Harrower Family Tree » Robert Ross (1838-????)

Personal data Robert Ross 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • He was born in the year 1838 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 3, 5
  • Occupations:
    • in the year 1900 Mercantile Clerk: Son Williams marriage.Source 4
    • in the year 1881 Warehouseman in 2 Dunbar's Close, Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1871 Packer in 10 Dunbar's Close, Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1891 Stationer - Warehouse in 9 Rossie Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1901 Paper Warehouseman in 9 Rossie Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 2
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1881: 2 Dunbar's Close, Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1871: 10 Dunbar's Close, Canongate, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1891: 9 Rossie Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 1
    • in the year 1901: 9 Rossie Place, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 2

Household of Robert Ross

He is married to Annie Elder.

They got married on July 10, 1863 at Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, he was 25 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. William Elder Ross  ± 1875-1916 
  2. James Ross  1865-????
  3. Williamina Ross  1869-????
  4. Robert Ross  1872-????
  5. Elizabeth Ross  1878-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert Ross

Robert Ross
1838-????

1863

Annie Elder
1843-????

William Elder Ross
± 1875-1916
James Ross
1865-????
Williamina Ross
1869-????
Robert Ross
1872-????
Elizabeth Ross
1878-????

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Sources

  1. 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
  2. 1901 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Ross Parish: Edinburgh Abbey; ED: 8; Page: 12; Line: 11; 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 Robert Ross
    Name: Robert Ross
    Age: 53
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1848
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Ann Ross
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Edinburgh, Midlothian
    Registration Number: 685/3
    Registration district: Canongate
    Civil parish: Edinburgh Abbey
    County: Midlothian
    Address: 9 Rossie Place
    Occupation: Paper Warehouseman
    ED: 8
    Household schedule number: 58
    Line: 11
    Roll: CSSCT1901_377
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Robert Ross 53 Head
    Ann Ross 58 Wife
    Robert Ross 29 Son
    Elizabeth E Ross , 23 Daughter
    Mary Elder 49 Sister-in-law
  3. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Ross Parish: Edinburgh Canongate; ED: 80; Page: 11; Line: 24; Roll: CSSCT1871_162 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. 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: 33
    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 Canongate
    County: Midlothian
    Address: 10 Dunbar's Close
    Occupation: Packer
    ED: 80
    Household schedule number: 68
    Line: 24
    Roll: CSSCT1871_162
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Robert Ross 33 Head
    Ann Ross 58 Wife
    James Ross 6 Son
    Wilhelmina Ross 2 Daughter
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1863 ROSS, ROBERT ANN ELDER (Statutory Registers of Marriages 685/3 146) Canongate Not downloaded Date from Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/117903353/person/332091103628/facts
    1863 ROSS, ROBERT ANN ELDER (Statutory Registers of Marriages 685/3 146) Canongate

Historical events

Day of marriage July 10, 1863

  • The temperature on July 10, 1863 was about 22.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
    • May 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with the defeat of the Army of the Potomac by the Army of Northern Virginia.
    • July 1 » Keti Koti (Emancipation Day) in Suriname, marking the abolition of slavery by the Netherlands.
    • July 30 » American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
    • September 9 » American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
    • November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.

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