24. Charlotte CRERAR
1OPR, Longforgan.
"1781 To Patrick Crerar alias McIntosh fowler to Mr Paterson of Huntly Castle & Elizabeth Ferguson his wife a daughter baptised 15 July named Charlote."2Statutory Register Scotland, Rattray 1859 389 16.
Age 77. Informant was Inspector of Poor.
45. James LAIRD
1OPR, Caputh 337 20 184.
Parents John Laird and Charlotte Crerar.
47. James LAIRD
1OPR, Dunkeld 349 10 345.
Parents John Laird and Charlotte Crerar.
1OPR, m_StewartDonald_LairdWidow_1828DunkeldPER.jpg.
"1828 Donald Stewart & Widow Laird were proclaimed on the 25th May and married on 29th."
31. John CRERAR
1OPR, b_CrerarJohn&StewartAnne_children_UpTo1799DunkeldPER.jpg.
"1799 Register of Births
Children born to John Crerar gamekeeper by his spouse Anne Stewart whose names were not inserted in this register in their proper places owing to the neglect of the parents.
John born 26 March 1781."
49. Alexander CRERAR
1OPR, Jamaica Births.
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I04151-6
"Name: Alex'R. Crerar
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 24 May 1828
Birthplace: Vere, Middlesex, Jamaica
Father's Name: John Crerar
Mother's Name: Frances Sylvester
System Origin: Jamaica-EASy
Source Film Number: 1291711
Reference Number: B1,it1,p361,#67."
50. William CRERAR
1OPR, Jamaica Births.
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I04151-6
"Name: Wm. Crerar
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 21 Jun 1832
Birthplace: St. James, Cornwall, Jamaica
Father's Name: John Crerar
Mother's Name: Frances Sylvester
System Origin: Jamaica-EASy
Source Film Number: 1291711
Reference Number: B1,it1,p345,#123."
1OPR, b_CrerarJohn&StewartAnne_children_UpTo1799DunkeldPER.jpg.
"1799 Register of Births
Children born to John Crerar gamekeeper by his spouse Anne Stewart whose names were not inserted in this register in their proper places owing to the neglect of the parents.
Alexander born 7 Feby 1784."2OPR, b_CrerarAlexander&David_1784-6_CaputhPER.jpg.
3Statutory Index Scotland, Dunkeld 1856 349 19.
Age 72
Mother's maiden surname Stewart.4Newspaper Announcement, Dundee, Perth and Cupar Advertiser 21 Nov 1856.
"Death At Dunkeld, on 16th inst., Mr Alexander Crerar, tailor."
56. Marjory CRERAR
1Statutory Index Scotland, Dunkeld 1856 349 17.
Age 23
Mother's maiden surname Napier.
1Statutory Register Scotland, d1885LittleDunkeld10.jpg.
Age 86. Informant her granddaughter Agnes M Paul of Birnam.
60. Walter CRERAR
1OPR, b_CrerarWalter&John_baptised1834_KingsteigntonDEV.jpg.
Walter born 1831 and John born 1834 both baptised in Jan 1834.
63. Charles CRERAR
1England and Wales Index to BMD, Newton Abbot Q2 1840 Vol 10 p151.
Mother's maiden surname MacFarlane.2Statutory Register Scotland, d_CrerarCharles22_1863lLittleDunkeldPER.jpg.
Age 22
Informant his brother John.
41. Charles CRERAR
1Statutory Register Scotland.
Age 80
Died at Holmhead, Langholm. Informant his son Charles from Mill Hill, Dryfesdale.2Newspaper Announcement, Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser - 1 Dec 1880.
"Death At Holmhead here, on the 30th ult., Charles Crera, in his 81st year."3Newspaper Obituary, Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser - 1 Dec 1880.
"The Late Charles Crerar
We regret to have to record the death of Mr Charles Crerar, Holmhead, who had reached the advanced age of fourscore years. For some time past Mr Crerar has been in indifferent health, but it was only within the past month or two that he was confined to the house. Mr Crerar was a native of Perthshire, and was born in the year 1800. He went into the service of John, fourth Duke of Athole, when quite a boy, and remained with him till the Duke of Buccleuch rented Athole Deer Forest in 1834, since which time he has remained in the employment of the latter. On the Duke relinquishing the tenancy of Athole Forest in 1839 the deceased came to Langholm as head keeper, in which position he has continued faithfully to discharge his duties with the utmost satisfaction to all with whom he came in contact for the last forty-one years. His relations with the tenentry were always of the most cordial character, and in the delicate position which he osccupied between landlord and tenant, this gratifying fact speaks volumes for his character. The high respect in which the deceased was held was shown by the recent special visit of the Duke of Buccleuch to see him. Mr and Mrs Crerar completed the fiftieth year of their married life in Octobber 1877, and in the following March their numerous friends in this district presented them, as a mark of their high regard, with a silver jug and a purse of fifty soveriegns. Mrs Crerar died on 13th May 1879, and she and her husband are survived by a son and three daughters. Mr Crerar belongs to a long-lived family, his father, who was principal gamekeeper to the Duke of Athole, having died in 1840 at the age of 90 years. Father and son seem to have been gifted with many of the same good qualities, as the following interesting notice of Crerar the elder, taken from the Perthshire Courier of March 5, 1840, may serve to show:- [see John Crerar citations for this]."4Newspaper Obituary, Dundee Courier 3 Dec 1880.
"Death of a Perthshire Man - Mr Charles Crerar, for forty one years head keeper to the Duke of Buccleuch, died at Holmhead, Langholm, on Tuesday. He was a native of Perthshire, and in his 81st year. The Duke a few eeks ago paid a special visit to see him, and he was very highly respected throughout the district. Two years ago, on the occasion of his golden wedding, he was presented by the inhabitants of the district with a silver jug and purse of 50 sovereigns."5Confirmation of Estate.
"1881 CRERAR, Charles. 6 May.- Confirmation of Charles Crerar, Gamekeeper, Holmhead, Parish of Langholm, County of Dumfries, who died 30 November 1880, at Holmhead, testate, granted at Dumfries, to Charles Crerar, Farmer, Millhill, Parish of Dryfesdale, his son, Margaret Crerar or Scott, Holmhead aforesaid, his daughter, and Andrew Johnstone, Writer, Langholm, Executors nominated in Will or Deed, dated 5 June 1879, and recorded with other Writs in Court Books of Commissariot of Dumfries and Galloway, 5 May 1881. Value of Estate, £1,419, 7s. 4½d."6Newspaper, Dumfries & Galloway Standard 30 Oct 1880.
"The Duke of Buccleuch arrived at Langholm Lodge on Thursday on a visit to the Earl of Dalkeith. His Grace almost immediately on his arrival called on Mr Charles Crerar, head keeper, who is now over eighty years of age and in ill-health, and to visit whom was the chief object of the Duke's journey."
1OPR, m_CreerarCharles_DonalsonMargaret_1827DunkeldPER.jpg.
Spelling of surnames incorrect Creerar/Donalson.2Newspaper, Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser 13 Mar 1878.
"Golden wedding presentation, a jug and a purse of 50 sovereigns Mr and Mrs Crerar, Holmhead - Dr Carlyle."3Statutory Register Scotland.
Age 77
Died at Holmhead, Langholm. Informant her son-in-law John Glendinning from Brae Cottage, Langholm.4Newspaper Announcement, Eskdalemuir & Liddesdale Advertiser 21 May 1879.
"Death at Holmhead, Langholm on 13th instant, Margaret, wife of Mr Charles Crerar, gamekeeper, aged 77 years."
64. John CRERAR
1OPR, Dunkeld.
"1828 Charles Creerar and Margaret Donaldson his wife had a son born on the 25 Septr & baptised 19 Oct named John."2Newspaper Announcement, Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser 3 Dec 1851.
"Death at Holmhead on 15 November 1851 John Crerar, gamekeeper."3Gravestone Transcript, Kirkwynd, Langholm.
"Sacred to the memory of John, eldest son of Charles Crerar and Margaret Donaldson, who died at Holmhead, 18th November, 1851 aged 23.
Also George, their 2nd son, who died 8th June, 1853 aged 23."
65. George CRERAR
1Newspaper Announcement, Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser 6 Jul 1853.
"Death at Holm-Head on 8 June 1853 aged 23 George Crerar, son of Charles Crerar, head gamekeeper to Duke of Buccleuch."2Newspaper Announcement, Perthshire Advertiser 16 Jun 1853.
"Died - At Holmhead, Langholm, on the 8th instant, George, second son of Mr Charles Crerar, formerly of Dunkeld."3Gravestone Transcript, Kirkwynd, Langholm.
"Sacred to the memory of John, eldest son of Charles Crerar and Margaret Donaldson, who died at Holmhead, 18th November, 1851 aged 23.
Also George, their 2nd son, who died 8th June, 1853 aged 23."
1Statutory Register Scotland, Glencorse 1890 687 10.
Age 66
Surnames Crerar and Fletcher
Mother's maiden surname McMillan
Informant her son-in-law John Stuart.
1Newspaper Announcement, Alloa Advertiser 15 Oct 1853.
"Death At Menstrie, on the 1st inst., Mr Colin C Fletcher late forrester to the Earl of Mar and Kellie."2Gravestone.
"In memory of JOHN FLETCHER, son of JOHN and MARY KEITH FLETCHER of Inveroran, 1774 – 1848, his wife MARY MacLAREN and their son COLIN FLETCHER 1819 – 1853 buried at Blairlogie."
1Statutory Index Scotland, Alloa, Clackmannan 1863 465 218.
Age 22
Mother's maiden surname Crerar.
72. Jessie FLETCHER
1Statutory Index Scotland, Alloa, Clackmannan 1862 465 172.
Age 18
Mother's maiden surname not in index.2Newspaper Announcement, Alloa Advertiser 13 Sep 1862.
"At Old Bridge Street, Alloa, on the 12th inst., after a lingering illness, Jessie, daughter of the late Mr Colin Fletcher, forester to the Earl of Mar and Kellie."
1Statutory Register Scotland, Glencorse, Midlothian 1903 687 6.
Age 56
Mother's maiden surname Crerar
Informant her husband John Stuart.
1Statutory Register Scotland, St Andrew Edinburgh 1873 685/2 369.
2Statutory Index Scotland, Glencorse, Midlothian 1903 687 11.
Age 67
Mother's maiden surname Speed.