Harrower Family Tree » William Elder Ross (± 1875-1916)

Personal data William Elder Ross 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • He was born about 1875.Sources 2, 3, 4, 6
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1900 Letter Carrier in 9 Rossie Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1901 Postman in 33 Rossie Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 7
    • in the year 1891 Telegraph Boy in 9 Rossie Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 6
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1900: 9 Rossie Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1901: 33 Rossie Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 4, 7
    • in the year 1904: 20 Dumbiedykes Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 8
    • in the year 1914: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1881: 2 Dunbar's Close, Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1891: 9 Rossie Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 6
  • (Usual Residence) before July 1916 in 2 Pleasance, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 9
  • He died on July 5, 1916.Sources 5, 9
    Casualty of The Great War, William served with the 11th Bn. Gordon Highlanders: Service No:S/3529.
  • A child of Robert Ross and Annie Elder

Household of William Elder Ross

He is married to Annie Mackie Lunn.

They got married on June 15, 1900 at Exchange Street, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 3


Child(ren):


Event (Witness at Marriage) on June 15, 1900 in Exchange Street, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland : Robert Ross, Maggie Lunn, Witness.Source 3


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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Elder Ross

Robert Ross
1838-????
Annie Elder
1843-????

William Elder Ross
± 1875-1916

1900

Annie Mackie Lunn
1876-????

Agnes Reid Ross
1901-

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  1. Edinburgh, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1832-1966, Ancestry.com, 1914-1915 Record for William Elder Ross Edinburgh City Archives; Edinburgh, Scotland; Register of Voters For the City of Edinburgh and the Burgh of Leith; Reference: Sl56/60
    Record for William Elder Ross
    Name: William Elder Ross
    Residence Year: 1914-1915
    Street Address: 4 Albion Terrace
    Residence Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
    Occupation: Postman
    / Ancestry.com
  2. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Ross Parish: Canongate; ED: 78; Page: 1; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1881_288 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for Robert Ross
    Name: Robert Ross
    Age: 44
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1837
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Ann Ross
    Gender: Male
    Where born: (Midlothian), Edinburgh
    Registration Number: 685/3
    Registration district: Canongate
    Civil parish: Canongate
    County: Midlothian
    Address: 2 Dunbar's Close
    Occupation: Warehouseman
    ED: 78
    Household schedule number: 5
    Line: 23
    Roll: CSSCT1881_288
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Robert Ross 44 Head
    Ann Ross 38 Wife
    James Ross 16 Son
    Williamina Ross 12 Daughter
    Robert Ross 9 Son
    William Ross 6 Son
    Elizabeth Ross 3 Daughter
  3. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1900 ROSS, WILLIAM ELDER ANNIE MACKIE LUNN (Statutory registers Marriages 792/ 15)
    1900 ROSS, WILLIAM ELDER ANNIE MACKIE LUNN (Statutory registers Marriages 792/ 15)
    Marriages in the District of Jedburgh in the County of Roxburgh 1900.
    1900 Fifteenth June
    Exchange Street, Jedburgh
    After Banns According to the Forms of the United Pesbyterian Church
    Signed
    William Elder Ross,
    Letter Carrier, Bachelor Age 25
    9 Rossie Place, Edinburgh
    Parents: Robert Ross
    Mercantile Clerk
    Annie Ross M.S. Elder
    Signed
    Annie Mackie Lunn
    Mill Worker Spinster Age 24
    Exchange Street, Jedburgh
    Parents: William Lunn,
    Wool Sorter
    Agnes Lunn M.S. Reid
    Signed
    John Forsyth, Minister
    Signed
    Robert Ross, Witness
    Maggie Lunn, Witness
    Registered
    1900 June 16th, Jedburgh
    J.K. Young
    Registrar
  4. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William E. Ross Parish: Edinburgh Abbey; ED: 9; Page: 21; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1901_377 1901 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for William E Ross
    Name: William E Ross
    Age: 26
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Annie L Ross
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Canongate, Midlothian
    Registration Number: 685/3
    Registration district: Canongate
    Civil parish: Edinburgh Abbey
    County: Midlothian
    Address: 33 Rossie Place
    Occupation: Postman
    ED: 9
    Household schedule number: 98
    Line: 12
    Roll: CSSCT1901_377
    Household Members Age Relationship
    William E Ross 26 Head
    Annie L Ross 24 Wife
  5. UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929, Ancestry.com, 1916 William Elder Ross National Army Museum; Chelsea, London, England; Soldiers' Effects Records, 1901-60; NAM Accession Number: 1991-02-333; Record Number Ranges: 301001-302500; Reference: 153
    Record for William Elder Ross
    Name: William Elder Ross
    Birth Place: Edinburgh
    Death Date: 5 Jul 1916
    Death Place: Home
    Enlistment Place: Edinburgh
    Rank: Private
    Regiment: Gordon Highlanders
    Battalion:11th Battalion
    Regimental Number: S/3529
    Type of Casualty: Died
    Theatre of War: Home
    / Ancestry.com
  6. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Ross Parish: Edinburgh Greenside; ED: 19; Page: 12; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1891_346 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for Robert Ross
    Name: Robert Ross
    Age: 53
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Ann Ross
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Edinburgh
    Registration Number: 685/3
    Registration district: Canongate
    Civil parish: Edinburgh Greenside
    County: Midlothian
    Address: 9 Rossie Place
    Occupation: Stationer - Warehouse
    ED: 19
    Household schedule number: 59
    Line: 16
    Roll: CSSCT1891_346
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Robert Ross 53 Head
    Ann Ross 48 Wife
    Wilhemina Ross 22 Daughter
    Robt Ross 19 Son
    William Ross 16 Son
    Elizabeth Ross 13 Daughter
    Elizabeth Dickson 25 Boarder
    James Dickson 2 Boarder
  7. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Births (from 1855), 1901 ROSS, AGNES REID (Statutory registers Births 685/3 658)
    1901 ROSS, AGNES REID (Statutory registers Births 685/3 658)
    Births in the District of Canongate in the Burgh of Edinburgh 1901
    Agnes Reid Ross
    1901 June Thirteenth 8 h 0m PM
    33 Rossie Place, Edinburgh F.
    Parents: William Elder Ross, Postman
    Annie Mackay Ross MS Lunn
    m. 1900 June 15, Jedburgh
    Inf. William Elder Ross
    Father, Present
    Registered
    1901 June 17, Edinburgh
    RB Robertson
    Ass. Registrar
  8. Edinburgh, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1832-1966, Ancestry.com, 1904 - 1905 Record for William Elder Ross Edinburgh City Archives; Edinburgh, Scotland; Register of Voters For the City of Edinburgh and the Burgh of Leith; Reference: Sl56/50
    Record for William Elder Ross
    Name: William Elder Ross
    Residence Year: 1904-1905
    Street Address: 20 Dumbiedykes Road
    Residence Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
    Occupation: Postman
    / Ancestry.com
  9. Findagrave, 1916 Pvt William Elder Ross Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/139891483/william-elder-ross : accessed 27 May 2021), memorial page for Pvt William Elder Ross (unknown–5 Jul 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139891483, citing Castlewood Cemetery, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) .
    Pvt William Elder Ross
    Birth: unknown
    Death: 5 Jul 1916
    Burial: Castlewood Cemetery, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland
    Plot: Grave Reference:599.
    Memorial #: 139891483
    Bio: Casualty of The Great War, William served with the 11th Bn. Gordon Highlanders~ Service No:S/3529.

    He was 42 and the son of Robert and Annie Ross of Edinburgh; husband of Annie Mackay Lunn Ross of 2 Pleasance, Jedburgh.

    Originally Created by: darealjolo (46896240)
    Added: 11 Dec 2014
    URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139891483/william-elder-ross
    Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/139891483/william-elder-ross : accessed 27 May 2021), memorial page for Pvt William Elder Ross (unknown–5 Jul 1916), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139891483, citing Castlewood Cemetery, Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) .

Historical events

Day of marriage June 15, 1900

  • The temperature on June 15, 1900 was about 16.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
    • February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
    • February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
    • February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
    • June 18 » Empress Dowager Cixi of China orders all foreigners killed, including foreign diplomats and their families.
    • December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

Day of death July 5, 1916

  • The temperature on July 5, 1916 was between 12.7 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 9.3 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
    • March 8 » World War I: A British force unsuccessfully attempts to relieve the siege of Kut (present-day Iraq) in the Battle of Dujaila.
    • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
    • June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
    • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
    • November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
    • December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.


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