George Gilbert Stuart (1804 - 1851)

Born 24 Aug 1804 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Haig) Stuart — married 26 Mar 1827 in Greenlaw, Berwick. Scotland

Descendants

Died 3 Jul 1851 at age 46 in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States

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Biography

George Stuart is a member of Clan Stewart.

This profile is part of the Stewart Name Study.

George Gilbert Stuart was born on 24 August 1804 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. He was the son of Gilbert Stuart (1780–1833) and his wife Margaret Davidson (1780 - d.  ?).

Soon after their marriage George and his wife emigrated to the United States where he spent some years in New York City working as a Milllwright.

In 1836 the family relocated to Schoolcraft Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States

He passed away on 3 July 1851 in Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States and was buried in the Gourdneck Prairie Cemetery, Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, United States.

Marriage

George Gilbert Stuart was married to Elizabeth Haig on 24-26 March 1827 in Greenlaw, Berwick, Scotland.

Children

Children of George Gilbert Stuart and his wife Elizabeth Haig;

• 1. Gilbert L. Stuart. b. 1830 – d. 1887. Born in New York, United States.

• 2. George Peter Stuart. b. 1832 – d. 1901. Born in New York, United States.

• 3. Margaret Stuart. b. 1834 - d. 1900. Born in New York, United States.

• 4. Mary Stuart. b. 1837 – d. 1913. Born in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, U.S.

• 5. William Stuart. b. 1840 – d. 1907. Born in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, U.S.

• 6. John Henry Stuart. b. 1843 – d. 1846. Born in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, U.S.

• 7. Elizabeth Stuart. b. 1848 – d. 1850. Born in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, U.S.

• 8. David Russell Stuart. b. 1851 – d. 1886. Born in Kalamazoo County, Michigan, U.S.

Sources

• Relocation. History of Kalamazoo County, MI Samuel Durant, 1880 page 508. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/BAD0947.0001.001/687?rgn=full+text;view=image

• Occupation. History of Kalamazoo County, MI Samuel Durant, 1880 page 524. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/micounty/BAD0947.0001.001/717?rgn=full+text;view=image

• Marriage. "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTLC-Z2K : 10 February 2018), George Stewart and Elizabeth Haig, 24 Mar 1827; citing Greenlaw,Berwick,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,067,900, 103,233..

• Burial. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25625036/george-stuart