Helen Hammond Coe

abt 1815 - abt 1878  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Helen Hammond Coe  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	surname spelled Cow in Edinburgh marriage register
  Birth	abt 1815	Dereham   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  	dau of Charles Coe, manufacturer in Norwich [2]
  Baptism	16 Nov 1815	St Nicholas, Dereham   [1]
  	parents Charles Robinson Coe and Mary Ann Dade
  Residence	Dec 1841	Taverham   [2]
  Marriage	14 Dec 1841	Old Church, Edinburgh
  	Alexander Ross,   b. abt 1813, Scotland ,   d. 28 Jan 1900, 20 Kingswood Rd, Clapham, Surrey
  Residence	Mar 1851	36 Walcot Square, Kennington   [3]
  Residence	Apr 1861	54 Walcot Square, Kennington   [4]
  Residence	Apr 1871	5 Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington   [5]
  Death	abt May 1878	Lambeth   [6, 7]
  Notes	not found in Norfolk in 1841 census [Helen / Norfolk / Dereham / 1816 etc] her father Charles Robinson Coe: effects were assigned in 1830 for the benefit of his creditors. [Norfolk Record Office]
  Person ID	I3147	Tatham | Morris branch | Parent of spouse
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2014

  
  

  Family	Alexander Ross,   b. abt 1813, Scotland ,   d. 28 Jan 1900, 20 Kingswood Rd, Clapham, Surrey  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Marriage	14 Dec 1841	Old Church, Edinburgh   [2]
  	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. [8] 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. [8]
  Children	+ 1. Louisa Hammond Ross,   b. abt May 1856, Kennington ,   d. 06 Jan 1930, Hollybrake, 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, baptisms, St Nicholas, East Dereham (IGI), 16 Nov 1815. [S06] Parish Registers, marriages, Edinburgh Old Church, 14 Dec 1841. OPR marriages 685/01670 0038 Edinburgh [S01] Census, UK, 1851. age 36 b E Dereham [S01] Census, UK, 1861. age 45 b Norfolk [S01] Census, UK, 1871. age 55 b Dereham [S02] BMD Index, death reg Lambeth, 2Q1878. Helen Hammond Ross age 62 [S01] Census, UK, 1881. husband widowed [S03] Family Members, JS.