Comments on: About Alan Stewart

By: Angus Bell

Angus Bell — Mon, 06 May 2013 06:37:05 +0000

To put the record straight the railings were removed because they represented a danger to our children located as they were next to steep steps.
Apart from removing the railings the house is as it was and has been significantly improved

By: Alan Stewart

Alan Stewart — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:11:56 +0000

Hello there. Yes, you’re quite right. It was Alexander, not John. My mistake.

Best regards

Alan

By: anotherbrunton@hotmail.com

anotherbrunton@hotmail.com — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 18:19:58 +0000

12/06/1702 1702 BRUNTON ALEXANDER BARBARIE BRODY/FR244 M TRAQUAIR OR TRAQUHAIR /PEEBLES 771/00 0010 0217

Unless I have started to muddle things up, I have Alexander Brunton marrying Barbarie Brody, not John Brunton.

By: Alan Stewart

Alan Stewart — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 22:47:38 +0000

Hi Robbie

I think you’ve done well to get that far back with your ancestors in Ireland. I haven’t come across any of those names myself, but my book “My Ancestor was Irish” does contain the addresses of a lot of websites you could use to try to get more information. Good luck!

Best regards

Alan

By: Robbie Clark

Robbie Clark — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:36:38 +0000

I have to laugh – in my post above I meant that the eldest John Stewart’s occupation was “porker”‘ not “pigger!” Thanks!

By: Robbie Clark

Robbie Clark — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:18:52 +0000

My father, Robert Stewart was born in Belfast in 1908; his father, John Edward Stewart born in Newry in 1865 (along with 6 sisters); John Edward Stewart’s father was John Stewart, born in County Monaghan circa 1840 and married to Esther McNeil (McNeale) in the 1st Rathfriland Presbyterian Church, Drumgath, Down. Their marriage registration lists John’s father as John Stewart (no surprise), a “pigger,” and Esther’s father as Daniel (possibly David), a farmer.

I have been unable to move back any farther, and wondered if you had ever run across these names, dates, locations. I noticed that one of John and Essie’s children was named Essie Swan, possible clue to a grandparent’s surname.

My father and his family emigrated to the US in the mid 1920′s, although his father returned to Ireland in 1930 where he died that year.

If you could even point me in a general direction, it would be great. Would your books contain something, if so, I will purchase.

By: Guyfox15@aol.com

Guyfox15@aol.com — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:20:05 +0000

Thanks. and MERRY CHRISTMAS. Mike Mc Quilkin

By: Alan Stewart

Alan Stewart — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:34:17 +0000

Hi Mike

Well, I don’t know about a genealogy study, but there is the Stewart Society in the UK http://www.stewartsociety.org and the Clan Stewart Society in America http://www.clansstewart.org. In addition, Family Tree DNA has a Stewart DNA study at http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Stewart.

Best regards

Alan

By: Guyfox15@aol.com

Guyfox15@aol.com — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 01:28:00 +0000

Is there a genealogy study exclusively for the Stewart or Stuart family in progress, and if yes how do I make contact? Thanks, Mike Mc Quilkin

By: Guyfox15@aol.com

Guyfox15@aol.com — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:09:45 +0000

Thanks, I think you may have hit a very nice cover drive for four. James did do farming in Grenada, but what is a bit puzzling is William at times also carried the name Leacock Stuart. By accident this year, I found out the name Leacock when searching the land registry and I had to pay some good back taxes that he was owing the government, before the property was transferred on to my relative’s name. Another relative was one named Harry, who for some reason had a very hard dislike for the Irish, and went on to beat up the priest. Based on what my grand-dad told me that he had told him, James fought just about every day from Scotland to Grenada, and when he could not find an individual to fight, he threw the pig that was on board into the ocean. He caused a law to be placed on the books in all the Caribbean Colonies, that if a Stuart should hit any individual with their hands, they are to go to jail immediately. Apparently he was in a fight and broke the person’s jaw, and when he went to court his hands were weighed and the law was introduced. He just didn’t back down from a fight. There was also another rumor, that James had run away from some serious charge. Thanks again for your help. Mike Mc Quilkin