Name: Edward STIRLING
Also known as:
Born: 1804 At: Trelawny, Jamaica Sex: M
Christened: At:
Died: 2 Feb 1873 At: Bayswater, London, ENG Cause:
Burial /cremation: At:
Parents: Father: Archibald STIRLING Mother: Jeanne ?
Spouse/partner: Harriet TAYLOR Born: 31 Jan 1821 Died: 1 Jan 1879
Married: 4 Aug 1847 At: Holy Trinity, Adelaide, SA, AUS
Children: Edward Charles STIRLING,  John Lancelot STIRLING,  Mary Eliza Collingwood STIRLING,  Harriet Hannah STIRLING,  James Archibald STIRLING,  Edith Ellen STIRLING,  Norman William STIRLING,  Alice Dennistoun STIRLING

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Occupation: Pastoralist & politician.
Addresses: ; Strathalbyn, SA; Unley, SA; Mid-1850s to mid-1860s - Urrbrae, SA; 1871 - Queens Gardens, Paddington, LON.
Migrated to South Australia in the Lady Bute ex Greenock, arriving in Port Adelaide on 18 Jun 1839. Owned Highland Valley in the Mt Lofty Ranges & Nalpa on Lake Alexandrina.
The house at Urrbrae was built by Robert Forsyth Macgeorge in the mid-1840s. It was leased to Edward for 10 years from the mid-1850s. The single-storeyed house was demolished in 1891 by Peter Waite who built the present 2-storey mansion.
Reference documents:
1839 passenger list.
1847 marriage registration index record.
1871 census return.
1873 death registration index record.
Entry in Australian Dictionary of Biography.