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Nightingale of the North-Georgina Stirling
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Georgina as a young child.
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Appr. 6 yrs old
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Georgina was offered a singing engagement with an opera company in Milan, Italy in 1890.
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Opera Singer Marie Du Bedat, known as 'Ireland's Nightingale' was a close friend of Georgina.
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Madame Sofia Scalchi was a well known prima donna contralto in the operatic world.
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Georgina's engagement at Chioggia, Italy raised her to the height of her career.
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Georgina, around the time of her debut at 'La Scala' in Milan.
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Georgina, known as 'The Lady of the Lavender',  picking hugh bunches of lavender.
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Georgina's sister, Janet Stirling, Nursing Sister at Duxhurst Colony Hospital.
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Dr. William Archibald Stirling, Georgina's paternal grandfather.
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Dr. William Archibald Stirling, Georgina's paternal grandfather.
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Ann (Peyton) Stirling, Georgina's mother.
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Thomas Peyton, J.P., Deputy Crown Surveyor, MHA 1889 to 1893  Twillingate Fogo Georgina's Uncle.
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Mrs. Thomas Peyton (nee Pearce)
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Ernest Peyton
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Kate Stirling Putzki, Georgina's sister.
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Miss Rose Stirling, Georgina's sister.
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Susan Stirling Temple, Georgina's sister.
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