Robert Stewart (1806 - 1873)

Born 20 Jul 1806 in Rothesay, Bute, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes (Ballingall) Stewart — married 22 Jan 1856 in Tradeston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Descendants

Died 1873 at about age 66 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

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Biography

Robert Stewart was born in 1806 in the town of Rothesay, on the Isle of Bute, off the coast of Scotland,^[1]to John and Catharine (McConachy) Stewart.^[2][3]

His first wife seems to have been Isabella Jamieson.^[4]

He was a widower on 22 Jan 1856, listed as a warehouseman, when he married Agnes Ballingall in Tradeston, Glasgow, Scotland.^[5][6] From their marriage record we see that Robert ("Rob") was 47, Agnes (Agness) was 35, they were both residing t 20 Centre Street, Glasgow, where they were married, that his parents were John Stewart (deceased) and Kathleen McConnechy (deceased), and hers George Ballingal (deceased) and Agnes Brownlie. Robert Ballingall and Martha Stewart were witnesses.

In 1856, Robert and Agnes had their first child, Katie Stewart.^[7]

Their remaining children were born in Canada and the United States.

He Died 1873 and is buried in Harvard Grove Cemetery, Cleveland.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Isle of Bute:
   • on Wikipedia,
   • on Google Maps
2. ↑ "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTJZ-LF2 : accessed 24 February 2015), Robert Stewart, 20 Jul 1806; citing , reference 2:15DJ3QV; FHL microfilm 1,041,085.
3. ↑ Scanned image of birth record from ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk, GROS 558/00 0020 0295, accessed 24 Feb 2015 by Daphne Maddox, who retains a PDF copy of it.
4. ↑ 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription, Montague Street, Rothesay, Buteshire, Scotland (http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1841%2f0015998567).
5. ↑ 1856 BALLINGALL, AGNESS (Statutory registers Marriages 644/9 19) (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_stat_marriages/12617523)
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVVX-QGRF : accessed 22 February 2015), Robert Stewart, 1873; Burial, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States of America, Harvard Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 15299785, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
7. ↑ "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQ63-24J : accessed 22 February 2015), Catherine Stewart, 15 May 1856; citing TRADESTON,GLASGOW,LANARK,SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,035,516.
8. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVVX-QGRF : accessed 22 February 2015), Robert Stewart, 1873; Burial, Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States of America, Harvard Grove Cemetery; citing record ID 15299785, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.