When Martha Stewart was born on 10 May 1838, in Nitshill, Renfrewshire, Scotland, her father, Archibald Stewart, was 35 and her mother, Esther Lyle, was 35. She married William Geddes on 10 July 1856, in President's Office, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Hutchesontown, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 11 August 1900, in Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Plain City Cemetery, Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries 1859: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
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.
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