Christian Stewart, Little Dunkeld, Perth

[smcb]

Hi

I am having trouble trying to get anything on the birth of Christian Stewart of somewhere in Perthshire.I can get her details of marriage and children from the records at my local library but I dont know who her parents were so I can't go any further ( or rather there are a few people that can be her parents but I NEED a birh date for her so that I am on the right track!! Here is the info I have already.

Christian Stewart married John Stewart 2 Dec 1838 in Little Dunkeld, Perth.
She had 7 kids:

Charles Stewart         30 Dec June 1842,  Little Dunkeld

Christian Stewart        1 Aug 1844,  Little Dunkeld

William Stewart          25 Oct 1846, Little Dunkeld

Catherine Stewart     13 Mar 1849, Little Dunkeld

Bell Stewart               15 Jun 1851, Little Dunkeld

John Stewart             1 May 1873, Little Dunkeld   (possible twins?)
Donald Stewart,        1 May 1873, Little Dunkeld

I am trying to get her birth date and her death date.

I can find birth dates for 1814   (but she would have had her last baby at the age of 59???  I don't think so)
1817 and 1822  I am at a dead end and just don't know where to turn next.

Any help and suggestions on where to take this research next would be most appreciated.

Suz

[DDJJake]

Hi Suz,
I saw that nobody seemed to have tried to help you, so did a little 'money-spending digging' :-)
thus ....
1881 Census Bellfield Cottage. Little Dunkeld Parish
Head of House:
John Stewart Married 75 yrs   Male Market Gardener born Little Dunkeld
55 in 1861 Census
Wife:
Christina STEWART  66 yrs    born Logierait Parish (47 in 1861 Census)
but in 1851 and 1861 Census born in neighbouring Dull Parish

I also have them in 1841, 1851 and 1861 Census .jpg and .tif Images...
with family in 1851 and 1861 thus ..
[All 3 Census Images available by e-mail attachment if you Personal Message me your e-mail address]
1851 ...
Charles 8 b. Little Dunkeld
Christian 6 b. Little Dunkeld
William 4 b. Little Dunkeld
Catherine 2 b. Little Dunkeld
1861 ...
Isabella 9  b. Little Dunkeld
John  6  b. Little Dunkeld
Grand-daughter Catherine 1 b. Auchtergaven
(John Stewart Snr.'s Brother Alexander 53 Unmarried  b. Little Dunkeld)

Cheers,
DDJJAKE ... retired headteacher of Stirling

[Gadget]

See this message on a previous thread about her:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,360460.msg2371623.html#msg2371623

Where I said:



Scotland's People have a Christina Stewart dying in 1889, Little Dunkeld. Aged 71


6 SP credits would likely give you her parents' names.



Gadget

[DDJJake]

Hi Gadget,
This was not her as this one was Single and a Pauper with Father Alexander Stewart and Mother Margaret Stewart ... I spent over £5 looking for the deaths of John and Christina last week all over Scotland without success ... a nice mystery eh!
Aye

DDJ

[JAP]

Hi Suz,

Could you tell us how you have worked back to this couple?

That is, who is your last known certain person on this line - the one who led you to John & Christian who married in 1838.

Births from 1842-1851 then nothing until a twin birth in 1873 immediately arouses suspicion that two couples of the same names might be involved here??

JAP

[Gadget]

DDJ - Twas the only one that I could find at the time. I'll have another look.

Re spending a fortune on SP - I spend too much to even admit to 


Gadget 

[Gadget]

There's a bit about them on the last page of this thread, JAP:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,360460.0.html


Gadget

Added - no baptisms so far that match any any trad naming pattern 

[Gadget]

Think that I've found her death:

9 Feb 1887  Brae Street, Dunkeld, age 73, married to John Stewart (labourer) . Parents  - Charles Stewart, joiner  and Christina m.s Scrimiger (?) or Scrimigeon, both deceased.

Son John was the informant

Gadget

Added - I don't think that the 1873 births could possibly be hers - she was in her late 50s

[Gadget]

Here's the mother's name - can you make it out, JAP. It looks like Christian/Christina/Christine Scrimgeon to me 



Gadget