Elizabeth Lindsay Ross (1860 - 1914)

Born 2 Aug 1860 in 14 Ann Street, Aberdeen, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of David Sutherland Ross — married 14 Jun 1878 in 28 Albion Street, Aberdeen, Scotland

Died 14 Apr 1914 at age 53 in Seabank Rescue Home, 684 King Street, Aberdeen, Scotland

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Biography

Illegitimate, born 1860 and died in 1914.

Sources

• Scotland Statutory Registers Births (168/2 687 Old Machar, Aberdeen): at 14 Ann Street, Aberdeen. 2nd Aug 1860. Elizabeth Ross, daughter of Margaret Ross, hand-loom winsey weaver. Informant: Margaret Ross, mother, on the 16th Aug at Aberdeen.

• Scotland 1861 Census (Parish: Aberdeen St Nicholas; ED: 59; Page: 6; Line: 4; Roll: CSSCT1861_25): at St Nicholas, Aberdeen. Janet Irvine, 34, seaman's wife, head; James Irvine, 9, son; Christina Irvine, 7, daughter; Margaret Irvine, 4, daughter; Elizabeth Irvine, 2, daughter; Eliza Lindsay, 3, niece; Joseph Ross, 15, tailor (apprentice), brother; George Tait, 22, ship carpenter, boarder; William Fletcher, 19, ship carpenter, boarder.

• Scotland 1871 Census (Parish: Aberdeen St Nicholas; ED: 33; Line: 1; CSSCT1871_32): at Albion Street, Aberdeen. William Forsyth, 55, baker, head; Margaret Forsyth, 39, baker's wife; Elsie L Forsyth, 13, daughter; Ellen Forsyth, 8, daughter; Robert Forsyth, 6, son; Williamina Forsyth, 2, daughter; Alexander Harvie, 18, stone-cutter, lodger.

• Scotland Statutory Registers Marriages (168/1 190 St Nicholas, Aberdeen): at 28 Albion Street, Aberdeen. 14th Jun 1878. David Ross, 23, cooper (journeyman), usual residence 5 Neptune Terrace; Eliza Lindsay, 20, usual residence 28 Albion Street. Parents: Walter Ross, boat-carpenter (journeyman); Elizabeth Ross MS Sutherland; James Lindsay, ship-carpenter (journeyman); Margaret Ross wife of William Forsyth, baker. Witnesses: George McBeath and James McBain.

• Scotland 1881 Census (Parish: St Nicholas; ED: 25; Page: 34; Line: 20; Roll: cssct1881_49): at St Nicholas, Aberdeen. David Ross, 25, head, cooper; Eliza Ross, 23, wife; Margaret Ross, 4 months, daughter.

• Scotland 1901 Census (Parish: Aberdeen Old Machar; ED: 1; Page: 53; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1901_62): at Seabank Home, King Street, Aberdeen. Eliza Forsyth, 39, servant, laundress domestic. [Husband and children were living in Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, at this time].

• Scotland Statutory Registers Deaths (168/5 23 Old Aberdeen, Aberdeen): at Seabank Rescue Home, 684 King Street, Aberdeen. Eliza Ross, 57, married to David Ross, cooper. Parents: James Lindsay, ship-carpenter, deceased; Margaret Forsyth, previously Lindsay, MS Ross, deceased. Informant: James Ross, son, Central Fire Station, on the 16th Apr 1914 at Old Aberdeen.