Susan (Hunter) Stirling (1799 - 1877)

Born 3 Oct 1799 in Dunino, Fife, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of James Stirling — married 10 Apr 1837 in Dundee City, Scotland, United Kingdom

Died 1 Oct 1877 at age 77 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

Susan Hunter, daughter of Prof. James Hunter of St Andrews University was a successful author, including works such as "Fanny Hervey or the Mother's Choice" (1849), and "Sedgely Court" (1865).

Birth: Susan Hunter was born on 3 October 1799 at St Andrews, Fife, Scotland according to her obituary, however she may have been born in the nearby parish of Dunino where she was baptised.^[1] Her Christening was on 11 October 1799 at Dunino, Fife, Scotland, the register recording "Oct 11 1799 This day Mr Hunter & Mrs Hunter had a female child baptised called Susan. She was born on the 3'd inst",^[2][3]

Marriage: On 10 April 1837 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, Susan Hunter married James Stirling, civil engineer.^[4]

Her husband James Stirling died at Edinburgh on 10 January 1876.

Death: Susan Hunter died at Edinburgh on 1 October 1877. She and her husband are buried in the south-west spur of Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh.^[5]

After she died, several newspapers published a long obituary, for example, the St. Andrews Gazette and Fifeshire News, on 6 October 1877.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Birthplace was St Andrews according to her Obituary
2. ↑ Birth: 1799 HUNTER, SUSAN (Old Parish Registers Births 425/ Dunino) Page 69 of 191 digitised image on Scotlands People database
3. ↑ "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 30 August 2019, 15:56), entry for Susan Hunter(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:99PX-JGL); contributed by various users.
4. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTRV-HV7 : 11 February 2020), Susan Hunter in entry for James Stirling, 1837.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156989585/susan-stirling: accessed 27 February 2023), memorial page for Susan Hunter Stirling (unknown–1 Oct 1877), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156989585, citing Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland; Maintained by GariochGraver (contributor 47469430).
6. ↑ Obituary, St. Andrews Gazette and Fifeshire News, 6 October 1877, British Newspapers, Find My Past database https://search.findmypast.com.au/bna/viewarticle?id=bl%2f0001742%2f18771006%2f041&stringtohighlight=susan%20stirling

• Bassett, Troy J. "Author: Susan Stirling." At the Circulating Library: A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837—1901, 15 December 2022, http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=1726. Accessed 26 February 2023.