John McAuley Stewart

Brief Life History of John McAuley

When John McAuley Stewart was born on 6 August 1843, in Eastwood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Archibald Stewart, was 41 and his mother, Esther Lyle, was 40. He married Emma Eliza Hope on 24 June 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Hutchesontown, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 31 August 1869, in Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Plain City Cemetery, Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John McAuley Stewart
1843–1869
Emma Eliza Hope
1845–1929
Marriage: 24 June 1865
Emma Elizabeth Stewart
1866–1936
John McAuley Stewart
1868–1891

Sources (17)

  • John Stewart in household of Easter Stewart, "Scotland Census, 1851"
  • Legacy NFS Source: John Mc Auley Stewart - Published information: birth-name: John Mc Auley Stewart
  • John Stewart, "United States Western States Marriage Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway

Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.

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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