Annie Bains Black 1846- 1931

Farmer's daughter in Pittenweem, Fife. Marries a Railway Agent, from Leven, in New York. They return and live in Anstruther Wester - interesting life!

Anstruther only 2 k N of Pittenweem

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1846. Annie Bains Black was baptised to Andrew Black & Alison Lees in Pittenweem on 20/4/1846. Born 23/3/1846-FS,

1851C. Ann Black was living High Street, Pittenweem with her parents and 3 siblings

Andrew	Black	Head	Married	Male	48	1803	Farmer Of 20 Acres	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Alison	Black	Wife	Married	Female	39	1812	-	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Alison	Black	Daughter	-	Female	12	1839	Scholar	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Margt	Black	Daughter	-	Female	10	1841	Scholar	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Andrew	Black	Son	-	Male	7	1844	Scholar	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Ann	Black	Daughter	-	Female	5	1846	Scholar	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland

1861C. Annie Black was living High Street, Pittenweem with her widowed mother and 3 siblings

Alison	Black	Head	Widow	Female	49	1812	Farmers Widow	Carnbee, Fife, Scotland
Alison	Black	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	22	1839	Farmer Daur	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Margaret	Black	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	20	1841	Farmer Daur	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Andw	Black	Son	Unmarried	Male	17	1844	Farm Serv	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Annie	Black	Daughter	-	Female	15	1846	-	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland

1871C. Annie Black was living Kirklatch, Pittenweem with her widowed mother and 2 siblings

Alison	Black	Head	Widow	Female	60	1811	Farmers Widow 20 Ac Arable	Fife, Scotland
Andw	Black	Son	Unmarried	Male	27	1844	Farmers Son	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Annie	Black	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	25	1846	-	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Betsy	Black	Daughter	Unmarried	Female	18	1853	-	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland

1871-1874. Annie Black travels to New York - no record of her passage on FMP

1874. Annie Bains Black marries John Ross in Harlem, New York, on 14/4/1874 - this from daughter's, Margaret's, 1879 bc. . Year, Manhattan, also on Ancestry

Why would Annie,aged 25+, go out to New York 1871-1874??

Maggie knew Annie had lived in America, since, as a child, she, Maggie, had a quilt on her bed, that came, via her ggrandmother, from America, She still has this patchwork throw- see below.

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John Ross and wife Annie

1875. John & Annie had their first child, Alice Lees Ross, in Cleveland Ohio- see 1891C below

1875-1878. John & Annie returned to Anstruther Wester, Scotland . Can not find their ship's passage on FMP or Ancestry

1879. Margaret Cairns Ross born to John & Annie on 17/7/1879 at Watson Place, Anstruther Wester

1881C. Annie Ross, 35, was living Watson's Place , Pittenweem Road, Anstruther Wester, Fife with 3 children

John	Ross	Head	Married	Male	36	1845	Railway T Agent	Leven, Fife, Scotland
Annie	Ross	Wife	Married	Female	35	1846	-	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Alice	Ross	Daughter	-	Female	6	1875	Scholar	-
John	Ross	Son	-	Male	3	1878	Scholar	Anstruther Wester, Fife, Scotland
Margret	Ross	Daughter	-	Female	1	1880	-	Anstruther Wester, Fife, Scotland

John & Annie had 5 children: Alice Lees Ross 1875,John Ross 1878, Maggie Ross 1880, Andrew Ross 1882 and Annie B Ross 1888

1891C.Annie Ross, 45, was living 1st Floor, Shore Street, Anstruther Easter, Fife with 4 children Her husband John missing

Annie	Ross	Wife	Married	Female	45	1846	-	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
John	Ross	Son	-	Male	13	1878	Scholar	Fife, Scotland
Maggie	Ross	Daughter	-	Female	11	1880	Scholar	Fife, Scotland
Andrew	Ross	Son	-	Male	9	1882	Scholar	Fife, Scotland
Annie B	Ross	Daughter	-	Female	3	1888	-	Fife, Scotland

1896-1898 . The family move from Anstruther Easter to Kirkcaldy- about 48 k SW. ~ 20 years before his 1917 death, obituary

1901C. Annie Ross, 56, was living Douglas Street, Kirkcaldy with her husband and 3 children

John	Ross	Head	Married	Male	56	1845	Railway Agent	Fife, Scotland
Annie	Ross	Wife	Married	Female	55	1846	-	Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
Maggie	Ross	Daughter	Single	Female	21	1880	Dressmaker	Fife, Scotland
Andrew	Ross	Son	Single	Male	19	1882	Plumber	Fife, Scotland
Annie	Ross	Daughter	Single	Female	13	1888	Scholar	Fife, Scotland

1911C. She and husband in Kirkcaldy - have not purchased the census from SP

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Annie Bains Ross, and with her grandson, John Ross Raeburn in 1912

1917. Her husband dies : his obituary says he left Anstruther ~ 20 years earlier

1931. Annie Bains Ross, 84, dies 15/1/1931 Kirkcaldy -SP. No obituary on FMP Newspapers . Probate of Annie Black Ross, 51 Ava Street, £1248, executrix Annie Bessie Black Ross

 

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