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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby cgms310 » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:30 pm

Hi again Tim,

You may also want to look at the following link from The Kintyre Forum from one of my 4th cousins named Elizabeth Kitching of Dorset, England.

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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby JOEMAC » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:08 am

Hi Tim,
Saw your request for info on Mary Stewart who married James McMillan.
I have no information on these two but a Mary Stewart married my great grandfather John McMillan in Glasgow in 1836.She was his first wife.He re-married Girzel Blue in Campbeltown in 1848
John was born in Campbeltown and he and Mary both returned there after the marriage and had 4 children.
Other than that your best shot is with Charles as he is the resident specialist on the Stewart clan.
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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby blueboyno1 » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:26 am

The vast number of Stewart children from this branch of the family married into the following 28 families: Buie, McConachy, McMath, McLean, McWilliam, Andrew, McMillan, McDonald, McDougall, Cook, Smith, Blair, McGougan, Sinclair, McKillop, Reid, McTavish, Kirkwood, Blue, McCallum, Nicolson, Clark, McKinnon, Brownlie, Mitchell, Livingstone, McKay and Kean



Hello dont know if there is any relationship here but my great grannies name was Rose Anne Stewart born 1859 and married Charles Mclean ,they had a daughter Victoria Mclean who han a son called Hugh Mcmillan ,all these surnames are on your list and all from Campbeltown ,any info please .
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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby cgms310 » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:34 pm

Hello B.B.No 1!

I sadly can find no record of a Rose Ann Stewart in my family tree. The name Rose has not been used, so it is possible that she may have come from another Stewart family in the area of which there were a few. The McLean family however married my “Park Stewart” family at least four times from my records, maybe more.
The bottom line here is that Argyll (as I am sure you know) is quite a small region and the closeness of the community is such that local families married into other local families, usually without any knowledge that they were even related!

I have an instance where the Park Stewart family has married the Bowie family at least twice and other local Stewart’s married Park Stewart’s, which confuses the issue even further!

If you have a family tree and would like to send it to me, I would be happy to review it and assist you in your research. My direct e-mail is replycs@yahoo.ca

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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby Ship called Dignity » Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:53 pm

Stumbled across this site and remembered there was a post about Stewarts on here.

Don't know if it is of any user or not...

http://www.legacyfamilytree.ca/pickering/551.htm
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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby morrismh » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:26 am

Hello from Massachusetts, USA. Perhaps someone will be able to help me with some family research. I am seeking information about Charles Stewart, born on September 25, 1805 in Peniver or Campbeltown, depending on the source. He became a Reverend and married Catherine Kippen who was born in 1809 in Glasgow. His daughter, Mary Smith Stewart, was born in 1850 and married my great-grandfather, Robert Craig Speirs on Arran. One source gives William Stewart and Barbara Callander as Charles' parents, but this is not entirely clear. I'd be grateful for any information that might be available.
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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby cgms310 » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:06 pm

Hello Martha,

I am having difficulty placing your Charles Stewart in the Argyll area as the only reference to him I can find shows his place of birth as Glasgow in 1808. As Catherine Kippen b. 1811 (his wife) was also from Glasgow, it makes sense. Their marriage in August of 1833 was in Kilmory, Bute and it was here that he perhaps began his ministry.

I also had some problems with Mary Smith Stewart's birth parentage as only one child with that name appears in the registry. She was born on March 31st, 1821 to a George Stewart and a Jean or Jane McGhee in Kilmarnock.

If these are indeed correct, I can find no link to my Stewart family, however I will be happy to assist you further and have contacted you via direct e-mail.


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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby Edward » Thu Jan 22, 2009 6:41 pm

I happened upon your "Park" Stewart's and believe we are related. I am relatively new in searching my relatives, so I am excited at the possibilities... My forebearers are from the Campbeltown area and I have found a lot of infomation, but due to my inexperience, I have difficulty in finding MY line of descendants with any real certainty. This is what I know positively: My gg grandfather is Alexander Stewart, married to Isabella Blair 9 SEP 1841. They had four children that I know of. My g grandfather, Andrew b. 26 May 1842 christened 1 June, 1842. John b/c 27 March 1844. Alexander b/c 1 October 1845. Janet b/c March 1848. Alexander the father was listed in the 1841 Argyllshire, Scotland Census at "Calliburn Milm Farm" with mother "Catherine". Could his mother be Catherine McWilliam? Was she married to Andrew b. 1763/1764? I cannot seem to get further back with certainty than Alexander and Isabella's marriage 9 SEP 1841. I am not even certain of their birth date. I am not certain which Alexander I am looking for as well you know that within the Park Stewart's the prevalent names are Andrew, Alexander, and John. I also know that my g grandfather arrived in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA in 1862 or 1863. His brother Alexander also immigrated to Cincinnati, year unknown. I would certainly appreciate any help you may offer in narrowing down my Stewart line.

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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby cgms310 » Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:38 pm

Hello Edward!

I will be sending you a PM via the Kintyre Forum and we can continue this discussion via e-mail and the telephone.

Looking forward to talking with you!



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ps To my dear friends on this site, you can be sure that I will keep you all updated!
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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby Ninja Mania » Fri Jan 23, 2009 6:24 pm

Hi folks, I am trying to trace Andrew Stewart formerly from Machrihanish Golf Club many years ago, any infomation would br gratefully recieved, thanks in advance.
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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby cgms310 » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:33 pm

I managed to speak with Edward Stewart in Ohio and looking at the basics we do seem to be related!

I am currently working with Mr. Ian MacDonald who is also interested in the "Ohio Stewarts" and I hope to have more to report soon!

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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby cgms310 » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:44 pm

Well I got off the phone about an hour ago with my cousin Donald in Lanark and Edward is indeed family. In fact he is from a long lost group of the Stewart family who went to Ohio and were never heard from again!

This is just fantastic and AGAIN I have to thank the Kintyre Forum for helping to bring more of my family back together!

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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART UPDATE

Postby cgms310 » Thu Feb 26, 2009 7:38 pm

Just to keep everyone in the loop, I have just received my latest DNA results (37/37) and have located several other groups of Stewart’s, who are connected to the Park Stewarts. AT the 37 marker, they are 99% family within 6 generations.

So many of these "new" Stewarts can only trace themselves back to (for example) a John Stewart of Virginia c.1750. Or perhaps a James Stewart of Minnesota c. 1775 etc, etc.

From my side, I can only find records of the Stewart family in Campbeltown, Glasgow and Perthshire, with some other towns and cities in England where they were scattered.

The "grey area" is their sailing details. It seems some may have sailed from Ireland which makes the research that much more difficult, as they often gave their home town as Ulster, or another Northern Irish town and not their actual birthplace.

So my question for the forum is:

Does anyone have any ideas? I am at a loss at this point and the frustration of knowing these folks are family, but not being able to link them to Scotland is agonizing!

Appreciate any thoughts, suggestions.


Regards to you all,




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PS. A part of my cousin Edward's family has just been traced back to a young Stewart boy who at the tender age of 18, fought and died in the American Civil War!Our thanks to cousin Donald Stewart of Lanark, for his investigative genius!
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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby cgms310 » Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:37 pm

UPDATE

Yet another Stewart cousin has appeared, this time from Australia.

Helen Stewart has a detailed history of my g.g.g. uncles who left Kintyre to find a new life in Oz, back in the 1850's

She also sent me a photograph (I will post it later)of her great grandfather Donald Stewart with his wife Flora and his sister Jeanie. Donald was the son of Archibald Stewart who (according to Helen) either lived and/or worked on the following four farms, the first three of which I had not heard of before.

Balyveanan, Glenahewie, Dunamuck and Glassary. The spelling may be incorrect as I am copying her e-mail text.

Is anyone familiar with these farm names and their locations?


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Re: tracing any relatives in Campbeltown - STEWART

Postby maganru » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:08 pm

Hi Charles

Ballevain is just north of Campbeltown on the west coast, Glenahervie is on the east coast of Kintyre south of Campbeltown. Dunamuck is further away in Mid Argyll, near the village of Kilmichael Glassary. I am not aware of a farm called Glassary but there could well have been one years ago. I'm sure there will be photos of most if not all of these somewhere online.
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