Alexander E. Stewart

Neil married Elizabeth Alma Scott on 23 Mar 1915 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Duncan Scott and Janet Ferguson) was born on 18 Feb 1875; died in 1985; was buried in 1985 in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Sandy Stewart
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Notes:

(Research):date given in Kidd, George Edward, "The Story of the Derry", May 1, 1943, p.62
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The Family of Big Sandy (Alistair M?r) Stewart and Margaret Stewart of Balintochich
Neil said that the whole family emigrated in 1835 on the ship 'Canada' owned by the Allan Lines, but this was not entirely true. His brother Alexander stayed on at Balchapel and did not emigrate with them. The following year he married Margaret Stewart of Knockgarry on 4th September. Margaret was the daughter of Donald Stewart and Janet Stewart (or possibly Robertson) who were living at Balintochich in 1841.
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The 1841 and 1851 census returns for Borenich show that Alexander and Margaret moved from Balchapel to nearby Balintochich, where Alexander worked as a handloom weaver. They had seven children while living at Balintochich, but none of them were baptised or recorded in the Old Parish Records. By the mid-1850s it would have been impossible to compete with the weaving looms of the big cities, and by 1853 they had emigrated to Beckwith Township to re-join the rest of the family. Margaret Stewart's brother, Alexander (born c1813), and her sister Jane (born c1815) emigrated with them. Jane died 6th January 1899.

Name?tab??tab?Born?tab??tab?Married?tab??tab?Date?tab??tab?Residence?tab??tab?Died
Janet?tab??tab?Apr 9 1838?tab?Robert Scott
?tab??tab??tab??tab?Conc 6, Lot 20?tab?1861??tab??tab?Beckwith
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?T?tab?ownship?tab?h. Nov 4 1870
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?w. Jan 9 1920
Elizabeth?tab?1841?tab??tab?unmarried?tab?.?tab??tab?Balintochich?tab?d. before 1851
Jean
(Jane)?tab??tab?1843?tab??tab?Samuel Leach?tab?Jun 28 1875?tab?Beckwith
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?Township?tab?h.
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?w.
Helen
(Ellen)?tab??tab?Jun 1846?tab?William Henry
?tab??tab??tab??tab?Jefferson?tab?1872?tab?.?tab??tab??tab?h. Jan 14 1831
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?w. Sep 26 1919
Donald
(Daniel)?tab??tab?1848?tab?unmarried?tab?.?tab?.?tab??tab??tab??tab?d. after 1871
Alexander
(Alistair Og)?tab?1848?tab?unmarried?tab?.?tab?.?tab??tab??tab??tab?d. Feb 20 1927
Neil?tab??tab?1850?tab?Elizabeth Alma
?tab??tab??tab?Scott?tab??tab??tab?Mar 23 1915?tab?Beckwith
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?Township?tab?h. 1931
?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?w. 1985?
Elizabeth?tab?Mar 1855
?tab??tab?Canada?tab?unmarried?tab?.?tab?.?tab??tab??tab?d. after 1911
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?u?Note 14?/u? 1871 census Beckwith
Name: ?tab?Alexander Stewart
Gender: ?tab?Male
Age: ?tab?56
Birth Year: ?tab?1815
Birth Place: ?tab?Scotland
Religion: ?tab?Presbyterian
Origin: ?tab?Scottish (Scotish)
Province: ?tab?Ontario
DISTRICT: ?tab?Lanark South?tab?District Number: 79?tab?Division: 01
Subdistrict: ?tab?Beckwith?tab?Subdistrict Number: ?tab?i
Household Members: ?tab?
Name ?tab??tab??tab?Age
Alex Steward ?tab??tab?56
Margret Steward ?tab?56
Jane Steward ?tab??tab?25
Ellin Steward ?tab??tab?23
Alexander Stewart ?tab?21
Danniall Stewart ?tab?21
Nail Stewart ?tab??tab?19
Elizabeth Stewart ?tab?15
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The Family of Big Sandy (Alistair M?r) Stewart and Margaret Stewart of Balintochich
Neil said that the whole family emigrated in 1835 on the ship 'Canada' owned by the Allan Lines, but this was not entirely true. His brother Alexander stayed on at Balchapel and did not emigrate with them. The following year he married Margaret Stewart of Knockgarry on 4th September. Margaret was the daughter of Donald Stewart and Janet Stewart (or possibly Robertson) who were living at Balintochich in 1841.

The 1841 and 1851 census returns for Borenich show that Alexander and Margaret moved from Balchapel to nearby Balintochich, where Alexander worked as a handloom weaver. They had seven children while living at Balintochich, but none of them were baptised or recorded in the Old Parish Records. By the mid-1850s it would have been impossible to compete with the weaving looms of the big cities, and by 1853 they had emigrated to Beckwith Township to re-join the rest of the family. Margaret Stewart's brother, Alexander (born c1813), and her sister Jane (born c1815) emigrated with them. Jane died 21st January 1898.
Name ?tab??tab??tab?Born ?tab??tab?Married ?tab??tab??tab?Date ?tab?Residence ?tab??tab??tab??tab?Died
Janet ?tab??tab??tab?Apr 9 1838 ?tab?Robert Scott ?tab??tab??tab?1861? ?tab?Beckwith TownshipConc 6, Lot 20 ?tab?h. Nov 4 1870 / w. Jan 9 1920
Elizabeth ?tab??tab?1841 ?tab??tab?unmarried ?tab?. ?tab??tab??tab?Balintochich ?tab??tab??tab??tab?d. before 1851
Jean (Jane) ?tab??tab?1843 ?tab??tab?Samuel Leach . ?tab?. ?tab?
Helen (Ellen) ?tab??tab?Jun 1846 ?tab?William Henry Jefferson ?tab?1872 ?tab?. ?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab? h. Jan 14 1831 / w. Sep 26 1919
Donald (Daniel) ?tab?1848 ?tab??tab?unmarried ?tab?. ?tab?.
Alexander (Alistair Og) ?tab?1848 ?tab??tab?unmarried ?tab?. ?tab?. ?tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab??tab?d. Feb 20 1927
Neil ?tab??tab??tab?1850 ?tab??tab?Elizabeth Alma Scott ?tab??tab?Mar 23 1915 ?tab?Beckwith Township ?tab??tab?h. 1931 w. 1935?
Elizabeth ?tab??tab?Mar 1855 Canada unmarried
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The circumstances of the death of Big Sandy (Alistair M?r) Stewart appeared in the Perth Courier, January 18th, 1889.

" Saturday last Mr. Alexander Stewart, 4th Line Beckwith, designated as "Big Sandy", came to town to do business. In returning, as a farmer on the 9th Line reports it, he undertook to light his pipe when the young and spirited team, feeling the loosened reins, began to run away. Mr. Stewart leaned over the dashboard to pick up the reins and fell forward and down in front of the runners where he was dragged along till a boulder on the side loosened the king bolt and let away the animals.
He was found by the driver of the next vehicle to whom he said he was very much injured. He was carried into Peter McDougall's but objected to their sending for the doctor thinking he might recover. He lingered on in great pain until Sunday morning when he died just before Dr. McEwen arrived who was called out of church for the purpose of seeing him. The team ran a mile and a half where steaming and tired out they were caught by Messrs. McIlquham and Pressley who were emerging from the woods after a rabbit hunt.
Mr. Stewart was a farmer with a large business and family connections and his shocking death has sent sorrow throughout many homes both in this section and in Manitoba. "

Alexander married Margaret Stewart on 4 Sep 1836 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. Margaret was born in 1814 in Balquidder, Stirling, Perthshire, Scotland; died on 21 Jan 1898 in Derry, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Duncan married Janet Ferguson. Janet and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Research):Source
from: Kidd, George Edward, "The Story of the Derry, self-published, 1943, page 74
"In the early days there were nine Sandy Stewarts living In Beckwith, each with a qualifying name to distinguish him from the others. These were:
The Widows Sandy, in The Derry.
Soldier Sandy, In The Derry.
Big Sandy, in the third concession. (In Gaelic, Alistair Mohr.)
Sandy, son of Sandy, in the third concession. (In Gaelic, Alistair Oig.)
Merchant Sandy, at Black's Corners.
Shoemaker Sandy, at Franktown..
Sandy F., in the eleventh concession.
Sandy-on-the-Hill, near Ashton.
Blacksmith Sandy, or Sandy Gow. (Gow being the Gaelic word for blacksmith,)"
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Elspeth (Elizabeth) married Alexander Stewart of Balchapel on 30th April 1809 according to the Blair Atholl OPR. Alexander was the eldest son of Neil Stewart and Janet Fraser of Croftcarnach and was born at Croftcarnach on 2nd January 1782. Croftcarnach was unable to support several Stewart families and Alexander had taken up the tenancy of the next farm, Balchapel, prior to his marriage.
Alexander and Elizabeth had a family of eight children and were living at Balchapel until at least 1829. In the early 1900s, their eldest son, Neil recounted that his father had been a tenant farmer near Pitlochry, and attended the Moulin church as there was no church in Pitlochry at that time. This would suggest that the family had moved from Borenich prior to their emigration to Canada in 1835. Their last child, Christian (Christina), probably was born 20th October 1832. No record of her baptism can be found so, perhaps, they had moved to the Pitlochry area.
Name?tab??tab?Born?tab??tab?Married?tab??tab??tab?Date?tab??tab?Residence?tab??tab??tab?Died
Neil?tab??tab?Feb 16 1811?tab?Isabella Stewart?tab??tab?Mar 13 1840?tab?Beckwith, Township?tab??tab?h. Apr 28 1904 / w. Apr 15 1900
Alexander?tab?Apr 2 1813?tab?Margaret Stewart?tab?Sep 4 1836?tab?Balintochich & and Beckwith?tab?h. Jan 13 1889 / w. Jan 21 1898
(Alistair M?r)
John?tab??tab?Mar 1 1815?tab?1. Janet McDougall?tab?1. Jun 20 1848?tab?Beckwith, Lot 3, Conc. 7?tab?h. Apr 3 1899 / w1. Oct 25 1855 / w2. May 2 1908?tab??tab?
?tab??tab??tab??tab?2. Mary A. Lawford?tab?2. c1856?tab?
Isobel?tab??tab?Jan 10 1817?tab?John McTavish?tab??tab?Mar 12 1841?tab?Beckwith Township?tab??tab?
Janet?tab??tab?Sep 18 1818?tab?.?tab?.?tab?.?tab?d.
Grissel (Grace)?tab?Jun 18 1821?tab?Donald Buchanan?tab?Dec 24 1841?tab?Bruce Township?tab??tab?h. Sep 14 1881 / w. Feb 6 1898
Duncan?tab??tab?May 10 1824?tab?Christina McDougall?tab?May 27 1851?tab?Ramsay Township?tab??tab?h. Mar 9 1909 / w. Apr 27 1892
Peter?tab??tab?Mar 24 1829?tab?Catherine McDougall?tab?.?tab??tab?Ramsay Township?tab??tab?h. Jan 31 1895 / w. Nov 3 1904
Christian (Christina) Oct 10 1832??tab?James McEwan?tab??tab?Mar 4 1861?tab?Turnbury Township?tab??tab?h. before 1922 / w. Jun 29 1922
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Alexander married Elizabeth Stewart on 30 Apr 1809 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of Alexander Stewart and Isabel Scott) was born in Jun 1789 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 18 Jun 1789 in Balcastle, Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland; died in Mar 1834 in Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elspeth Stewart

Notes:

(Research):http://www.borenich.co.uk/Ross_Document/RossFootnote_Alex.html#D
1789, Blair Atholl OPR
Alexander Stewart in Balchastle and Isabel Scott his wife had a child baptised 18th June named Elspeth
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