Great
grand
parents
Gen.=+7		 John   Stirling
1677-1736 18th of Cadder Burgess & Provost (1728) of Glasgow 		  Andrew   Buchanan
1690-1759 Second son. Bought Drumpellier in 1735 from David Colquhoun of London. Also a partner in King's Street Sugar House, and one of the six founders of the Ship Bank. Provost of Glasgow in 1740. / http://gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/smihou/smihou076.htm www.esd.co.nz/buchanan/body/zzdrump.html 		  Walter   Stirling
1686-1732 of Sherva, Fife (from his 2nd wife). Baillie in Glasgow. 		  Charles   Willing
1710-1754 of Philadelphia, Mayor 1748-9 & 1754 11 children in all en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Willing 		  Charles   Willing
1710-1754 of Philadelphia, Mayor 1748-9 & 1754 11 children in all en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Willing 		           
m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m.
Isobella   Hunter
1680-1733 		Mary (or Marion)   Montgomerie of Boutrehill or Bewtree Janet   Ruthven
1697-1721 of Torryburn, Scotland 		Anne "Nancy"   Shippen
1710-1791 		Anne "Nancy"   Shippen
1710-1791 		     
Grand
parents
Gen.=+6		 William   Stirling
b. 28 JUL 1717
d. 3 MAY 1777 Founded 'William Stirling & Sons' fought at Culloden Burgess of Glasgow (admitted 14 Feb 1745) IGI also lists a dau Marian c. 26 Jun 1750 		m. Mary   Buchanan
b. 1730
d. 25 DEC 1806 		Walter, Sir   Stirling
b. 7 MAY 1718
d. 24 NOV 1786 of Faskine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Stirling 		m. Dorothy   Willing
b. 3 AUG 1735
d. 20 SEP 1782 		Thomas   Willing
b. 19 DEC 1731
d. 19 JAN 1821 /Had 12 children in all. Went to school in Bath, studied law in London at the Inner Temple. Mayor of Philadelphia 1763-4. Delegate to the Continental Congress. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. President of the Bank of North Am 		m. Anne   McCall
b. 30 MAR 1745
d. 5 FEB 1781 dau. of Samuel McCall and Ann Searle 		  m.  
Parents
Gen.=+5		 Andrew   Stirling
b. 7 FEB 1751 or 50
d. 29 MAR 1823 Pirbright Lodge, Surrey of Cadder and Drumpellier (bought 1781). Founded: 1/10/1792, Commission House of Stirling, Hunter & Co. London, which became Andrew Stirling & Co. when Mr D. Hunter left. 		m. Anna Dorothea   Stirling
b. 23 AUG 1762 St. Alban's Wood St, London
d. 13 JUN 1830 or 1 Jun? Pirbright Lodge, Surrey 		Thomas Mayne   Willing
b. 1767
d. 1822 		m. Jane   Nixon
b. ABT 1770 est.
Husband,
wife &
siblings
Gen.=+4		 William 1779-1850 22nd of Cadder and of Drumpellier. Worked in Manchester & established Stirling & Beckton there and Stirling Bros. & Co. in London. They went bankrupt in 1826.
Walter 1780-1864 23rd of Cadder and of Drumpellier. Short Naval career, then worked in London for a time. Bankrupt 1826 but died well off.
Dorothea Willing 1782-1787
Mary 1783-1784
Mary 1785-1795
Eliza Ibbetson 1788-1789
Charles 1789-1867 Partner in the firm of Stirling & Beckton of Manchester until end of 1834. Bought Muiravonside in Autumn 1835.
James, Sir 1791-1865 Founder & 1st Governor of W. Australia
Anna 1792-1866
Dorothea Willing 1793-1841
Andrew 1795-1816
Robert Mackie 1796-1829 Educ. Glasgow Univ. 1808.
Edward Hamilton 1797-1873
Mary Noel 1798-1834
Agnes 1799-1873
John Stirling
b. 7 OCT 1786 Drumpellier
d. 18 DEC 1853 Manchester
Goldsmith of Eldershaw & of Deanscourt, Cathedral Place, St Andrews
G4, ID=429 		m.
Elizabeth Willing
b. 1796 Philadelphia
d. 7 SEP 1874 St Andrews
G4, ID=430 		Charles 1800- no children
Anne 1803-
Emma 1807-
Children
Gen.=+3		 Jane
b. 20 MAY 1817
d. 18 DEC 1863 or 19 Dec

m.
Alexander Shank Cook
b. 9 DEC 1810
d. 16 JAN 1869 Sheriff of Ross & Cromarty. Son of Rev. Prof. George Cook DD (1772-1845, see DNB) and Diana Shank (or Schank). See info from Don Montague 23/3/09. 		Andrew
b. 31 JUL 1818
d. 5 NOV 1844 drowned, Guildford, W. Aus. 		Anna
b. 1819 est.
d. 1901
m.
Henry Maitland
b. 1813
d. 1902 of Balmungo 		Eliza Powel
b. 1821
d. 1 NOV 1838 Edinburgh 		Dorothea Willing
b. 1823 or 1822, St Andrew's
d. 22 JUN 1840 St Andrew's 		Thomas Mayne
b. 30 MAY 1824
d. 5 SEP 1893 Deanscourt, St Andrews 24th of Cadder and 3rd of Muiravonside. Educ. Madras Coll., St Andrew's. At ca. 14 joined the family business in Manchester. On 1/1/1857 became co-owner with Andrew Stirling. Closed business at end of 1865 due to effect of American Civil War. Joined a bank. 1869-1870 lived

m.
Anna Stirling
b. 3 JUN 1837 Muiravonside
d. 2 FEB 1926 138 Ashley Gdns, London 'Annie' as a child. Bur. in cathedral grounds, St Andrews 		Mary
b. 1826
d. 23 SEP 1852 		William
b. 1831
d. 26 SEP 1856 died either at Curragh Camp IoM or Newbridge Barrack, Ireland 		Agnes Murray
b. 1832
d. 17 JAN 1839 Edinburgh 		John
b. 1834
d. 24 APR 1834 		John
b. ABT 1835
d. 1854 Killed, Battle of Inkerman Killed, Battle of Inkerman 		Emma
b. AFT 1836
Grand
children
Gen.=+2		 George 13 JUL 1842-18 JUN 1867 d. of cholera, unmarried.
John 30 AUG 1843-19 DEC 1879 d. of gangrene, unmarried. Buried in the Sherpur Cantonment Cemetery, Kabul.
Elizabeth 23 SEP 1844-6 SEP 1935 1881 Census:Living with spouse & six children at 4 South Fergus Place, Kircaldy, Fife.
Diana 26 MAR 1846-23 SEP 1890 childless. 1881 Census: Staying with Capt. & Mrs Henry Wylie at Astbury Road, Congleton, Cheshire.
Alexander 5 NOV 1847-18 SEP 1888 Commanded HMS Iris at the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882. d. suddenly, of heart disease. Buried St Andrews.
Henry 2 JUN 1851-19 JUL 1879 Went to Queensland in 1874, Natal in 1878. At the outbreak of the Zulu War he got a lieutenancy in a regiment of Native cavalry. He returned invalided to Scotland in June 1879, and died shortly ther> eafter.
Thomas Stirling 12 APR 1856-27 OCT 1856
Walter 19 NOV 1857-2 APR 1947 Educ. Fettes & Sandhurst. Commandant Burma Military Police 1891-2, 5h Burma Battalion 1892-99, 43rd Gurkha Rifles, 1900-02. 		        John 11 SEP 1859-14 SEP 1859
John 11 NOV 1860-18 FEB 1905 25th of Cadder and 4th of Muiravonside. Buried in private cemetery at Muiravonside.
Charles 3 JUN 1862-28 AUG 1894 d. of Malta fever. Buried in cemetery in Malta. HMS Sans Pareil.
Walter 3 NOV 1863-4 JUN 1904 Emigrated to Canada 1894 or 84. Marriage was not legally recognised in Scotland owing to wife's 1st marr. being considered still subsisting. Military service: Black Watch.
Murray 12 MAY 1865-15 JUN 1883 bur. in Family burial place in grounds of Cathedral at St Andrews
Thomas Willing 10 OCT 1866-15 MAR 1930 Emigrated to BC in 1893 of Cadder and 5th of Muiravonside. Author of 'The Stirlings of Cadder & Drumpellier' stood as Liberal candidate for Okanagan iin the BC election of 1903 but lost by 552 to 725 to the Conservative.
Maud 1 JUN 1868-22 OCT 1910 bur. New Cemetery, west of St Andrews
Francis Henry, Dr 13 MAR 1870-3 JUL 1931
Mary Dorathea 1871-1872 bur. Prestwich churchyard
Agnes Dorathea 1873-20 DEC 1876
Arthur William 1874-5 JAN 1880 bur. St Andrews
Edith 4 MAY 1876-
Hilda 9 AUG 1879-5 DEC 1939 Died of polyneuritis. 		           
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