Isaac Stirling1

#24083, (c 1804 - 1869)
Extended Family

Children of Isaac Stirling and Sarah Gallagher
  • Isaac Stirling1 (c 1842 - )
  • William Stirling+1 (c 1845 - 1912)
  • Margaret Stirling1 (1847 - )
  • Elizabeth Stirling1 (1853 - )

Life Events

Overview
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I have been unable to trace, so far, any of my earlier Irish ancestors. Available on-line Irish records in late November 2012 showed nothing at all for the name of Isaac Sterling between 1780 and 1834. The earliest entry, in 1835, was for the marriage of one Isaac Sterling and Sarah Gallagher, both of Bishop's Street, First Derry Parish, (London)Derry, who were married on September 11th in the Presbyterian Church. Neither the groom's nor the bride's parent's names were noted in this record. Nonetheless, this appears likely to be a vital event for my ancestors.

With a name like STIRLING it seems they would have been Scottish Presbyterian settlers in the 1600s or the 1700s, planted by the British government in their attempt to "Anglicize" Ireland.

A wider study of the surname STIRLING from 1750 showed an increasing number of vital events for the surname in each decade, with five in the 1750s, eight in the 1760s, eight again in the 1770s and 1780s, nine in the 1790s, twenty four in the 1800s and forty three in the 1810s, when Isaac was almost certainly born. In County Londonderry there was one baptism in the 1790s, of William to Robert Sterling and Eleanor Platt at St. Columb's, Derry, Church of Ireland. And there were six County Londonderry baptisms in the 1800s, all Church of Ireland and to several sets of parents.

In the 1861 Census of England and Wales Isaac was listed as a 57 year-old Painter and Glazier born in Ireland. He was head of the household living wife his wife and four of his children. He lived in the St. John's district of Birkenhead.

When his son William married he described his father as a Painter, although other evidence suggests he had died by then.

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BirthIsaac Stirling was born circa 1804 in Ireland.1
 
MarriageHe married Sarah Gallagher on 11 Sep 1835 in First Derry Parish, Derry, Ireland.1
 
1851 CensusIsaac and Sarah appeared on the 1851 Census of Birkenhead, Cheshire, at 7 Camden Street. Four Irish families lived at this address. Isaac was 46, an operat-- painter, and born in Ireland. Sarah was 41, born in Ireland. They had three children: Isaac (9, Ireland), William (7, Ireland), and Margaret (3, Birkenhead). All were scholars.2 
1861 CensusIsaac and Sarah Stirling appeared on the 1861 Census of Birkenhead, Cheshire, at 11 Wilson Street. Isaac was 57, a Painter & Glazier, and born in Ireland. Sarah was 48, a Dress Maker, and born in Ireland. Their children were Isaac (19, plumbers apprentice), William (16, Bell hanger apprentice), Margaret (13, scholar) and Elizabeth (7, scholar). Isaac and William were born in Ireland, the girls in Birkenhead.3 
DeathIsaac died on 15 Jul 1869 in Cheshire.4,5
 
Newspaper Published 20 Jul 1869 in the Liverpool Daily Post.

INQUEST AT BIRKENHEAD.-- Yesterday an inquest was held by Mr Churton, coroner, at the Combermere Hotel, Birkenhead, on the body of Isaac Stirling, a painter, of 11, Wilson-street, who died on Thursday last from injuries received while employed in Messrs. Laird's works, about ten days ago. A verdict of "Accidental death" was returned.5
 
Last Edited28 Nov 2013

Citations

  1. [S2843] Colin Bendall, Stirling, Scotland, research carried out in the period 1994-2012.
  2. [S932] 1851 Census for England & Wales, HO107/2175 folio 317. Image viewed at Ancestry.
  3. [S875] 1861 Census for England & Wales, RG9/2643 folio 74. Image viewed at Ancestry.
  4. [S387] FreeBMD. Isaac Stirling, age 63, Sep Q 1869, Birkenhead RD.
  5. [S2844] Liverpool Daily Post, Isaac Stirling inquest. 20 July 1869, Page 8. Image accessed online at Find My Past.