Family Posts - Scotland - The Originators!

January 25, 2003 - Stirlings of Fairburn of Ross and Cromarty

THE RT REV JOHN STIRLING, DD, Minister of Craigle, Ayrshire 1806-46, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1833 (son of John Stirling, of Dunblane); educated at  Glasgow University (Docter of Divinity 1812); married Mary, daughter by his 2nd wife Mary Laurie (died 22 Oct 1824) of Reverend William McQuhae, DD, Minister of St Quivox, Ayrshire, and died 13 Jan 1846, leaving issue, an only surv son, JOHN STIRLING of Fairburn, Ross and Cromarty, DL and JP, JP Cumberland; born 26 June 1820; married 14 Sept 1852, Marion (died 2 Sept 1907), daughter of John Hartley, of Moresby House, Cumberland, and died 19 Aug 1907, leaving issue. More ... Editors Note: The Stirlings of Fairburn claim to be MacGregors who, under the protection of Clan Stirling, took the Stirling name during the proscription and kept the Stirling name when the proscription was lifted. The Lord Lyon of Scotland has recognized this ancestry by granting arms with the MacGregor charges surmounted by the differenced Stirling bend and buckles.

January 25, 2003 - STIRLING-AIRD OF KIPPENDAVIE

STIRLING-AIRD OF KIPPENDAVIE Lineage: (of STIRLING) – SIR ARCHIBALD STIRLING, 5th of Keir married as his second wife, 1589, The Honourable  Grizel Ross, daughter of James, Lord Ross, and died 1630, having by her had issue, with four sons and one daughter, a 3rd son, ARCHIBALD STIRLING, received from his father, in accordance with the provisions of a charter, dated 5 Aug 1594, the barony of Kippendavie and other lands, and became founder of this and other younger branches of the Keir family, received and admitted a Burgess and Guild Brother of Stirling 1622; married 1618, Jean, daughter of Sir George Mushet, Knight, of Burnbank, and died between 23 April, 1645, and 17 April, 1646, leaving issue, More ...  ( a pdf file )

January 24, 2003 - Stirling of Gargunnock

STIRLING OF GARGUNNOCK Lineage–CHARLES STIRLING, 1st of Gargunnock, Stirlingshire (purchased 1835; first built 15th/16th centuries, hall remodelled c 1750, and front altered and extended 1789 in Adam style round original peel tower); born 24 Jan 1796; 5th son of John Stirling, 6th of Kippendavie; married 14 June, 1831, Christian (died 25 Sept 1890), eldest daughter of John Hamilton of Sundrum, Ayshire , and died 24 Oct 1839, leaving issue, ... More ...   ( a PDF File )

May 1, 2002 - Decendants of Walter Stirling of Glasgow

Elspeth Flood of British Columbia, Canada has graciously sent us this wonderful PDF file that includes the descendants of Walter Stirling. Walter is a direct descendant of Thoraldus de Strivelyn, Vicecomes de Strivelyn through the Stirlings of Cadder. This file also shows the descendants of Charles James Robert Stirling of Salmon Arm, B.C., Canada as well as showing the connection of this family to Captain James Stirling, the founder of Perth, Australia.  The file includes many photographs, tintypes and paintings. Thank you Elspeth! The image at right is Dr. Willliam Stirling, great-grandson of Walter.  The doctor fought at the Battle of Sherrifmuir.   Descendants of Walter Stirling of  Glasgow, Scotland (Very Large pdf file 8.4MB)

April 19, 2002 - Stirling families in Scotland under Research

The Stirlings of: Craigbarnet, Glorat & Milton of Campsie, Stirlingshire Glorat Ardoch, Parish of Muthill, County Perth Garden, Kippen Parish, Stirlingshire Ballagan, Parish of Strathblane, Stirlingshire Law, Portnellan & Edenbarnet, Parish Old Kirkpatrick, Dumbartonshire Drumpellier, Lettyr, Balquharage and Muiravonside Faskine Mansfield, County Ayr, & Larbert, County Stirling Herbertshire, Port Parish, Stewarty of Menteith, County Perth, & Barons of Auchyll Ester Braiky, Parish Kinnell, County Forfar Glenesk, County Forfar Tullyduffy or Tulyduvy, County Forfar Fairburn, Rossshire & Miscellaneous Scottish Records

March 12, 2002 - Scottish Stirling Births - Parish Records

This 887kb PDF file lists approximately 5700 Stirling births from the Scottish Old Parish Records and covers the period from the 1500's to the 1800's Stirling Births from OPR's (1500's - 1800's) (pdf file)

February 15, 2002 - HRH The Princess Margaret's Sterling Ties

While researching the Scottish origins of HRH The Princess Margaret, sister of The Queen of England, I stumbled across this curious bit of genealogy. Princess Margaret's mother The "Queen Mum"  is the 8th great-granddaugther of Richard Bernard and Anna Cordray (Corderoy) of England. Richard's sister Mary is the 5th great-grandmother of Elizabeth Tewksbury wife of James William Sterling. James William is the son of Thomas Stirling and Mehitable Norton and grandson of James Stirling and Hannah May of Cornwall, CT. Princess Margaret died on the 9th of February, 2002. A descent file has been created in PDF format - HERE Rick Stirling, Clan Stirling Online!

January 30, 2002 - Clan Stirling's Chief of the Name and Arms

FRANCIS JOHN STIRLING OF CADDER, Chief of the Name and Arms of Stirling, Representer of the Stirlings of Cadder, a theatre Director, actor, and BBC Radio producer; b 26 April, 1960; educated  at Eton, and Bristol University  (BA Hons); m 10 Sept 1999 •Susan Margaret, daughter  of Iain McKellar. Read the lineage of our Clan Chief as published by the authoratative Burkes Peerage and Gentry. The Stirlings of Cadder and Keir ( pdf file ) An Cireann Ceann Cinnidh

January 23, 2002 - The Stirlings of Kippendavie & Kippenross

The Stirlings of Kippendavie & Kippenross are a branch of the Stirlings of Keir. Archibald Stirling was the third son of Sir Archibald Stirling of Keir & Cadder by his second marriage to Grizell, daughter of James, Lord Ross. He was the first laird of Kippendavie. He received from his father the estates and lands of Kippendavie by charter dated 5 Aug 1594 and became the founder of this and younger branches of the Stirlings of Keir. The Kippendavie branch of the Stirling family is currently headed by the 10th generation in this line Descendants of Archibald Stirling of Kippendavie (pdf file)

January 16, 2002 - John Stirling of Barry Parish, Forfar, Scotland Information.

Descendant Catherine Stirling Gould originally provided this information to Clan Stirling in February 2001. Our apologies for taking so long to get it published! Thanks to the special efforts of our webmaster Rick Stirling, it is now much easier to provide reports like these to the website. Please feel free to submit information, ancestries or anything else you feel will be of interest. Some of John Stirling's descendants immigrated to Ontario, Canada. It's a very interesting history. Note: These files require a PDF reader from Adobe. [Barry Parish] "A parish in the county of Forfar, extending four miles in length, and 3 miles in breadth, along the north coast of the Frith of Tay. A bank running from east to west divides the parish into a higher and lower division, which are very different in soil and appearance; while on the low ground of the banks of the river is sandy, and affording only a scanty pasture to a few flocks of sheep, the higher is a rich loam, extremely fertile and well cultivated. The chief manufacture is brown linen; and the parish has long been famed for the excellence of the fabric, and the superiority of the workmanship; the greatest part is stamped and sold at the Arbroath market. Two lighthouses are erected on the side of the river, to guide the mariner safely through the sand banks, which are very numerous at the mouth of the Tay." (The Gazetteer of Scotland, W Chalmers, Dundee 1803) Lastest PDF File from Catherine Stirling Gould Uploaded Feb 22, 2005 LARGE PDF FILE!!! +10 Meg Our Family Book, June 30 2004 Here is an extract from the large PDF with just the descent report of John Skirling. John Skirling Descent Report June 30 2004