The Stewarts in Ardveich, Lochearnhead & Keip

Christian Stewart, in Keip,   b. Abt 1742, Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1790  (Age ~ 49 years).

The Stewarts of Ardvorlich, Vol. 3, describes Christian as “Christie Stewart of the Ardveich family” who had a brother “Donald of the Kichp” (modern spelling “Keip”) who was grandfather of the Free Church minister in Killin; she was mother of “John of the Grodich”. Christian Stewart married firstly to John Stewart in Auchnahard and secondly to John Stewart of Coirchrombie. Her first husband, second husband, father, first father-in-law, and first son were all named John. It must have been hard for her to keep all her Johns straight.

Christie Stewart married firstly on 19 Jul 1771 in Callander and Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland  to John Stewart, in Auchnahard,   b. 10 Apr 1740, Duart in Glen Finglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1783  (Age 42 years). They had the following children:

1. 1. John Stewart, of the Grodich,   b. 12 Feb 1773, Auchnahard, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 10 Dec 1873, Achnahard, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age 100 years)
   2. Mary Stewart,   b. 4 Feb 1776, Auchnahard, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN 
   3. Catherine Stewart,   b. 1 Aug 1777, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  

Christie’s family with her first husband, John Stewart in Auchnahard, is found on our Bain Stewarts in Auchnahard page.

Christie Stewart married secondly on 25 Apr 1779 in Callander, Perthshire, Scotland  to John Stewart, in Corriechrombie,   b. Abt 1750, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1815  (Age ~ 66 years). They had the following children:

1. 1. Lt. James Stewart,   b. 24 Apr 1780, Auchnahard, Glenfinglas, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1815, India   (Age < 34 years) 
   2. Duncan Stewart,   b. 23 Aug 1782, Ardcheanochdan, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1815, West Indies, Carribean   (Age > 34 years) 
   3. Alexander Stewart,   b. Abt 19 Feb 1786, Corriechrombie, Strathyre, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 10 Dec 1859, Corriechrombie, Strathyre, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age ~ 73 years) 
   4. Donald Stewart,   b. Abt 1790, Corriechrombie, Strathyre, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1815  (Age ~ 26 years)  

Christie’s family with her second husband, John Stewart in Chorriechrombie, is found on our Stewarts of Ardcheanochdan & Duart page.

Elizabeth Stewart,   b. Abt 1 Jan 1768, Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Nothing more is known about Elizabeth Stewart.

Alexander Stewart, in Summerline,   b. Abt 12 Apr 1770, Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Between 1861 and 1871, Rossburn Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age ~ 90 years) 

Alexander’s information is presented further below.

Margaret nicDonald Stewart,   b. Abt 10 Sep 1775, Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1855, Wester Glentarken, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age ~ 79 years).

Margaret’s information is presented further below.

Duncan Stewart,   b. Abt 30 Aug 1778, Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Duncan Stewart is not mentioned in Stewarts of the South and is presumed to have died young. However, a matching Duncan Stewart born 1778 in Perthshire, Scotland, immigrated in 1810 (prior to the writing of Stewarts of the South) to Prince Edward Island, Canada, and could be this Duncan. Though, if that were the case, Stewarts of the South probably would have mentioned it.

Robert Stewart,   b. Abt 1 Jul 1781, Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1865, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 83 years).

Robert’s information is presented further below.

Robert Stewart,   b. Abt 18 Mar 1798, Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 19 Nov 1862, Drysdale Street, Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland   (Age ~ 64 years)

“1798, Feb 18, John Stewart at Ardveich and his spouse Ann Stewart had their lawful son baptized – Robert.” (Comrie OPR)

On 30 Dec 1828, at age 30, Robert Stewart married in Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland  , to Catherine Campbell,   b. 1807, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Nov 1864, Drysdale Street, Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland   (Age 57 years).

In 1841, at age 40, Robert Stewart was residing at Izzat Street in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, with his wife and children. He was employed as a maltman.

In 1851, at age 53, Robert Stewart was residing at King Street in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, with his wife and children and 2-year-old granddaughter, Robinea Younger. He was employed as a maltman.

In 1861, at age 63, Robert Stewart was residng at 9 Drysdale Street in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, with his wife with his wife and 17 year old granddaughter Roberta Younger. He was employed as a maltman.

“Robert Stewart, maltman, married to Catherine Campbell, died 1862, November nineteenth, Drysdale Street, Alloa, age 64 years, son of John Stewart, farmer, deceased, and Ann Stewart, maiden name Stewart, deceased. Died of heart disease. Informant Janet Stewart, daughter.” (Statutory Register of Deaths)

Robert Stewart and Catherine Campbell had the following children:

1. 1. Ann Stewart,   b. 9 Aug 1829, Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN. She married to Unknown Younger and had a daughter:
      1. Robina Roberta Younger,   b. 1849, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN 
   2. Catherine Stewart,   b. 13 Dec 1831, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Jan 1905, Alloa, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland   (Age 73 years) 
      In 1861, Catherine Stewart was residing in the home of Robert McFarlane at 31 Heriot Row in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, working as a household servant.
      In 1871, Catherine Cameron was residing at 7 Mill Street in Alloa, Clackannanshire, Scotland with her husband and children.
      In 1881, Catherine Cameron was residing at King Street in Alloa, Clackannanshire, Scotland with her husband and children.
      In 1891, Catherine Cameron was residing at 11 Greenfield Place in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, as a widow with her children Robert and Kate. She was employed as a laundress.
      Catherine Stewart married on 23 Dec 1864 in Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland  to John Cameron,   b. 29 Sep 1841, Redgorton, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN. They had the following children:
      1. John C Cameron,   b. 1867, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
      2. Robert Stewart Cameron,   b. 1869, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
      3. Catherine Cameron,   b. 1872, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
      4. James Cameron,   b. 1874, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN 
   3. Margaret Stewart,   b. 1834, Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland ,   d. 28 Jul 1884, Berwick, Victoria, Australia   (Age 50 years)
      In 1851, Margaret Stewart was residing in the household of Robert Gordon at 23 Gilmore Place in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, employed as a house servant.
      In 1857, Margaret emigrated to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, along with her sister Susan. They were both listed as being employed as servants.
      In 1864 in Victoria, Australia  to George Brown,   b. 1834,   d. 20 Sep 1896, Berwick, Victoria, Australia   (Age 62 years). They had the following son:
      1. George Brown,   b. 1864, Berwick, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 2 Jun 1887, Berwick, Victoria, Australia   (Age 23 years). George Brown was killed in an industrial railroad accident.
   4. Susan Stewart,   b. 1838, Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland ,   d. 26 Jun 1908, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia   (Age 70 years). Susan married in Australia to Robert Hudson Bain,   b. 1832, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland ,   d. 24 Feb 1887, Berwick, Casey City, Victoria, Australia   (Age 55 years). They had the following children:
      1. James Bain,   b. 1867, Berwick, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 1908, Berwick, Casey City, Victoria, Australia   (Age 41 years) 
      2. Robert Bain,   b. 1868, Berwick, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 18 Jan 1902, Berwick, Casey City, Victoria, Australia   (Age 34 years) 
      3. Henry Bain,   b. 1870, Berwick, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 1 Apr 1902, Berwick, Casey City, Victoria, Australia   (Age 32 years) 
      4. Clarence Edwin Bain,   b. 1873, Berwick, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 3 Jul 1875, Berwick, Casey City, Victoria, Australia   (Age 2 years)
      5. McCulloch Stewart Bain,   b. 1879, Berwick, Victoria, Australia ,   d. Jan 1908, Berwick, Casey City, Victoria, Australia   (Age 29 years)
      6. Donald Stuart Bain,   b. 23 Jul 1880, Berwick, Casey City, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 24 Jan 1937, Victoria, Australia   (Age 56 years) 
      7. Susan Stewart Bain,   b. May 1885, Berwick, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 24 Dec 1887, Berwick, Victoria, Australia   (Age ~ 2 years) 
   5. Alexander Stewart,   b. Mar 1841, Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN. In 1851, at age 10, Alexander Stewart was residing in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland with his parents. He has not been found in later records.
   6. Janet Stewart,   b. 1844, Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland ,   d. 29 Sep 1919, Neerim, Victoria, Australia   (Age 75 years). Janet Stewart moved to Australia and married Johan Bengtsson. They had the following children:
      1. John Bengtsson,   b. Abt 1880, Victoria, Australia ,   d. UNKNOWN
      2. Edward Bengtsson,   b. Abt 1883, Victoria, Australia ,   d. UNKNOWN
      3. Robert Bengtsson,   b. 1885, Victoria, Australia ,   d. UNKNOWN
      4. Margaret Bengtsson,   b. Abt 1887, Victoria, Australia ,   d. UNKNOWN
      5. Susan Bengtsson,   b. Abt 1890, Victoria, Australia ,   d. UNKNOWN

Duncan Stewart,   b. Abt 20 Jan 1800, Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Duncan has not been found in any records other than his birth. His father, John Stewart, is described ca. 1815 in Stewarts of the South as having 5 sons, two of whom were adults, so Duncan must have been alive around 1815 when Stewarts of the South was written. His later whereabouts is unknown.

John Stewart,   b. Abt 27 Jul 1802, Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1836, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 33 years).

John was born in Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire Scotland, on the east side of the Beich Burn in Glen Beich.

In 1829, at the age of 27, John Stewart was residing in Kilmadock parish, Perthshire, Scotland, when he married Christian McIntyre who came from Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, on the west side of the Beich Burn in Glen Beich.

In 1831, John Stewart immigrated to Renfrew, Ontario, Canada with his wife and her extended family. They had an infant daughter Ann with them. They stopped briefly in Grenville, Quebec, Canada, where their second daughter Margaret was born, before finally settling in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.

John Stewart and his family lived near Burnstown, east of Stewarton in McNab township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.

“Then, for a time, Rev. Mr. Fairbairn, the Ramsay minister, came occasionally to visit the people. And in connection with his coming, there occurred one of the early and memorable tragedies of the district. It was probably about the year 1835 that the people were going to meet with Mr. Fairburn at John Fisher’s on the south side of the Madawaska, near Burnstown. Those on the north side went across in canoes. A number had safely crossed the swiftly swirling waters at that point, on this side as on former occasions; but the canoe containing John McNab (known as Auchessan McNab), John Stewart (father of the late “Churchfield John”, and the blacksmith McArthur with his two children, capsized. McArthur managed to swim ashore with one child, but McNab, Stewart, and the other child were all swept down by the current and drowned. For many days the neighbours “dragged” the waters till the bodies were found.” (The Story of Renfrew – From the Coming of the First Settlers about 1820 by W. E. Smallfield and Rev. Robert Campbell, D.Sc. Renfrew, Smallfield and Son, 1919)

John Stewart is listed on the following McLaren/McIntyre stone in Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.

In Memory Of
—- Joe Burnett 1832
1799 Peter McIntyre 1872

1794 James McLaren 1860
1795 Catherine McLaren 1884
1841 Christina 1842
1835 John 1844
1820 Mary 1896

1804 Malcom McLaren 1881
1804 Ann Campbell 1888
1848 Ann 1850
Infant Son

1863 James McLaren 1869
1865 Henry 1869
Children Of
Henry and Mary Mclaren

1802 John Stewart 1836
1801 Christina McIntyre 1872
1835 John Stewart 1889
1837 Marion Gilchrist 1878

1784 John Stewart 1872
1804 Daniel Stewart 1877
1809 Catherine Stewart 1873

1780 Robert Stewart 1865
—- Donald Stewart 1867
1809 Margaret Stewart 1891

Elizabeth Stewart 17,years
Infant Son 1,Year,7,Months
Children Of
Ann and Duncan Stewart

Erected 1969
By Descendants

John Stewart married between 10 and 22 Jul 1829 in Balquhidder and Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland  to Christian McIntyre,   b. Abt 31 Jan 1802, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 30 Jul 1872, McNab, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 70 years). They had the following children:

1. 1. Ann Stewart,   b. 1829, Scotland ,   d. 16 Nov 1904, McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   (Age 75 years). No birth record has been found for Ann.
      In 1871, at age 41, Annie Stewart was residing in McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, with her widowed mother, Christian Stewart. They were residing next door to her brother, John Stewart.
      In 1881 she is found residing with her brother, John Stewart.
      In 1891, at age 61, Annie Stewart was residing with her sister Margaret Stewart and Margaret’s husband, John Stewart. Also living with them were three of her brother, John’s children.
      Ann died in 1904 in McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. She was a spinster. The informant at her death was her nephew Peter Stewart.
   2. Margaret Stewart,   b. 1832, Grenville, Québec, Canada ,   d. 24 Feb 1901, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   (Age 69 years). Margaret married on 27 Apr 1858 in Horton Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada  to John Stewart,   b. Abt 25 Oct 1829, Summer’s Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 11 Sep 1908, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 78 years).
      In 1851, at age 20, Margaret was residing in McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, with her widowed mother and siblings John and Ann.
      On 27 Apr 1858, at age 27 in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, Margaret Stewart married her first-cousin-once-removed, John Stewart. He was the son of James Stewart in Wester Ardveich, son of Alexander Stewart in Summerline, younger brother of Margaret’s father, John Stewart.
      In 1881, Margaret Stewart was residing in Horton, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada, with her husband and young children.
      In 1891, Margaret Stewart was residing in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, with her husband, her sister, Annie, and three of her brother John’s children.
      Margaret and John had the following children:
      1. John Stewart,   b. 1868, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN 
      2. Christina Stewart,   b. 1872, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN
   3. John “Churchfield” Stewart,   b. 1835, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1889, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age 54 years)
      In 1861, at age 25, John Stewart was residing in McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, with his widowed mother and sister Ann. They were living next door to his future wife, 16 year old Marion Gilchrist and her family.In 1871, at age 35, John Stewart was residing in McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada with his wife and children. He was a farmer. Also living with them was 17 year old Alexander Stewart, working as a farm hand.

      In 1881, at age 45, John Stewart was residing in McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, as a widower with his children. John’s sister Annie was also residing with him.

      According to a descendant, John resided in Churchfield, McNab.

      “John Stewart, son of the Stewart that drowned, owned the property (where the Canaan Free Church is located near Burnstown, MacNab, Ontario, Canada) and was ever afterwards known as “Churchfield” Stewart.

      “The story behind the establishment of the Canaan Church is quite inspiring.

      As it is written… “one of the earliest tragedies of McNab Township happened one Sunday, around 1836. The settlers were coming to attend a service in John Fisher’s barn. This was on the south side of the Madawaska on the farm now owned by Allan McLeod. There being no bridge, those from the north side crossed the turbulent Madawaska at Johnston’s Rock by canoe. A number had safely crossed the swiftly swirling waters, when a canoe capsized carrying John McNab (known as Auchessan McNab), John Stewart, and Blacksmith McArthur and the latter’s two small children. (Mrs. McArthur and a baby had crossed ahead.) McArthur and his little girl, who had climbed on her daddy’s back, were the only ones to reach the south shore alive. The child in his arms was dead and the other two men were swept away and drowned.” (1836)

      John Stewart was my GGG Grandfather.

      This John Stewart married Christina McIntyre in Perthshire, Scotland. Their first daughter Annie was born in Scotland in 1829 before they immigrated to Canada. According to available records, it seems the Stewarts immigrated to Canada with Peter (and family) and John McIntyre (Christine’s brothers) in the late summer of 1831. When they immigrated John would have been around 28 years old. His daughter Margaret and son John*** were both born in Canada. When John Stewart drowned, his kids were aged 2, 5 and 8. Christina never remarried.

      The interesting outcome of the tragic story of John Stewart drowning in the mighty Madawaska is that his son who was also named John Stewart, also referred to as John “Churchfield” Stewart, is the one (via his Mother Christina McIntyre) who gave the land for the original Free Church, named Canaan, as it was built in 1849. Years later, a new church was built in Renfrew and today what remains of the original church is a rock cairn and a plaque.

      A beautiful story– from a terrible tragedy, Christina McIntyre Stewart with her strong resolve, gave back to her community from the little that she possessed. It is a statement of FAITH and FORTITUDE.

      ***John was born about 1835 in McNab Township, Renfrew, Ontario to John Stewart and Christina McIntyre. He married Marion Gilchrist Stewart Aug 10, 1861 in McNab Township, where all their 10 children were born.
      Marion suffered general debility for following the birth of their last child and died Oct 1878, 4 months after that birth.
      John then married Marion Gilchrist Forrest on Mar 17, 1885 in McNab and they had 2 children-Margaret and Andrew Forrest.
      John died at his home in Churchfield, McNab Township and the CAUSE of DEATH is listed as: “hemorrhage of the lungs 3 months” — Anne Stewart Geer

      John “Churchfield” Stewart married firstly Abt 1862 to Marion Gilchrist,   b. 1842, Thornliebank, Eastwood, Renfrew, Scotland ,   d. 24 Oct 1878, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age 36 years). The had the following children:

      1. John Stewart,   b. 1862, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Feb 1935, Carleton, Ontario, Canada   (Age 73 years) 
      2. James Gilchrist Stewart,   b. 1864, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN 
      3. William L Stewart,   b. 13 Jul 1865, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Oct 1926, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   (Age 61 years)
      4. Peter M. Stewart,   b. 1866, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 May 1935  (Age 69 years) 
      5. Susannah Stewart,   b. 1868, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Oct 1901, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   (Age 33 years)  
      6. Alexander Stewart,   b. 5 Jul 1869, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN
      7.  Thomas Stewart,   b. 20 May 1871, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Feb 1940, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   (Age 68 years). Thomas Stewart married his first cousin, Christina Stewart. His father and her mother were brother and sister. But they were also second-cousins on his paternal grandmother’s side and third-cousins on his paternal great-grandfather’s side. It’s a good thing they never had children.
      8. Christina Stewart,   b. 9 Apr 1873, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jul 1915, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   (Age 42 years) 
      9. George Stewart,   b. 19 Feb 1877, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 May 1938  (Age 61 years)
      10. Marion Gilchrist Stewart,   b. 16 Jun 1878, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew South, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1961  (Age 82 years) 
          John “Churchfield” Stewart married secondly on 17 Mar 1885 in Horton Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada  to Marion Gilchrist Forrest,   b. 1855, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Oct 1893, Burnstown, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age 38 years). (The similarity of her name to John’s first wife is coincidence.) They had the following children:
      11. Margaret Annie May Stewart,   b. 6 May 1887, Lot 23, Con. 3, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN 
      12. Andrew Forrest Stewart,   b. 22 Apr 1889, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1942  (Age 52 years)

Alexander Stewart,   b. Abt 26 Jan 1805, Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1811, Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age ~ 5 years) .

Alexander Stewart is presumed to have died in childhood prior to the birth of his same-named younger brother in 1811.

Margaret Stewart,   b. Abt 14 Feb 1807, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Nothing is known of Margaret Stewart’s later whereabouts.

Rev. Alexander Stewart, M.A.,   b. Abt 11 Jan 1811, Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 31 Aug 1883, Bridge of Allan, Logie, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age ~ 72 years) 

On 11 Jan 1811, Alexander Stewart was born in Wester Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, to John Stewart and Annie Stewart. (“1811, Jan 11, John and Ann Stewarts in Wester Ardveich had their son baptised named Alex’r.” Comrie OPR)

About 1828, around the age of 17 or 18, Alexander Stewart began attending the University of Edinburgh. “At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Scotland’s five university colleges had no entrance exams, students typically entered at ages of 15 or 16, attended for as little as two years, chose which lectures to attend and left without qualifications. The curriculum was dominated by divinity and the law.” (Wikipedia)

In 1832, at age 21, Alexander Stewart graduated from the University of Edinburgh with the degree of Master of Arts.

He was licensed by Presbytery of Skye as missionary to Highlanders in Presbytery of Paisley

On 24 July 1839, at age 28, Rev. Alexander Stewart was ordained as a Minister of the Church of Scotland became minister at Killin, Perthshire, Scotland. He succeeded Rev. Robert Elder (Minister at Killin 1834-1838).

On 3 Sept 1839, Rev. Alexander Stewart married in Killin, Perthshire, Scotland, to Janet Robertson. They had no children.

In 1841, at age 30, Alexader Stewart was residing in the Manse of Killin in Killin, Perthshire, Scotland with his wife, Janet Robertson, and several household servants.

In 1843, at age 32, Rev. Alexander Stewart left the Church of Scotland to become a minister of the newly formed Free Church of Scotland. He founded the Free Church congregation in Killin.

In 1848, the membership of the Free Church at Killin was 271 persons.

In 1851, at age 40, Rev. Alexander Stewart was residing in the Free Church Manse at Killin, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife, Janet Robertson, and their 6 year old nephew, George Robertson, along with three household servants.

In 1861, at age 50, Alexander Stewart was residing at Monmore, the Free Church Manse,at Killin, Perthshire, Scotland with his wife and several household servants.

In 1871, at age 60, Rev. Alexander Stewart was residing in the Free Church Manse at Killin, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife, Janet Robertson, and their 13 year old nephew, John Robertson, along with three household servants.

In 1875, Rev. Alexander Stewart is listed in the Stent and Valuation Roles as residing in the Free Church Manse in Killin, Perthshire, Scotland.

In 1881, at age 70, Alexander Stewart was residing at Castleview, Logie, Perthshire, Scotland with his wife Janet and a servant. He was employed as the Minister of the Free Church at Killin.

In 1883, at age 72, Rev. Alexander Stewart retired from the Free Church at Killin and moved permanently to Castleview Cottage at Bridge of Allan in Logie, Perthshire, Scotland, where he lived until his death a few months later.

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REV. ALEXANDER STEWART, M.A., KILLIN
(Died August 30, 1883)
Author: Rev. Allan Sinclair, M.A., Kenmore
Source: The Free Church Monthly, March 1, 1884, Biographical Notices, p.82

“Year by year our Disruption worthies are becoming fewer in number, and the venerable subject of the following brief notice is another of the noble band of men, so many of whom have “been gathered to their people.”

“Mr. Stewart was born in 1811 at Ardbeich, in the parish of Comrie, on the banks of the beautiful and classic Loch Earn. His father and mother were of the Stewarts of Ardvoirlicb, an old Perthshire family that can trace its origin back to James, third son of Murdoch, Duke of Albany, Regent of Scotland, who died in 1425. When about six years of age his father removed to the parish of Balquhidder, where he rented a farm, and was well known for many years as a much-respected elder of the Church of Scotland. It was here, in the parish school, that the future minister received the rudiments of his education. Preparatory, however, to his entering college, he went to the school of Leecropt, near Stirling, then conducted by a teacher of eminence, to whom his pupil was wont to say he was much indebted for his own attainments in classical literature. Mr. Stewart was an accomplished classic, which invariably showeel itself in the ease, grace, and readiness with which he ever acquitted himself, whether at the examination of schools or of candidates for the ministry. He studied at the University of Glasgow, and one who was a class fellow of his at this period says: “We sat at the same desk, and he often surprised me by his aptitude for picking up anything new. I never met with any one who showed equal ability in arithmetic and mathematics.”

“At the close of his divinity course, Mr. Stewart accepted a situation as tutor in the family of the late Dr. McLean of Rum; and it was while resident in this gentleman’s family that he was licensed to preach the gospel. Eager for ministerial usefulness, he soon thereafter accepted an invitation from the Presbytery of Paisley to become missionary to the Highlanders who in considerable numbers were engaged in the manufacturing and mining industries of that town and neighbourhood. He wrought in this field with diligence and acceptance for the space of two years, until the parish of Killin became vacant by the translation of Dr. Elder to Edinburgh, when the patron, the late Marquis of Breadalbane, made him an offer of it. He had another charge in his option-the parish of Balmaghie, in Kirkcudbrightshire, vacant by the translation of the late Dr. Brown to St. John’s, Glasgow; but his partiality for his native county and his love for Gaelic decided him in favour of Killin, where he was ordained in June 1839. Here he ministered to an attached people till laid aside from active duty by the illness of which he died, and which he bore with patience and resignation to the Master’s will till he entered into his rest.

“Mr. Stewart was one of four ministers in the Presbytery of Weem-now the Presbytery of Breadalbane-who joined the Free Church in 1843, and the only one who resigned a parochial charge. He did a great deal towards building it up within the bounds of the Presbytery, and lived to see all the parishes supplied with ordinances in connection with his own Church.

“Endowed with superior mental abilities, a cultured mind, a sound judgment, and a good presence, Mr. Stewart was a most attractive companion, numbering among intimate friends men such as the late Marquis of Breadalbane, Sir James Simpson, Bart., and others that might be named, who had for him a warm regard. To his brethren in the ministry he also greatly endeared himself by his affability, courtesy, and uniform Christian bearing towards them.

“The autumn following his settlement at Killin Mr. Stewart was married to Miss Robertson of Foxbar, near Paisley, who survives to cherish his memory and mourn the loss she has sustained by his removal.”
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Alexander Stewart is shown in Mitchell’s Monumental Inscriptions as “Rev. Alexander Stewart, MA, Free Church minister at Killin, born 1812 in Ardveigh (sic. Ardveich), died 31 AUG 1882. He married in SEP 1839 in Killin, Perthshire, Scotland to Janet ROBERTSTON. He ‘came out’ (left the Church of Scotland for the Free Kirk) in 1843. He is buried in Killin Churchyard.”

Rev. Alexander Stewart is listed in the Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, vol 4. Alexander Stewart, born Loch Earn 1811, fifth son of John S., farmer, Ayrshire (sic “Ardveich”); educated at University of Glasgow; M.A. (1832); licensed by Presbytery of Skye as missionary to Highlanders in Presbytery of Paisley; ordained 24th July 1839. Joined the Free Church in 1843; minister of Killin Free Church 1843-83, died 30 AUG 1883. He married 3rd Sept 1839 Janet (died 29th March 1899), daughter of Rose Robertson, Foxbar.

“1883 – Alexander Stewart, Minister of the Free Church, Killin, married to Janet Robertson. Died 1883 August thirteenth, noon, at Castleview, Bridge of Allan, aged 70 years, son of John Stewart, farmer (dec’d) and Annie Stewart MS Stewart (dec’d). Cause of death: general decay. Informant: Katie McGowan, housemaid.” (Register of Deaths, parish of Logie)

“The Rev.’d Alexander Stuart, M.A. Minister of the Parish of Killin for four years and afterwards of the Free Church of Scotland for thirty-nine years. Born at Ardveich 1812, died at Bridge of Allan, 31st Aug’t. 1882. This stone is erected by the congregation he served so long and so faithfully to testify to his work and their affection and esteem. The memory of the just is blessed. Also Janet Robertson, widow of the above, who died 28th March 1899, aged 84 years.” (Gravestone inscription in Killin, Perthshire, Scotland)

“Stewart, Rev. Alexander, value of estate £1540 12s 4d. 17 October – Confirmation of Rev. Alexander Stewart, M.A., sometime Minister of the Gospel, Killin, thereafter residing at Castleview, Bridge of Allan, who died 30 August 1883 at Bridge of Allan, testate granted at Stirling to John Robertson, Calenderer, Glasgow, his brother-in-law, and Ross Robertson Auld, Writer, Glasgow, Executors nominated in Will or Deed, dated 6 May 1875, and recorded in Court Books of Commissariat of Stirling, 17 October 1883.” (Scotland National Probate Index)

“His stone refers to him as Alexander Stuart however Official Records (Including the Fasti) show him as Alexander Stewart.
Born at Ardveich, Lochearnhead, Perthshire to John Stewart + Annie Stewart
His marriage, as Alexr Stewart, to Janet Robertson was Proclaimed in The Abbey Parish, Paisley, Renfrewshire on 31st Aug 1839 (559 80/468) and Celebrated in Killin (Presbyterian) Parish Church on 3rd Sept 1839 (361 36/44). He defected to the Free Church in 1843.
His stone gives the Date of his Death as 31st Aug 1882 however, the entry in the Statutory Death Index records his death as Noon on the 30th Aug 1883 at Castle View, Bridge of Allan, Perthshire” (FindAGrave)

Cathrine Stewart,   b. Abt 30 Aug 1807, Summer’s Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Catherine married on 14 Aug 1836 in Kincardine By Doune, Perth, Scotland  to John Rankin,   b. 1813, Lismore, Argyll, Scotland  . They lived at Burnbankline in Kincardine-by-Doune, Perthshire, Scotland, and had the following children:

1. 1. James Rankin,   b. 13 Nov 1836, Kincardine By Doune,Perth,Scotland  
   2. Mary Rankin,   b. 1840, Burnbankline, Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland 
   3. Alexander Rankin,   b. 1842, Burnbankline, Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland   
   4. Daniel Rankin,   b. 1844, Burnbankline, Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland  
   5. Elisabeth Rankin,   b. 1847, Burnbankline, Kincardine, perthshire  
   6. Christian Rankin,   b. 1849, Burnbankline, Kincardine, perthshire  
   7. Ann Rankine,   b. Abt 1852, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland  

Christian Stewart,   b. Abt 26 Nov 1809, Summer’s Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Christian has not been found in later records.

Finlay Stewart,   b. 1811, Summer’s Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1811, Summer’s Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age 0 years)

Finlay died in infancy.

John Stewart,   b. Abt 10 May 1812, Summer’s Lane, Blair Drummond Moss, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

John has not been found in later records.

Ann Stewart,   b. Abt 2 Jun 1816, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Ann resided with her brother Daniel and never married.

Janet Stewart,   b. Abt 18 Oct 1818, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Janet Stewart married on 23 Apr 1843 in Thornhill, Norriestown (formerly Kincardine), Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland  to John MacPherson,   b. 7 Jan 1819, Kingussie and Insch, Inverness-shire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

In 1871, Janet is residing at Cambuslang Cottage with her husband and family, next door to James Stewart, res 2 Westwood Lane, b 1803 in Balquhidder and Alexander Stewart, res 3 Westwood Lane, b 1809 in Kincardine, son of Duncan Stewart in Derry, son of Donald Stewart in Edinample.

Janet Stewart and John MacPherson had the following children:

1. 1. Catherine MacPherson,   b. 1844, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
   2. Helen MacPherson,   b. 18 Jan 1846, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN 
   3. Christian MacPherson,   b. 10 Jul 1848, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
   4. Daniel MacPherson,   b. 3 Jan 1851, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
   5. Alexander McPherson,   b. 1854, Kincardine, Perthshire  
   6. John MacPherson,   b. 1856, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN 

Elizabeth Stewart,   b. Abt 14 Oct 1821, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Elizabeth Stewart resided with her brother Daniel and sister Ann. She never married.

Robert Stewart,   b. Abt 11 Jan 1824, Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Robert Stewart is not found with his family in any census records and is presumed to have died before 1841.

Catharine McIntyre,   b. Abt 2 Feb 1800, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN. Catharine McIntyre married between 10 and 22 Dec 1831 in Balquhidder and Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland  to Duncan Carmichael, in Wester Glentarken,   b. 30 Dec 1792, Wester Glentarken, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN. They had the following children:

1. 1. Alexander Carmichael,   b. 13 Apr 1833, Wester Glentarken, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
   2. John Carmichael,   b. 1838, Wester Glentarken, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN 

Christian McIntyre,   b. Abt 31 Jan 1802, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 30 Jul 1872, McNab, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 70 years). 

Christian McIntyre was born in 1802 in Carnlia on the west side of Glen Beich in Balquhidder parish, Perthshire, Scotland.

Christian married on 10 JUL 1829 in Balquhidder and 22 JUL 1829 in Kilmadock, Perthshire, Scotland to her maternal cousin, John Stewart, b. Abt 27 Jul 1802, Ardveich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1836, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 33 years). He was born almost next-door in Ardveich on the east side of Glen Beich, but in Comrie parish, Perthshire, Scotland. He was living in Kilmadock at the time of their marriage.

Later that same year, they had their first child, Ann. Her birth record has not been found.

In 1831, at age 29, Christian and her family immigrated to Renfrew, Ontario, Canada with her extended McIntyre family. They had an infant daughter Ann with them. They stopped briefly in Grenville, Quebec, Canada, where their second daughter Margaret was born, before finally settling in Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada.

In 1835, Christian’s husband, John Stewart, was tragically killed:

“Then, for a time, Rev. Mr. Fairbairn, the Ramsay minister, came occasionally to visit the people. And in connection with his coming, there occurred one of the early and memorable tragedies of the district. It was probably about the year 1835 that the people were going to meet with Mr. Fairburn at John Fisher’s on the south side of the Madawaska, near Burnstown. Those on the north side went across in canoes. A number had safely crossed the swiftly swirling waters at that point, on this side as on former occasions; but the canoe containing John McNab (known as Auchessan McNab), John Stewart (father of the late “Churchfield John”, and the blacksmith McArthur with his two children, capsized. McArthur managed to swim ashore with one child, but McNab, Stewart, and the other child were all swept down by the current and drowned. For many days the neighbours “dragged” the waters till the bodies were found.” (The Story of Renfrew – From the Coming of the First Settlers About 1820 by W. E. Smallfield and Rev. Robert Campbell, D.Sc. Renfrew, Smallfield and Son, 1919)

They have not been found in 1841.

In the 1851 census Christian is shown as “Mrs John Stewart, widow”, residing with her three children in McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.

Christian’s death certificate records her as being born in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland and as the wife of the late John Stewart. The informant was her son, John Stewart in McNab Township, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.

1. 1. Ann Stewart,   b. 1829, Scotland ,   d. 16 Nov 1904, McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   (Age 75 years)
   2. Margaret Stewart,   b. 1832, Grenville, Québec, Canada ,   d. 24 Feb 1901, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   (Age 69 years) 
   3. John “Churchfield” Stewart,   b. 1835, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1889, Churchfield, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age 54 years)

Further information on their family is presented above under John Stewart, born 1802, son of John Stewart in Ardveich and Keip, son of Donald Stewart in Ardveich and Keip.

Donald McIntyre, in Carnlia and Gartnafuaran,   b. Abt 25 Mar 1804, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Between 1852 and 1861, Gartnafuaran, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age ~ 47 years). 

Donald married 14 DEC 1833 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland to his cousin Catharine McIntyre, in Carnlia and Gartnafuaran,   b. Abt 12 Mar 1809, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Between 1871 and 1881, Gartnafuaran, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age ~ 61 years) . Catharine was bap. 12 MAR 1809 in Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland as the daughter of Duncan McIntyre and Margaret Stewart.

PLEASE NOTE: Donald McIntyre and his wife, Catharine McIntyre, both had parents with identical names (Duncan McIntyre and Margart Stewart). Both sets of parents were from Carnlia, and both sets of parents were married in the same church only one day apart. Both sets of parents have been given patronymic middle names in order to tell them apart. Donald and Catherine’s mothers (both named Margaret Stewart) were cousins through the Stewarts of Dalveich. Their fathers (both named Duncan McIntyre) were almost certainly cousins through the McIntyres of Carnlia, however this research project is tracking the Stewarts, not the McIntyre ancestry, so that connection will have to be left to McIntyre researchers to determine.

In 1841, at age 35*, Donald McIntyre was residing in Craig Uisin, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife Catherine and their children, John (4), Margaret (2), and Peter (9 months). Also residing with them were his in-laws, Duncan mac Finlay McInytre and Margaret nic Seamus Stewart. and his wife’s paternal cousin, 25-year-old Ann Stewart, daughter of Alexander Stewart in Summerline, and her one-year-old son John Stewart.

*Ancestry gives his age as 55 which is believed to be a transcription error, otherwise the Donald McIntyre shown in the census is his uncle and this Donald is not found with his wife and children or anywhere else in the 1841 census.

In 1851, at age 45, Donald McIntyre was residing in Gartnafuaran, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland, with his wife and their four children. Also residing with them was Donald’s 77 year old widowed father-in-law, Duncan McIntyre. Also residing with them was his brother-in-law, Finlay. Residing next door were Donald’s elderly parents.

Donald McIntyre is not found in 1861 residing with his wife and children and is presumed to have died.

Donald and Catherine McIntyre had the following children:

1. 1. Duncan McIntyre,   b. Abt 7 Sep 1834, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
   2. John McIntyre,   b. Abt 24 Sep 1836, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 13 Mar 1914, Stronslaney, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age ~ 77 years) 
   3. Margaret McIntyre,   b. Abt 1 Sep 1838, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN 
   4. Peter McIntyre,   b. 5 Mar 1841, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
   5. Finlay McIntyre,   b. 15 May 1844, Gartnafuaran, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
   6. Donald McIntyre,   b. 4 Mar 1850, Gartnafuaran, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN 
   7. Catharine McIntyre,   b. 29 Aug 1852, Gartnafuaran, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN 

Janet McIntyre,   b. Abt 26 May 1806, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1861  (Age ~ 56 years). Janet married on 11 Feb 1832 in Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland  to Robert Ferguson, in Strathyre,   b. Abt 8 Aug 1802, Wester Achtow, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1861  (Age ~ 60 years). They had the following children:

1. 1. Peter Ferguson,   b. Abt 16 Jan 1833, Stronslaney, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 15 Apr 1836, Strathyre, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age ~ 3 years) 
   2. Margaret Ferguson,   b. Abt 26 Oct 1834, Glenogle Fall, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1851  (Age ~ 16 years)
   3. Christina Ferguson,   b. 1837, Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 5 Nov 1869, Strathyre, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age 32 years)
   4. Duncan Ferguson, in Strathyre,   b. Abt 23 Jun 1839, Lochearnhead, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 11 Feb 1893, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland   (Age ~ 53 years) 
   5. Peter Ferguson,   b. 16 May 1841, Lochearnhead, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 12 Nov 1914, Powassan, Dalhousie District, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada   (Age 73 years)
   6. Catherine Ferguson,   b. 2 Sep 1843, Lochearnhead, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1871  (Age > 29 years)
   7. Janet Ferguson,   b. 20 Jul 1848, Bealanoth, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1861  (Age > 14 years) 
   8. Alexander Ferguson,   b. 21 Oct 1854, Bealanoth, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1861, Powassan near North Bay, Ontario, Canada   (Age > 8 years) 

John McIntyre,   b. Abt 8 May 1808, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1830, McNab, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 21 years). 

“About the same time came John McInytre. He took up the land known afterwards for a great many years as “Allan McNab’s.” McIntyre had made a clearance and built a shanty. But he died very soon after from quinsy, and for a year or two the property was vacant.

Peter McIntyre, a brother, came on the same vessel to Canada, and took up the farm now known as the McLaren homestead, now occupied by Mr John B McLaren, a mile south of the town.

In the same vessel came another family of McIntyres, from Perthshire – Gregor, Duncan and John and several sisters, as well as their mother, the father having died in the old land. They were not relatives of John and Peter, but were friends and had been neighbours in the old land. They first went to Beckwith, where they had acquaintances; but did not care for that section of country, and came on, following the other McIntyres into Renfrew. Even here they were not thoroughly satisfied; and determined before locating permanently to invesitage Wester Ontario. John, of the one family, and Gregor of the other, started off on a pilgrimage westward on foot making their forty miles a day. However the west to them presented no greater…”[original is cut off here.]

(The Story of Renfrew, from the coming of the first settlers about 1820. Smallfield, W. E. & Robert Campbell. Renfrew. Smallfield & Son. 1919.)

Mary McIntyre,   b. Abt 21 Jul 1811, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN. 

Nothing more is known of Mary.

Ann McIntyre,   b. Abt 25 Jan 1814, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Nothing more is known of Ann.

Duncan McIntyre,   b. Abt 14 Apr 1816, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Nothing more is known of Duncan McIntyre.

Finlay McIntyre,   b. Abt 16 Apr 1820, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Nothing more is known of Finlay McIntyre.

Margaret McIntyre,   b. Abt 8 Sep 1822, Carnlia, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Nothing more is known of Margaret McIntyre.

Donald Stewart,   b. Abt 28 Nov 1815, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 1867, Horton Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 51 years).

In 1851, at age 38, Donald Stewart was residing alone in Admaston, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, employed as a carpenter.

Donald Stewart is listed on the big McIntyre/McLaren gravestone in the McLaren Cemetery, Renfrew, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, shown as “Robert Stewart, 1780-1865, Donald Stewart, ___-1867, Margaret Stewart, 1809-1891.”

Cathrine Stewart,   b. Abt 12 Sep 1817, Ardvorlich, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 20 Feb 1883, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 65 years).

No marriage record has been found for Catherine Stewart and Duncan McIntyre, however their children’s marriage records confirm that her maiden name was Stewart and she is found in three census records residing with her sister Margaret who is shown correctly as born in Argyllshire, Scotland.

In 1851, at age 33, Catherine McIntyre was residing in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, with her husband, Duncan McIntyre (39), and their children, John (6), Mary (4), Rachel (3), Robert (1). Also residing with them is her sister Margaret Stewart (22), born in Argyll, Scotland. Also, in 1851, at age 33, Catherine McIntyre was found residing in Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, in the home of her brother-in-law, Gregor McIntyre, and his mother Rachel McInytre (nee McGregor). Presumably she was visiting on the day of the census and was recorded in both places.

In 1861, at age 42, Catherine McIntyre was residing in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, with her husband Duncan McIntyre (48) and their children John (15), Mary (14), Rachel (12), Robert (10), Duncan (6), and Margaret (3).

In 1871, at age 53, Catherine McIntyre was residing in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, with her husband Duncan McIntyre (57) and their children, John McIntyre (26), Mary McIntyre (24), Rachael McIntyre (22), Robert McIntyre (20), Duncan McIntyre (15), and Margaret McIntyre (13). Also residing with them was her sister, Margaret Stewart (30).

In 1881, at age 63, Catherine McIntyre was residing in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, with her husband, Duncan McIntyre (68), and their son, Duncan McIntyre (23). Also residing with them was Catherine’s sister, Margaret Stewart (52).

Cathrine Stewart is presumed to have married to Duncan McIntyre,   b. 1 Jun 1813, Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN, (son of John McIntyre and Margaret McGregor, presumed to be related to the Carnlia McIntyres, but but John McIntyre’s birth has not been identified) although no record of their marriage has been found. They had the following children:

1. 1. John McIntyre,   b. 1845, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN
   2. Mary McIntyre,   b. 1847, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN 
   3. Rachel McIntyre,   b. 1848, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN 
   4. Robert McIntyre,   b. 1850, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN 
   5. Duncan McIntyre,   b. 1855, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN
   6. Margert McIntyre,   b. 1858, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN 

Duncan Stewart,   b. 16 Sep 1819, Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Duncan has not been found in later records.

Alexander Stewart,   b. 27 Jun 1822, Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN.

Alexander Stewart has not been found in later records.

Margaret Stewart,   b. Abt 6 Jan 1829, Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 12 Feb 1891, Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 62 years).

Margaret Stewart never married nor had children.

In 1851, 1871, and 1881, Margaret Stewart was residing with her sister, Catherine McIntyre (nee Stewart) in Horton, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada.

Her death registration incorrectly shows her place of birth as Perthshire, Scotland. Her birth family was originally from Perthshire, but the youngest four children, including Margaret, were born in Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyllshire, Scotland. The informant was her nephew, Duncan McInytre.

John Robert Stewart,   b. May 1831, Campbelltown, Kintyre, Argyll, Scotland ,   d. 19 Mar 1887, Horton Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 55 years). 

No birth record has been found for John. His marriage record gives his parents’ names as follows: “John Stewart, 27, Campbellton Scotland, Horton, s/o Robert Stewart & Mary McGregor, married Margaret McLaren, 27, McNab, Horton, d/o James McLaren & Catherine McLaren, witn: Robert McLaren of Horton & Robinson Lyon of McNab, 18 Jan 18.”

The 1881 census for Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada gives John’s name as “John Robert Stewart.”

John was the town engineer in Packenham.

John Robert Stewart married on 18 Jan 1859 in Pakenham Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada  to Margaret McLaren,   b. Sep 1832, McNab Township, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jun 1878, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 45 years). They had the following children:

1. 1. Robert Stewart,   b. 7 Nov 1859, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Nov 1859, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age 0 years). He died in infancy.
   2. James Stewart,   b. Jan 1861, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 May 1869, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 8 years). He died in childhood.
   3. Mary M. McGregor Stewart,   b. Aug 1862, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 May 1869, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age ~ 6 years). She died in childhood.
   4. Catherine Stewart,   b. 5 Jun 1864, Québec, Canada ,   d. Aft 1934  (Age > 71 years). Catherine married on 8 Aug 1888 in Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada  to William Albert Matheson,   b. 10 Oct 1863, Perth, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Apr 1923, Fort William, Thunder Bay, Algoma, Ontario, Canada   (Age 59 years). They had the following children:
      1. Blanche Veronica Matheson,   b. 31 Oct 1889, Algoma, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1901  (Age < 11 years) 
      2. Kathleen Stewart Matheson,   b. 31 Oct 1889, Algoma, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Aft 1911  (Age > 23 years) 
      3. Everell Matheson,   b. 17 Sep 1892, Fort William, Algoma, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Aft 1911  (Age > 20 years)
      4. Stewart Matheson,   b. 19 Jul 1894, Fort William, Thunder Bay, Algoma, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Aft 1901  (Age > 8 years) 
      5. Jennie Matheson,   b. 12 Nov 1896, Fort William, Thunder Bay, Algoma, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Aft 1911  (Age > 16 years) 
      6. John Donald Matheson,   b. 20 Sep 1898, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Aft 1911  (Age > 14 years) 
      7. William Matheson,   b. 20 Sep 1898, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1901  (Age < 2 years)
      8. William Albert Matheson,   b. 1 Jul 1907, Algoma, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jan 2000, Vancouver, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada   (Age 92 years) 
   5. Alexander Stewart,   b. 1865, Québec, Canada ,   d. Bef 1872, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age < 6 years). He died in childhood.
   6. Donald S. Stewart,   b. 1867, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN. Donald married on 22 May 1914 in Chatham, Kent County, Ontario, Canada  to Amy Harris,   b. 1881, Birmingham, England ,   d. Aft 1914  (Age > 34 years). It is not known if they had any children. According to the 1881 census, Donald and his siblings were born in Quebec, but later records say he was born in Renfrew, Ontario.
   7. John James Stewart,   b. 1869, Québec, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN. Note: A John STEWART b. 18 Apr 1869 ON living Prince Albert. SK in 1901.
   8. Alexander Duncan Stewart,   b. 18 Nov 1870, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Dec 1870, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age 0 years) . He died in infancy, prior to the birth of his same-named younger brother.
   9. Alexander Duncan Stewart,   b. 3 Jan 1872, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Aft 1901  (Age > 30 years)
   10. Elizabeth Jane Stewart,   b. 11 Nov 1873, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Dec 1875, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age 2 years). She died in childhood.
   11. Ann Isabella Stewart,   b. 15 Aug 1875, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Mar 1876, Renfrew, Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada   (Age 0 years). She died in infancy.