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June 20, 2003 - A Ballad of New Scotland ca 1747
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Let's away to new Scotland, where Plenty sits queen
O'er as happy a country as ever was seen
She blesses her subjects both little and great
With each a good house and a pretty estate.
Derry down, down
Down, derry down. There's wood and there's water, there's wild fowl and tame
In the forest good ven'son, good fish in the stream
Good grass for our cattle, good land for our plough
Good wheat to be reaped, and good barley to mow.
Derry down, down
Down, derry down. No landlords are there the poor tenants to tease
No lawyers to bully, nor stewards to seize
But each honest fellow's a landlord, and dares
To spend on himself the whole fruit of his cares.
Derry down, down
Down, derry down. They've no duties on candles, no taxes on malt
Nor do they, as we do, pay sauce for their salt
But all is as free as in those times of old
When poets assure us the age was of gold.
Derry down, down
Down, derry down. A tune from extolling the virtues of the New Scotland (Nova Scotia), specifically the settlement of the Town of Halifax in 1749.
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April 22, 2002 - Stirling-Sterling place names in Canada
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Stirling N.S. Unincorporated area Richmond
Stirling Ont. Unincorporated area Hastings
Stirling Ont. Geographical area Thunder Bay
Stirling Alta. Village
Stirling Arm B.C. Bay Alberni
Stirling Bend Y.T. River feature
Stirling Brook N.S. Unincorporated area Hants
Stirling Brook N.S. River Hants
Stirling Creek Ont. River Parry Sound
Stirling Creek B.C. River Kamloops Division Yale
Stirling Creek B.C. River Similkameen Division Yale
Stirling Falls Ont. Unincorporated area Parry Sound
Stirling Falls Ont. Falls Parry Sound
Stirling Head B.C. Cape Clayoquot
Stirling Island B.C. Island Range 2 Coast
Stirling, Lac Que. Lake Alleyn-et-Cawood, Pontiac
Stirling Lake Sask. Lake
Stirling Lake Alta. Lake
Stirling Point B.C. Cape Range 1 Coast
Stirling-Rawdon Ont. Other municipal/district area
Stirlingville Alta. Unincorporated area
Sterling N.S. Unincorporated area Cape Breton
Sterling Bay Ont. Bay Algoma
Sterling Brook N.B. River Westmorland
Sterling Creek B.C. River Cassiar
Sterling Creek B.C. River Range 5 Coast
Sterling, Lac Que. Lake Lac-au-Brochet, La Haute-Côte-Nord
Sterling, Lac Que. Lake Saint-Zénon, Matawinie
Sterling Lake N.B. Lake York
Sterling, Pic Que. Mountain Mont-Albert, La Haute-Gaspésie
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February 3, 2002 - Charles Stirling - Salmon Arm, BC
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 Submitted by Elspeth Flood
Charles James Robert Stirling, was born 17 December 1857 in Bath, Somerset, England, and died March 1945 in Salmon Arm, B.C.. He married Frances Mary Strathy 3 June 1885, daughter of James Strathy and Elvira Lee. She was born 1 October 1859 in Kingston, Ontario, and died April 1946. C.J.R. Stirling's father was first cousin to Captain Sir James Stirling, the first Governor of West Australia.
There are a great number of our Stirling cousins living in Canada. In coming weeks and months we'll be adding more of their information to the website. If you have more information, please let us know.
Charles James Robert Stirling is found on page 26 in Generation No. 8 of the file, Captain Sir James Stirling will be found on page 14, Generation No. 7
Please note: This is a large PDF file of 8.4MB and includes descendants of Walter Stirling of Glasgow (1567-1656) and Helen Wemyss. This wonderful file is the work of Elspeth Nina Flood, a direct descendant of Charles James Robert Stirling.
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February 3, 2002 - William Archibald Stirling of Newfoundland
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This web site by Charles Stirling has extensive information on the Newfoundland branches of Clan Stirling. Included are biographies of William Archibald Stirling, Georgina Ann Stirling and many others. Check it out!
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