Alexander (Alejandro) STIRLING
Alexander and his wife emigrated to South America in 1820 and established in Uruguay in 1823.An expert cabinet maker. In 1820 he went to Brazil to work in the Imperial palace. From there he took his family (already two children) to Buenos Aires where the third and fourth children (the latter, Aminta, in 1823) were born. That same yr they migrated to Uruguay, started raising livestock, forming a company in partnership with Robert Young in El Bichadero. Later financial difficulties forced the partners to separate, Stirling remaining with estancia Viraroes. The civil war which was in part caused by the Argentine dictator Rosas, caused grief and much commercial loss one bandit officer murdering Stirling's youngest son at the age of 16. The subsequent claim was recongnised and the generous government payment became the foundation of his fortune.
Alexander worked as an ebonist in the Imperial Palace of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and in Buenos Aires, Argentina making the door of the Cathedral of Buenos Aires, before he established in Uruguay. In Uruguay he made a society with Robert Young and bought land in the west part of the country around the year 1825.
Stirling owner of an estancia in the Department of Paysandú; 50 years ago two Scotch carpenters in Buenos Aires, Young and Sterling, had save a little money and hearing that lands in the Department of Paysandú were for sale at $800 a suerte settled here; they suffered much in the civil wars
Sucedió un día que Alejandro, hijo homónimo del jefe de familia, emprendió una larga cabalgata para inteceptar el paso de su madre. Un grupo "colorado" lo detuvo a medio camino para pedirle informaciones. En ese preciso momento, un grupo "blanco" estaba observando la escena desde lejos, sacando la conclusión de que Alejandro era un espía al servicio del enemigo. Este grupo estaba al mando del mismísimo General Flores en persona. Nunca más se supo de Alejandro, y se presume que fue matado allí mismo. Desde ese momento, todos los Stirling han sido "colorados". Y nunca más volvieron a Escocia.
After the arrival of that couple to Uruguay a son, also called Alexander was born and he was killed some years later during the civil uruguayn war, called the Big War (1839-1852). After this the family received in property two important farms as an indemnity for that crime