James Stewart was the son of James and Agnes Nancy Stewart. He was born on 4th June 1895 in Portglenone. The family lived in Lisnagarran, just north of Portglenone. They were a farming family. Rifleman James Stewart was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles when he died on Thursday 7th June 1917.
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James Stewart was the son of James and Agnes Nancy Stewart. James Stewart married Agnes on the 10th January 1883 in the district of Ballymena. It is believed they had eight children.
James Stewart was born on 4th June 1895 in Portglenone.
Family: James Stewart, Agnes Stewart, Patrick Stewart (born 8th March 1886), Robert Stewart (born 8th March 1886), Mary Stewart (born 1st June 1888), Eliza Lizzie Stewart (born 16th September 1890), Agnes Stewart (born 21st August 1893), James Stewart (born 4th June 1895), Margaret Stewart (born 13th January 1898).
The 1901 census lists James as age 7 living with the family at house 25 in Lisnagarran, County Antrim. Lisnagarran lies just north of Portglenone and west of Cullybackey. They were a farming family.
James mother, Agnes, died in the Portglenone area on 8th June 1901, aged 43.
His sister Mary died in the Portglenone area on 12th November 1905, aged 17.
James’ father remarried. James and Nancy had a further three children.
Family (two): James Stewart, Nancy Stewart, Joseph Stewart (born 30th August 1907), Sarah Stewart (born 10th January 1910), John Stewart (born 10th November 1912).
The 1911 census lists James as age 16 living with his father’s family at house 29 in Lisnagarran. Like his father, James was working as an agricultural labourer.
James Stewart enlisted in Ballymena.
Rifleman James Stewart was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles when he died on Thursday 7th June 1917, just three days after his 22nd birthday.
Rifleman James Stewart is buried in Wulverghem-Lindenhoek Road Military Cemetery. The cemetery is located thirteen kilometres south of Ypres.
The CWGC record Rifleman James Stewart as the son of James and the late Nancy Stewart.
