Murdo Stewart

20 April 1863–31 May 1899 (Age 36)
Stornoway, Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Life of Murdo

When Murdo Stewart was born on 20 April 1863, in Stornoway, Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Murdo Stewart, was 48 and his mother, Mary Finlayson, was 45. He married Betsey Slaughter on 13 September 1897, in Victoria Docks, Essex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 31 May 1899, in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 36, and was buried in Govan, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Murdo Stewart
1863–1899
Betsey Slaughter
1874–1956
Marriage: 13 September 1897
Rosina Newey Stewart
1898–1988
Murdo Neil Stewart
1899–1918
Vivian Wilde
1910–1992
Lloyd Benjamin Wilde
1912–1992
James Davis Wilde
1913–1988
Louise Wilde
1915–2012
Agnes Wilde
1917–2015
Freda Wilde
1919–2006

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
13 September 1897
Victoria Docks, Essex, England, United Kingdom
children

(8)

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Parents and Siblings

siblings

(8)

    Catherine Stewart

    Female1845–1939Female

    Neil Stewart

    Male1847–1913Male

    George Stewart

    Male1849–1920Male

    Annie Stewart

    Female1850–1917Female

    Andrew Stewart

    Male1855–1946Male

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World Events (8)

1865

Age 2

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1868 · The Representation of the people (Scotland) Act 1868

Age 5

The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 was passed by Parliament and allowed for the creation of seven additional Scottish seats in the House of Commons. Along with the seats, Two University constituencies were created. These each returned one member to Parliament.
1874 · Patronage abolished in the Church of Scotland.

Age 11

The Church Patronage Act 1874 was passed by Parliament and amended and altered the laws relating to the Appointment of Ministers to Parishes in Scotland. Paragraphs spelled out definitions to prevent the Act being subverted by processes used by Patrons and clarified that the Church of Scotland would decide on the qualifications required for Ministers.

Name Meaning

Scottish: originally an occupational name for an administrative official of an estate, from Middle English stiward, Old English stigweard, stīweard, a compound of stig ‘house(hold)’ + weard ‘guardian’. In Old English times this title was used of an officer controlling the domestic affairs of a household, especially of the royal household; after the Conquest it was also used more widely as the native equivalent of Seneschal for the steward of a manor or manager of an estate.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Murdo Stewart in entry for Murdo Neil Stewart, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
  • Murdo Stuart in household of Murdo Stuart, "Scotland Census, 1871"
  • Murdo Stewart, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

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