor  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	17 Jun 1810	Balmuick, Glenlednock, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Margret Stewart  [1]
  Residence	1881	Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1891	Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	80 Age: 80; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; DivisionNumber: 2; EnumerationDistrict: 60; Married MaritalStatus: Married; Wife RelationToHead: Wife; Free Church Religion: Free Church
  Died	9 Jan 1893	Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Eden Cemetery, Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario   [2]
  Person ID	I9163	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	William Drummond,   b. Abt 1770, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1841  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret McEwan,   b. Abt 1775, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Relationship	natural
  Married	14 Aug 1796	Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F8557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Duncan Stewart,   b. Abt 2 Jan 1811, Morell, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1895, Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Married	14 Feb 1832	Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Married	14 Feb 1832	Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland   [3]
  Children	1. Catharine Stewart,   b. 2 Jan 1833, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Aug 1912, Frome, Southwold, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   2. Robert Bruce Stewart, Sr.,   b. 27 Nov 1835, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Feb 1911, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)  [natural]   3. Margaret Stewart,   b. 1837, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1840, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)  [natural]   4. Margaret Christina Stewart,   b. 13 Oct 1840, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 May 1920, Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   5. William Stewart,   b. 17 Nov 1842, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Dec 1915, Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)  [natural]   6. Duncan Stewart,   b. 1845, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1848, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)  [natural]   7. John Wood Stewart,   b. 7 Nov 1847, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Aug 1929, Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)  [natural]   8. Jane Anne Stewart,   b. 1849, Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1853, Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 4 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F4185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  (The following narrative history is based on information provided by the late Nora Smith and Edie Morra (nee Stewart).) Margaret Drummond was born in Upper Strathearn in 1811. A perfect match has been found for her birth family but she is unnamed in the birth record, thus it has eluded discovery. (Thanks to John Andrew Hutchison for discovering it.) 18/10/1795 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGARET MACEWAN, WILLIAM 08/10/1797 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGARET MCEWEN, JOHN 23/06/1799 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGARET MCEWEN, DONALD 07/06/1801 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGARET MCEWEN, DUNCAN 20/03/1803 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGT. MCEWEN, ALEXANDER 06/01/1805 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGT. MCEWEN, JAMES 21/09/1806 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGARET MCEWEN, CHRISTIAN 17/06/1810 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/ MCEWEN, daughter at Balmuick 19/12/1813 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGT. MCEWEN, DONALD (Several online trees show Margaret as the daughter of Gregor McGregor and Ann Drummond. This cannot be correct as this family is found in 1841 and 1851 living in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland with their daughter Margaret. It appears these trees are based solely on finding a chronological match for a Margaret McGregor born ca. 1811 in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland. ) On 14 Mar 1832, Margaret Drummond married in Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland to Duncan Stewart. Her name on the marriage record is recorded as "Mary" but this could easily be a transcription error for "Marg." Margaret's granddaughter recalled that Margaret was proud that she was actually a MacGregor whose Drummond surname was only an alias. During the lifetime of Margaret's husband's ancestor's life (Alexander Stewart, 1st of Ardvorlich) the Clan Gregor were outlawed and the MacGregor surname was banished in Scotland. MacGregors were forced to take on other surnames or face execution. Margaret's ancestors chose the alias of Drummond, but, like many other MacGregors, they held on to the memory that their real surname was MacGregor. Margaret shared memories of her life growing up in Upper Strathearn with her grandchildren. She recalled growing up in the beautiful surroundings of Sir Walter Scott's book, "The Lady of the Lake", including Loch Earn, Loch Katrine and Ben Vorlich. She recalled tragically that when she was a child playing on a hillside with her brother, James, a storm was coming. James took of his plaid, wrapped Margaret in it and sent her home. James took shelter under a tree which was struck by lightning, killing him. She also recalled going to town to purchase her first set of china dishes and having to remove her shoes and stockings to ford a stream while carrying the dishes home in the folds of her dress. Margaret married in 1832 to Duncan Stewart. They lived on Duncan's family farm in Upper Strathearn. (This reference is unclear. The family farm had been at Morell in Glentarken, but the family were evicted from Glentarken and moved to the nearby village of St. Fillans. The exact year of eviction is uncertain, but probably ca. 1812-1815. Whether the Stewarts had a farm in St. Fillans or lived otherwise is unknown.) Duncan and Margaret became increasingly disenchanted with the declining conditions of life in their home strath and increasingly enamoured with the promises of a better life in the New World. Shortly after the birth of their first daughter Catharine, Duncan and Margaret made a decision to move to the New World. The story of their life together in Canada is told in more detail in the notes of Margaret's husband. One funny story -- Margaret recalled being quite good at baking apple pies. When she came to Canada she heard all about these excellent pumpkin pies. She tried to bake a pumpkin pie following her apple pie recipe, using chunks of raw pumpkin in the pie. The pie was not eaten. Margaret's daughter Catharine's death registration specifies that her mother was born in Comrie (the town, not the parish). In 1871, Duncan and Margaret were residing in Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada with three of their adult children: Margaret C, William, and John. Also residing with them was 13 year old, Ontario-born, Annie Drummond (b 1858). She may be a clue to Margaret's birth family.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] 1891 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Year: 1891; Census Place: Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6333; Family No: 292. Record for Duncan Stuarts https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1274&h=3844446&indiv=try [S225] Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Duncan Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60527&h=2201476&indiv=try [S295] Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for Duncan Stewart https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=60144&h=2680452&indiv=try [S61] 1881 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1881; Census Place: Bayham, Elgin East, Ontario; Roll: C_13266; Page: 58; Family No: 297.