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Kinross and Glasgow
SCOTLAND, HOME TO US ALL

Margaret Haldane, Charles Stewart, and James Archibald

Chapter 1, an Extract from

"We Are All Margaret Haldane's Bairns"

"By John Duncan,

"of Melbourne, Australia 2001"

Transcribed & Updated for the web,
by his American Cousin,
Colleen Cahoon, of Texas

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TO SCOTLAND

Have you ever been to Scotland?
I heard a Scotsman say.
Have you never been to Scotland,
Well, I hope some day you may.

To sit awhile beside the burn while the shades of evening fall,
And see afar the distant hills and hear the curlew call,
To wander midst the heather and feel the wind's caress,
You feel your heart a bursting with the glow of happiness.

What of that great castle? That fortress built of stone.
Where Scotsmen fought their hardest to put Charlie on the throne.
See the Pass of Glencoe where brave men fought and died.
To save old Scotland's honour, and fill our hearts with pride.

There is the Port of Glasgow, where ships from far and wide,
Come sailing up the river. The dear old River Clyde.
From that busy sea-port, many a man with wife and kin,
Left for a far-far country, a new life to begin.

Do go to Glamis Castle; where a Queen to be was born,
Where many coloured flowers border the greenest lawns.
Go to the Games at Braemar and see those feats of skill,
You'll set your feet a-tapping when they dance the eight-some reel.

Northward then to Aberdeen,
That Granite City -wondrous clean,
Down by the shore the fisher-folk,
The harvest of the sea they glean.

And someday, if God spares me, to Scotland I will go,
What we heard in song and story, these things I'll see and know.
I'll walk a-mang the heather, I'll know her banks and brae's,
And like Robbie Burns before me, I too, shall sing her praise.

[author unknown] but provided by John Duncan.

     Prior to beginning the reading of this compilation, it is recommended that you read the compiler, John Duncan's introduction, if you have not already.

    In Scotland, the land of my birth, folks have a popular saying that "we are all Jock Tamson's bairns!"

    I have no idea who Mr. Tamson [Thompson] was, but the saying may be interpreted as stating that Scots are all descended from a common ancestor, and whilst doubt can be cast upon the legitimacy of this idea, it is true that the most of the people mentioned in this family history, are indeed the descendants of this Scottish lady - Margaret Haldane #60, and so I have decided to entitle this story:

We are all Margaret Haldane's Bairns.

MARGARET HALDANE, CHARLES STEWART & JAMES ARCHIBALD

    The Danes [Danish] settled in England from the ninth century, one Viking leader had the personal name of Halfdane, which was intended as a racial slur, presumably signifying the son of a mixed marriage.  It exists now from the Old English; Haldane and variations of the name are Halden and Haldin.

    More on the origins of Haldane follow at the end of this excerpt, which mentions some "historically noteable Haldanes" whom we may, or may not, somehow be tied to; the main mention introduced here is that the name is of NORSE ORIGIN.

    We do not know where Margaret Haldane was born but it was c 1795 - 1800, and indeed we are not certain that she was Scottish, but it is very likely so, and it pleases me to believe same, and the fact that she was married to Charles Stewart#59 on 15 June 1820, at Cathcart, Glasgow, strengthens this view.

    John Duncan now knows that Margaret Haldane, indeed was Scottish.  More on this later...note by Colleen Cahoon, aka hereafter as simply, ...green text, and/or paragraphs or sections followed by the symbol, "@".

    Their marriage certificate identifies her as Margaret Haldane, yet at the wedding of her daughter Annie Archibald #69 [from Margaret's second marriage], in Victoria, Australia, her name on the marriage certificate #541, is stated to be "Margaret Hill [maiden name] ", so the simplest solution to this surname dilemma appeared to be to simply call her Margaret Haldane Hill.

Margaret Haldane, or Margaret Hill?

    Research of the IGI Internet Genealogy Service of the Church of Latter Day Saints, by the Rev. David Nicholson (A Great-Great-Grandson of Margaret Haldane and Charles Stewart) appears to indicate that Margaret Haldane was born in 1800 at Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland.  The birth was registered by "relative" John Cairns.   { source information:  Film number:  183459,  Page Number:1291, Ref. No.: 42768. }

    Further research suggests that the above, is NOT our Margaret Haldane, wherein an alternative reference has been found, in Kinross, Scotland.   That cite will be shown below and is mentioned here to avoid misleading the reader, by the above reference, which was until recently, accepted as being potentially pertinent to our ancestress. @

    David then comes across a record of a Margaret Hill, whose birth is recorded as ABT {about} 1798, at Glasgow, with parents named as William Hill & Grace McIntyre Hill.  { source information:  Film number:  1239614, Page No. 306, Ref. No:  6774. }

    Could Margaret Haldane