Sarah Heaney of Arran
Sarah was born at 7am on Tuesday, 16 July 1889, at 42 Stirling Street, Renton, Dumbarton. Her father registered the birth on 5 August 1889. The Registrar was Duncan Shaw.
Sarah married John Stewart, a descendent of the Royal Stewarts of Scotland, on Tuesday, 8 June 1909, at 77 Windsor Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire (United Free Church). Sarah was aged 20, a Farm Servant at Corriecravie, Kilmory, Isle of Arran. John was aged 43, a Farmer of Corriecravie, Isle of Arran. Both were single.
John was the son of William (deceased) and Catherine Stewart (nee Stewart). The witnesses were Archibald Stewart (brother of Groom) and Letitia Heaney (sister of Bride). The Registrar was Gavin Frame.
Hillside Cottage, Isle of Arran
Sarah Stewart (nee Heaney) at Hillside Cottage
They had six children:
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1. William Stewart born the 16th of October 1910 at Hillside, Corriecravie, Kilmory, Isle of Arran, Bute. He died from heart failure on the 18th July 1999 at War Memorial Hospital, Lamlash, Isle of Arran. He never married but stayed on Arran looking after the family farm and cottage. A kind hearted soul he was often taken advantage of by younger members of the family – who failed to repay loans that he granted. This caused a rift in the family after his diary was discovered prior to his death.
William Stewart, Isle of Arran
2. Catherine Stewart born the 3rd of April 1912 at Hillside, Corriecravie, Kilmory, Isle of Arran, Bute. She died 2001. She married Ambrose Jackman (1911 – 1993) in Bristol, England where they went to live. They had 3 children, all born in Bristol:
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- Rosemary Jackman who married Graham Brind – 2 sons Clinton Brind and Jeremy Brind.
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- Ian Jackman who married Patricia – 2 Sons Simon Jackman and Mark Jackman
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- Catherine Jackman
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Rosemary Brind (nee Jackman)
3. Isabella Stewart born 10th December 1913 at Hillside, Corriecravie, Kilmory, Isle of Arran, Bute and died 2012 on Arran. She married Thomas Kenmuir Hamilton. They had 3 children :
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- Morag Ann Hamilton. She married Hugh Sands Dickinson (1930 - 2003) on Arran in 1964 and they had 2 sons Alexander born 1965 and Murray born 1967
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- Stuart Hamilton
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- James Hamilton
Morag Ann Hamilton & Hugh Dickinson 1964
4. Anne Stewart born 15th August 1915 at Hillside, Corriecravie, Kilmory, Isle of Arran, Bute. She died on Arran in 1999.
She married William Kelso (Born 1901) They had 7 Children :
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- Isabella Kelso born 1936 Kilbride, Arran, Bute
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- Catherine Kelso born 1936 Kilbride, Arran, Bute. She married Angus Campbell
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- Peter Alexander Kelso born 1938 Kilbride, Arran, Bute. He married Myra Beale in Glasgow in 1965. They had 1 son Andrew James Kelso (1972 - 2006)
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- Morag Anne Kelso born 1939 Kilbride, Arran, Bute she married Archibald Thornton in 1970 and they have 1 son Archibald Thornton who married Amanda Birrell in 2005 on the Isle of Arran.
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- John Stewart Kelso born 1940 Kilbride, Arran, Bute. He married Aileen Hamilton in Lamlash, Isle of Arran 1972. They have 1 son Brian Kelso and 1 daughter Sarah Kelso
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- Mary Kelso born 1942 in Kilbride, Arran, Bute she married Thomas Pringle in Glasgow in 1968 - They divorced in 1996 and had one son Timothy Andrew (Tim) Pringle born 1973 Lamlash, Isle of Arran
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- William Archibald Kelso born 1944 Kilbride, Arran, Bute. He married Elizabeth Tod in 1971 at Lamlash, Arran.
Archibald Thornton
Johnnie Kelso
Aileen & Sarah Kelso
Brian Kelso
William Kelso
5. John Stewart born 25th February 1917 at Hillside, Corriecravie, Kilmory, Isle of Arran, Bute died 1969. He married Nessie Kennedy. They had 2 sons :
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- Ian Stewart who married Julie and had 2 children:
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Lynn Stewart who married Brian Higgins and have 2 children Cameron and Mackenzie Higgins
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Jason Stewart who married Ruby Cliville and have 1 daughter Giulia
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- Robert Stewart who married Janice and had 2 children Todd Stewart and Kyle Stewart
Lynn Higgins (nee Stewart) & Brian Higgins
Jason Stewart
6. Margaret (Peggy) McPhail Stewart was born on the 27th of October 1918 at Hillside, Corriecravie, Kilmory, Isle of Arran, Bute.
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She died on the 29th of September 2003 from bronchopneumonia in Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire. She was 84 years old.
She married William Peebles (1913 – 1990) at Trinity Church, Cranbrook Road, Redland, Bristol on the 30th of July 1941. William was originally from Dundee, Scotland. He was a Chiropodist.
They had only one daughter, Margaret Pebbles who was born in 1943 at the War Memorial Hospital, Lamlash, Isle of Arran. While the family lived in Bristol, Margaret spent much of her childhood on Arran, visiting her grandparents and she had a very close bond with her Uncle William.
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She trained to be a Nurse at United Bristol Hospital and on the 7th of October 1967 she married Kenneth Jefferies and they now live in Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire, England. They own 'Stewart Cottage' on Arran, which they rent out as a holiday home when they are not in residence themselves.
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Margaret and Kenneth had 2 children:
- Nicola Jefferies born in 1975, who married Marcus Milner. Two son's, Benjaman Milner born in 2002 who died as an infant and Kieran Milner born in 2010.
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- Neil Jefferies born in 1977. His partner is Mia Donockley. They have one daughter together Elsie Peggy Jefferies born March 2021.
Margaret (Peggy) Peebles (nee Stewart)
William Peebles
Margaret (Peggy) Peebles (nee Stewart) & William Peebles
Margaret Jefferies (nee Peebles)
Margaret Jefferies (nee Peebles) on her wedding day to Kenneth Jeffries. Bristol, England 1967
L to R: Annie Goodman, Tish Randy Kern, Stuart Goodman, Richard McKenna, Pat McKenna & Auntie Lettie at her 90th Birthday party
William Peebles & Peggy Peebles (nee Stewart) with Cathie Jackman (nee Stewart)
Jean Cook, Isabelle Hamilton (nee Stewart), William Peebles, Auntie Lettie and Peggi Peebles (nee Stewart)
Margaret Peebles & Tish Heaney
Sarah Heaney on Arran
Sarah Heaney on Arran
Neil Jeffries and Mia Donockley
Elsie Peggy Jefferies
Neil Jefferies and Kieran Milner
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John Stewart was born on Wednesday, 11 April 1866, at Kilmory, Isle of Bute, the third child of William and Catherine Stewart (nee Stewart) who married on 11 June 1861, at Kilmory.
William died at Kilmory, Bute, aged 77, in 1898. Catherine died at Kilmory, Bute, aged 80, in 1919.
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John Stewart died in Kilmory, Bute, on the 5th of October 1945, aged 79. Sarah died in 1964 from a heart attack, aged 75, in Killearn Hospital, Stirling.
Return to Arran 2018
In 2018, I met up with Ken and Margaret Jefferies on the Isle of Arran. We toured around and visited some points of historical interest before heading to the local graveyard, where many of the Stewarts are buried. This visit prompted a second visit, which also acted as a mini family reunion. In attendance were Ken and Margaret, myself and my partner Phylip, Isobel Stanley Strachan and Dee Ann Stanley Laue who were visiting from California, USA, my cousin Mark Strachan and his kids Beth and Max, Rose Gavin and her daughter Lesley and her son Leo. It was an amazing opportunity for generations to bond, while we remembered Sarah Heaney's life on Arran.
