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
See Map2
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'
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
~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
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
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. ???