Robert Torrens Stewart 
Robert was born in 1846.Birth Notes
Date of Birth from Barbara Braswell using Churchtown Baptism records. He may have been alive up to 1926 when the Griffiths Valuation Revision Books show his land in Killygullib passing to his wife, Isabella.
Death Notes
Title : Mr Date of Death : 13 June 1924
Surname : Stewart Date of Grant : 29 March 1926
Forename : Robert Effects : Effects £97 0s 6d
Registry : Londonderry
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Stewart Robert of Killygulib Kilrea county Londonderry farmer died 13 June 1924 Administration (with Will) Londonderry 29 March to Isabella Stewart the widow. Effects £97 0s. 6d.
I have a copy of this will.
General Notes
Source: Barbara Braswell using Boveedy Seceder church records. Of Killygullib. This man is the youngest brother of James Stewart who is the ancestor of Barbara Braswell of Austin, Texas. He was born in Killymuck but when he returned to Ireland from the states his father was then in Killygullib and that is where he was from in the 1901 Census....We have yet to get his marriage cert to Isabella.
BB: Notes for ROBERT TORRENS STEWART:
Robert came to the USA but returned to Ireland because his parents needed him. He married and had four sons and a daughter. He lost one of his sons, John, in the Dardanelles during WWI. (Information from Lindsay papers, Rhoda Stewart Culpeper Tree, Sarah Jane Stewart's letters and "The Fairy Thorn" and National Archives of Australia]
Notes:
Land ownership was transferred to the tenants in the 1890s in Ireland from the Church of Ireland.
Death Index Search:
These are the only Robert and Isabellas I found between 1924 and 1929
inclusive.
There were none and the two below were the only ones close by.
Robert Stewart, 75, Coleraine, 1924 June, Page 315
Isabella Stewart, 72, Ballymena, 1929 June, Page 53.
there were NO Robert T Stewarts.---BG 2007 January
More About ROBERT TORRENS STEWART:
Baptism: May 1846, Churchtown Presbyterian Church, Tamlaght, Co. Londonderry, Ireland
Census 1: 1901, Killygullib, Tamlaght O'Crilly Parish, Co. Londonderry, head of house, age 47, farmer, Presbyterian
Census 2: Cant find in US Census
Census 3: 1911, Robt Stewart, Killygullib, age 65 married 22 yrs, Bella 45 yrs, John 21, Ellen 19, Archie 16, Samuel 7, Andrew 6
Death Index: Bet. 1924 - 1926, Boyd searched and found no likely Robert Stewart
GVRB 1: 1886, Killygullib/ Robert Stewart 42a (18/2/0) from 1886-1926 when it is deleted to Isabella Stewart
GVRB 2: 1926, 41a deleted from Robert Stewart to Isabella Stewart
GVRB 3: 1926, 42a deleted from Robert Stewart to Isabella Stewart
Immigration: May 07, 1867, Village Belle to Philadelphia/ returned to Ireland about 1885
Title Deed: November 25, 1886, purchase of fee simple/Robert Stewart(John Stewart Sr., predecessor of the deed, previous to 18 Sept 1881) to Irish Land Commission
Title Deed Purchaser: January 04, 1896, Killygullib Glebe, Andrew McKinlay of Drumard to Robert Stewart,K:gullib 6 acres and the 2 houses known as the Crossroad Houses for £125 since he was highest bidder at auction
Ulster Covenant: 1912, Signed name/Killygullib
Children of ISABELLA COOKE and ROBERT STEWART are:
i. JOHN "JACK"4 STEWART, b. 1889, Killygullib,Harvey Hill,Tamlaght O'Crilly Parish, Co. Londonderry; d. May 01, 1915, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey.
Notes for JOHN "JACK" STEWART:
A cousin, E.L. Birnie wrote the military to enquire if Jack STewart was her cousin who had been living with them and they replied in the affirmitive. Birnie wrote from Newtown, NSW---June 1, 2007 on researching the National Archives of Australia.
More About JOHN "JACK" STEWART:
Australia Imperial Force: Bet. August 17, 1914 - May 01, 1915, enlisted at Radinick, N.S.W/age 24, 5'10'/4th Batt./1st Infantry Brig.
Baptism: May 28, 1890, Churchtown Presbyterian Church, Tamlaght, Tamlaght O'Crilly, Co. Derry, N. Ireland
Burial: ???? Gully
Census 1: 1901, Age 11
Census 2: 1911, age 21
ii. ELLEN STEWART, b. 1891, Killygullib, Tamlaght O'Crilly Parish, Co. Londonderry.
More About ELLEN STEWART:
Baptism: no record in Churchtown Presbyterian Church
Census 1: 1901, Age 9
Census 2: 1911, age 19
iii. ROBERT JAMES STEWART, b. March 17, 1893, Killygullib, Tamlaght O'Crilly Parish, Co. Londonderry.
More About ROBERT JAMES STEWART:
Baptism: June 16, 1893, Churchtown Presbyterian Church, Tamlaght, Tamlaght O'Crilly, Co. Derry, N. Ireland
Census 1: 1901, Age 8
Census 2: 1911, would have been 18/not with family in Killygullib
iv. ARCHIBALD (ARCHY) STEWART, b. March 18, 1895, Killygullib, Tamlaght O'Crilly Parish, Co. Londonderry.
More About ARCHIBALD (ARCHY) STEWART:
Baptism: December 01, 1895, Churchtown Presbyterian Church, Tamlaght, Tamlaght O'Crilly, Co. Derry, N. Ireland
Census: 1901, Age 6
Ulster Covenant: 1912, Signed Archie Stewart/Harvyhill, Kilrea
v. SAMUEL STEWART, b. July 19, 1903, Killygullib, Tamlaght O'Crilly Parish, Co. Londonderry.
More About SAMUEL STEWART:
Baptism: August 27, 1905, Churchtown Presbyterian Church, Tamlaght O'Crilly, Co. LOndonderry
Census 1: 1901, not listed
Census 2: 1911, age 7
vi. ANDREW STEWART, b. July 28, 1905, Killygullib, Tamlaght O'Crilly Parish, Co. Derry, Ireland.
More About ANDREW STEWART:
Baptism: August 27, 1905, Churchtown Presbyterian Church, Tamlaght, Tamlaght O'Crilly, Co. Derry, N. Ireland
Census: 1901, 8 mos old
Details of Robert's family with Isabella Cooke
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