Duncan MacGregor

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1. Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, Scotland

   Church of Scotland

   Baptisms 1817, Balquhidder, 331/10 366, entry for Duncan, son of Duncan McGregor and Catharine McFarlane, Tullich (register image read)

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   Old Parish Registers of Balquhidder, births and baptisms, 1817, volume 10, page 366 (331/10/366). Transcribed from the register image.

   April 1. Duncan McGregor & spouse Catharine McFarlane, Tullich, had a child baptized named Duncan.

   ScotlandsPeople index: MCGREGOR, DUNCAN, parents DUNCAN MCGREGOR/CATHARINE MCFARLANE, M, 01/04/1817, parish 331, ref 10 / 366, BALQUHIDDER.

   Findmypast transcript, Scotland Parish Births and Baptisms: Duncan McGregor, baptised 01 Apr 1817, residence Tulloch, Balquhidder, Perthshire; father Duncan McGregor; mother Catharine McFarlane; archive reference OPR 331/1, page 175. That reference is in a different form from ScotlandsPeople’s, but the entry is the same.

2. Census Returns, Scotland, 1841

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Census 1841, Balquhidder, 331 ED 3 page 5, Cuilearn, household of Duncan McGregor, mason, with Janet and Alexander McGregor (enumeration book image read)

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   Census of Scotland, 1841, enumeration book 331 3, page 5. Parish of Balquhidder. Transcribed from the enumeration book image (ScotlandsPeople, 1841 census 331/ 3/ 5). The image shows pages 5 and 6 of the book.

   Cuilearn, 1 house. The surname of Janet and Alexander is written Do.

   Duncan McGregor, 20, Mason, born in the county.

   Janet McGregor, 20, born in the county.

   Alexr McGregor, 14, born in the county.

   No one else is in the household. It is the last entry on page 5.

   The 1841 census rounded adult ages down to a multiple of five and did not record relationships. The three fit Duncan (baptised 1817, so 24 and entered as 20), Janet (born 1820) and Alexander (born 1827), children of Duncan McGregor and Catharine McFarlane. Lawrie places the family’s baptisms at Cuilearn from 1818, and the 1851 census transcription gives the farm as “Cullearn” (Balquhidder, enumeration district 3, page 18).

   Reading note, 11 September 2026. The image agrees with Ancestry’s transcription and with the ScotlandsPeople index in names, ages, occupation and page. The farm is written Cuilearn; Ancestry transcribes it as Cuilcam.

3. Census Returns, Scotland, 1851

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Census 1851, Aberfoyle, 325 ED 4 page 2, schedule 4, Ledard, household of John Graham, wright, with Duncan McGregor, mason, servant (enumeration book image read)

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   Census of Scotland, 1851, enumeration book 325 4, page 2. Parish of Aberfoyle. Transcribed from the enumeration book image (ScotlandsPeople, 1851 census 325/ 4/ 2, image C1851_325_00_004_000_2_002Z).

   Schedule 4, Ledard. The surname of the children is written Do.

   John Graham, Head, married, 33, Wright, born Lanarkshire, Glasgow.

   Jane Graham, Wife, married, 28, Do Wife, born Renfrew, Greenock.

   John Graham, Son, U, 6, Do Scholar, born Dumbarton, Helensburgh.

   Elizabeth Graham, Daughter, 4, Do Daur, born Argyle, Dunoon.

   William Graham, Son, 2, Do Son, born Do do.

   Margaret Miller, Relative, 5, Relative, born Lanark, Glasgow.

   Duncan McGregor, Servant, unmarried, 30, Mason, born Perth, Balquhidder.

   The rest of the page is schedule 5, the household of John McBeth, and schedule 6, George and Janet Sellers.

   Reading note, 11 September 2026. The image settles the points left open by the indexes. The birthplace is Perth, Balquhidder, which Ancestry transcribes as Reilginddel, Perth. The age is 30, as Ancestry has it; the ScotlandsPeople index gives 4, a misreading, so an age-limited search of that index does not find him. The condition, which Ancestry’s index does not give, is unmarried, as it should be five months before his marriage. The surname is McGregor; Ancestry’s McGregore reads the final flourish as a letter.

4. Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, Scotland

   Church of Scotland

   Proclamations 1851, Aberfoyle, 325/20 118, Duncan McGregor and Margaret McGregor (register image read)

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   Old Parish Registers of Aberfoyle, banns and marriages, volume 20, image 118 (325/20/118). Transcribed from the register image.

   1851 Augt 30th. This day Duncan McGregor Dyke builder at Ledard, and Margaret McGregor residing at Blaruskan, entered their names for proclamation in order to marriage three times on the ensuing Sabbath. married.

   ScotlandsPeople index: MCGREGOR, DUNCAN, spouse MARGARET MCGREGOR, 30/08/1851, parish 325, ref 20 / 118, ABERFOYLE.

   The entry records the proclamation and adds the word “married”, but gives no date for the marriage itself.

5. Census Returns, Scotland, 1861

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Census 1861, Aberfoyle, 325 ED 1 page 4, schedule 19, Gartnerichnich (transcribed Gurtnerchurch), household of Duncan McGregor (enumeration book image read)

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   Census of Scotland, 1861, enumeration book 325 1, page 4. Parish of Aberfoyle. Transcribed from the enumeration book image (ScotlandsPeople, 1861 census 325/ 1/ 4).

   Schedule 19, Gartnerichnich (faint; TheGenealogist reads Gurtnerchurch). 1 house. The surname of the family is written Do.

   Duncan McGregor, Head, married, 43, Mason, born Perthshire, Balquhidder.

   Margaret McGregor, Wife, married, 31, Mason’s Wife, born Perthshire, Aberfoyle.

   Catharine McGregor, Daughter, 9, Scholar, born Do, Balquhidder.

   Margaret McGregor, Daughter, 8, Scholar, born Do, Thornhill.

   Janet McGregor, Daughter, 6, Scholar, born Do, P. of Menteith.

   Duncan McGregor, Son, 3, born Do, Aberfoyle.

   John W. McGregor, Son, 2, born Do, Aberfoyle.

   Christina McGregor, Daughter, 2 months, born Do, Aberfoyle.

   Reading note, 11 September 2026. The image agrees with TheGenealogist’s transcript. It adds the schedule number, and gives Christina’s age as 2 months, which TheGenealogist gives as 0. Catharine’s birthplace is Balquhidder here; the 1871, 1881 and 1891 censuses give Aberfoyle. The place is identified as Gartnerichnich.

6. Census Returns, Scotland, 1871

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Census 1871, Aberfoyle, 325 ED 1 page 2, schedule 7, Up. Blruskan 1st House (Upper Blaruskan), household of Margaret McGregor (enumeration book image read)

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   Transcript and reading notes

   Census of Scotland, 1871, enumeration book 325 1, page 2. Civil parish of Aberfoyle. Transcribed from the enumeration book image (ScotlandsPeople, 1871 census 325/ 1/ 2).

   Schedule 7, Up. Blruskan 1st House. 1 house, 2 rooms with one or more windows, 3 children receiving instruction. The surname of the children is written Do.

   Margaret McGregor, Wife, married, 40, Mason’s Wife, born Perth Shire, Aberfoyle.

   Catherine McGregor, Daughter, unmarried, 19, General Serv., born Do Do.

   Duncan McGregor, Son, 13, Scholar, born Do Do.

   John McGregor, Son, 12, Do, born Do Do.

   Christina McGregor, Daughter, 10, Do, born Do Do.

   Peter McGregor, Son, 7, Do, born Do Do.

   James McGregor, Son, 5, born Do Do.

   Alexander McGregor, Son, 4, born Do Do.

   Elizabeth McGregor, Daughter, 2, born Do Do.

   Walter McGregor, Son, 5 months, born Do Do.

   The next house, schedule 8, is Up. Blruskan 2nd House: Duncan McGregor, Head, widower, 73, Formerly Shepherd, born Perth Shire, Callander. He is probably Margaret’s father, the shepherd born in Callander who headed her family’s household in 1851, by then a widower.

   Reading note, 11 September 2026. The image agrees with TheGenealogist’s transcript. It gives the address as Up. Blruskan 1st House, that is Upper Blaruskan, and Walter’s age as 5 months. Margaret’s husband is not in the house: a Duncan McGregor, married, a mason born in Balquhidder, was lodging at Farkin, Arrochar, that night. Catherine’s birthplace is Aberfoyle here, where the 1861 census gave Balquhidder.

7. Census Returns, Scotland, 1881

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Census 1881, Port of Menteith, 388 ED 2 page 3, schedule 14, East Duilator (Easter Dullater), household of Dugald McLaren, with Catherine McGregor, servant (enumeration book image read)

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   Transcript and reading notes

   Census of Scotland, 1881, enumeration book 388 2, page 3. Civil parish of Port of Menteith. Transcribed from the enumeration book image (ScotlandsPeople, 1881 census 388/ 2/ 3).

   Schedule 14, East Duilator. 1 house, 7 rooms with one or more windows.

   Dugald McLaren, Head, widower, 74, Farmer of 500 acres, 155 arable, employing 2 men and 2 girls, born Perthshire, Callander. Gaelic.

   Catherine McGregor, Servant, unmarried, 29, General Servant (Domestic), born Perthshire, Aberfoyle. Gaelic.

   Christina McGregor, Servant, unmarried, 20, House Keeper, born Aberfoyle. Gaelic.

   Duncan McAlpine, Servant, unmarried, 25, Shepherd, born Argyllshire, Glenorchy. Gaelic.

   John Graham, Servant, unmarried, 19, Farm Servant, born Perthshire, Port of Menteith.

   The birthplaces of Christina and Duncan McAlpine are written over struck-out entries.

   Reading note, 11 September 2026. The image agrees with TheGenealogist’s transcript and adds the birthplaces (Callander for Dugald McLaren, Aberfoyle for both McGregor women, Glenorchy for Duncan McAlpine) and the Gaelic marks. The farm is Easter Dullater. Christina, 20, is probably Catherine’s sister, born 1861, who was at home in 1871.

8. Genealogy of the Clan Gregor

   Peter Lawrie. Glen Discovery, glendiscovery.com (online, cited by page)

   Page 106, Descendants of Duncan in Aberfoyle: Duncan born 6 Nov 1789, died before 1851, of Inverlochlarigmore and Cuilearn; Catharine McFarlane born 1786 Heads, Kilmadock, died before 1841, daughter of Peter McFarlane and Kathrine McNaughton; Balquhidder kirk session notes of 1851 and 1852 on Duncan of Cuilearn (page read 11 Sep 2026)

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9. Research into the paternal grandfather of Alastair Robertson

   Leanne Marks, Finding Families Ltd. Two reports prepared for Alastair Robertson: interim report 12 March 2024, revised report 29 March 2024

   Interim report of 12 March 2024 and revised report of 29 March 2024

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10. Census Returns, Scotland, 1881

    General Register Office for Scotland

    Census 1881, Port of Menteith, 388 ED 4 page 3, schedule 8, Arntamie, household of Duncan McGregor (enumeration book image read)

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    Transcript and reading notes

    Census of Scotland, 1881, enumeration book 388 4, page 3. Civil parish of Port of Menteith. Transcribed from the enumeration book image (ScotlandsPeople, 1881 census 388/ 4/ 3).

    Schedule 8, Arntamie. 1 house, 2 rooms with one or more windows.

    Duncan McGregor, Head, married, 62, Mason, born Perthshire, Balquhidder. Gaelic.

    Margaret McGregor, Wife, married, 49, Do Wife, born Do, Aberfoyle. Gaelic.

    John McGregor, Son, unmarried, 22, Under Forester, born Do Do.

    James McGregor, Son, unmarried, 15, Under Gardner, born Do Do.

    Elizabeth McGregor, Daughter, 12, Scholar, born Do Do.

    Walter McGregor, Son, 9, Scholar, born Do Do.

    Susan McGregor, Daughter, 7, Scholar, born Do Do.

    Alexander McGregor, Grandson, 5, born Do Do.

    Mary McGregor, Granddaughter, 1, born Do Do.

    Duncan and Margaret are marked G, for Gaelic speakers. Alexander’s relationship is corrected on the page to Grandson.

    Reading note, 11 September 2026. The image agrees with TheGenealogist’s transcript. It adds the Gaelic marks, and gives Margaret’s birthplace as Aberfoyle where TheGenealogist has only Perthshire. Mary, granddaughter, is entered as McGregor; she is Mary McLaren, daughter of Catherine McGregor, who is entered as McLaren in 1891 and 1901.

11. Census Returns, Scotland, 1891

    General Register Office for Scotland

    Census 1891, Port of Menteith, 388 ED 4 page 4, schedule 16, Arntamie, household of Duncan McGregor (enumeration book image read)

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    Transcript and reading notes

    Census of Scotland, 1891, enumeration book 388 4, page 4. Civil parish of Port of Menteith. Transcribed from the enumeration book image (ScotlandsPeople, 1891 census 388/ 4/ 4).

    Schedule 16, Arntamie. 1 house, 2 rooms with one or more windows.

    Duncan McGregor, Head, married, 73, Mason, employed, born Perthshire, Balquhidder. Gaelic and English.

    Margaret McGregor, Wife, married, 60, born Do, Aberfoyle. Gaelic and English.

    James McGregor, Son, married, 26, General Labourer, employed, born Do Do. Gaelic and English.

    Catharine McGregor, Daughter, unmarried, 39, General Servant, born Do Do.

    Alexander McGregor, Grandson, 15, Herd, employed, born Do Do.

    Mary Mc. McLaren, Granddaughter, 11, Scholar, born Do, Port of Monteith.

    Reading note, 11 September 2026. The image agrees with TheGenealogist’s transcript. It adds each person’s condition, the language column and the employment marks, and gives Duncan’s birthplace as Balquhidder, where TheGenealogist has only Perthshire, and Mary’s as Port of Monteith. James is entered as married.

12. Census Returns, Scotland, 1871

    General Register Office for Scotland

    Census 1871, Arrochar, 492 ED 1 page 2, schedule 10, Farkin (Firkin), household of John Macfarlane, with Duncan McGregor, married, mason, lodger (enumeration book image read)

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    Census of Scotland, 1871, enumeration book 492 1, page 2. Civil parish of Arrochar. Transcribed from the enumeration book image (ScotlandsPeople, 1871 census 492/ 1/ 2).

    Schedule 10, Farkin. 1 house, 3 rooms with one or more windows, 2 children receiving instruction. The surname of the family is written Do.

    John Macfarlane, Head, married, 56, Shepherd, born Argyllshire, Glenorchy.

    Janet Macfarlane, Wife, married, 46, Shepherd’s wife, born Perthshire, Killin.

    Ellen Macfarlane, Daughter, 13, Scholar, born Dumbartonshire, Arrochar.

    Janet Macfarlane, Daughter, 10, Scholar, born Do Do.

    Alexander Macfarlane, Son, 4, born Do Do.

    Mary Macfarlane, Daughter, 3, born Do Do.

    Duncan McGregor, Lodger, married, 50, Mason, born Perthshire, Balquhidder.

    Thomas Roberts, Lodger, unmarried, 30, Joiner, born England.

    Reading note, 11 September 2026. The image agrees with TheGenealogist’s transcript and adds two details: Duncan McGregor is entered as married, and John Macfarlane’s birthplace is Glenorchy. Duncan McGregor of Balquhidder would have been 54, not 50, but he was a married mason born in Balquhidder, and his wife was at home in Aberfoyle without him that night. The identification is likely but not certain. Farkin is Firkin, by Loch Lomond.

13. Kirk Session Records, Scotland

    Church of Scotland

    Aberfoyle kirk session minutes, CH2/704/2, pages 146 to 153, 21 May 1876 to 4 July 1877: the case of Catherine McGregor, Bulburn, and the roll of communicants (minute book images read)

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    Aberfoyle kirk session minutes, 1853 to 1892, National Records of Scotland CH2/704/2, pages 146 to 153 (ScotlandsPeople images CH000200704-00002-00147, 00149, 00151 and 00153). Transcribed from the images. Only the passages about Catherine McGregor and her family are given, with the heading of each meeting.

    Page 146. At the Church of Aberfoyle 21st May 1876, which day the Kirk Session met and was constituted. Present, Revd Donald C. Bryce, Moderator. Revd Andrew Irving, Assessor. Mr John McBeth, Elder. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved of. Compeared at this meeting Catherine McGregor, Bulburn, confessing herself guilty of the sin of Fornication, and craving to be taken under discipline and to have her child baptized. The Session agreed to consider her case on condition that the Kirk Session of Drymen transfer the case into their hands, the act having been committed in the parish of Drymen. Closed with Prayer. Donald C. Bryce, Moderator. J. Cairns Cram, Session Clerk.

    Page 147. At the Church of Aberfoyle 11th June 1876, which day the Kirk Session met and was constituted. Present Revd D. C. Bryce, Moderator. Revd Andrew Irving, Assessor. Mr John McBeth, Elder. The minutes having been read and approved of, the Session Clerk reported that he had written the Session Clerk of Drymen anent the case of Catherine McGregor but had as yet received no reply.

    At the same meeting: Compeared Elizabeth Blair confessing the sin of fornication with John McNab and desiring to be admitted to Church privileges. Having been recalled and duly admonished by the Revd Mr Irving on account of her residence being in the parish of Gartmore, the said Elizth Blair was admitted.

    Page 148. At the Church of Aberfoyle the 4th day of May 1877 which day the Kirk Session met and was constituted. Present Revd D. C. Bryce, Moderator. Revd Andw Irving, Assessor. Mr John McBeth, Elder. The minutes having been read and approved of, the session Clerk again reported that he had received no communication from the Session of Drymen anent the case of Catherine McGregor whereupon it was unanimously agreed that the church officer summon the said Catherine McGregor to appear before the next meeting of session in Aberfoyle Church on the 27th day of May 1877.

    Page 150. At the Church of Aberfoyle the 27th day of May 1877 which day the Kirk Session met and was constituted. Present Revd D. C. Bryce, Moderator. Revd A. Irving, Assessor. Mr Jno. McBeth, Elder. The minutes having been read and approved of. Compeared Catherine McGregor according to citation confessing herself guilty of the sin of Fornication and craving church privileges. Having been duly admonished and exhorted by the Moderator, intimation was given to her that she should be admitted into the privileges of the Church.

    Pages 152 and 153. At the Church of Aberfoyle the 4th day of July 1877 which day the Kirk Session met and was constituted. Present Revd Donald C. Bryce, Moderator. Mr John McBeth, Mr John Ferguson, Mr David Cleland, Elders. The Session then proceeded to revise the Roll of Communicants and approved of the same as follows. Lines 11 and 12 of the roll read Duncan McGregor and Mrs McGregor, bracketed together with the place Bulburn. Further down, with no place given, is Catherine McGregor.

    A faint line runs through Duncan McGregor’s name on the roll, which may be a later deletion. Mrs McGregor’s name is not marked. The 1876 minute says Catherine wished her child baptized but does not name the child or the father.

14. Census Returns, Scotland, 1901

    General Register Office for Scotland

    Census 1901, Aberfoyle, 325 ED 5 page 10, schedule 47, Craigoughty Cottage, household of Duncan McGregor (enumeration book image read)

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    Census of Scotland, 1901, enumeration book 325 5, page 10. Civil parish of Aberfoyle. Transcribed from the enumeration book image.

    Schedule 47, Craigoughty Cottage. 1 house, 2 rooms with one or more windows.

    Duncan McGregor, Head, married, 83, Retired Mason, born Perthshire, Balquhidder. Gaelic and English.

    Margaret McGregor, Wife, married, 71, born Perthshire, Aberfoyle. Gaelic and English.

    James McGregor, Son, married, 30, General Labourer, worker, born Perthshire, Aberfoyle. Gaelic and English.

    Mary McLaren, Granddaughter, single, 27, General Servant (Domestic), born Perthshire, Port of Menteith.

    The TheGenealogist transcript of the same household gives James’s birth year as 1871, from his stated age. He was 15 in 1881, so his age here is probably misstated or misread. Mary McLaren is Catherine McGregor’s daughter, born 1879.

15. Statutory Registers of Deaths, Scotland

    General Register Office for Scotland

    Deaths 1902, Aberfoyle, 325/7, entry for Duncan MacGregor (register image read)

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    Statutory Registers of Deaths, 1902, Parish of Aberfoyle, County of Perth, 325, entry 7, page 3 (ScotlandsPeople: MACGREGOR, DUNCAN, Statutory registers Deaths 325/ 7). Transcribed from the register image.

    Name, rank or profession, and whether single, married or widowed: Duncan MacGregor, Mason (Married to Margaret MacGregor).

    When and where died: 1902, August Fifth, 3h 20m P.M., Craiguchty, Aberfoyle.

    Sex: M. Age: 85 yrs.

    Father: Duncan MacGregor, Mason (deceased). Mother: Catherine MacGregor M.S. MacFarlane (deceased).

    Cause of death: (a) Carcinoma of Bladder, as certified by Thomas MacGregor, M.B., C.M., Aberfoyle.

    Informant: Mary McLaren, Grand Daughter.

    When and where registered: 1902, August 7th, at Aberfoyle. Wm Moncrieff Taylor, Assist. Regr. John McIntyre, Registrar.

    ScotlandsPeople index: MACGREGOR, DUNCAN, age at death 85, mother’s maiden name MACFARLANE, M, 1902, ref 325 / 7, ABERFOYLE.

    He died on the fifth; the seventh is the date of registration.

16. Statutory Registers of Marriages, Scotland

    General Register Office for Scotland

    Marriages 1899, Shettleston, 622/2 94, entry for George Clark and Catherine McGregor (register image read)

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    Statutory Registers of Marriages, 1899, District of Shettleston, County of Lanark, 622/2, entry 94, page 47 (ScotlandsPeople: MCGREGOR, CATHERINE, Statutory registers Marriages 622/2 94). Transcribed from the register image.

    When, where and how married: 1899, on the Twenty-ninth day of November, at The Manse, Shettleston. After Banns, according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland.

    Signatures of parties, rank or profession, whether single or widowed: (Signed) George Clark, Ploughman (Widower). (Signed) Catherine McGregor, her x mark, Bella Lister, Witness, Jennie Park, Witness. Cook, Spinster.

    Ages: 47 and 48.

    Usual residence: Bankhead Farm, Old Monkland. The Manse, Shettleston.

    Parents of the bridegroom: William Clark, Ploughman (deceased), and Jane Clark M.S. Black (deceased).

    Parents of the bride: Duncan McGregor, Stone Mason, and Margaret McGregor M.S. McGregor.

    Officiating minister and witnesses: (Signed) John White. Margaret Anne McMichael, Witness. Archibald Howatson, Witness.

    When and where registered: 1899, November 29th, at Shettleston. M. D. Toner, Registrar.

    Catherine could not sign, and made her mark before two witnesses. Neither of her parents is marked deceased.