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 		  George   Bogle
1732-1808 5th child of Robert Baile Bogle of Shettleston (b. 1691) and his 2nd wife Agnes, daughter of Sir Archibald Stewart of Blackhall, Bart. gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/smihou/smihou033.htm 		       
m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m.
        Mary   Buchanan
1730-1806 		Isabella   Luke wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kosmoid&id=I11712    
Grand
parents
Gen.=+5		   m.     m.   John   Stirling
b. 2 OCT 1752
d. 1811 2nd of the 3 sons who carried on William Stirling & Sons until 1816. On 3 Nov 1789 bought the house of William Cunninghame that later became the Royal Exchange (see Sold in 1817 to Royal Bank of Scotland. > Built, for his country house, Tullichewan Castle, near Balloch. IGI also lists sons Andrew, b. 31 Jan 1787 & John b. 06 Feb 1792, and dau's Agnes Bogle, b. 03 May 1788, & Anna b. 19 Jan 1790. www.amostcuriousmurder.com/RoyalExchangeHistoryFS.htm). 		m. Janet   Bogle
b. 1755
d. 1822 1st child wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kosmoid&id=I11925 		James   Ritchie of Craigton and Busby one of the four Glasgow 'Virginians' m.  
Parents
Gen.=+4		   m.   William   Stirling
b. 31 MAR 1780 Glasgow
d. 29 JAN 1847 Dalquhairn, Glasgow of Dalquhairn. IGI also lists a son Edward b. 12 Mar 1821 and a dau Catherine b. 08 Sep 1812 		m. Margaret Hamilton   Ritchie
b. 12 JUL 1781 Govan, Lanarks Govan, Lanarks
d. 14 JAN 1862 Stockbriggs, Lesmahagow, Lanarks Stockbriggs, Lesmahagow, Lanarks dau. of James Ritchie (1722-1799) of Craigton & Busbie, one of the 'four Virginians' of Glasgow, and Katherine Kerr (b. 1745 Govan).
Husband,
wife &
siblings
Gen.=+3		 James WIlliam Alston
b. 18 MAR 1796 Glasgow Glasgow
d. 17 FEB 1900 or 25/01/1866, Glasgow or 25/01/1866, Glasgow of Stockbriggs. has b. 18/3/1796, d. 1866, son of William Alston (30/4/1763-16/11/1835) & Jean Brown (m. 10/4/1789). Ist marr. 8/10/1822 to Marion Cross (c. 1803-20/4/1833) produced 5 girls & 2 boys, 4 of whom d. you www.sandgate.net/~susanp/dat0.html
G3, ID=4952 		m.
Margaret Hamilton Stirling
b. 17 OCT 1813 Glasgow Glasgow
d. 28 JUL 1891 Ayr Ayr
1841 census has them with step-children Jane (1826), Anne (1827), William (1828), children Margaret (1836), James (1838) John (1840) and 9 servants at Stockbriggs, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire.
G3, ID=4950 		John 1804-1828 d. in action leading the assault against the Fort of Dundhootie while attached to the cavalry of the Nizam. Monument in Glasgow Cathedral.
James 1805-1883 of Cordale partner in William Stirling & Sons, retired 1849 ‚ - from Memoirs and portraits of one hundred Glasgow men by James MacLehose, 1886 gdl.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/mlemen/mlemen088.htm
George 1806-
Janet 1808-
Henry 1809-
William 1811-1889 Sold the firm of William Stirling & Sons some years before his death. Info on him from Margaret McNeil via GenesReunited was wrong.
Catherine 1812-
Charles 1814-1896
Andrew Bogle 1816-
Charlotte Lilias 1817-1886
Mary 1818-1867 Scottish archives have her will: sometime resident at Rockfort, Helensburgh, thereafter in Australia, afterwards at Cheltenham. ‡sis-parents.txt says 'Married Hugh Millar at Glasgow, 24 Jun 1835. Died at Donora, Washington, PA. USA. Buried at Smithfield, PA, USA.'
Elinor 1820-
Anna 1822-
Richard 1824-1903 of Craigwallace, Bridge of Allan. Miranda Banks has some letters from him to his dau. Margaret (e-mail 4/4/09).
Children
Gen.=+2		 Margaret Hamilton
b. JUL 1836
d. 1858 		James WIlliam
b. 9 JAN 1838
d. 30 JUN 1880
m.
Rebecca Monti Garden Brown 		John Stirling
b. 4 SEP 1839 Newark Castle, Scotland Newark Castle, Scotland
d. 18 MAY 1918 Red House, Ayr Red House, Ayr
m.
Anne Eliza Gemmill 		George Patrick
b. 1841
d. 1865 		Charles Henry
b. 28 FEB 1843
d. 24 APR 1924
m.
Sarah Fullerton Brown
b. ABT 1845 		Edward Ritchie
b. 1 DEC 1845
d. 7 MAR 1881 unmarried unmarried 		Charlotte Mary
b. 15 APR 1851 alive ca. 1930, living in Isle of Wight. Has child(ren).
m.
Alexander Francis Garden Brown alive ca. 1930, living in Isle of Wight 		Walter Cross
b. 3 JAN 1854 or 30 Jan? or 30 Jan? 		Harry Ritchie
b. 21 SEP 1856 or 1855? or 1855?
d. 10 AUG 1895
Grand
children
Gen.=+1		     Willian Hamilton Stirling ABT 1888- Military Attache to Washington
John Stirling ABT 1890- married with 2 children. Poss. living at Little Court, Buntingford in 1926. 		  James William Hamilton 6 SEP 1869-3 JAN 1917 Temp. Major in 11th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. This DoB from makes him 1st child but TWS had him as 8th child. www.sandgate.net/~susanp/dat18.html#16
Monti Garden 21 JUL 1871- of Minti?
Cicely Sarah 21 NOV 1874-
Ian George Patrick 30 MAR 1875- or John. Married.
Charles Henry Thomas ABT 1876-
Dorothy Mary Hermione ABT 1877-
Beatrice Elphinstone ABT 1878- unmarried
Margaret Stirling ABT 1880- unmarried 		       
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