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Peter Lamont Stirling, ^^[1]
1873 - 1946

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  Birth	27 Jan 1873	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1881	Govan Church, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Address: 108 Eaglesham St.
  	He was living in the household of John B. Stirling. He was recorded as a "boarder" and "scholar." [Perhaps he was a half-brother?]
  Emigration	1882	Scotland   [2, 6, 7, 8]
  	He was a naturalized citizen.
  Census	1900	Brooklyn, Kings, NY   [8]
  	Address: 61st street
  	In his household was his wife Maud, and infant son George D. He was a driver of a milk wagon.
  Census	1910	Brooklyn, Kings, NY   [9]
  	Address: 18 Neck road (near Van Sicklen street)
  	In hisd household was his wife Jennie C. (age 27) and son George D. (age 12). He was a milk wagon driver. His marriage was recorded as his second marriage.
  Census	1920	Brooklyn, Kings, NY   [10]
  	Address: 18 Gravesend Neck road (near Van Sicklen St.)
  	In his household was a son George D. (aged 21), and a lodger. He was widowed and born in Scotland, and a driver for a milk depot. He immigrated in 1881, which is in close agreement with other sources), and became a naturalized citizen in 1900.
  Census	1930	Brooklyn, Kings, NY   [2]
  	He was living with his step-son George Tice, his wife Martha, and children Robert and Ruth. He was a milk driver.
  Misc	1939	Suffolk Co., NY   [11, 12]
  	executor of the estate of John B. Stirling
  	In 1939, he was the executor of the estate of his brother, John B. Stirling. In the legal advertisement of the Surrogate's court, several other individuals were named (see source); their relationship to John B. Stirling has also not been determined. In 1941, the estate of Elizabeth Stirling, wife of John B. Stirling, was also administered by the Surrogate's court. Peter L. Stirling appears to have been the only heir. Her estate was appraised at $17,300 gross. Peter L. Stirling immigrated to the United States in 1881/82 as a young boy. It is reasonable to assume that other family members emigrated from Scotland at the same time, and that some of the persons named were Peter's siblings.
  Residence	1939	Brooklyn, Kings, NY   [11]
  	Address: 164 VanSicklen St
  Elected	1942–1946	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [13, 14]
  	president of the Brookhaven Civic Association
  Died	20 May 1946	Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [15]
  Person ID	I13989	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2011

  
  

  Father	George Stirling, >,   b. Abt 1811, Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Isabella L [Stirling], >,   b. Abt 1835, Bellshill, Lanarkshire ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5131	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Maud [Stirling],   b. May 1871, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1893  [8, 16]
  	In 1900, Maud had had one child who was still living.
  Children	1. George D. Stirling, >,   b. Sep 1898, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5129	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Jennie Jones,   b. Abt 1883, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1903  [9, 10]
  	The 1910 census indicated that Peter and Jennie had been married seven years, and that this was the second marriage for each. In 1910, Jennie had had no children.
  Family ID	F5128	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Martha Farley, ^,   b. Abt 1884, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Abt 1922  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Robert L. Stirling, ^,   b. 15 Jan 1923,   d. 29 Oct 2005, Sarasota, Sarasota, FL   2. Living
  Family ID	F5109	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S839] Interview: Ruth Stirling, Ruth Stirling Gould; Brookhaven, NY 11719; Interview; Marty Van Lith; January 2011; Transcription via email; neighbor. [S129] 1930 Census, Census Place: Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Roll: 1525; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 1426; Image: 206.0.. [S216] WWI Draft Registration Cards. Their residence was 18 Neck road, likely the same as Gravesend Neck road. [S840] 1881 Census: Scotland, Parish: Govan Church; ED: 2; Page: 28; Line: 17; Roll: cssct1881_254.. Aged 9. [S840] 1881 Census: Scotland, Parish: Govan Church; ED: 2; Page: 28; Line: 17; Roll: cssct1881_254.. [S839] Interview: Ruth Stirling, Ruth Stirling Gould; Brookhaven, NY 11719; Interview; Marty Van Lith; January 2011; Transcription via email; neighbor. Ruth Sterling Gould indicated that he immigrated when he was eight years old, which agrees with what was recorded in the 1930 census. [S107] 1920 Census (Heritage), Ancestry.com., Census Place: Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings, New York; Roll: T625_1169; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 980; Image: 799.. This census recorded his emigration as 1881. [S191] 1900 Census, Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 30, Kings, New York; Roll: T623_1068; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 553.. [S104] 1910 Census, Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 31, Kings, New York; Roll: T624_984; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 1038; Image: 360.. [S107] 1920 Census (Heritage), Ancestry.com., Census Place: Brooklyn Assembly District 16, Kings, New York; Roll: T625_1169; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 980; Image: 799.. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 15 Dec 1939, p. 15 & 29 Dec. 1939, p. 10.. Excerpted The People of the State of New York TO Isabrella Stirling Kennedy, formerly at 97 6th Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y., Katherine Stirling, San Francisco, Cal., street address unknown, Isabella Stirling, San Francisco, Cal., street address uynknown, Elizabeth Hentrice Barker, address unknown, persons interested in the estate as theirs at law and next of kin or otherwise of John B. Stirling, late of the Town of Brookhaven, County of Suffolk deceased, Send Greeting: WHEREAS, Peter L. Stirling, residing at 164 VanSlelen [Van Skelen] St., Brooklyn, N.Y., Executor named in the will of said deceased, lately applied to our Surrogate's Court of the County of Suffolk to have a certain instrument in writing hearing date the 15th day of April 1938, relating yo both real and personal property, duly proved as the Last Will and Testament of the said deceased. .... Isabela Stirling Kennedy was John B. Stirling's sister. An Elizabeth Stirling, on her death, was identified as John B. Stirling's wife; but Elizabeth was apparently not living in his household at his death. [S604] Suffolk County News (Sayville), 10 Oct 1941, p. 2.. HOLBROOK The estate of the late Elizabeth Stirling has been appraised in Surrogate' Court at Riverhead [Suffolk County] at $17,300 gross, and no deductions are reported. John B. Stirling, husband, was to have inherited the entire estate, but he also died, leaving Peter L. Stirling as heir, according to the papers. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 18 Jul 1946, p. 11. The Brookhaven Civic association, which is composed of people who own property along the Bay front and adjacent areas, held its annual meeting last week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Witterwell of Bay road. There were 12 members present. Russell Brown was elected president to succeed the late Peter Stirling, and Alice Brown was elected financial secretary and treasurer to succeed Miss Sarah Schaefer. The association has built several bulkheads along the water front to prevent further erosion and more rock is to be added for this purpose. This association is not the same as the Brookhaven Village Association. As part of the developer's development agreement, all of the land between Edgar and Bays Roads south of 2nd Street to the bay beachfront property was to belong in common to all the homeowners in that development. They had to form an association, which still exists, to do so (control common land) and named themselves the Brookhaven Civic Association. The shore hardening rock jetties, called bulkheads in the article, caused massive erosion southeast of it along the shore toward Mott Lane. Remnants of the rock jetties are still there. The Brookhaven Civic Association may have felt the need "to prevent further erosion" because of the erosion erosion that was being caused by the jetty built at the month of Beaver Dam Creek to the west in 1930 This jetty caused so much erosion that it cut into the tree line between Bay Road and Beaver Dam Creek.  [S127] Advance, Long Island, 12 August 1942, p. 14.. Elected president of the Brookhaven Civic Association. [S127] Advance, Long Island, 30 Jan 1947, p. 5. The estate of Peter L. Stirling of Brookhaven, who died May 20, amounts to more than $1,500 in personal property and more than $1,000 of really. Martha F. Stirling, widow, is the sole legatee and executrix. [S104] 1910 Census, Census Place: Brooklyn Ward 31, Kings, New York; Roll: T624_984; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 1038; Image: 360.. The 1910 census indicated that the marriage to Jennie (Jane) was his second marriage.