Re: A Stewart Question
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A Stewart Question
Leanne Harrisburg 9/19/03
I have Stewarts marrying McQueens in the 1700s in Kilmadock Parish in Perthshire. This is immediately south of the town and parish of Callander, which is where my Graham and Stewart ancestors came from.
James Stewart married Catharine McQueen in 1788 in Kilmadock Parish and they had Janet 1788, Walter 1791, John 1793, Archibald 1795, James 1796, Alexander 1801, Katharine 1803, and Peter 1805.
Catharine McQueen's parents were John McQueen, b 1703 in Kilmadock, and Janet Stewart.I haven't identified her yet, as there are many possible Janet Stewarts in the local parishes of Balquhidder, Callander, Kilmadock, Port of Menteith, Kincardine-by-Doune and Aberfoyle.
John McQueen and Janet Stewart (his second wife) had Elizabeth 1744, Alexander 1746, Archibald 1752, Margaret 1758, and Catharine 1764, all baptised in Kilmadock parish.
By his first wife Kathrin Comrie (m. 1717 Kilmadock) John McQueen had James 1733, John 1734, Janet 1737, and Patrick 1740.
These records are all from the IGI and I suspect there might be an error in the date of John McQueen's marriage to Kathrin Comrie.As it makes him marry at age 14 and have his first child 16 years later I have my doubts about it.
Kilmadock is a fair distance from Glasgow or North Leith, but my own family of Grahams moved to Glasgow from this district in the 1820s.
I suspect that Stewart is a valid christian name, albeit an unusual one, as I found a boy christened Smith Stewart in Port of Menteith about this period.
On the other hand I doubt whether the middle name Copland is a family surname.In my experience the Scots of this period give their children a middle name which is the surname of a close friend, or a respected pillar of the community such as a minister.
Belinda
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Re: A Stewart Question
Leanne Harrisburg 12/04/03