Genealogy Chat

Top tip - using the Genes Reunited community

Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!

  • The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
  • You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
  • And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
  • The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.

Quick Search

Single word search

Icons

  • New posts
  • No new posts
  • Thread closed
  • Stickied, new posts
  • Stickied, no new posts

William Stewart/Stuart Gibson DOB 15 Nov 1905

Page 1 + 1 of 2

  1. «
  2. 1
  3. 2
ProfilePosted byOptionsPost Date

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 7 Feb 2018 16:29

You're welcome!

If you would like more help with Robert, please let us know everything the cert says about his parents.

mgnv

mgnv Report 8 Feb 2018 12:10


William's m.cert shpuld give his parents - so below is just a guess

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ5K-W52
Name William Stewart
Gender Male
Birth Date 15 Apr 1855
Birthplace PORTPATRICK,WIGTOWN,SCOTLAND
Father's Name James Ferguson Stewart
Mother's Name Elizabeth Hewitt

Mary Stewart
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
birth:5 May 1863
OLD LUCE, WIGTOWN, SCOTLAND
father:James Stewart
mother:Elizabeth Hewitt

Agnes Mccaskie Stewart
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
birth:18 May 1861
OLD LUCE, WIGTOWN, SCOTLAND
father:James Ferguson Stewart
mother:Elizabeth Hewitt

William Stewart
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
birth:15 April 1855
PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWN, SCOTLAND
father:James Ferguson Stewart
mother:Elizabeth Hewitt

Elizabeth Stewart
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
birth:16 June 1859
OLD LUCE, WIGTOWN, SCOTLAND
father:James Stewart
mother:Elizabeth Hewit

Margt. Mcwhinny Stewart
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
birth:4 April 1857
OLD LUCE, WIGTOWN, SCOTLAND
father:Jas. Stewart
mother:Eliz. Hewit



Wigtown is complete 1841-1871 at https://www.freecen.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

1861 Census
Piece: SCT1861/894 Place: Old Luce -Wigtownshire Enumeration District: 2
Civil Parish: Old Luce Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 0 Page: 11 Schedule: 47
Address: Drumflower Cottage
Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
STEWART James F Head M M 36 Ploughman Wigtownshire - Inch 4 rooms
STEWART Elisabeth Wife M F 33 Wigtownshire - Inch
STEWART Ann Dau U F 10 Wigtownshire - Inch
STEWART John Son - M 9 Wigtownshire - Inch
STEWART Sarah Dau - F 7 Wigtownshire - Inch
STEWART William Son - M 6 Wigtownshire - Inch
STEWART Marget Dau - F 3 Wigtownshire - Glenluce
STEWART Elisabeth Dau - F 1 Wigtownshire - Glenluce
NX 140 580
You can look up "NX 140 580" at http://www.streetmap.co.uk/
[You really want zoom level 3 or 4 - here the blue grid lines are 1 km apart]
or at https://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.html#/ for a period map
[NB 1:10560 is too small scale - you really want 1:2500
Also clicking on the ble square at top right turns the blue off]


1851 Census
Piece: SCT1851/886 Place: Inch -Wigtownshire Enumeration District: 9
Civil Parish: Inch Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Village Of Lochans
Folio: 878 Page: 7 Schedule: 22
Address: Mount Pleasant
Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
STEWART James Head M M 27 Farm Servant Wigtownshire - Inch
STEWART Elizabeth Wife M F 25 Wigtownshire - Inch
STEWART Joseph Son - M 4 Wigtownshire - Stoneykirk
STEWART Ann Dau - F 1 Wigtownshire - Inch
STEWART John Son - M 3m Wigtownshire - Inch
WRIGHT James Lodger W M 33 Mason Ireland - -
WRIGHT John Lodger - M 8 Scholar Ireland - -


1841 Census
Piece: SCT1841/886 Place: Inch -Wigtownshire Enumeration District: 7
Civil Parish: Inch Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Inch
Folio: 7 Page: 3
Address: Barsolas
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
GUNION Robert M 67 Farmer Wigtownshire
Page: 7/4 GUNION Ann F 46 Wigtownshire
READ Jean F 20 Female Servant Wigtownshire
HEWIT Elizabeth F 15 Female Servant Wigtownshire
KERR Elizabeth F 45 Female Servant Wigtownshire
NX 104 566

Same page:
Piece: SCT1841/886 Place: Inch -Wigtownshire Enumeration District: 7
Civil Parish: Inch Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Inch
Folio: 7 Page: 4
Address: Barsolas
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
HEWITT Joseph M 46 Ag Lab Ireland
HEWITT Ann F 56 Outside Census County (1841)
HEWITT Margaret F 20 Wigtownshire
HEWITT Andrew M 11 Wigtownshire


1851 Census
Piece: SCT1851/886 Place: Inch -Wigtownshire Enumeration District: 8
Civil Parish: Inch Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 878 Page: 6 Schedule: 18
Address: Barnultoch
Surname First name(s) Rel Status Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
HEWIT Joseph Head M M 56 Agricultural Labourer Ireland - -
HEWIT Ann Wife M F 66 Labourer's Wife Renfrewshire - Eaglesham(Originally: Lanarkshire - Eaglesham)
HEWIT Margt Dau U F 30 Stocking Knitter Wigtownshire - Inch


http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/165290
NX0856 : Barnultoch, near Lochans
Subject Location NX 089 569 [100m precision]

Ian

Ian Report 8 Feb 2018 21:11

Hi mgnv,

The William Stewart I'm looking for has the surname of GIBSON which I mentioned at the start.

Regards
Ian

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 8 Feb 2018 21:51

Ian -

the William Stewart mgnv has been looking into is William Stewart, the father of Jeanie Ralston Stewart, wife of your William Gibson.