Alexander Ross of Tarbolton
- Born: 1 Apr 1855, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland 2
- Married: 31 Dec 1880, Montgomerie St., Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland 1
- Died: 6 Jan 1933, Ayr County Hospital, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland 3
 Research Notes:
Alexander Thomson, illegitimate son of Mary Thomson, her second child, Ninian Thomson, grandfather, the informant.
Alexander adopted his father's family name.
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At the time of the 1891 Scotland Census Alexander Ross, aged 36, born in Tarbolton Ayrshire, shoemaker, and wife Jane, aged 35, born in Tarbolton, were living at 6 Back St., Tarbolton. With them were children (both born in Tarbolton): Mary (9), scholar, and Alexander (6), scholar. Alexander's mother, Mary Thomson (70) was staying.
At the time of the 1901 Scotland Census Alexander Ross, aged 46, born in Tarbolton, shoemaker, and wife Jane, aged 45, born in Tarbolton, were living at 6 Back St., Tarbolton. Present were son Hugh (4) of Tarbolton, mother Mary Thomson (80). Daughter Mary was working on James St., Tarbolton as a domestic servant for the family of Alexander & Annie Pinnock, and son Alex was working as a stable groom for Andrew & Margaret Blackwood at Barskinning Stables in Mauchline.
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Alexander Ross, shoemaker (jobbing) & postman (retired), widower of Jane Nesbit, usual residence 6 Back Street Tarbolton, son of Alexander Ross, farmer, deceased, and Mary Ross M.S. Thompson, deceased, died aged 78 years as a result of acute idiopathic peritonitis, Hugh Ross of 611b Green Hill Woolwich, informant.
Marriage Information:
Alexander married Jane Nisbet, daughter of Hugh Nisbet and Mary Ralston, on 31 Dec 1880 in Montgomerie St., Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland 1. (Jane Nisbet was born on 27 Jan 1856 in Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland and died on 4 Aug 1932 at 6 Back St., Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland, aged 76 years.)
Marriage Notes:
Alexander Ross, shoemaker, journeyman, bachelor, age 25, of Tarbolton, son of Alexander Ross, ploughman, and Mary Thomson, domestic servant, and
Jane Nisbet, silk napkin worker, spinster, age 24, of Tarbolton, daughter of Hugh Nisbet, silk weaver, and Mary Nisbet M.S. Ralston
Witnesses: James McNaught, Maggie Nisbet |
