Harrower Family Tree » Mary Johnston (1788-1862)

Personal data Mary Johnston 

Sources 1, 2, 3
  • She was born November 1788 in Parkneuk Farm, Riccarton, Ayrshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3
    Homely Musings p. 76
  • Profession: in the year 1851 Farmer 110 Acres employing 3 Labrs in Eglinton Mains, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 2
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1841: Wood, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 4
    • in the year 1851: Eglinton Mains, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 2
  • She died on August 26, 1862 in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, she was 73 years old.Source 5
    Wood Farm
  • A child of John Johnston and Mary Galt

Household of Mary Johnston

She is married to John Stevenson.

They got married on January 29, 1808 at Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, she was 19 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. Jean Stevenson  1826-1870 
  2. Ann Stevenson  1828-????
  3. Archibald Stevenson  1816-1891 
  4. David Stevenson  1830-????
  5. Helen Stevenson  1818-1824
  6. John Stevenson  1814-????
  7. James Stevenson  1820-????
  8. Margaret Stevenson  1810-1888 
  9. Mary Stevenson  1809-1900 
  10. Robert Stevenson  1822-????
  11. William Stevenson  1812-1891 


Notes about Mary Johnston

1. In the 1851 Census, Mary Johnston is living in household in Eglington Mains, Kilwinning with her daughter, Jean Stevenson and her husband, Andrew Mclelland, and family. This probably means that the 1851 Census, with the Stevenson family, missing the Head of the family, John Stevenson, means he had died prior to 1851

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Johnston

Johnstone
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John Galt
1717-????
Helen Young
1736-????
Mary Galt
1759-± 1798

Mary Johnston
1788-1862

1808

John Stevenson
± 1781-< 1851

Jean Stevenson
1826-1870
Ann Stevenson
1828-????
Archibald Stevenson
1816-1891
David Stevenson
1830-????
Helen Stevenson
1818-1824
John Stevenson
1814-????
James Stevenson
1820-????
Margaret Stevenson
1810-1888
Mary Stevenson
1809-1900
Robert Stevenson
1822-????
William Stevenson
1812-1891

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    1. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Andrew McClelland Parish: Kilwinning; ED: 1; Page: 9; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1851_134; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for Andrew McClelland
      Name: Andrew McClelland
      Age: 28
      Estimated birth year: abt 1823
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse: Jean McClelland
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Parish of Ayr, Ayrshire
      Parish Number: 599
      Civil Parish: Kilwinning
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Eglinton Mains
      Occupation: Farm Sawyer & Labourer
      ED: 1
      Page: 9
      Household schedule number: 28
      Line: 5
      Roll: CSSCT1851_134
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Andrew McClelland 28 Head
      Jean McClelland 24 Wife
      John McClelland 4 Son
      Mary Ann McClelland 2 Daughter
      Margaret Robison 21 Servant
      Mary Stevenson 62 Mother-in-Law Farmer 110 Acres employing 3 Labrs
    2. 1851 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1851 STEVENSON, MARY (Census 599/ 1/ 9) Parish: Kilwinning 1851 Scotland Census [scotlandspeople.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Name: Andrew McClelland
      Age: 28
      Estimated birth year: abt 1823
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse: Jean McClelland
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Parish of Ayr, Ayrshire
      Parish Number: 599
      Civil Parish: Kilwinning
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Eglinton Mains
      Occupation: Farm Sawyer & Labourer
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Andrew McClelland 28 Head
      Jean McClelland 24 Wife
      John McClelland 4 Son
      Mary Ann McClelland 2 Daughter
      Margaret Robison 21 Servant
      Mary Stevenson 62 Mother-in-Law Farmer 110 Acres employing 3 Labrs
    3. Homely Musings, by a Rustic Maiden by Jane Stevenson, Homely Musings, by a Rustic Maiden by Jane Stevenson, https://ia802205.us.archive.org/2/items/homelymusingsby00stevgoog/homelymusingsby00stevgoog.pdf
      The book describes part of the authors life, visiting various family residences, on her travels around Ayrshire. Jean/Jane Stevenson's Grandmother, Mary Galt, is Jean Galts sister, her Great Grandmother is Helen Young, Great Grandfather is John Galt.
    4. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for John Stevenson Parish: Kilwinning; ED: 2; Page: 10; Line: 920; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
      Record for John Stevenson
      Name: John Stevenson
      Age: 60
      Estimated birth year: abt 1781
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Ayrshire, Scotland
      Civil Parish: Kilwinning
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Wood
      Occupation: Farmer
      Parish Number: 599
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      John Stevenson 60 Head. Farmer. Ayrshire
      Mary Stevenson 45 Wife, Ayrshire
      William Stevenson 25 Son, Tile Maker. Ayrshire
      John Stevenson 25 Son, Tile Maker. Ayrshire
      James Stevenson 20 Son, Ayrshire
      Robert Stevenson 15 Son, Ayrshire
      Helen Stevenson 15 Daughter, Ayrshire
      Jean Stevenson 13 Daughter, Ayrshire
      Anne Stevenson 11 Daughter, Ayrshire
      David Stevenson 10 Son, Ayrshire
    5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1862 STEVENSON, MARY (Statutory registers Deaths 599 49)
      1862 STEVENSON, MARY (Statutory registers Deaths 599 49)
      Deaths in the Parish of Killwinning in the County of Ayr 1862
      Mary Stevenson
      (Widow of John Stevenson, Farmer)
      1862 March Twenty sixth 7h A.M.
      Wood Farm, Killwinning F 73 years
      Parents: John Johnston
      Stone Mason (Deceased)
      Mary Johnston
      M.S. Galt (Deceased)
      COD: Gastric Fever, 2 weeks
      as cert by David D. Service M.D. Surgeon
      Inf. William Stevenson, Son
      High Smithstone, Kilwinning
      Registered
      1862 March 29th, Kilwinning
      John Service,
      Registrar
    6. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1808 JOHNSON, MARY JOHN STEVENSON (O.P.R. Marriages 597/ 0060 0181 Kilmarnock (Ayr))
      JOHNSON, MARY JOHN STEVENSON (O.P.R. Marriages 597/ 0060 0181 Kilmarnock (Ayr))
      January 29 1808 Kilmarnock,
      John Stevenson and Mary Johnson both in this parish after proclamation were married

    Historical events

    Day of marriage January 29, 1808

    • The temperature on January 29, 1808 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1808: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 22 » The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.
      • February 11 » Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
      • April 8 » The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
      • May 2 » Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
      • December 20 » The original Garden Theatre in London is destroyed by a fire, along with most of the scenery, costumes and scripts.
      • December 22 » Ludwig van Beethoven conducts and performs in concert at the Theater an der Wien, Vienna, with the premiere of his Fifth Symphony, Sixth Symphony, Fourth Piano Concerto (performed by Beethoven himself) and Choral Fantasy (with Beethoven at the piano).

    Day of death August 26, 1862

    • The temperature on August 26, 1862 was about 21.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1862: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
      • February 5 » Moldavia and Wallachia formally unite to create the Romanian United Principalities.
      • April 7 » American Civil War: The Union's Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Ohio defeat the Confederate Army of Mississippi near Shiloh, Tennessee.
      • June 20 » Barbu Catargiu, the Prime Minister of Romania, is assassinated.
      • July 1 » The Russian State Library is founded as the Library of the Moscow Public Museum.
      • October 11 » American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
      • December 12 » American Civil War: USSCairo sinks on the Yazoo River.
    

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