Alexander Shank Cook and Jane Stirling

Great
grand
parents
Gen.=+6

William Stirling
1717-1777 Founded 'William Stirling & Sons' fought at Culloden Burgess of Glasgow (admitted 14 Feb 1745) IGI also lists a dau Marian c. 26 Jun 1750

Founded 'William Stirling & Sons' fought at Culloden Burgess of Glasgow (admitted 14 Feb 1745) IGI also lists a dau Marian c. 26 Jun 1750

Walter, Sir Stirling
1718-1786 of Faskine

Thomas Willing
1731-1821 /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

/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

Mary Buchanan
1730-1806

Dorothy Willing
1735-1782

Anne McCall
1745-1781 dau. of Samuel McCall and Ann Searle

Grand
parents
Gen.=+5

Andrew Stirling
b. 7 FEB 1751
d. 29 MAR 1823 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.

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.

Anna Dorothea Stirling
b. 23 AUG 1762
d. 13 JUN 1830

Thomas Mayne Willing
b. 1767
d. 1822

Jane Nixon
b. ABT 1770

Parents
Gen.=+4

John Stirling
b. 7 OCT 1786 Drumpellier
d. 18 DEC 1853 Manchester of Eldershaw & of Deanscourt, Cathedral Place, St Andrews

Elizabeth Willing
b. 1796 Philadelphia
d. 7 SEP 1874 St Andrews

Husband,
wife &
siblings
Gen.=+3

Alexander Shank Cook
b. 9 DEC 1810
d. 16 JAN 1869
Advocate 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.
G3, ID=432

Jane Stirling
b. 20 MAY 1817
d. 18 DEC 1863 or 19 Dec
G3, ID=431

Andrew 1818-1844
Anna 1819-1901
Eliza Powel 1821-1838
Dorothea Willing 1823-1840
Thomas Mayne 1824-1893 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

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

Mary 1826-1852
William 1831-1856 died either at Curragh Camp IoM or Newbridge Barrack, Ireland

Agnes Murray 1832-1839
John 1834-1834
John 1835-1854
Emma 1836-

Children
Gen.=+2

George
b. 13 JUL 1842
d. 18 JUN 1867 Peshawar, N.W. Province, Bengal d. of cholera, unmarried.

John
b. 30 AUG 1843 or 28 Aug, Edinburgh
d. 19 DEC 1879 near Kabul, Afghanistan d. of gangrene, unmarried. Buried in the Sherpur Cantonment Cemetery, Kabul.

d. of gangrene, unmarried. Buried in the Sherpur Cantonment Cemetery, Kabul.

Elizabeth
b. 23 SEP 1844 Edinburgh
d. 6 SEP 1935 St Margarets, St Andrews 1881 Census:Living with spouse & six children at 4 South Fergus Place, Kircaldy, Fife.

1881 Census:Living with spouse & six children at 4 South Fergus Place, Kircaldy, Fife.

m.
Dr Patrick Cruickshank Houston
b. 9 MAR 1836 Duthil, Inverness
d. 16 JUL 1883 Kirkcaldy, Fife son of James Houston and Helen MacDonald

Diana
b. 26 MAR 1846
d. 23 SEP 1890 12 Queen Street, St Andrews childless. 1881 Census: Staying with Capt. & Mrs Henry Wylie at Astbury Road, Congleton, Cheshire.

childless. 1881 Census: Staying with Capt. & Mrs Henry Wylie at Astbury Road, Congleton, Cheshire.

m.
John Robert Wilson Cook

Alexander
b. 5 NOV 1847
d. 18 SEP 1888 Elm Hurst, Elm Grove, Southsea, Hants Commanded HMS Iris at the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882. d. suddenly, of heart disease. Buried St Andrews.

Commanded HMS Iris at the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882. d. suddenly, of heart disease. Buried St Andrews.

m.
Fanny Vining George
b. 12 MAY 1854 Bristol
d. 11 MAY 1925 dau. of Philip George and Fanny ?

Henry
b. 2 JUN 1851
d. 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.

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
b. 12 APR 1856 Edinburgh
d. 27 OCT 1856

Walter
b. 19 NOV 1857 Edinburgh
d. 2 APR 1947 Edinburgh Educ. Fettes & Sandhurst. Commandant Burma Military Police 1891-2, 5h Burma Battalion 1892-99, 43rd Gurkha Rifles, 1900-02.

Educ. Fettes & Sandhurst. Commandant Burma Military Police 1891-2, 5h Burma Battalion 1892-99, 43rd Gurkha Rifles, 1900-02.

m.
Mary Emma Simson
b. ABT 1861 East Indies
d. 3 SEP 1935 Brunton, Markinch, Fife dau. of Henry Bruce & Marjory Simson of Brunton, Fife. Buried on 6/9/1935 in Old Cemetery, Markinch, Fife.

dau. of Henry Bruce & Marjory Simson of Brunton, Fife. Buried on 6/9/1935 in Old Cemetery, Markinch, Fife.

Grand
children
Gen.=+1

Jean Stirling 6 SEP 1870- or Jane

Helen Macdonald 29 NOV 1871-16 SEP 1940 unmarried.

Anna Maitland 3 FEB 1873-1917 or Anna Elizabeth

James 23 APR 1874-
Elizabeth Cook 12 OCT 1876-30 DEC 1918
Diana 9 DEC 1877-

Iris 9 JUL 1884-
Alexander 2 APR 1887- 1901 Census: apparently boarding at Newton Abbott College, Devon

Mary Emma 22 JUN 1893-
John 11 OCT 1895-8 MAR 1937

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