THE KNIGHTHOOD TO DR DAVID STEWART. DEMONSTRATION AT ABERDEEN By command of Her Gracious Majesty the Queen, Dr David Stewart of Banchory House had the honour of being summoned to Balmoral Castle on Saturday for the purpose of receiving the honour of knighthood. Dr Stewart left Aberdeen by the 9:30 morning train for Ballater, en [...]
Funeral of the late Mr Stewart of Banchory The Remains of the late Mr John Stewart of Banchory were yesterday interred in the cemetery connected with the Free Church of Banchory-Devenick. The ceremony was attended by a large and representative gathering of gentlemen from Aberdeen and the neighbourhood, as well as by the tenants on [...]
Julia, daughter of John Stewart was born on 21th October 1833. She married Paul Gerhard Oncken and they had a daughter, Julia Stewart Oncken on the 1st January 1865, but sadly she died on 24th October 1869 aged 4. Julia herself died on 6th July 1877 aged 43. A memorial tablet was placed on the [...]
Introduction The company which eventually became the Aberdeen Combworks (ACW) was established and developed for almost 100 years by the Stewart family. John Stewart, a native of Perth, arrived in Aberdeen around 1830 to set up a comb-manufacturing business in partnership with Joseph Rowell. Despite competition from existing rivals in Aberdeen, Stewart, Rowell & Co. [...]