James Christie Stewart

Events 

Date of Birth: 11 September 1811.

Date of Baptism: 22 September 1811.

Place of Baptism: Abbotshall, Fife.

The baptism is recorded in the parish register.

Date of Death: 1875.

Place of Death: Burntisland, Fife.

The burial is recorded in the statutory registers.

Relationships

Father: William Stewart.

Mother: Susan Christie.

James’s parents are named in his baptism record. The fact that his sisters were living with James in censuses makes the identification certain.

Spouse: James never married. It possible that he had a child, Jane, with Agnes Fotheringham. (The 1851 census describes the six-month-old Jane Stuart, living with the Fotheringhams in Edinburgh, as a candlemaker’s daughter. James is the only Stewart candlemaker that I can locate in the 1851 census. Jane later emigrated with her mother and step-father to Canada.)

(possible) Children: 

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Jane Stuart (Greave) (born 28 August 1850 in Edinburgh - died 13 December 1913 in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada) married (1) George Brewster 13 April 1865 in Innisfil, Simcoe, Canada West; married (2) William Ashdown.

Evidence

1841 Census (Linktown)

James Stewart/ 25/ male/ born Fife, Scotland/ residence High Street, Linktown/ candle maker

Janet Stewart/ 30/ female/ born Fife, Scotland

Charlotte Stewart/ 20/ female/ born Fife, Scotland/ straw hat maker

Isabella Lawrence/ 14/ female/ born Fife, Scotland/ FS (female servant)

1851 Census (Linktown)

James Stewart/ 33/ head/ male/ born Abbotshall, Fifeshire/ residence High Street, Linktown, Abbotshall/ candlemaker

Jane Stewart/ 39/ sister/ female/ born Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire

Mary Padys/ 14/ servant/ female/ born Auchtertool, Fifeshire/ servant D S

1851 Census (Edinburgh)

James Fotheringham/ 58/ head/ male/ born Lanark, Lanarkshire/ residence Riddles Close 322 Lawn Market, Edinburgh St John/ candlemaker journeyman

Agnes Fotheringham/ 25/ daughter/ female/ born Coulter, Lanark/ servant

Mary Anna Fotheringham/ 17/ daughter/ female/ born Peebles, Peeblesshire/ dress maker mistress

Margaret Miller/ 21/lodger/ female/ born Edinburgh, Midlothian/ dress maker mistress

Jane Stuart/ 6 mo/ grandaughter/ female/ born Edinburgh Midlothian/ candle makers daur

1861 Census (Abbotshall)

James Stewart/ 47/ head/ born Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire/ residence High Street, Abbotshall/ candlemaker

Janet Stewart/ 52/ sister/ born Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire

Margaret Kellock/ 18/ servant/ born Kinghorn, Fifeshire/ domestic servant

1871 Census (Burntisland) [clearly a poor transcription]

James Stewart/ 67/ head/ male/ born Abbotshall, Fifeshire/ residence Craig Kennachy, Burntisland/ retired candle maker

Susan Hendry/ 60/ sister/ female/ born Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire/ annuitant

Janet Stewart [? transcription: James Stesens]/ 23 [??]/ sister/ born Abbotshall, Fifeshire/ tero servant

References

Scottish census transcriptions on Ancestry.com.

Scotland’s People. Indexes. (I will check the original registers eventually.)

Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Ancestry.com.