Hi, Thank you both for you`re information. It is my understanding that Kirkintilloch was full of Grays and Stirlings. There could be a connection but I`m not sure where. Most of my family were from Hillhead. Annie, do you know who the parents of or birth dates of Janet and Elizabeth Stirling are? Elizabeth May Stirling is my gggrandmother b. 1866 d. 1940. She has a sister Janet. Karen