Alexander Ross

abt 1813 - 1900  (~ 87 years)

• Name	Alexander Ross  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	abt 1813	Scotland   [2, 3, 4]
  	son of John Ross (born est. 1783), prize-winning gardener to the Duke of Atholl. [5]
  Occupation	Dec 1841	Grocer  [1]
  Residence	Dec 1841	198 Canongate, Edinburgh   [1]
  Marriage	14 Dec 1841	Old Church, Edinburgh   [1]
  	Helen Hammond Coe,   b. abt 1815, Dereham ,   d. abt May 1878, Lambeth
  Occupation	Mar 1851	Collector of Gas Rates  [2]
  Residence	Mar 1851	36 Walcot Square, Kennington   [2]
  Occupation	Apr 1861	Collector Gas Rents  [3]
  Residence	Apr 1861	54 Walcot Square, Kennington   [3]
  Occupation	Apr 1871	Collector of Gas Rates  [4]
  Residence	Apr 1871	5 Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington   [4]
  Occupation	Apr 1881	Gas Rent Collector  [6]
  Residence	Apr 1881	5 Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington   [6]
  	also resid: Louisa, dau, 24 b Lambeth; Charles, son, 22 b Lambeth, asst gas rent collector; John Milliken, visitor [future son-in-law], 34 b Ireland, African merchant clerk
  Marriage	abt May 1884	Lambeth ; Mary Warren, b Plymouth abt 1858, d Wandsworth abt 1899  [7]
  	her identity not confirmed; listed in Apr 1891 census as Mary Ross, age 33 b Plymouth; possibly = Mary Ross death reg Wandsworth 3Q1899 age 41; not identified in 1901 or 1911 census; not an executor of her husband's will Apr 1900; believed to be Mary Warren, birth reg Plymouth 1Q1857; dau of William George Warren, b Oreston, Devon abt 1823, brewers labourer; resid Apr 1881 at 29 Dulwich Rd, Lambeth, age 24 b Plymouth, general servant in household of Joseph Charles Frost, warehouseman.
  Occupation	Apr 1891	Retired Gas Collector  [8]
  	asthmatic [8]
  Residence	Apr 1891	20 Kingswood Rd, Clapham, Surrey   [8]
  	also res: wife Mary, 33 b Plymouth; grandson Arthur, 6 b Streatham
  Death	28 Jan 1900	20 Kingswood Rd, Clapham, Surrey   [9, 10]
  Probate	24 Apr 1900	London ; £291 11s. 1d.  [10]
  	Ross Alexander of 20 Kingswood-road Clapham-park Surrey died 28 January 1900 Probate London to Louisa Hammond Tatham (wife of Ernest John Tatham) and the said Ernest John Tatham surgeon Effects £291 11s. 1d. [NPC]
  Person ID	I3146	Tatham | Morris branch | Parent of spouse
  Last Modified	30 May 2019

  
  

  Family	Helen Hammond Coe,   b. abt 1815, Dereham ,   d. abt May 1878, Lambeth  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Marriage	14 Dec 1841	Old Church, Edinburgh   [1]
  	separate church within St Giles' Cathedral
  Notes	for detailed information about the Ross family see Ross Soper Stock Wittmann tree online at ancestry.com, created by Jennifer A Stock also res Mar 1851: his father John, wid, gardener, 68 b Scotland; son William, 8 b Westminster; son Hugh, 6 b Pimlico; dau Helen, 3 b Westminster; son Alexander, 1 b Lambeth; visitor Morey Sendall, civil engineer, 29 b Norfolk (Mattishall). also res Apr 1861: son Alexander, 11 b Lambeth; son Charles, 2 b Lambeth. also res Apr 1871: dau Helen, 23 b St Martins; son Charles, 12 b St Mary, slightly blind, two broken legs, deaf one side. son William Ross, birth reg Westminster 1Q1843; marriage reg Lambeth 4Q1868 to Elizabeth Osborne Harnett (1842-1910); emigrated to USA Sep 1870; resid St Louis, MO; well-known sculptor (incl statue of Urania, formerly on St Louis Mutual Life Insurance Building, acquired in 2011 by Building Arts Foundation, Sauget, IL); died in his mid-30s; widow married his brother Alexander. [JS] son Hugh Ross, b Pimlico 03 Mar 1845; d Seattle 06 May 1909. Extracts from his biographical note of 1903: Career [summary]: emigrated to Canada abt 1859 aged 14; at high school Hamilton, ON; moved to USA 1863; studied medicine at Hahnemann College, Chicago, from 1874; at Chicago Homeopathic College from 1875; MD degree 1880; listed Jun 1880 as physician at Gibson, IL, resid with 1st wife Mary [O. McGillivray], age 20 b VA; homesteader at Huron, SD, 1881-1888; in practice at Tacoma, WA, 1888-1895; divorce suit filed by Mary at Seattle, Dec 1894; moved to California 1895; served as naval surgeon from 1898 during & after Spanish-American War; practised medicine in Manila; married Rita Gabaretta in 1900; 1 child as of 1903; then practising & resid Paso Robles, CA. Family [verbatim, incl suspected inaccuracies]: A native of London, England, Dr. Ross was born March 3, 1845, a son of Alexander and Mary [née Coe] Ross, natives respectively of Edinburgh, Scotland, and England. The paternal grandfather was born in Scotland, and during his entire active life was superintendent gardener for the Duke of Arthol [Atholl/Athole]. Alexander Ross was receiver for London Gas, Light and Coke Company, and in return for years of faithful service was pensioned by the company up to the time of his death at the age of eighty-six years. His wife, whose father was born in Wales, and became a farmer in England, lived to be over ninety years of age. [final sentence not yet reconciled with any known sources] [James Miller Guinn, History of the State of California; Chicago: Chapman Publishing Co., 1903; pp. 545-6]. son Alexander Ross, birth reg Lambeth 4Q1849; marr Elizabeth Osborne Harnett, widow of his brother William; manager with Laclede Gas Light Company, St Louis, MO; after Elizabeth's death moved to Los Angeles & was general manager for gas operation in City of Vernon; moved to Mexico City, general manager of Mexican National Gas Co in 1910. [5] son Charles Ross, b abt 1859, is said to have embezzled lots of money. The Pinkertons chased him all the way to St. Louis and arrested him 30 Dec 1894. He was sentenced to 18 months of hard labor. [5]
  Children	+ 1. Louisa Hammond Ross,   b. abt May 1856, Kennington ,   d. 06 Jan 1930, Holly Brake, Tilmore, Petersfield  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Documents		Alexander Ross & Helen Coe Marriage register
  Last Modified	11 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F0834	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, Edinburgh Old Church, 14 Dec 1841. OPR marriages 685/01670 0038 Edinburgh [S01] Census, UK, 1851. age 38 b Scotland [S01] Census, UK, 1861. age 48 b Scotland [S01] Census, UK, 1871. age 58 b Scotland [S03] Family Members, JS. [S01] Census, UK, 1881. age 68 b Scotland [S02] BMD Index, marriage reg Lambeth, 2Q1884. [S01] Census, UK, 1891. age 79 b Scotland [S02] BMD Index, death reg Wandsworth, 1Q1900. age 89 [S14] National Probate Calendar.