Researching Patrick Stirling
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3891 people with the Stirling surname? In that year Stirling was ranked number 1094 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Patrick means "nobleman" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Patrick Stirling on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Patrick Stirling and the Stirling Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stirling Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Stirling family tree.
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Stirling Genealogy Databases
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Stirling Forums
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Miscellaneous Stirling Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Patrick Stirling. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Patrick Stirling
Patrick Stirling (railway engineer)
Patrick Stirling (29 June 1820 – 11 November 1895) was a Scottish railway engineer, and Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway of England. His father Robert Stirling was also an engineer. His brother James Stirling was also a locomotive engineer. His son Matthew Stirling was CME of the Hull and Barnsley Railway. Another son, Patrick Stirling played for Doncaster Rovers and was mayor of Doncaster.
Source: Patrick Stirling (railway engineer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Patrick Stirling (footballer)
Patrick Stirling (5 November 1862 − 1925) was a Scottish footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers and was Mayor of Doncaster. His father, also called Patrick Stirling, was Locomotive Superintendent of the Great Northern Railway and designer of the 4-2-2 steam locomotive Stirling single that set speed records during the race to the north.
Stirling was born in Kilmarnock in 1862 to parents Patrick and Margaret, and had two elder brothers, Robert and Matthew. With his father entering the employ of the GNR, the family moved to Doncaster, Yorkshire where his sister Jane and brother James were born. At the age of 18, he was employed as an engine fitter at Great Northern Railway's Doncaster Works and by 1885−86 he was playing for Doncaster Rovers in their early days as a football club.
Stirling gave a lifetime of public service to the town, becoming Mayor of Doncaster in 1914.
On 29 April 1891 he was married to Sarah Ann Roberts, and died in Doncaster in 1925 aged 63.
Source: Patrick Stirling (footballer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Stirling
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