Elusive Elizabeth Brown Macaulay

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Ultimo means the prior month, so in this case, she died on July 31   

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It looks like you possibly have two different families being researched:  one family are the Macaulays of Levengrove and the other are the Macaulays of Rutheglen, calico printers.

For research purposes
This a basic genealogy of the Macaulays of Levengrove

1.John Macaulay of Leven Grove, Town Clerk (d. Oct. 4, 1799); said to have been a handsome man with many comely daughters{Notes and Queries, 1860};  m. in Dumbarton in  1767 Elizabeth Brown (c. 1747- 1821), dau of John Brown and Katherine Wardrop,  and had,
2.Catherine , Katherine, Ann Macaulay, bapt. 1769 m.1791 in Cardross to Jacob Dixon, d. 1831 and had,
3.John Dixon
3.John Dixon, b. 1793, died young.
3.Jacob Dixon (1794-1831) m 1. Jean Brown and had issue; she was called a woman of inferior means.
Jacob supposedly m. 2 Mary Ann McCully and had additional issue.
3.Elizabeth Jane Dixon m. the Rev. William Jaffrey.
3.William Dixon
3. William Arnaud Dixon (I believe that this should be William Arnaud Dixon)
3.Anthony Dixon, b. 1800-1841; m. Jean Ewing
3.Joseph Dixon, M.P.
3.Louisa Dixon, b. 1805; m. 1 Robert Dixon, her cousin; m. 2  in 1850 to Capt. John Lee, son of Henry Pincke Lee of Wooley, Berks.
3.Catherine Ann Sophia Dixon
2.Janet Macaulay, b. abt. 1771, married 1794 to John Arnaud, wine merchant, (1762- ?1811/1815?), with issue
3.Ann Macaulay Arnaud, b. abt. 1796
3.John Macaulay Arnaud, b. abt. 1796 in London; m. Georgina Wilkinson, b. 1805 in Portsmouth, Hants.
3.Elias Macaulay Arnaud (1799-1867) m. 1845 Annie Maria Norris and had,
3.Frederick Alexander Arnaud, b. 1804
3.Louisa B. Arnaud, b. 1806; m. Oct. 10,  1827 Duncan McColl; m. St. Cutherbert's Parish, Edinburgh.
3.Henry Hawker Arnaud m 29/08/1851 to Agnes Williamson Thomson Kedslie, m. St. Cuthbert's Parish, Edinburgh.
2.Elizabeth Macaulay, b. abt. 1772
2.Jean Macaulay, b. 1775 m. 1803 to Alexander Carrick and had,
3.John Macaulay Carrick, b. 1804
3.Isabella Carrick, b. 1807
3.Elizabeth Carrick, b. 1809
3.Jane Jamina Carrick, b. 1811
3.Fanny Carrick, b. 1815
2.Margaret Macaulay, b. abt. 1772
2.Louisa Macaulay (Loisa), b. 1776 m. 1806 William Thom
3.Elizabeth Brown Thom, b. 1807
3.William Thom, b. 1811 [William Thom m.1834 Helen Mcinniven at Roe;  William Thom m. 1852 Agnes Hendry at Old Kilpatrick.Which is the above William?]
2.John Macaulay (1778-1835), J.P., solicitor; tax surveyor; procurator fiscal for Dumbartonshire;  partner in the law firm of McAulay and Colquhoun m. 1 Janet Allison and had,
3.John Brown Macaulay , b. abt. 1810; m. 1836 Jean Dixon, b. abt. 1816, dau of Jacob Dixon and Jean Brown, and had,
3.James Macaulay, (1812-1873), tax collector in Aberdeen m. 1856 Jane Collie of Old Macher, Aberdeen and had,
4.Margaret Landal Macaulay, b. 1857
4.Alice/ Alyce (Dotty) Jane Oliphant Macaulay, b. 1859 m. Alexander Chivas, 1856-1893;  Ref.  A Double Scotch by F. Paul Pocult
4.John Drummond Macaulay, b. 1860;  in 1929 there was mention of a person having this name being a bank agent in Norwood, Renfrewshire
4.Georgina Macaulay, b. 1862
4.Flora Alexander Macaulay, b. 1864 m. William Stewart Foggo
5.Nancy Macaulay Foggo m. Sir Thomas Andrew Montgomery-Cunninghame
4. James Oliphant Macaulay, b. 1866
4. Ronald Macaulay, b. 1867
3. Alexander Macaulay, b. 1814
3. Elizabeth Macaulay, b. 1816
3. Janet Macaulay, b. 1818
John Macaulay m. 2 Mary Smith and had further issue,
3.Maria Macaulay, b. 1823
3.Robert Macaulay, b. 1825
3.George Steele Macaulay, b. 1827
3.Joseph Dixon Macaulay, b. 1829
3.Catherine Anne Smith Macaulay, b. 1831
3.Isabella Carrick Macaulay, b. abt 1831
3.William Paterson Macaulay, b. 1833
3.Agnes Macaulay, b. 1835;
One researcher stated that John  had an illegitimate son by Catherine Brown also  named William.
2.Ann Macaulay, b. 1780 m. 1809 William Dunn Barclay, Writer in Glasgow; Sheriff's Procurator-Fiscal (Book: Old Reminiscences of Glasgow and the West of Scotland by Peter Mackenzie, 1890)
2.William Macaulay, b. 1782- 1856; customs officer, lived Troon;  m. Janet Mckie and had,
3.Isabella Macaulay
3.Christian Macaulay
3.Janet Macaulay, b. 1818
3 Charlotte Macauley, b. abt. 1820
3.Louisa Macaulay (1827-1877)
3.Elizabeth, b. abt. 1829.
3. Catherine Macaulay (1818-1901) m. 1840 Alexander Paton (c. 1809-1882) coal and shipping agent, son of George Paton and Margaret Stevenson; Catherine and Alexander had five sons and two daus.
4. Margaret Stevenson Paton, youngest dau, m. 1881 the Rev. John Anderson, b. 1848, son of Andrew Anderson, farm overseer of Auchendennan and Margaret Weir.
5. Catherine Macaulay Anderson, b. 1887; m. Dr. William Towers Hardie (1878-1948), son of the Rev. Robert Montgomerie Hardie (1853-1942) and Mary Steel Smith, dau of William Smith.
5. Margaret Ethel Weir Anderson, b. 1888 m. James Macfadzean, B.Sc., M.I.C.E.
5. Lt. Gerald Alexander Paton Anderson, b. 1891
4. George Paton of Hillhead, Glasgow, possible son; not proven
4. William Macaulay Paton, Commissioner of Estates, another possible son; not yet proven
4.John Paton, b. 1856, Dundonaldy, Ayr (not proved)
4.Archibald Finnie Paton, b. 1858, same (not proved)
3.Elizabeth Macaulay
2. James Macaulay, b. 1784
2.Alexander Macaulay, b. 1786;   married 1825 Agnes Fyfe, dau of Andrew Fyfe and Miss Williamson, the sister of James Williamson.
2.Susan Macaulay, b. 1788 - 1861, Edinburgh; unmarried;  present at her death was her nephew, Henry Hawker Arnaud.
2.James Wardrop Macaulay, b. June 16,  1792.

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For research purposes

The other family are the Macaulays of Shawfield Bank, Rutherglen

My notes are not very organized, but I do hope they help.

William Macaulay of Shawfield Bank's relations:
George Macaulay, House Factor of 80 New City Rd., Glasgow
Janet Macaulay m. to George Hill of Rutherglen
Jean Macaulay m. to Alexander Wilson
Ann Macaulay
Janet Macaulay m. to John Ross
Margaret Macaulay m. to Allan Bisland, shoemaker  of Alexandria
Jean Macaulay, sister of Margaret.
Elizabeth Macaulay m. to George Crawford, cabinet maker of Dumbarton
Margaret Macaulay m. to Thomas McNeil, clothier of Dumbarton
William Macaulay, cooper, and his dau, Agnes Macaulay.
Archibald Macaulay, engraver, and his dau, Agnes Macaulay, of Glasgow.


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Buried in the Glasgow Necropolis--see billiongraves
Margaret McAulay, Houston, died Oct.2, 1855
William McAulay died Nov. 2, 1861
Thomas McAulay died March 7, 1862
Agnes McAulay died May 5, 1865
James McAulay died Jan. 26, 1886
Peter McAulay died June 13, 1911
William McAulay, April 14, 1870-March 18, 1920
Agnes McAulay, nee Stirling, died Nov. 9, 1916
 
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1.Alexander McAulay, innkeeper, m. 1781 to Elizabeth Rankin
2.Elizabeth McAulay, b. abt. 1784
2.George McAulay, housefactor, c.1790-1871,
2.Archibald McAulay, Esq., engraver, c.1796-1844, m.
3.Agnes McAulay, his only dau, m. 11/20/1860 at Macauleys Land, Bonhill, to Thomas Ferguson
2.Margaret McAulay, b. 1798; m. Allan Bisland, c. 1814-1850, shoemaker of Alexandria.
3.Elizabeth Bisland, c.1838-1862.
2.Alexander McAulay, b. 1800
2.Janet McAulay, died 1868,  m. George Hill of Rutherglen/same or different Janet was married to John Ross
3.Robert McAulay Hill m. 1864 Agnes Kennedy Whytock, dau of James Whytock.
4.Mary Allan Hill, b. 1865
4.George Hill, b. 1867
4.Jessie McAulay Hill, b. 1869
4.Robina Agnes Hill, b. 1872
?2.William McAulay, a cooper, m. Margaret Donald
3.Agnes McAulay b. 1812
3.Elizabeth McAulay, b. 1814; m. George Crawford, cabinet maker
3.Margaret McAulay, b. 1816' m. Thomas McNeil, clothier of Dumbarton
3.Alexander McAulay, b. 1818
3.James McAulay, b. 1819
1.James McAulay, b. 1761, Bonhill, calico printer and merchant;  of Shawfield Bank;
m. 1. Elizabeth McAlister; m. 2. Agnes Connell.
2.Elizabeth McAulay, b. 1787
2.William McAulay, c. 1789-1861, merchant and calico printer;  trustees and executor of his will were
Robert Gow, Jr. and James Scott.  I believe that the Gow family were possibly related and the Scott family, related
to the Houstons; William m. 1812 Margaret Houstoun, dau of Andrew Houstoun, merchant;  Margaret died 10/2/1855.
William and Margaret raised their niece and nephew, Margaret Victoria Houstoun, b. 1827 and William Houstoun, b. 1828,
the children of a different Andrew Houstoun and Marie Victoria Goulard. The children were born in Grenada.
Houstouns were a wealthy family involved in trade and government.  Refer to Houstouns of Clerkington.
2.Katherine McAulay, b. 1792
2.Peter McAulay of Shawfield Bank, Rutherglen, c.1795-2/15/1861; m. 1818 Mary Crawford, d. 1864.
2.James McAulay, son of James and Agnes Connell; m. 1.?Margaret, d. 1855?; m. 2. 1856 to Agnes Stirling,
dau of John Stirling and Agnes Crawford.  Agnes died 11/9/1916. 
3.Mary Crawford McAulay, b. 5/14/1858
3.Thomas McAulay, b. 1/13/1860
3.James McAulay, 2/18/1862-1/26/1886
3.Agnes McAulay, b.9/30/1863-5/5/1865
3.Alice Jane McAulay, b. 7/14/1867-1946, aged 78; m. Edgar Alison Blair, clerk, d. 1903, aged 41; buried Kilmacolm Cemetery, Inverclyde, Scotland.
4.John Blair of Meanskirk, Renfrew, hat manufacturer;  1895-1975 m. Margaret ?
4.James McAulay Stirling Blair, 1899-1997; m. Kitty Todd, 1905-, of Milngavie
4.Alison Blair, 1901-1979
4.William Blair, stockbroker
4.Robert Young Blair, warehouseman
4.Robert James Blair
3.Peter McAulay, 11/8/1865-6/13/1911
3.William McAulay, 4/14/1870-3/18/1920
2.Thomas McAulay, c.1811-1862, died unmarried.

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1.James Ewing Johnston m. Elizabeth Brown Macaulay
2.William Macaulay Johnston
2.Archibald Gillespie Johnston, b. 1862

[Madelief]

Hi Pablo - this is really wonderful and so comprehensive - thank you so very much for sharing!!
 
Looking at your notes and combining them with what I have managed to find, with help from the amazing team on RootsChat, it seems there's a link between these two families. James Wardrop Macaulay from the Levengrove family is the most likely candidate to be the father of the Elizabeth Brown Macaulay (b. 1828 and who later married James Ewing Johnston) that I am interested in. Elizabeth B seems to have moved at some point from Dumbarton to join the Rutherglen side of the family. James W's older sister Margaret also appears to have moved to Rutherglen and married William Steele, a teacher.

Elizabeth Brown and another ?cousin, Margaret Macaulay, both of similar age are living with Margaret Steele in Rutherglan. When Margaret Macaulay dies her parents are recorded as being John Macaulay and Catherine Brown. In your notes there appears to have been a liaison between John Macaulay and Catherine Brown that resulted in a son William, but could there also have been a daughter, ie Margaret who ends up living with Elizabeth Brown at her aunt's house in Rutherglen in 1851?

Interestingly prior to this, in 1841 a Willam Crawford (15yrs) and Margaret Manley/Macaulay (13yrs) are recorded as living with Margaret Steele in Dumbarton.

James W's wife was possibly Margaret Forsyth, again from Dumbarton but she is an unknown quantity as there seems to be little information (birth, death, etc) about her. I think in addition to Elizabeth Brown, James W and Margaret also had a son, William, born 31.12.1825 in the Dumbarton/Cardross region.

 Do you have any further information about this family such as when/where James W and his wife Margaret died, whether he and Margaret had any other children?

Thanks again so much for sharing your notes, there's so much to think about and to follow up!!
Madelief 

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Hi, Madelief.  I will see if I can find any additional information for you.
From what I have found, the Rutherglen family were wealthy Calico printers with a strong connection to the Houston family.

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For research purposes
This branch of the Houstoun family was related to the Macaulays of Rutherglen, so I will add their pedigree here.


1.Alexander Houstoun of Jordanhill , d. 1777; m. 1743 Elizabeth Rae, dau of Colin Rae.
2. Col. Andrew Houstoun, c. 1747-1800, m. 1. Agnes Craig
 I also have the following, so I am not sure which is correct:  Col. Andrew, 1748-1800 of Jordan Hill, m. 1 Margaret Weir; m. 2. 1770 Margaret Wallace, d. 1789, dau of Hugh Wallace of Cairnhill and sister of John Wallace of Kelly.  Two different Col. Andrews?  Married three times? 
3.Hon. Andrew Houstoun, 1779-1830, died Grenada, West Indies;  m. Marie Victoire Goulard.
4.Andrew Houstoun, 1808-1847, m. Jane Porteous
5.William Houstoun of Sachel Court, Alfold, Surrey; died 1918, aged 89,
of Wester Rossland, Renfrewshire;  died Sachel Court.; m. Mary F. Waldron, dau of Francis Waldron and Mary Ann Caddy of Lismoyle, Ireland.
6.Thomas Wharrie Houstoun, 4th son, m. 1912 at St. George's, Honover Square to
Dorothy Mabel, youngest dau of the late Maj. Gen. George Simpson, Indian Army.
6.William McAuley(McAulay) Houstoun, b. abt. 1870, died 1936, aged 66 m. Jan. 14, 1919 at All Saints', Bombay to Isabel Parke Beatty, eldest dau of Capt. M. S. Beatty, R. N., retired.
William had worked for Messrs. Mackinnon, McKenzie, and Co. in Calcutta.
7.Lt. Col. Andrew Beatty Houstoun, 1922-2017; m. Mary Elizabeth Spencer-Nairn, dau of
Sir Douglas Leslie Spencer Spencer-Nairn and Elizabeth Livingston Henderson.
For issue please see thepeerage.com under Nairn.
7.Carol engaged in 1941 to Lt. Brian Stephenson Kent, son of H. Kent.
8.Dau Kent born Feb. 2, 1953 at Devonshire Place
7.Mary, dau of William McAulay Houstoun, then of Adderbury House, m. 1941 to
Reginald Henry Somerset Miles Kent, son of H. Kent of Paris, France.
6.Margaret Jane Houstoun, widow of Capt. W. H. Parke, m. Feb. 5, 1920 at St. John's Church, Calcutta, to Vyvyan Mansell, OBE, son of the late Frederick William Mansell of Anerley.
6.Mary F. Houstoun, b. abt. 1869
5.Jane Houstoun, 1823-1848; m. David Scott, 1822-1847.
6.William David Scott, b. 1848.
5.Margaret Victoire Houstoun, 1828-1895, m. Thomas Wharrie, 1829-1864, Partick, Scotland.
4.Jane Houstoun m. 1820 in Grenada to James Bourcher
4.Margaret Houstoun
4.Elizabeth Houstoun, b. abt. 1811.
4.Harriet Houstoun, b. abt. 1816
4.Victoire Houston, b. abt. 1816; m. Apr. 19, 1836 to Thomas Lewis of Carmarthen, Wales.
1.Elizabeth Houstoun m. Hugh McLean, 12th Chief of Clan McLean.

[Madelief]

This is all so interesting!! Thanks Pablo, I look forward to hearing whether you can find out any more.
Brilliant - Madelief