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From: Mary Stewart Kyritsis <>
Subject: Re: Stewart from Ireland to Indiana USA
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 22:14:40 +0300

Hi Karen,

I guess what you're after is where to search for George W's parents?
Have you had a look at the passenger records, though that is a
time-consuming and back-breaking job, and I for one have had no luck at
all at it. There are a number of sites with ship lists though, you never
know. 1850 might be more producting than my date (1830) because it is
during the beginning of the famine years.

Does your stepmother have any clues as to which port the ship came in
at? I haven't done any work on migration patterns, but there might be a
clue there, in that they ended up in Indiana. Philadelphia, Baltimore,
New York, even Canada would all be possibles. A lot of people ended up
landing in Canada because it was a little cheaper, then made their way
south, sometimes through Michigan.

Other than that I haven't any bright ideas; you're right about nothing
being in the Stewart Clan Magazine indexes because your man is too late;
the editor's cutoff date was 1850.

The trouble is that the records in Ireland are so scanty, and unless you
know the name of the place the family came from you're licked before you
start. Another clue is what religion George W. was, though there weren't
many R.C. Stewarts, most were from Ulster and were Protestant. And most
were small farmers who never got into the records ...

His name of course is no help at all, obviously he was named looking
forward to his new land rather than looking back to his ancestors, but
you might find clues if you can sort out the names he named his children
-- which ones might have been Susan Kelso's idea and which were his own.
But if you only know of George W., it's down to the next generation; I'd
try to find out where the name Alfred came into the picture, it's a
reasonably odd one.

No other ideas, I'm afraid ...maybe some other Lister has some.

Good luck,
Mary
Karen Webb Wertman wrote:
>
> Mary,
>
> Your page is wonderful! I have never seen anything like it.
> Thank you for it.
>
> I am researching a Stewart line on behalf of my stepmother who has
> few dates, a few more names, and some very interesting history about
> her ancestors' seafaring journey to America. They ultimately settled
> in Knox County, Indiana.
>
> My stepmother's parents died young. What little information she
> has comes from an old school project that she saved throughout the
> years. I am having a very tough time finding anything. I apologize
> in advance but I hoped that you might be able to at lead me in some
> direction. The information that I do have is below.
>
> It seems, without birth or death dates, the best lead for the
> earlier generation is the fact that the father died and his son was
> born aboard the ship coming from Ireland.
>
> Can you be of any help? Anything that might steer me in the right
> direction would be appreciated. I searched your records here but I
> have so little information myself it seems impossible to make a match.
>
> Thanks in advance for your time,
> Karen Webb Wertman
> Home email:
> Work email:
>
> STEWART from Ireland:
>
> 1. UNKNOWN1 STEWART was born possibly Ireland and died Aboard Ship
> Sailing to America from Ireland. He married Unknown in possibly
> Ireland.
>
> Child of ? STEWART and ? is:
>
> 2. i. GEORGE W.2 STEWART, b. Unknown Aboard ship coming
> from Ireland to America.
>
> Generation No. 2
>
> 2. GEORGE W.2 STEWART (?1) was born Aboard ship coming from Ireland to
> America. He married SUSAN KELSO. She was Of Dutch Descent.
>
> More About GEORGE W. STEWART:
>
> Immigration: Abt. 1850
>
> Child of GEORGE STEWART and SUSAN KELSO is:
>
> 3. i. CHARLES WASHINGTON3 STEWART, b. Unknown, ?; d.
> Abt. 1961, Vincennes (Knox County), Indiana.
>
> Generation No. 3
>
> 3. CHARLES WASHINGTON3 STEWART (GEORGE W.2, ?1) died Abt. 1961 in
> Vincennes (Knox County), Indiana. He married IDA FLORENCE YOUNG,
> daughter of ALFRED YOUNG and MELISSA SMITH. She died Abt. October 1958
> in Vincennes (Knox County), Indiana.
>
> Children of CHARLES STEWART and IDA YOUNG are:
>
> 4. i. DELLO WILSON4 STEWART, b. 01 February 1913, Pike
> County, Indiana; d. 03 December 1953, Indianapolis,
> Indiana.
>
> 5. ii. ALFRED STEWART, b. Unknown; d. Abt. 1955,
> Vincennes (Knox County), Indiana.
>
> iii. SUSAN STEWART, b. Unknown; d. Unknown, Vincennes
> (Knox County), Indiana; m. ED BLACK,
>
> 6. iv. NAOMI STEWART, b. Unknown, ?; d. Unknown, ?.
>
> Generation No. 4
>
> 4. DELLO WILSON4 STEWART (CHARLES WASHINGTON3, GEORGE W.2, ?1) died 03
> December 1953 in Indianapolis, Indiana. He married MILDRED MAXINE
> BLAIR in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana, daughter of VIRGIL BLAIR and
> ORA EMMONS. She died in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana.
>
> 5. ALFRED4 STEWART (CHARLES WASHINGTON3, GEORGE W.2, ?1) was born
> Unknown, and died Abt. 1955 in Vincennes (Knox County), Indiana. He
> married ROSA F.
>
> Children of ALFRED STEWART and ROSA F are:
>
> 8. i. SUSAN5 STEWART.
>
> ii. CHARLES STEWART, b. Unknown, possibly Italy.
>
> iii. RAYMOND STEWART, d. In gun battle with police.
>
> iv. LESTER STEWART.
>
> v. ALFRED (JR) STEWART.
>
> vi. WAYNE STEWART.
>
> vii. IDA ELLEN STEWART.
>
> viii. DARLENE STEWART.
>
> 6. NAOMI4 STEWART (CHARLES WASHINGTON3, GEORGE W.2, ?1) married LOUDEN
> (SR.) SEALS.
>
> Children of NAOMI STEWART and LOUDEN SEALS are:
>
> i. CHARLES5 SEALS.
>
> ii. DONNA MAE SEALS.
>
> iii. MOLLY SEALS.
>
> iv. ADA ELLEN SEALS.
>
> v. LOUDEN (JR.) SEALS, d. Unknown
>
> vi. CHESTER SEALS.
>
> vii. IDA SEALS.
>
> viii. RONALD SEALS.
>
> ix. PHILLIP SEALS.
>
> 8. SUSAN5 STEWART (ALFRED4, CHARLES WASHINGTON3, GEORGE W.2, ?1)
> married EDWARD (SR.) BLACK.
>
> Children of SUSAN STEWART and EDWARD BLACK are:
>
> i. EDWARD (JR.)6 BLACK.
>
> ii. UNKNOWN SECOND CHILD BLACK.
>
> iii. RANDALL BLACK.
>
> iv. DONALD BLACK.
>
> v. PAUL BLACK.

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