Sources of Data and Links

The major source for the Stirling Family is the book "The Stirlings of Cadder & Drumpellier" by T. W. Stirling, St Andrews University Press, 1933, and also papers in the possession of Marion's family.
This has been extended greatly by the researches of Pamela Statham-Drew for her biography of "James Stirling, Admiral and Founding Governor of Western Australia", Univ. of W. Australia Press, 2003.
Lavinia Fleming of Shamley Green near Guildford has also also given us a lot of information on the Stirling family.

Bill Charter supplied an extensive tree of his family especially the Johnston and Smyth families. Julie Summers supplied a lot more information on the Smyth family and far more is available on her website www.juliesfamilytree.co.uk. Michael Avery's tree on GenesReunited had many of the Donalds and Dunlops.

The major source for the Bouch and related families is a book of family trees compiled by ?? along with some other papers in the possession of my mother and her personal recollections.
This has been supplemented by information on the Browne, Creuze and Sheffield families supplied by Warwick Sheffield of Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia.
Marjorie Perry has suppled some information on the Pulley family and Geoffrey Woodcock information on the Woodley family.

The source for my branch of the Leeper family is a family tree drawn up by my father R. J. D. Leeper.

The source for the branch descended from Canon Alexander Leeper is mostly from the biography of his son, also Alexander, entitled "Doubts and Certainties" by John Poynter. This has been supplemented by information from Darryn Mills, a descendant now living in Otago, New Zealand.