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Mary Ethel (McInnes) Rosser (1852 - abt. 1941)

Mary Ethel [uncertain] "Polly" Rosser formerly McInnes
Born in Ontario, Canadamap
Daughter of and [mother unknown]
Wife of — married 4 May 1872 in Montreal, Quebec, Canadamap
Descendants descendants
Died about at about age 88 in Montreal, Quebec, Canadamap [uncertain]
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Biography

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Mary (McInnes) Rosser was born in Ontario, Canada.
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Mary (McInnes) Rosser has Scottish Ancestors.

Mary McInnes was born on 10 October 1852, in Ontario, Canada. Her parents were both from Scotland.

Mary married Griffith ROSSER (brother of her sister Annie's husband) on 4 May 1872, in St James Church (Methodist) at Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They had nine children.

Mary was still alive in 1940.

Timeline

Date Event
10 Oct 1852 Mary's birth in Ontario, Canada [1].
07 Apr 1861 1861 Ontario Census: yet to be located.
02 Apr 1871 1871 Canada Census: yet to be located - maybe Ontario or Quebec?.
4 May 1872 Mary's marriage to Griffith ROSSER in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [2].
3 Apr 1881 1881 Canada Census: Montreal City (wife, married, Presbyterian Church of Scotland; with husband and 2 unmarried children) [3].
6 Apr 1891 1891 Canada Census: Montreal City (wife, married, free will baptist; with husband and 6 unmarried children) [4].
31 Mar 1901 1901 Canada Census: Montreal City (wife, married; with husband and 6 children) [1].
01 Jun 1911 1911 Canada Census: 47 Mayor St, Montreal City (wife, married; with husband and 5 unmarried children) [5]
1 Jan 1919 Death of husband.
1921 1921 Canada Census: yet to be located.
1924 Marriage of child #8.
abt 1941Mary's death in Montreal, Quebec, Canada [estimate - see Notes below].


Research Notes

Name variations
Several variant spellings of her surname have been used. The most common variant being MCINNES, but also including MACINNESS, MCINNIS and MCGINNIS. It is possible that her middle name was Ethel, however this has only been discovered on one document (the marriage of her daughter Mary Ethel ROSSER to George Varley BEVERIDGE).

She was apparently known to her nieces and nephews as "Aunt Polly" [6].

Birth date and place
Most census entries suggest that Mary was born in the Province of Ontario [3] [1] [5] (with the exception of the 1891 census, which indicates Quebec) [4]. A date of "Oct 1852" was given in the 1901 census [1]; other census entries suggest the following date ranges:

  • 4 Apr 1852 - 3 Apr 1853 (1881 census) [3]
  • 7 Apr 1856 - 6 Apr 1857 (1891 census) [4]
  • 1 Apr 1852 - 31 Mar 1853 (1901 census) [1]
  • 2 Jun 1852 - 1 Jun 1853 (1911 census) [5]

Death date
Mary is listed in the voters lists for Federal elections in 1935 [7] and 1940 [8] but not in 1945 or later. Similarly, Mary's listing in Lovell's annual street directory for Montreal ceases after the 1940-41 edition.

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "1901 Census of Canada", Ancestry.com (accessed 25 Mar 2009), database [online], entry for Mary ROSSER (age 48), Quebec [province], Montreal (City) (177) [registration district], St Lawrence Ward (i) [subdistrict], Montreal West (3) [division], page 4, line 14, dwelling 29, household 34; citing RG31, C-13220.
  2. Ancestry.com (accessed 30 Mar 2009), "Quebec vital and church records (Drouin collection), 1621-1967", database [online], Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network Inc., 2008. Marriage entry for ROSSER-MCINNES (1872); citing Montreal (Methodist St James), folio 13. Original data: Gabriel Drouin, comp., "Drouin Collection", Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Institut Généalogique Drouin.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Census of Canada, 1881", Library and Archives Canada (accessed 4 Apr 2009), database [online], entry for Mary ROSSER (age 28), Quebec [province], Montreal (City) (90) [registration district], St Lawrence Ward (i) [subdistrict], Montreal West (5) [division], page 20, line 11, dwelling 95, household 105; citing RG31, C-13220.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "1891 Census of Canada", Ancestry.com (accessed 1 Apr 2009), database [online], entry for Mary ROSSER (age 34), Quebec [province], Montreal West (172) [registration district], St Lawrence Ward [subdistrict], 8 [division], page 42, line 5, household 208; citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm RG31, T-6408.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 "1911 Census of Canada", Ancestry.com (accessed 26 Mar 2009), database [online], entry for Mary ROSSER (age 58), Quebec [province], Montreal St Lawrence (182) [registration district], St Lawrence Ward (6) [subdistrict], page 9, line 35, dwelling 57, household 101; citing Library and Archives Canada RG31, microfilm T20437.
  6. Wickham, A. P. (1981). "Family Tree of Gladys Ann PENNY", [handwritten notes prepared by her son-in-law]. Copies on file with John ROSSER and Diana WICKHAM.
  7. Ancestry.com, "Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980", database [online] (accessed 16 Jul 2014). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012. Entry for Mrs G. ROSSER [elector #117], widow, 3700 Melrose Street; 1935, Mount Royal [electoral district], 95 [polling district], Island of Montreal.
  8. Ancestry.com, "Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980", database [online] (accessed 16 Jul 2014). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2012. Entry for Mary ROSSER [elector #70], spinster, 3700 Melrose Street; 1940, Mount Royal [electoral district], 104 [polling district], City of Montreal.




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