A CHRONOLOGICAL
HISTORY
OF THE WILLIAM STEWART/ELIZABETH ERSKINE
and
MARGARET LIVINGSTONE FAMILY
Compiled
by Dawn Gardiner James
CHRONOLOGICAL
HISTORY OF WILLIAM STEWART/ELIZABETH ERSKINE
We have three choices on the birth of William Stewart.
1. June 30, 1777 John Stewart and Margaret Ferguson, his spouse in Doune had a child baptized called William and Thomas Stewart both in Doune.
2. William legitimate son to James Steuart and Margaret Fergusson in Wester Clochfoldich baptized July 22, 1777 Logierait
3. William Stewart legitimate son to James Stewart and Margaret Walker in Balendune, Clockfoldich July 25th
Note: I have read ages ago that the spelling of Steuart particularly I earlier generations was very important. I think two separate branches. Steuarts of Ballechin related to John of Bonkyll who was kings brother rather than son. They lived in same vicinity.
William Stewart says he is old Atholl family. Both the Clochfoldich Stewart's spell their name Steuart. Both married in 1777 one Feb and little Clochfoldich, one in August which means William is first child. SR
Choice 1:
If William was born in Kilmadock, Perth, Scotland to John Stewart and Margaret Ferguson, this is the document:
Choice 2:
We have three choices on the birth of William Stewart.
1. June 30, 1777 John Stewart and Margaret Ferguson, his spouse in Doune had a child baptized called William and Thomas Stewart both in Doune.
2. William legitimate son to James Steuart and Margaret Fergusson in Wester Clochfoldich baptized July 22, 1777 Logierait
3. William Stewart legitimate son to James Stewart and Margaret Walker in Balendune, Clockfoldich July 25th
Note: I have read ages ago that the spelling of Steuart particularly I earlier generations was very important. I think two separate branches. Steuarts of Ballechin related to John of Bonkyll who was kings brother rather than son. They lived in same vicinity.
William Stewart says he is old Atholl family. Both the Clochfoldich Stewart's spell their name Steuart. Both married in 1777 one Feb and little Clochfoldich, one in August which means William is first child. SR
Choice 1:
If William was born in Kilmadock, Perth, Scotland to John Stewart and Margaret Ferguson, this is the document:
Choice 2:
Choice 3:
1780 July 25 William Stewart was born in Perthshire, Scotland (age 60 on 1841 census of New Mill, Scone, Perth; adult ages were rounded down, FHL101911).
1779 August 12, Margaret Livingston legitimate daughter to John Livingston and Margaret (MacDonald)
1792 March 16, Elizabeth Erskine Birth in Dull Parish, Daughter to Alexander Erskine and Isabel McGregor, Baillntuim (later reported in Dull Parish)
13 Feb 1808 Will'm Stewart, Logierait, and Isabel Erskine in this parish gave up their names to be proclaimed, in order to marriage. (Dull Parish Register, FHL102713).
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1792 March 16, Elizabeth Erskine Birth in Dull Parish, Daughter to Alexander Erskine and Isabel McGregor, Baillntuim (later reported in Dull Parish)
13 Feb 1808 Will'm Stewart, Logierait, and Isabel Erskine in this parish gave up their names to be proclaimed, in order to marriage. (Dull Parish Register, FHL102713).
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Feb 1808 William Stewart, shoemaker, in Little Clochfoldich, and Elizabeth Erskine in Derculich, Dull
Parish gave up their names for proclamation of Banns in order to
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Feb 1808 marriage. Granted marriage lines the 28th current
(Logierait Parish Register, FHL102757).
1808 Jean Stewart was born, daughter of
William Stewart [and Elizabeth Erskine] at [Clochfoldich], Logierait Parish
(1851 census; and death record. Margaret
S. Gardiner said Jean was born about 1809; Salt Lake Temple record, FHL183462,
p458, #15133).
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Jan 1811 Elizabeth [Betty] Stewart was born at [Clochfoldich], Logierait
Parish, daughter of William Stewart, shoemaker, [and Elizabeth Erskine] (1851
census of Kirkton, Kinclaven, Perth, and family record. Margaret S. Gardiner said Elizabeth was born
"abt 1812," Salt Lake Temple
record, p177, #6247, FHL184090).
1813 Mary Stewart was born "abt
1814." (Margaret S. Gardiner, Salt
Lake Temple record, p458, #15134, FHL183462).
Margaret
S. Gardiner [at age 66] did the temple work for her aunts, Jane and Mary. She
was proxy for their baptisms 15 Jun 1915 (p458, #15133, FHL183462 Jane; and
#15534, Mary), for Jane's endowment 12 Nov 1915 (FHL184114, #20155) and for
Mary's endowment 19 Nov 1815 (FHL184114, p735, #20854).
1813 "Mrs. William Stewart", grandmother
of Margaret S. Gardiner, died "abt 1814" (Margaret S. Gardiner, Salt
Lake Temple Record, FHL183416, p265, #9515).
(The
following marriage entry convinced me that the "Abt" dates given by
Margaret needed to be rolled back one year.
William's first wife, Elizabeth Erskine, obviously died before 1814. Mary was born the same year her mother died
and Jean and Betty gave their own census ages that indicate 1808 and 1811 birth
years.)
Dec 1813 William Stewart, shoemaker,
Clochfoldich, and Margaret Livingstone, Stanley, Redgorton Parish, gave up
their names for proclamation of marriage.
2 Jan 1814 Granted marriage lines 2 January 1814 (Logierait Parish Register, FHL102757).
2 Jan 1814 Granted marriage lines 2 January 1814 (Logierait Parish Register, FHL102757).
23 Dec 1814 Janet, Lawful Daughter to William Stewart, shoemaker, & Margaret Livingstone in Little Clochfoldich, was born Dec'r 23rd & bap 26th 1814 (Logierait Parish Register, p105, FHL102756).
08 Feb 1819 Margaret, Lawful Daughter to William
Stewart, shoemaker, & Margaret Livingstone in Little Clochfoldich, was born
February 8th & baptized 9th 1819 (Logierait Parish Register, p153,
FHL102756).
01 Feb 1822 John, Lawful Son to William Stewart,
Shoemaker, & Margaret Livingstone in Little Clochfoldich, was born February
1st and baptized 6th 1822 (Logierait Parish Register, p181, FHL102757).
1842 arrival date: (note that John's father William Stewart is reported to be alive.)
John Stewart and Jane Duncan:
John Stewart and
his family were well respected in the Bald Hills community and active members
of the local Presbyterian church, John serving as an Elder for nearly 40
years. The earliest Presbyterian
services in the Bald Hills district were conducted at the Stewart home until a
small slab and shingled church was erected in 1863 at the corner of the
Strathpine and Bald Hills roads.
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Jan 1834 Elizabeth Stewart, daughter of William Stewart, shoemaker, and
Elizabeth Erskine, married Robert
Stewart, son of Robert and Amelia R. Stewart. (see page 8).
John Stewart and Jane Duncan:
Janet (Jessie), Margaret
and her husband John Connolly and John Stewart departed Dundee in Scotland to
emigrate to Australia on the ‘Anne Milne’,
in September 1841 and landed in
Sydney cove on 17th January 1842.
Margaret Stewart must have
married shortly before the voyage as she was living with her father William and
infant niece Elisabeth in the 1841 census.
John Connolly was a wheelwright, from Kings County (Offaly) in Ireland. William Stewart was listed as a parent and Margaret Livingstone, mother of the ‘Anne Milne’ trio, was listed as a deceased parent on the ship records. Jane Duncan who was a 15 year old domestic servant was also on board the Anne Milne. She would later marry William Stewart. Did they meet on board or did they connect in Australia?
Unknown to the Australian family at the time, their step-sister Elisabeth and husband Robert Stewart and family members may have watched their boat depart Scotland’s shoreline.
John Connolly was a wheelwright, from Kings County (Offaly) in Ireland. William Stewart was listed as a parent and Margaret Livingstone, mother of the ‘Anne Milne’ trio, was listed as a deceased parent on the ship records. Jane Duncan who was a 15 year old domestic servant was also on board the Anne Milne. She would later marry William Stewart. Did they meet on board or did they connect in Australia?
Unknown to the Australian family at the time, their step-sister Elisabeth and husband Robert Stewart and family members may have watched their boat depart Scotland’s shoreline.
The Stewart Family’s Arrival in Australia
Probably the very
best account that could be given of the conditions in a penal colony at the
time they arrived is that written by Charles Duncan, the brother of John Stewart’s
wife – Jane Duncan. This article is pasted at the end of the document. Charles
made no mention of the fact that two of his siblings youngest sister Ann, and
eldest brother James, died on the
voyage, his baby sister Ann and eldest brother James Duncan. The Duncan family headed to the Hunter Valley
soon after arriving in Sydney. John
Stewart joined them later after earning some money working as a carpenter. Charles Duncan’s father, James, was employed as a convict overseer and
saw some terrible scenes with convicts being ill-treated. The push factor for Charles and his brother
David to leave the Hunter Valley was the
constant floods. The pull factor was
brother in law Thomas Gray who was
settled in Brisbane and informed them of new allotments at Bald Hills on the
outskirts of Brisbane. Charles
Duncan did not stay long farming at Bald
Hills and moved on to other ventures but David Blackether Duncan also married to an
unrelated Stewart from the Fort William area of Scotland and John Stewart and Jane Duncan remained in
the area. The area they settled was
pin-marked for a settlement to support a proposed large port at the nearby
coastal area of Bramble Bay where Sandgate now is located.
John Stewart and Jane Duncan Stewart – first settlers
at Bald Hills, Brisbane
After their
experiences on the Hunter River, the settlers selected the higher ground for
their farms, erecting their first houses [apparently slab and bark] on the low
ridge above the South Pine River where St Peter's Anglican School is now
situated. Fearing attack from
Aborigines, their houses were loop-holed for rifles and located within sight of
each other. These precautions proved
unnecessary, for at the request of Thomas Gray and other settlers in the area
between Cabbage Tree Creek and Caboolture, a detachment of Native Police was
stationed at Sandgate from 1858 to 1862.
Under the command of Lieutenant Frederick Wheeler, the Native Police
eliminated Aboriginal resistance to white settlement in the Pine Rivers,
Cabbage Tree Creek and Caboolture districts by the early 1860s.
The Stewart and
Duncan families cleared the gentle slopes along the South Pine River for their
crops. By the end of the 1860s most of
the valuable stands of red cedar and hoop pine in the Bald Hills district had
been removed, although much scrub remained.
Through the 1860s, 1870s and 1880s maize, potatoes and some oaten and
wheaten hay were the principal cash crops, and John Stewart had early
experimented with arrowroot and cotton, for which he won bronze and silver
medals at the London International Exhibition of 1862. Following the opening of a railway to Bald
Hills in 1888, dairying became the principal economic activity in the district. By 1929, dairy farmers at Bald Hills were
supplying up to 1000 gallons of milk daily to Brisbane and Sandgate.
11 Nov 1836 Jean Stewart, daughter of William Stewart, shoemaker, married James Crichton in Scone Parish (see page 5).
07 Jun 1841 Census
of New Mill, Scone, Perth (FHL101911, adult ages are rounded down).
William Stewart 60 Shoemaker
born
in county
Margaret Stewart 20 born in county
Margaret Stewart 20 born in county
Elizabeth Stewart 1 born
in county
Abt 1851 William Stewart, shoemaker, died at Kinclaven (Margaret S. Gardiner).
JAMES CRICHTON/JEAN STEWART FAMILY
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Nov 1836
Eodem Die James Crighton and Jean Stewart, both in this parish, having been regularly and
publickly proclaimed were married this day (Scone Parish Register, FHL102805).
4 Jan 1839 James Crichton, Forester, Innernytie, Parish of Kinclaven, but late of this parish, and Jean Stewart, his wife, had a daughter born 4 Jan 1839 and baptized 13 Jan named Margaret (Scone Parish Register, FHL102805).
2 Nov 1840 James, son to James Crichton & Jean Stewart, his spouse, Lochside, was born on the second & baptized on the fourteenth day of November Eighteen hundred & forty (Kinclaven Parish Register, FHL102742).
7 Jun 1841 Census of Inernytie Cottage, Kinclaven Perth (ED2, p10, FHL101907)
James Crichton 45 Wood
Forester born
in county
Jean Crichton 30 born
in county
Margaret Crichton 2 born
in county
James Crichton 7 mos. born in county
28 Dec 1842 Jane, daughter to James Crichton & Jean Stewart, Lochside, was born on the twenty eighth day of Dec'r eighteen hundred & forty two & baptized the twelfth of January following (Kinclaven Parish Register, FHL102742).
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Mar 1845 Elizabeth, daughter to James Crichton & Jean Stewart, Lochside,
was born on the thirty first of March & baptised on the fourth day of
April, Eighteen hundred & forty five (Kinclaven Parish Register,
FHL102742).
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May 1847 William, son to James Crichton & Jean Stewart, his spouse,
Lochside, was born on the twenty seventh day of May & baptized the ninth
day of June Eighteen hundred and forty seven (Kinclaven Parish Register,
FHL102742).
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Jan 1850 Christina, daughter to James Crichton & Jean Stewart, his
spouse, Lochside, was born on the twenty fourth day of January and baptized on
the nineteenth day of February Eighteen hundred and fifty (Kinclaven Parish
Register, FHL102742).
30 Mar 1851 Census of Lochside, Kinclaven, Perth (FHL103743)
James Crichton Head Mar 58 Wood Forester Perth,Dunbarney
Jean Crichton Wife Mar 43 Wood Forester's Wife Perth, Logierait Margaret
Crichton Dau 12 Wood
Forester's Dau'r Perth,
Scone
James Crichton Son 10
Wood Forester's Son Perth, Kinclaven
Jean Crichton Dau 8 Wood
Forester's Dau'r Perth, Kinclaven Elizabeth Crichton Dau
6 Wood
Forester's Dau'r Perth,
Kinclaven
William Crichton Son
3 Wood Forester's Son Perth, Kinclaven
Christina Crichton Dau
1 Wood Forester's Dau'r Perth, Kinclaven
9 Jul 1852 John, son to James Crichton & Jean Stewart, his spouse, Lochside, was born on the ninth day of July and baptized on the twenty ninth day of the same month Eighteen hundred & fifty two (Kinclaven Parish Register, FHL102742).
3 Apr 1861 Census
of Lochside, Kinclaven, Perth (FHL103893)
James Crichton Head Mar 68 Wood Forester Perth, Dunbarney
Jean Crichton Wife Mar 53 Forester's Wife Perth, Logierait
Elizabeth Crichton Dau Unm 16 Forester's
Dau'r Perth, Kinclaven
William Crichton Son 13 Scholar Perth,
Kinclaven
John Crichton Son 8 Scholar Perth, Kinclaven
(The
Crichtons are the only family listed at Lochside. It probably one of the estates where Margaret
visited her cousins, as mentioned by Beatrice Gardiner Low.)
3 Apr 1871 Census
of Lochside, Kinclaven, Perth (ED2, p5, FHL104075)
James Crighton (sp) Head Mar 78 Forester Perth,
Dunbarney
Jane " Wife Mar 63 Perth,
Logierait
Elizabeth " Daur Unm 26 Perth,
Kinclaven
James "
Son, Visitor Unm 30 Wholesale
Tea Merchant " "
Elsie MacIntosh Serv. Unm 13 General
Servant "
Auchterhouse
3 Apr 1871 Census
of 382 St Vincent Street, Anderston, Glasgow, Ed 12, (FHL104029)
William Crichton Head Unm 23 Tea
Dealer, Perth,
Kinclaven Employing 1 man
Margaret Crichton Sis Unm 32 Perth,
Scone
John Crichton Bro Unm 18 Hat Salesman Perth, Kinclaven
(The
address above was that of James Crichton in 1866 when he was the informant of
the death of his cousin, John Stewart, who died at Glasgow.)
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Jan 1873 At Kings Muir Cottage,
Kinclaven, Perth. After banns according
to the Church of Scotland, Robert
Carmichael, farmer, bachelor, 39, Drumphuim, Fowlis Wester, Son of Robert
Carmichael, farmer, and Margaret Stirling (dec), Married Elizabeth
Crichton, spinster, 27, Lochside, Kinclaven, Daughter of James Crichton,
forester, and Jean Stewart. Witnesses:
William Carmichael, Margaret Crichton (#365, Kinclaven, FHL300265).
4 Apr 1881 Census of Lochside, Kinclaven (FHL203507)
James Crichton Head Mar 89 Forester Perth,
Dunbarney
Jean Crichton Wife Mar 74 Perth,
Logierait
Jane Crichton Dau Unm 38 Perth,
Kinclaven
Note, cannot be found in Scotland's People website.
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4 Apr 1881 Census of St Johns Road, Govan, Lanark, (644-14, ED40, p19, FHL0203682)
James Crichton Head Mar 40 Wholesale Tea Dealer Perth, Kinclaven
Eliza Milne Wife Mar 27 Lanark,
Govan
James Crichton Son 5 Renfrew, Eastwood
Marguerita M " Dau 3 RFW, Pollockshire
Jeanette Stuart " Dau
2 RFW,
Pollockshire
Mabel Elizabeth " Dau
Under 3 mos RFW,
Pollockshire
4 Apr 1881 Census of 125 St Georges, Barony, Lanark (644-9, ED56, p2, FHL0203662)
Margaret Crichton Head Unm 41 Formerly
Housekeeper Perth, Scone
William
Crichton Bro Unm 33 Tea Merchant Perth, Kinclaven
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1 Dec 1890 James Crichton, Forester, died, age 98 years, at Cowdens Cottage, Maderty, Perth. Married to Jane Stewart. Son of James Crichton,* profession unknown (dec) and Christen Crichton MS Peddie (dec). Informant: Robert Carmichael, son-in-law, Drumphin (#378/Maderty, Perth, Research by James Thompson, Edinburgh).
Note: James Crichton died in 1890. His wife Jean Crichton died in the same place a year later. They both died at Madderty. She was 86 years old. They were living with Robert Carmichael and his wife Elizabeth Crichton. (Note: the old way of spelling Madderty was with one d.) It is pretty amazing that these two lived such long lives in 19 century Scotland. And what got them? bronchitis for Jean and old age for James.
*His
father is probably William Crichton.
"1792, William Crighton in Horsemiln had a son baptized 2 Apr named James." (Dunbarney Parish Register, FHL1040065, item
1).
3 Apr 1891 Census of Cowden's Cottage, Madderty Perth (ED3, p1, FHL208738)
Jane Crichton Head of Family Widow 86 Perth,
Logierait
Margaret Crichton Daughter unmarried 52 Mother's help Perth, Scone
Jane Crichton Daughter unmarried 48 Mother's
help Perth, Kinclaven
William Crichton Son unmarried 44 Retired Tea Merchant "
Kinclaven
Note: Scotland's people does not have this census.
23 Nov 1891 Jane Stewart or Crichton, widow of James Crichton, died 23 Nov 1891 at 6 p.m. at Cowden's Cottage, Maderty, Perth. Age 86 years. Father: William Stewart, Shoemaker, (dec). Mother's name unknown (dec). Cause of death: Old age, Bronchitis, 4 days as certified by James Gairdner, M.D., Crieff. Informant: Robert Carmichael, son-in-law (#8, Madderty, Perth, FHL265356)
ROBERT STEWART/ELIZABETH [BETTY] STEWART FAMILY
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Jan 1834 Robert Stewart in Edradynate and Elizabeth Stewart in Clochfoldich, both in this Parish, gave up
their names for proclamation of the Banns of Marriage (Logierait Parish
Register, FHL102757, near end of film, after baptism records).
Robert and Elizabeth had the following children:
John 1834 - 1866
William 1836 - 1876
Elizabeth 1842 - 1880
Jane 1846 - 1866
Margaret 1849 - 1917
Robert 1857 - 1899? unknown death date
Robert and Elizabeth had the following children:
John 1834 - 1866
William 1836 - 1876
Elizabeth 1842 - 1880
Jane 1846 - 1866
Margaret 1849 - 1917
Robert 1857 - 1899? unknown death date
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Aug 1834 John, lawful son to Robert Stewart and Elizabeth Stewart in Little
Clochfoldich, was born 27 of August, bap'd Sept'r 3, 1834 (Logierait Parish
Register, FHL102757).
3
Sep 1836 William Stewart was born at Logierait Parish (place from 1851
census, date from the following Perth christening record).
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Oct 1836 Stormont Street East Church,
Parish Perth, the Third of September, One thousand eight hundred and Thirty
six, was Born William Stewart,
lawful son to Robert Stewart, Labourer in the said Parish, and Elizabeth
Stewart, his spouse and Baptized the Sixteenth day of October said year by the
Reverend John Ferguson, Min'r of St Stephens Church, Parish of Perth (P. Parish
Register, p537, FHL1040162, item 2).
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Feb 1840 Elizabeth [Eliza] Stewart,
daughter of Robert Stewart, and
Elizabeth [Betty] Stewart, was born at St. Martins, Perth (Place from
census;
year calculated from census ages, day and month from family records).
(Note: In the 1841 census William, Elizabeth's grandfather is watching
her in Scone, Perthshire.)
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Jun 1841 Census: Burnside, Cargill,
Perth (ED1, p9, FHL101904, Adult ages rounded down).
Robert Stewart 30 Ag labourer born in county
Elizabeth Stewart 25 born
in county
John Stewart 6 born
in county
William Stewart 4
born
in county
Burnside in Cargill area:
Burnside in Cargill area:
7 Jun 1841 Census
of New Mill, Scone, Perth (FHL101911, adult ages are rounded down).
William Stewart 60 Shoemaker
born in
county Margaret
Stewart 20 born
in county
Elizabeth Stewart 1 born
in county
12 Aug 1842 Amelia Stewart, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Stewart, was born at New Mill, Scone, Perth (Birth year from her mother's census reports, 1844 on Utah Death Record, #9905, p248, FHL026553; and emigration age 24, Jul 1869: European Emigration card Index, FHL298438 and Passenger Lists FHL025692).
Betty
S. Stewart is the most reliable source for the ages of her children. She said Elizabeth was 11 in 1851, 21 in
1861. She gave Amelia's census ages as 8 and 18 on those same years
(Amelia would be 9 and 19 on her August
birthdays). Elizabeth was born in 1840,
Amelia in 1842. Jean's age was correct
on census records.
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Feb 1846 Jane, daughter of Robert and Elizabeth Stewart, in Hatton, Cargill,
was born 25 Feb 1846 and Bap 19 Apr (Cargill Parish Register, FHL1040074, or
102700).
27 Jul 1849 Margaret, daughter to Robert Stewart and Elizabeth Stewart, his spouse, Kirkton of Kinclaven, was born on the twenty seventh day of July and baptized the ...of Aug Eighteen hundred & forty nine (Kinclaven Parish Register, FHL102742).
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Mar 1851 Census, Kirkton, Kinclaven,
Perth (ED 1, p3, Sch 8, FHL103743)
Robert Stewart Head Mar 44 Farm
Servant Perthshire,
Logierait
Betty Stewart Wife Mar 40 Farm
Servant's Wife Perthshire, Logierait
Elizabeth Stewart Dau 11 Scholar Perthshire,
St Martins Amelia
Stewart Dau
8 Scholar Perthshire, Scone
Jean Stewart Dau
5 Farm Servants Dau'r Perthshire, Cargill
Margaret Stewart Dau
1 Farm Servants Dau'r Perthshire, Kinclaven
1851/1857 Between 1851 and 1857 Robert and Betty Stewart moved their family to Dundee.
19 Nov 1857 Robert Stewart was born 19 Nov 1857, at 2:00 p.m., son of Robert Stewart, labourer, and Elizabeth [Betty] Stewart, at Princes Street, Dundee. Home at 11 Crescent Street. Informant: Robert Stewart, father, not present. (#1592 1st Dist, Dundee, FHL280428).
(Robert Stewart's
brother, John, lived on Princes Street).
8 Apr 1861 Census, 11 Crescent Street, 1st Dist, Dundee (ED27, p29, FHL103789
Elizabeth Stewart Head Marr 50 Perthshire,
Logierait
William Stewart Son Unm 24 Sawmiller Perthshire, Logierait Elizabeth
Stewart Dau Unm 21 Jute Weaver Perthshire, St Martins
Amelia Stewart Dau Unm 18 Jute
Weaver Perthshire, Scone
Jean Stewart Dau
15 Perthshire, Cargill
Margaret
Stewart Dau 11 Scholar Perthshire, Kinclaven Robert Stewart Son
3 Forfarshire,
Dundee
30 Sep 1861 Elizabeth Stewart, age 48*, wife of Robert Stewart, sawmill labourer, died September thirtieth, at 11 Crescent Street, Dundee, at 4:05 p.m. Wife of Robert Stewart, sawmill labourer. Daughter of William Stewart, shoemaker, (dec) and _____ Stewart MS Robertson* (dec). Informant: Robert Stewart, widower, not present. Cause of death: Laryngitis 7 days (#905, 1st Dist, Dundee, FHL224409).
(*See age given by Betty on 1861 census above. Robert obviously did not know Betty's mother's name. His guess strengthened the false belief that Amelia Robertson was her mother.)
3 Mar 1863 Elizabeth [Eliza] Stewart was baptized, Dundee Branch, LDS Church (Margaret S. Gardiner, sister, Salt Lake Temple Record, FHL184101).
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Apr 1863 Jane Stewart, daughter of Robert and Betty, was baptized, Dundee
Branch, LDS Church (Date from Janet S. U. Griggs, a friend, proxy for
endowment, Salt Lake Temple Record, p447, FHL184085. Margaret S. Gardiner, her sister, also acted
later as proxy for Jane, but she did not give a baptism date, just "In
Church."
(Janet
Griggs must have been very close to Jean Stewart. She remembered Jean's baptism and
confirmation dates, the birth date she had been told, and the correct date of
Jean's death. The two may have been
baptized on the same date)
(Note from email: Oh my goodness! I wonder if your Margaret Stewart was the sister of a Jane Stewart that was sealed in the temple as a wife to James Ure in 1894? I had no information about her except the sealing date. The Jane Stewart that was the sister of your Margaret died in 1866 so she would have been sealed posthumously. Such things were done back in those days, I believe. This would explain why Janet Scott Ure Griggs (daughter of James Ure and Janet Scott) would have had access to her baptism and confirmation information.
If you have any more information about her I would be very grateful. Isn't Family History work the most amazing, spiritual endeavor? Truly we are being blessed. S)
(Note from email: Oh my goodness! I wonder if your Margaret Stewart was the sister of a Jane Stewart that was sealed in the temple as a wife to James Ure in 1894? I had no information about her except the sealing date. The Jane Stewart that was the sister of your Margaret died in 1866 so she would have been sealed posthumously. Such things were done back in those days, I believe. This would explain why Janet Scott Ure Griggs (daughter of James Ure and Janet Scott) would have had access to her baptism and confirmation information.
If you have any more information about her I would be very grateful. Isn't Family History work the most amazing, spiritual endeavor? Truly we are being blessed. S)
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Jan 1865 Margaret Stewart (later Gardiner), daughter of Robert and Betty,
was baptized, Dundee Branch, LDS Church (TIB, Book G, p105, #3152).
1866 brought five
deaths to the Stewart family:
1
Feb 1866 John Stewart, [Margaret S. Gardiner's paternal uncle], age 57, died
at 2:00 p.m. at the Poorhouse at Dundee.
Baker, Pauper, Married to Ann Wilson [formerly to Helen Scott]. Son of Robert Stewart, farmer, (dec) and
Amelia Robertson (dec). Cause of death:
Bronchitis. Informant: W. Dempster, assistant in poorhouse (#118, 1st Dist, Dundee,
FHL350894; See Robert Stewart/Amelia Robertson History).
6 Jun 1866 Jean Stewart, age 20 years, died at
12:30 a.m. at 11 Crescent Street, Dundee.
Power loom weaver, single, daughter of Robert Stewart, farm labourer,
and Elizabeth [Betty] Stewart (dec). Cause
of death: Phthisis pulmonalis about 8 months.
Informant: Robert Stewart, father, present (#597, 1st Dist, Dundee, FHL350894).
9 Dec 1866 John Stewart, tailor, journeyman,
single, died at 5:30 a.m. at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. Usual residence: 53 Cowcaddens Street. Age 32 years.
Son of Robert Stewart, farm servant, and Elizabeth Stewart (dec). Cause of death: Phthisis,
4
years. Informant: James Crichton,
cousin, 382 St. Vincent Street (#2075,
High
Church, Glasgow, FHL350918).
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Dec 1866 Mary Fairley Laing, daughter of Isabel Stewart Fairley, and cousin
to Margaret S. Gardiner, died at Dundee (See Robert Stewart/Amelia Robertson
History).
8 Mar 1867 Amelia Stewart, daughter of Robert and
Elizabeth, was baptized, Dundee Branch, LDS Church, (Living Endowment Record,
Book G, p235, FHL183406).
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Dec 1867 Eliza Stewart married William
Rae (see page 14).
20
Jun 1868 Margaret Stewart married Robert
Gardiner at Liverpool Harbor (See "A Chronological History of the
James Gardiner/Mary Butchart Family" p22).
Aft
Jun 1868 A Robert Stewart age 10 appears on the list of members of the Dundee
Branch on a Bef Oct 1869 page with
comments about their intentions to "Gather." (FHL104150)
(After sister,
Margaret left, before nephew, George Cochrane Rae, was born.)
28 Jul 1869 Amelia Stewart, age 24, sailed on the Ship "Colorado." (European Emigration Card Index, 1849 - 1925, FHL298438; Passenger Lists, p61, FHL025692).
At
the beginning of the Passenger Lists book is a page which shows:
"The
Rates for Passage & extra luggage."
Among other sites of departure are
the
following: "New York to Omaha,
$14.00, to terminus, $35.00."
"Extra luggage, New York to terminus, $8.00."
"Rate
of fare and extra luggage from terminus to S. Lake, for adults, $14.00,
for
freight, $8.00. They furnish
themselves. For adults, $29.00, for
freight, $8.00.
They to be furnished
with provisions & cooking utensils."
After
Amelia's name in the column, "Advanced to P.E.F. Emigrants" was
listed: 5 pounds, 9 shillings 7 pence."
30 Jan 1871 Amelia Stewart was endowed at the Endowment House in Salt Lake City. She gave the following information: Amelia Stewart, born 12 Aug 1844, Newmill, Perth, Scotland. Baptized 8 Mar 1867. Parents: Robert Stewart and Elizabeth Stewart (Endowment Record for Living, Book G, p235, FHL183406).
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Apr 1871 Census at 47 Union Street,
Dundee (FHL103943)
William
Rae Head Mar 31 Railway Engine Driver [Perth], Culross
Elizabeth Rae Wife Mar 31 Perthshire
George Rae Son 1 Forfar, Dundee
Elizabeth Rae Wife Mar 31 Perthshire
George Rae Son 1 Forfar, Dundee
Robert Stewart Fa-in-law Wid 64 Labourer Perthshire, Logie
Robert Stewart Bro-in-law 13 Millworker Forfar,
Dundee
6 Dec 1874 A Robert Stewart, deacon, appears in minutes of a council meeting of the Dundee Branch as a Deacon (our Robert would be 17 years old). The Reports in the meeting were positive and it was decided to have a Soiree on New Years Night. "President Matheson moved that David Brown, John Birrill, Thomas Leslie be appointed a committee for the Soirree. Seconded by Robert Stewart, carried unanimous."
6 Mar 1876 Robert Stewart [father of Margaret S.
Gardiner], pauper, formerly labourer, widower of Elizabeth Stewart, died at
3:00 a.m., at the Poorhouse, Dundee, age 67 years. Son of Robert Stewart, Tanner* (dec), and
Emily Robertson, (dec). Informant: W.
Dempster, Inmate, present (#175, 4th Dist, Dundee. Have copy.)
*(With
a line through the T on Tanner it would say Farmer. Mr Dempster, who signed the death
certificate, probably gave the information to the registrar. Mr. Dempster's r m would look like nn. In his signature, the first hump of the m is
not connected to the last two humps.
Emily was a common nickname for Amelia.
Margaret S. Gardiner said her father died "Abt 1877.")
Dec 1876 William Stewart, died on this date
according to information given on the record of his temple work done by William
F. Gardiner, son of Margaret S. Gardiner. The last record we have of William
Stewart is on the 1861 census of Dundee, where he is single, age 24, a sawmiller, at home with his
mother and siblings.
1 Apr 1878 At St Pauls Church, Dundee. After Banns according to the forms of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Robert Stewart, Valet, Bachelor, 20, 186 Blackness Road, Son of Robert Stewart, Wood Carter (deceased), and Margaret Stewart MS Stewart, married Jane Scott, Power Loom Weaver, Spinster, 20, 186 Blackness Road. Daughter of Charles Scott, Cloth Inspector, and Margaret Scott MS Rattray. Witnesses: E. Skinner, Euphemia Sutherland (#73, 3rd Dist, Dundee).
1 Apr 1878 At St Pauls Church, Dundee. After Banns according to the forms of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Robert Stewart, Valet, Bachelor, 20, 186 Blackness Road, Son of Robert Stewart, Wood Carter (deceased), and Margaret Stewart MS Stewart, married Jane Scott, Power Loom Weaver, Spinster, 20, 186 Blackness Road. Daughter of Charles Scott, Cloth Inspector, and Margaret Scott MS Rattray. Witnesses: E. Skinner, Euphemia Sutherland (#73, 3rd Dist, Dundee).
Jane Scott was born 20 May 1857 at 12:15 p.m. at No. 5
Hawkhill, Dundee, Daughter of Charles Scott, lapper, and Margaret Scott MS
Rattray, Informant: Charles Scott, father, not present (#655 , 2nd Dist,
Dundee, FHL280429).
I
sent for the above certificate, sure that the groom was my grandmother's
brother, Robert Stewart. Then I saw
the mother's name and decided it could not be.
But after seeing some of the errors on death certificates where sons
gave the wrong name for a mother they had known all their lives, I realized
that Robert, who was three when his mother died, may not have known her first
name. The above Jane Scott Stewart has the same birth date as the the Jean Scott Stewart who was baptized in
the Dundee Branch just two weeks after the baptism of Robert Stewart, son of
Robert and Betty. He is the only Robert
Stewart born in Dundee 1857 whose father was Robert Stewart and mother's maiden
name was Stewart. Robert's father may
have carted wood at one time. His
occupation apparently varied when he was not employed in farm work. This Robert may be the son of Robert and
Elizabeth.
25 Jul 1879 Robert Stewart, born 17 Nov 1857, Dundee, was baptized at Dundee Branch, LDS Church, by A. Watson, confirmed 6 Jul 1879 by Elder A. Watson (Dundee Branch Record, FHL104150. This would be a re-baptism if he is the Robert Stewart, deacon, in the earlier council minutes.)
7 Sep 1879 Robert Stewart was ordained a deacon by
Andrew Watson (FHL104150).
22 Sep 1879 Jean Scott Stewart, born 20 May 1857, Dundee, was baptized, Dundee Branch, LDS Church, by Elder A. Watson, confirmed the same day by Elder A. Laird (FHL104150).
12 Nov 1879 Robert Stewart was ordained a teacher, at Dundee, by Elder D. Matheson.
7 Nov 1880 In
minutes of a Council Meeting, Nov 7, 1880, Teacher, Robert Stewart is present.
5 Dec 1880 In
the meeting of Dec 5th, 1880 "Bro Robt
Stewart felt to corrorbate (sic) Bro R Matheson statement." After a discussion about one John Leslie, a
motion was made to cut him off from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints for" aposticy."
Seconded by Robt Stewart
(FHL104150).
28 Dec 1880 Amelia Stewart, born 12 Aug 1844 [1842], Perthshire, Scotland, died 28 Dec 1880 at Salt Lake City. Daughter of Robert Stewart and ______ Stewart. Cause of Death: Pneumonia (FHL026553, p248, #9905). Amelia lived in the 20th Ward, Salt Lake City. Clarence said she lived with a Clark family. If a family member had reported the death, the given name of her mother would not have been left blank. Amelia was buried in the Robert and Margaret S. Gardiner family plot in the Salt Lake City Cemetery, Plot H Block 5, Lot 4, No 1/2.
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Salt Lake Herald, 1880-12-29 |
4 Apr 1881 Census of Annfield House, Dundee, Scotland, E.D. 26, (FHL103480)
Robert Stewart Head Md 23 Calender
Worker Forfar, Dundee
Jane Stewart Wife Md 23 Jute
Weaver Forfar, Dundee
On one page of the Dundee Branch record Robert's name is crossed out and in the "Remarks" column it says "Emigrated." Jean Scott Stewart's name is not crossed out and there is nothing in the "Remarks" column after her name. If Robert came to Utah it is strange that it was not noted in Clarence's "Gardiner Family History." Some have interpreted the "Robert Stewart, youngest brother of William" to be Margaret's brother. If so, that was a strange way to identify him.
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Nov 1894 Janet S. U. Griggs, a
friend of Jane Stewart (sister of Margaret S. Gardiner), acting as proxy for
her, was endowed at the Salt Lake Temple.
Janet gave the following information: Jane Stewart was born 25 Feb 1847
[1846], at Hatton, Perth, Scotland. Died
6 Jun 1866, Baptized 13 Apr 1863, Confirmed 13 Apr 1863 (p447, FHL184085).
Note: Oh my goodness! I wonder if your Margaret Stewart was the sister of a Jane Stewart that was sealed in the temple as a wife to James Ure in 1894? I had no information about her except the sealing date. The Jane Stewart that was the sister of your Margaret died in 1866 so she would have been sealed posthumously. Such things were done back in those days, I believe. This wouid explain why Janet Scott Ure Griggs (daughter of James Ure and Janet Scott) would have had access to her baptism and confirmation information.
If you have any more information about her I would be very grateful. Isn't Family History work the most amazing, spiritual endeavor? Truly we are being blessed.
S
Note: Oh my goodness! I wonder if your Margaret Stewart was the sister of a Jane Stewart that was sealed in the temple as a wife to James Ure in 1894? I had no information about her except the sealing date. The Jane Stewart that was the sister of your Margaret died in 1866 so she would have been sealed posthumously. Such things were done back in those days, I believe. This wouid explain why Janet Scott Ure Griggs (daughter of James Ure and Janet Scott) would have had access to her baptism and confirmation information.
If you have any more information about her I would be very grateful. Isn't Family History work the most amazing, spiritual endeavor? Truly we are being blessed.
S
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Jun 1898 Margaret S. Gardiner acted
as proxy for endowment of her sister Jane, born Feb 1847, died Jun 1866,
Baptized: "In Church." (#6396, p181, FHL184090)
(Because
both Janet Griggs and Margaret S. Gardiner gave the wrong birth date for Jane,
her temple work was done the third time when the Cargill Parish records were
extracted.)
WILLIAM RAE/ELIZABETH STEWART FAMILY
13
Dec 1839 Alexander Rae and his wife,
Jean Cumming, had a son born the 13th of Dec 1839, baptized and named William Wright (Culross Parish
Register, FHL102706).
27 Dec 1867 After banns according to the form of the Latter Day Saints,
William Rae, age 26, bachelor, engine
driver, son of Alexander Rae, oat miller, (dec), and Jane Common [Cumming],
residence, Union Street, married Eliza Stewart, age 26, spinster, power
loom weaver, daughter of Robert Stewart, farm servant, and Elizabeth Stewart
(dec). Usual residence: Crescent Street.
Married at 1 Union Street, Maxwelltown, Dundee. Witnesses: Amelia Stewart, George Cockerell. Minister: A. N. MacFarlane (#522, pg 261,
FHL348998).
1868 Members
of LDS Dundee Branch, showing intentions to "gather" and Means:
William
Rae 29 Engine Driver Scotland 12 2
Elizabeth Rae 28 Scotland
Jane [Cumming] Rae 64 Widow Scotland 11
Elspeth Rae 40 Scotland
William Fraser 12 Scotland 2 3
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Jane Fraser 12 Scotland
(William
and Jane Fraser are children of Elspeth Rae.)
7 Oct 1869 George Cochrane Rae was born at 10:40 a.m., at Matthews Cottage, Union Street, Maxwelltown, Dundee. Son of William Rae, locomotive driver, and Elizabeth Rae MS Stewart, (#1160, 4th Dist, Dundee, FHL340318).
3 Apr 1871 Census at 47 Union Street, Dundee (FHL103943)
William
Rae Head Mar 31 Railway Engine Driver [Perth], Culross
Elizabeth Rae Wife Mar 31 PerthshireGeorge Rae Son 1 Forfar, Dundee
Elizabeth Rae Wife Mar 31 PerthshireGeorge Rae Son 1 Forfar, Dundee
Robert Stewart,
Fa-in-law Wid 64 Labourer Perthshire, Logie
Robert Stewart,
Bro-in-law 13 Millworker Forfar,
Dundee
4 Sep 1872 Elizabeth Jane Rae was born at Dundee, daughter of William Rae and Elizabeth Rae MS Stewart (FHL
4 Jun 1873 Ship "Nevada," left Liverpool. (Passenger List: Emigration, p267, FHL025692)
William Rae 32 from Dundee
Elizabeth Rae 32 "
George Rae 3 "
Elizabeth Rae inf't "
Note: see bottom entry:
4 Apr 1876 William Rae was born at American Fork, son of William and Elizabeth S. Rae.
5 Sep 1877 Alexander Rae was born at American Fork, son of William and Elizabeth S. Rae.
16 Jun 1880 Edward Albert Rae was born at Salt Lake City, son of William and Elizabeth Rae.
12 May 1881 Elizabeth Stewart Rae, age 41, died at Salt Lake City. "Born Feb 1842, Perth, Scotland, Wife of William Rae, Died 13 May 1881. Cause of death: Heart disease." (FHL026553) Daughter of Robert Stewart and Elizabeth [Betty] S. Stewart. Buried Salt Lake City Cemetery: Plat K Block 6 Lot 10 So 1/2.
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Salt Lake Herald, 1881-05-14 |
UTAH'S RESPONSE Under the President's call of April 23, 1898, Utah was asked to furnish two batteries of light artillery and a troop of cavalry for "spe- cial mounted service." On the 25th Governor Wells received the following telegram from the secretary of war: "The President has authorized the enlistment of -eighty-five men in your state, good shots.
Edgar A. Wedg:\vood was commissioned to enlist enough men to bring both
batteries up to a war footing, and before the two batteries left the
state the following names were added to their muster rolls, the men
coming from all parts of the state. These men were reported by
Governor Wells as good riders, to form a company in a mounted rifle regiment, company officers to be taken from your section. Can you give us the men?" BATTERY RECRUITS
(Among the list was found:) Norris, Arthur F. Ohmer, John A. Pender, Louis J. Pennington, Louis C. Peterson, Ernest M. Pratt, Alexander Rae, William Rae,
1900 Federal Census
Work to be done:
Amelia Stewart, age 24, sailed on the Ship "Colorado." (European Emigration Card Index, 1849 - 1925, FHL298438; Passenger Lists, p61, FHL025692).
Amelia Stewart, born 12 Aug 1844 [1842], Perthshire, Scotland, died 28 Dec 1880 at Salt Lake City. Daughter of Robert Stewart and ______ Stewart. Cause of Death: Pneumonia (FHL026553, p248, #9905).
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