Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Stewart was born on 5 July 1821, in Kentucky, United States, her father, John Stewart, was 26 and her mother, Mary Young, was 25. She married John Sanford Stewart on 25 May 1843, in Rush, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Richland, Richland Township, Rush, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Rushville, Rush, Indiana, United States in 1900. She died on 25 March 1912, in Rush, Indiana, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Rush, Indiana, United States.
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- Margaret Stewart in household of Wm O Frazer, "United States Census, 1900"
- Margaret Stewart, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899
Spouse and Children
1818–1874 Male
1821–1912 Female
Children (3)
1845–1929 Female
1849– Male
1858– Female
Parents and Siblings
1795–1871 Male
1795–1880 Female
Siblings (9)
1821–1912 Female
1822–1906 Female
1824–1889 Male
1826–1907 Female
1827–1892 Male
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World Events (8)
1822
Age 1
1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis
Age 4
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
Age 29
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: 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 the Anglo-Saxon period this title was used of an officer controlling the domestic affairs of a household, especially of the royal household; after the Norman Conquest it was also used more widely as the native equivalent of Seneschal, for the steward of a manor or manager of an estate. In Scotland the term was also used of a magistrate originally appointed by the king to administer crown lands, forming a stewartry.
History: Stuart or Stewart is the surname of one of the great families of Scotland, the royal family of Scotland from the 14th century, and of England from 1603, when James VI of Scotland acceded to the English throne as James I. There were many minor branches of the family left in Britain after the flight of James II in 1688, but not every bearer of the surname can claim relationship with the royal house, even in Scotland. Every great house in medieval England and Scotland had its steward, and in many cases the office gave rise to a hereditary surname. The fall of the house of Stuart in Britain, conversely, led to the establishment of several highly placed branches bearing this surname in continental Europe, which are in most cases related to the old Scottish royal family.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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