When Catherine Stirling was born in April 1816, in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, her father, James Stirling, was 20 and her mother, Jean Watt, was 22. She married James Dunn before 1843. She died in June 1843, at the age of 27.
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Scottish (Lanarkshire): habitational name from Stirling (Stirlingshire), earlier Scots Strivilin (or similar), a name of uncertain etymology. It is recorded in the 12th century as Strevelin, and is perhaps from a river name. This surname is also common in northern Ireland (Antrim and Derry).
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