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     Arthur Lunell Cary died in 1885.

     Robert Wedderburn was born on 13 February 1708. He married Isobel Edwards on 1 February 1738. Robert Wedderburn died on 19 February 1786 at age 78.

     Isobel Edwards was born on 12 November 1718 at Pearsie, Forfar. As of 29 January 1738,her married name was Wedderburn. She married Robert Wedderburn, son of Sir Alexander Wedderburn and Katherine Scott, on 1 February 1738. Isobel Edwards died on 6 January 1758 at age 39.

     Alexander Stormonth was born on 16 January 1790. He married Elizabeth Stewart in 1813. Alexander Stormonth died in 1839.

     Elizabeth Stewart was born in 1786. As of 1813,her married name was Stormonth. She married Alexander Stormonth, son of Rev. James Stormonth of Kinclune and Isobel Wedderburn, in 1813. Elizabeth Stewart died in 1839.

     James Stormonth was born on 30 May 1816. He died in 1851.

     Katharine Stormonth was born on 1 November 1814. As of 1834,her married name was Maclagan. She married Rev. James Maclagan D.D. in 1834. James and Katharine had 6 sons and 4 daughters. As of 1870, Katharine Stormonth was also known as Wedderburn when she inherited the Pearsie property from a cousin John Graham-Wedderburn following his death in 1870. On succeeding to Pearsie, Mrs. Maclagan was required, as a condition of the entail, to 'assume the name and arms of Wedderburn' and it is from Katharine and James that the Maclagan-Wedderburn family descends. She died on 25 April 1891 at age 76.

     Rev. James Maclagan D.D. was born circa 1800. He married Katharine Stormonth, daughter of Alexander Stormonth and Elizabeth Stewart, in 1834. James and Katharine had 6 sons and 4 daughters. As of 1870, Rev. James Maclagan D.D. was also known as Wedderburn when Mrs. Maclagan inherited the Pearsie property from a cousin John Graham-Wedderburn following his death in 1870. On succeeding to Pearsie, Mrs. Maclagan was required, as a condition of the entail, to 'assume the name and arms of Wedderburn' and it is from Katharine and James that the Maclagan-Wedderburn family descends.

     James Stuart Maclagan was born on 11 November 1842. He died on 18 September 1855 at Aberdeen at age 12.

     Joseph Henry Maclagan Wedderburn was born on 2 February 1882 at Forfar, Scotland; the 10th of 14 children born to Alexander and Anne. He was a student at the University of Edinburgh in 1898 where he received an M.A. with first class honors in mathematics. He also studied at the University of Leipzig and the University of Berlin and was awarded a scholarship to the University of Chicago where he studied from 1904-5 and worked with Leonard Dickson, who was to become the most important algebraist of his day. Joseph returned to the University of Edinburgh to study for his doctorate, D.Sc., which he was awarded in 1908. In 1909 he returned to the United States to become a Preceptor in Mathematics at Princeton University. He enlisted as a private in the British Army upon the outbreak of World War I. While a Captain the Fourth Field Survey Battalion in France, he devised sound-ranging equipment ot locate enemy artillery. He was Associate Professor of Mathematics at Princeton and published approximately 40 books and papers, making important advances in the theory of rings, algebras and matrix theory. He received the MacDougall-Brisbane Gold Medal and Prize from the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1921 and was elected to the Royal Society of London in 1933. He died on 9 October 1948 at Princeton, New Jersey, at age 66.

     Susanna Mary Nicholson Evans was born on 4 November 1925. As of 1945,her married name was Waller. She died on 13 March 2008 at age 82.

     (Hilda) Margaret Evans was born after 1885.

     Andrew Maxwell Ogilvie was born in October 1896. Andrew attended Harrow (Boarding House: West Acre) from 1911 to 1915. He was on the Shooting VIII team from 1913-15 and School Monitor in 1915. In 1916, after training at Trinity College, Cambridge, he received a Commission in the Gordon Highlanders in July of that year. He was 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd and 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, serving in France in 1916 during World War I. He went to the Front the following October and was severely wounded in January, 1917. He was again wounded in June, 1917, but remained on duty until the Regiment went out of the line. Andrew Maxwell Ogilvie was killed on October 5, 1917, at age 20, just after a successful attack and advance. As he lay dying his last words were for his men's comfort. Colonel Maitland wrote: "He will be a great loss to the Battalion, as he was liked by all Officers and men and was a very capable young Officer." The Chaplain wrote: "He will be greatly missed by his fellow officers and the men of his Company, for he was much beloved." A brother-officer wrote to his mother: "The artillery fire was very violent, and it was then that your son gave us an insight into that marvellous character, with its smiling, assuring, utter contempt of it all. He stood up and talked to us, joking and absolutely unconcerned .... Once some of the men started to retire. Without waiting he leapt after them, rallied them and brought them back. I am proud to have known an Officer who lived a soldier's life so well, and who died true to every heritage and tradition of his race."

Andrew is honored at the Tyne Cot Memorial located at the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery in West Vlaanderen in Belgium. His name is inscribed on Panel 135-136. Click on the icon above to see a photo of the memorial.