Janet Ross 1810- 1896

Born Kinglassie to a linen weaver. Married a mason there, then moved to Kirkcaldy

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1810. Janet Ross was baptised to John Ross & Helen Black on 6/2/1810 in Kinglassie, Fife -SP,.

She was the elder sister of John Ross, 1812, father of John Ross 1844 and grandfather of Margaret Ross 1879

She was a gggrandmother of Maggie's : her brother, John Ross 1812, was a gggrandfather of Maggie's

Other siblings were: James, Mary, Margaret, Thomas, Matthew, William, Isabel, David & Hugh -Wikitree

 

1835. Janet Ross married William Henderson 15/3/1835 in Kinglassie, Fife -Ancestry

1841. Margaret Henderson was born to William & Janet on 2/8/1841 Abbottshall -SP, not purchased - in Tyrie, part of Kirkcaldy/Kinghorn,, Fife -from censuses.

1851C. Janet Henderson, 38, was living Tyrie Bleachfield, Kinghorn,Kirkcaldy, Fife with mason husband & 3 children

William Henderson Head Married Male 43 1808 Mason Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland  
Janet Henderson Wife Married Female 38 1813 - Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland  
Helen Henderson Daughter Unmarried Female 15 1836 Scholar Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland  
Janet Henderson Daughter - Female 13 1838 Scholar Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland  
Margaret Henderson Daughter - Female 9 1842 Scholar Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland  
Janet Bethune Visitor N K Female 0 1851 N K Not Known

 

1861C. Janet Henderson, 51, was living Townsend Place, Kirkcaldy, Fife with her mason husband, 2 children & brother

William Henderson Head Married Male 53 1808 Mason Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland  
Janet R Henderson Wife Unmarried Female 51 1810 - Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland  
Helen Henderson Daughter Unmarried Female 25 1836 Milliner Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland  
Jessie Henderson Daughter Unmarried Female 23 1838 Milliner Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland  
David Ross Brother-In-Law Unmarried Male 25 1836 Mason Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland

1871C. Janet Henderson, was missing from the family home in Townsend Place, Kirkcaldy, Fife. She was in Banff with her married daughter, Margaret Raeburn , & her family at 28 High Street, Banff .

Charles, 31, seedsman ,b. Banff, Margaret H , 29, b. Abbotsdale, Fifeshire, Williamina, 1, b. Banff, William 4mths b.Banff, Janet R Henderson , 60, mother in law b. Fifeshire, Kinglassie, a boarder and a servant in Townsend Place, Kirkcaldy, Fife- this purchased from SP, impossible to find on Ancestry/FMP

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1881C.Janet Henderson, 70, was living Townsend Place, 37, Kirkcaldy, Fife

William Henderson Head Married Male 75 1806 Mason Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland  
Janet Henderson Wife Married Female 70 1811 - Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland  
Jessie Henderson Daughter Unmarried Female 43 1838 - Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland  
William Miller Son-In-Law Married Male 46 1835 Draughtsman Lanarkshire, Scotland

1887. Her husband, William Henderson, 83, dies Kirkcaldy & Abbotshall in 1887 -SP. " In his 84th year , on the 24th of September 1887 at 37 Townsend Place, Kirkcaldy" - FMP Newspapers

1891C. Janet Henderson, 81, widow, was living Townsend Place, Kirkcaldy, Fife

Janet Henderson Head Widow Female 81 1810 - Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland  
Jessie Henderson Daughter Unmarried Female 52 1839 - Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland  
Janet Raeburn Granddaughter Unmarried Female 24 1867 Teacher Of Music England  
Nellie Raeburn Granddaughter - Female 12 1879 Scholar Banff, Banffshire, Scotland  
Margaret Raeburn Daughter Married Female 49 1842 - Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland  
Maggie Raeburn Granddaughter - Female 8 1883 Scholar Banff, Banffshire, Scotland

1891- 6. Adverts in the Fife Free Press & Kirkcaldy Guardian each year saying yhat Miss Raeburn, of Shell Villas, will resume piano lessons

1896. Janet Henderson, 86, dies Kirkcaldy & Abbotshall on 15/7/1896 -SP. Exact date from a Google search on Shell Villa: a Wikitree exists . No probate . A private funeral-FMP Newspapers

The family home of Shell Villas, Townsend Place, Kirkcaldy seems to stay in the family until 1926 when her 1841 daughter, Margaret Henderson/Raeburn dies .

It was a local site of wonder: 50000 shells used in the garden, on walls & in the grass, forming designs of ships, etc, etc. The work of her husband, who built the house

1897. Janet Burton Henderson(Jess) died at Shell Villa on 9/4/1897 - FMP Newspapers

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