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John Fleming’s Web SiteNil Illigitimus Carborundum |
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The “Stewart” Ancestors | ||
| Note on Codes: Every person mentioned has a code which describes their relationship to me. This is very useful when names are re-used from generation to generation as happens so much in Scots tradition. The code uses combinations of 6 letters F=father, M=mother; S=sibling; D=descendant; H=husband; W=wife together with numerals to show order. So my father is F. His eldest sibling is S1 (in this case S2 is not used as he was second born). Where two possible codes are available the simpler one is used. In a more complex example, my second wife’s fifth sibling’s second child is W2S5D2. |
Alexander Stewart died young (45 y.o.) leaving a widow with 6 children, one of whom was only 4 years old. However it was in 1860, more than six years after his death that the family made the brave decision to move to Australia. Some details of that voyage and the early days have been preserved and can be read at Jack Stewart Story Of the six children, only five came to Australia. Not travelling with them was the child Jane Stewart. No trace has ever been found of this girl, who would have only been 14-15 at the time of sailing. For a long time her fate was a mystery but in 2006, her death certificate was found in Scotland. She died in ***** after a long illness. The six children of Alexander and Isabella flourished in this new land with the boys becoming successful farmers and businessmen and the girls marrying into the farming community. One curiosity was that two brothers ( Robert and****************************** |
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