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From: "Allan S. Gleason" <>
Subject: Re: General Stewart/Stuart Info.
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 02:25:12 -0800


Leo,
You did good! What can I say? You answered my every question and I really am
appreciative! My GGGrandmother's obit says she's Jean STEWART. Her
daughter-in-law in a private letter calls her STUART and "proud of being a
highlander" and "being a direct descendant of Mary Queen of Scots." My middle
name is spelled STUART. Yet she married a 'lowlander' from Auchtermucthy(sp) who
was a weaver, yet they came to Wisconsin, bought 1000 acres of prime land and
built a fine house and mill in the 1840's. You can see my confusion

Unfortunately, my GGrandmother, (the daughter-in-law), could have been misled or
'overly optomistic' at a time when some association with royalty was socialy
important -- even in Wisconsin.

Methinks I have 200 years of genealogy to uncover before I get my answer. At
least I won't be concerned with how the name is spelled or whether they lived on
a hill or down in a valley.

Logically, it would seem then that the STEWARTS, whether lord or serf would have
lived in the same locations so that the search could be restricted to those
regions wherever they might be!? Am I correct? I realize that in today's
mobility that would not be true, but back then? In this country in colonial
times, mating occured within 5 miles of home as a rule of thumb.

Again, Thankyou,
AlG (one with many questions and few answers)
PS At our Gen.Soc. meeting tonight we had a couple who were new members. She
is from Australia. (no, I won't ask whether you knew her!)
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Leo van de Pas wrote:

> So many questions and so little time----- :-)
>
> Highland Stewarts and Lowlands Stewart maybe related to each
> other and maybe not. It depends how you define related.
> You have always bloodlines from one to the other and, somehow, all Scots
> are related to each other.
>
> In the early days, to obtain protection, people would join a clan and when
> they did adopted the surname of that clan.
> As a result many Stewarts have been Stewarts for many generations but in
> their male line may not be descendants of the Royal Stewarts.
>
> Early there was only the one spelling 'Stewart' but then a relative of Lord
> Darnley (like so many other Scots) went to France and started to spell his
> name as Stuart. Mary, Queen of Scots, was a Stewart, but Henry Darnley was
> a Stuart and so King James VI-I was also a Stuart. Since then, several
> Stewarts changed their spellings to Stuart---a nice mess.
> And don't forget the Steuarts either!
>
> As far as a understand and see this group---they are all hopefulls to
> bridge the gap to Scotland. The best way to bridge that gap is to work on
> both sides. Collect as much as possible about the early Stewarts (which I
> try to do) and then work back from the present and hope to find a
> connection. Also most are only interested in their own ancestors and if a
> link with royal Stewarts can be established great but that would be an extra.
>
> There is a Stewart Society, founded in 1899, 17 Dublin Street,Edinburgh EH1
> 3PG, Scotland.
> I have a few other addresses for specific members but those
> are a few years old and maybe out of date. It has also addresses in
> England, Western and in Eastern Canada, Western USA and Eastern USA and
> Southern USA, Australia and New Zealand and so this seems quite an active
> society.
> Best wishes,
> Leo van de Pas in Western Australia.
>
> At 12:36 AM 11/9/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >Hi distant cousins,
> >
> >I'm a relatively new subscriber -- 'bout a week -- and am wondering a bit
> about
> >the Stewarts.
> >
> >*Is there a difference between the names STEWART & STUART? (other than the
> >French influence)
> >
> >*What is the significance of the term "Highland" Stewart and does that
> mean that
> >there are also "Lowland" Stewarts and if so, are they entirely different
> >unrelated clans/families?
> >
> >*I understand how the "Royal Stewarts" got the name Stewart but assuming that
>
> >there are other Stewarts who are not related, how (in general) did they
> get the
> >name Stewart?
> >
> >*Is this mailing list only interested in American Stewarts or does it inquire
>
> >into its Scotish heritage?
> >
> >*If this mailing list is primarily local, is there another interactive
> source of
> >information about the ancient Scotish clan? The reason I ask this last
> question
> >is that my GGGrandmother is the only Stuart in my line and she was born in
> >Scotland. Obviously, I am not closely related to or directly descended
> from any
> >Stuarts in this country. Her children were Whites.
> >
> >If I knew the answers to the above questions, it would make my quest much,
> much
> >easier!
> >Thankyou in advance,
> >AlG
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