John Ross 1844- 1917

Born to a Tailor in Leven, Fife . Railway Agent . Mysteriously farms in Cleveland Ohio-~1861-1871- and then marries in New York.

A keen Entomologist

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Maggie thought he was a Fattener of Cattle

John Ireland Ancestry Family tree has a different John Ross being our Margaret Ross' father

1844. John Ross was born Scoonie/Leven, Fife to John Ross & Margaret Cairns on 2/6/1844- SP

1851C. John Ross, 6, was living Dam, Scoonie, Kirkcaldy, Fife with his parents, 3 brothers and his maternal grandmother

John Ross Head Married Male 39 1812 Tailor Journeyman Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland  
Margaret Ross Wife Married Female 38 1813 Tailor's Wife Scoonie, Fife, Scotland  
George Ross Son Unmarried Male 12 1839 Scholar Scoonie, Fife, Scotland  
John Ross Son Unmarried Male 6 1845 Scholar Scoonie, Fife, Scotland  
James Ross Son Unmarried Male 2 1849 - Scoonie, Fife, Scotland  
Andrew Ross Son Unmarried Male - - - Scoonie, Fife, Scotland  
Jane Cairns Mother-In-Law Widow Female 70 1781 Proprietor Of House & Land Of Brick & Tile Maker (15 Hands) Largo, Fife, Scotland

1861C. John Ross, 16, railway clerk, was living Parkhill Place Scoonie Fife with his parents / 3 brothers

John Ross Head Married Male 48 1813 Tailor Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland  
Margaret Ross Wife Married Female 47 1814 - Leven, Fife, Scotland  
John Ross Son Unmarried Male 16 1845 Railway Clerk Leven, Fife, Scotland  
James Ross Son - Male 12 1849 Scholar Leven, Fife, Scotland  
Andrew Ross Son - Male 10 1851 Scholar Leven, Fife, Scotland  
William Ross Son - Male 4 1857 - Leven, Fife, Scotland

The announcement of his 1874 marrriage states that John Ross formerly worked for the East of Fife Railway Company.

1861-1871. John Ross went out to Cleveland Ohio

1871C Can not find .John 1845- not still with his parents at Broomie Knowe, Scoonie, Fife. . Can not find him anywhere in the USA in 1870AC.

1874. John Ross, formerly of the East of Fife Railway Company, marries Annie Bains Black in Harlem, New York, on 14/4/1874 - this found originally fromher daughter's, Margaret's, 1879 bc. . Marriage on FS with both sets of parents

Above found by googling her name! Excerpt from a book 'Scots in the USA 1825-1875'

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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

Maggie, 1946, knew Annie had lived in America, since, as a child, she, Maggie, had a quilt on her bed, that came from America, She still has this patchwork throw- photos on Annie's page .

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

 

1881C. John Ross, railway agent, was living Watson's Place, Pittenweem Road, Anstruther Wester, Fife with his wife and 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 1879, Andrew Al;exander Ross 1882 and Annie B Ross 1888

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~1890? Margaret, John, Annie, Alice, John, Annie mother & Andrew

1891C. Annie Ross, 45, was living 1st Floor, Shore Street, Anstruther Easter, Fife with 4 of their children. John missing, presumably travelling for his job

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

1891'1901. The family relocate southwards to Kirkcaldy

1901C. John Ross, railway agent, was living Douglas Street, Kirkcaldy with his wife 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

A Dr John Ross 27 from Scotland left London for Natal in 1902- but age ~ 3 years out to be son John Ross 1878 - possible/red herring?

1903. His daughter, Margaret Cairns Ross married Charles Raeburn , Rangoon, at the Regent Hotel, Edinburgh on 17/7/1903 .Her father John Ross, railway agent, Douglas Street, Kirkcaldy

1906 ~. He retired from his work in Kirkcaldy: this stated in his Obituary

1911C He and his wife in 1911C in Kirkcaldy, daughter Annie B R Ross also nearby . Likely they were living at 51 Ava Street, as son, Andrew, was living there in July 1909 when he married

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1913. His wife with grandson John Ross Raeburn

1917. John Ross, 73, dies December 1917, at 51 Ava Street, Kirkcaldy & Abbotshall -SP . Long interesting Obituary below. Likely buried in Abbotshall Churchyard . Probate £1039, executrix Annie Black/Ross , his widow

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Implies he moved to Kirkcaldy ~ 1897 from Anstruther

1931. Annie Bains Ross, 84, of 51 Ava Street, Kirkcaldy, dies 15/1/1931 Kirkcaldy -SP. Cannot find a death notice but there is probate

In 1948, their daughter, Annie B Ross 1887 returned to S.A. from this address,- Ava Street? - so presumably one or more of her siblings was still living there- could this be Andrew or Alice or Margaret? - think Maggie mentioned an 'Aunts' house. ???

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