Great
grand
parents
Gen.=+5		                         Andrew   Stirling
1751-1823 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. 		  Thomas Mayne   Willing
1767-1822
m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m.
            Anna Dorothea   Stirling
1762-1830 		Jane   Nixon
1770-
Grand
parents
Gen.=+4		   m.     m.     m.   John   Stirling
b. 7 OCT 1786
d. 18 DEC 1853 of Eldershaw & of Deanscourt, Cathedral Place, St Andrews 		m. Elizabeth   Willing
b. 1796
d. 7 SEP 1874
Parents
Gen.=+3		   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. 		m. Jane   Stirling
b. 20 MAY 1817
d. 18 DEC 1863 or 19 Dec
Husband,
wife &
siblings
Gen.=+2		 Dr Patrick Cruickshank Houston
b. 9 MAR 1836 Duthil, Inverness
d. 16 JUL 1883 Kirkcaldy, Fife
Medical Doctor son of James Houston and Helen MacDonald
G2, ID=436 		m.
Elizabeth Cook
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.
G2, ID=435 		George 1842-1867 d. of cholera, unmarried.
John 1843-1879 d. of gangrene, unmarried. Buried in the Sherpur Cantonment Cemetery, Kabul.
Diana 1846-1890 childless. 1881 Census: Staying with Capt. & Mrs Henry Wylie at Astbury Road, Congleton, Cheshire.
Alexander 1847-1888 Commanded HMS Iris at the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882. d. suddenly, of heart disease. Buried St Andrews.
Henry 1851-1879 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 1856-1856
Walter 1857-1947 Educ. Fettes & Sandhurst. Commandant Burma Military Police 1891-2, 5h Burma Battalion 1892-99, 43rd Gurkha Rifles, 1900-02.
Children
Gen.=+1		 Jean Stirling
b. 6 SEP 1870 Grantown, Elgin or Jane 		Helen Macdonald
b. 29 NOV 1871 Kirkcaldy, Fife
d. 16 SEP 1940 St Andrews, Fife unmarried. 		Anna Maitland
b. 3 FEB 1873 Kirkcaldy, Fife
d. 1917 or Anna Elizabeth 		James
b. 23 APR 1874 Kirkcaldy, Fife
m.
Living Relative 		Elizabeth Cook
b. 12 OCT 1876 Kirkcaldy, Fife
d. 30 DEC 1918 St Margaret's, St Andrews 		Diana
b. 9 DEC 1877 Kirkcaldy, Fife
Grand
children
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