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Alexander Ross 1755–1855 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Nov 1755

Birth Location: Birse, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland

Death Date: 17 Feb 1855

Death Location: Knows, Birse, Scotland

Father: Alexandre 7

Mother: Helen reid

Spouse(s): Anne Harper

Children(s): Mary Ross, Robert Ross, Jane Ross, Peter Ross, Barbara Ross, Alexander Ross, Archibald Ross, Andrew Ross, Francis Ross, Margaret Ross, Elizabeth Ross, Hugh Ross, Joseph Ross, Mary Ross, Anne Ross, David Ross, Helen Ross

In 1755, Alexander Ross entered the world in Birse, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland, born to Alexandre Ross Laird Of Easter Ferne Canada Grandfather 7 And Helen Reid. Alexander Ross married Anne Patricia Harper, and had children including Alexander Ross, Andrew Ross, Anne Ross, Archibald Ross, Barbara Ross, David Ross, Elizabeth Ross, Francis Ross, Helen Ross, Hugh Ross, Jane Ross, Joseph Ross, Margaret Ross, Mary Ann Ross, Mary Ross, Peter Ross, Robert Ross. Alexander Ross passed away in 1855 in Knows, Birse, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1755, Alexander Ross entered the world in Birse, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland, born to Alexandre Ross Laird Of Easter Ferne Canada Grandfather 7 And Helen Reid.
  • Alexander Ross married Anne Patricia Harper, and had children including Alexander Ross, Andrew Ross, Anne Ross, Archibald Ross, Barbara Ross, David Ross, Elizabeth Ross, Francis Ross, Helen Ross, Hugh Ross, Jane Ross, Joseph Ross, Margaret Ross, Mary Ann Ross, Mary Ross, Peter Ross, Robert Ross.
  • Alexander Ross passed away in 1855 in Knows, Birse, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

Alexandre 7
1725–1791
Birth Location: Bolton, East Lothian, Scotland, United immigrant
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Helen reid
1725–1779
Birth Location: Gladsmuir, Haddington, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Anne Harper
1750–1841
Birth Location: Mill of Bethel, Old Meldrum, Kincardineshire
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Children(s)

Mary Ross
1771–1853
Birth Location: Goukstyle, (near Birse)
MR
Robert Ross
1780–1881
Birth Location: Scotland
RR
Jane Ross
1790–
Birth Location: Birse Aberdeenshire
JR
Peter Ross
1794–
Birth Location: –
PR
Barbara Ross
1788–1854
Birth Location: Birse, , Aber, Scotland
BR
Alexander Ross
1778–1857
Birth Location: Birse, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
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Archibald Ross
1793–1859
Birth Location: Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Andrew Ross
1774–1859
Birth Location: Birse, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
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Francis Ross
1776–1855
Birth Location: Goukstyle, Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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Margaret Ross
1782–1804
Birth Location: Goukstyle,(near Birse)Scotland.
MR
Elizabeth Ross
1788–
Birth Location: Scotland
ER
Hugh Ross
1791–1815
Birth Location: Skye Isle, Inverness-shire, , Scotland
HR
Joseph Ross
1794–1862
Birth Location: Birse, aberdeenshire
JR
Mary Ross
1786–1855
Birth Location: Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
MR
Anne Ross
1771–1851
Birth Location: Goukstyle, Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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David Ross
1791–
Birth Location: Birse, abdnsh
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Helen Ross
–1862
Birth Location: –
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Alexander Ross's Ancestors

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Alexander Ross
1755–1855
Birth Place: Birse, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
Parents
Alexandre Ross * Laird of Easter Ferne * canada Grandfather 7
1725–1791
Bolton, East Lothian, Scotland, United immigrant
Helen reid
1725–1779
Gladsmuir, Haddington, Scotland
Grandparents
William (Ross * immigrant Canada Grandfather) 8
1684–1727
Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland
Agnes (Tod) Hunter
1696–1732
Prestonkirk, , E Lothian, Scotland
Isabella McGall
1710–1739
Yester, East Lothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Ross's Descendants

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Alexander Ross (16 Nov 1755–17 Feb 1855) m. Anne (Patricia) Harper (15 April 1750–before 1841)
  1. 1. Mary (Ann) Ross 1771–1853 m. William (Birss OR James) Birss 1778–1849
    1. 1. Anne Birse 1816–1889 m. William (Hepburn) millwright 1817–1883
      1. 1. Andrew (Hepburn I,) (Tailor) 1846–1913 m. Euphemia Kirk 1846–1889
        1. 1. William (Hepburn) (Tailor) 1869–1944 m. Agnes (Anderson Blair,) (Dressmaker) 1869–1936
        2. 2. Archibald (Kirk Hepburn (Died an) infant) 1875–1876
        3. 3. Ann (Hepburn (Died near 3) years) 1882–1889
        4. 4. John (Paul Hepburn (Died near 2) yrs) 1887–1889
        5. 5. Baby (Hepburn (Died an) infant) 1889–1889
        6. 6. James Hepburn 1885–1954 m. Isabella Kirk 1885–1956
        7. 7. Andrew Hepburn 1873–1938 m. Mary MacFadyen 1884–1951 m. Janet (Hughes) Kirk 1875–1957 m. Helen (Henderson Dunbar) Campbell 1872–1895
        8. 8. Janet (Hughes Hepburn, (Died near 19) years) 1877–1896
        9. 9. David (Kirk Hepburn (Died near 24) years) 1871–1895
        10. 10. Matthew (Hepburn (Died near 11) years) 1879–1890
      2. 2. Joseph (Hepburn (Coal Miner, Paper Mill Worker and) Labourer) 1857–1933 m. Isabella IZATT 1856–1946 m. Robina Black 1861–1930
        1. 1. Robert (Brown Izatt) Hepburn 1880–1962 m. Mary Hanley 1884–1968
        2. 2. John Hepburn 1890–1972
        3. 3. Annie (Clarke) Hepburn 1893–1933
        4. 4. Margaret Hepburn 1895–
        5. 5. Joseph Hepburn 1897–
        6. 6. James (Izatt) Hepburn 1875–
        7. 7. William Hepburn 1884–
        8. 8. Catherine (Blake) Hepburn 1898–1899
        9. 9. Jos Hepbur 1878–1955
        10. 10. Robina (Blake) Hepburn 1903–1963
      3. 3. John Hepburn 1854–1916 m. Magdalene Deas 1858–1924
        1. 1. Janet Hepburn 1884–
        2. 2. Georgina (DEAS or) HEPBURN 1902–
        3. 3. Magdalene (Galloway) Hepburn 1875–1954
        4. 4. Annie Hepburn 1878–1879
        5. 5. Hepburn 1873–
      4. 4. Ann Hepburn 1848– m. Archibald Kirk 1851–
        1. 1. Euphemia Kirk 1880–
        2. 2. Janet Kirk 1876–
        3. 3. Margaret Kirk 1878–
        4. 4. Mary (Hepburn) Kirk 1881–
        5. 5. David Kirk 1883–
        6. 6. William Kirk 1887–
        7. 7. Christina Kirk 1891–
        8. 8. Jemima Kirk 1894–
      5. 5. James Hepburn 1851–1932 m. Euphemia (Cairns) Hughes 1857–1908
        1. 1. Christina (Lyall) Hepburn 1877–1903
        2. 2. Euphemia (Matthewson) Hepburn 1880–1933
        3. 3. Margaret Hepburn 1881–
        4. 4. James Hepburn 1884–1963
        5. 5. Agnes (Murdoch) Hepburn 1885–1969
        6. 6. William Hepburn 1887–
        7. 7. Jane ((Jeanie)) Hepburn 1891–1969 m. George Allison –1949
        8. 8. John (William) Hepburn 1892–1940 m. Marion (Allan Douglas) Brown 1900–1954
        9. 9. Mary Hepburn 1896–
        10. 10. Jammima Hepburn 1900–
        11. 11. George Hepburn 1889–
        12. 12. Annie Hepburn 1898–
      6. 6. Margaret Hepburn 1839–1909 m. George Elder 1838–1901
        1. 1. Margaret Elder 1870–
        2. 2. Jessie (Fisher) Elder 1881–
        3. 3. George Elder 1860–1929
        4. 4. Euphemia Elder 1866–1867
        5. 5. William Elder 1863–1881
        6. 6. Alexander Elder 1872–1872
        7. 7. Anne Elder 1858–1922
        8. 8. Mary (Hepburn) Elder 1868–1906
        9. 9. Christina Elder 1877–
        10. 10. David (Beveridge) Elder 1873–1957
      7. 7. Mary Hepburn 1844–1916 m. David Hepburn 1844–1883
        1. 1. David Hepburn 1870–1882
        2. 2. Annie Hepburn 1872–
        3. 3. Margaret (Maggie) Hepburn 1878–1941 m. Robert Brockie 1875–1948
        4. 4. William Hepburn 1876–
        5. 5. James (H) Hepburn 1865–1925
        6. 6. Robert Hepburn 1866–
        7. 7. Isabella Hepburn 1868–
        8. 8. Betsy Hepburn 1872–
        9. 9. Elizabeth Hepburn 1878–
        10. 10. Devina Hepburn 1880–
        11. 11. Mary (Ann) Hepburn 1870–
      8. 8. Francis Hepburn 1853–1921 m. Catherine Black 1853–1911
        1. 1. Catherine Hepburn 1894–1967
        2. 2. Francis Hepburn 1888–1966
        3. 3. Johan (Hooper) Hepburn 1874–1957
        4. 4. Margaret ((Maggie)) Hepburn 1879–1959
        5. 5. William Hepburn 1883–1911
        6. 6. John Hepburn 1886–
      9. 9. Euphemia Hepburn 1854–
      10. 10. George Hepburn 1857–
      11. 11. David Hepburn 1841–1913 m. Ann Glennie 1833–1886 m. Janet Cook 1853–1928
        1. 1. George (Elder) Hepburn 1863–1928 m. Elizabeth Campbell 1868–1943
        2. 2. Thomas Hepburn 1857–1936 m. Jemima (Hutchison) Cuthbert 1856–1913
        3. 3. William Hepburn 1859–1936
        4. 4. David Hepburn 1860–1935
        5. 5. Andrew Hepburn 1862–1879
        6. 6. Ann Hepburn 1866–1949
        7. 7. Francis Hepburn 1868–1871
        8. 8. Catherine Hepburn 1871–
        9. 9. John Hepburn 1874–
        10. 10. Isabella Hepburn 1880–
        11. 11. Margaret Hepburn 1872–
        12. 12. Elizabeth Hepburn 1889–1970
        13. 13. Joseph Hepburn 1890–1960
        14. 14. Archie (C) Page 1876–1948
        15. 15. Andrew Page 1878–1895
      12. 12. William Hepburn 1842–1916 m. Janet ("Jessie") Wallace 1835–1890 m. Barbara Thomson 1845–1913
        1. 1. Janet Hepburn 1863–1907
        2. 2. William Hepburn 1865–1942
        3. 3. James Hepburn 1866–1930
        4. 4. Anne (Birse) Hepburn 1868–1949 m. Alexander Elder 1868–1912 m. Adam (Dickson) Meek 1865–1935
        5. 5. Margaret ((Maggie) Hepburn) (Maggie) 1870–1906 m. George Fowlis 1869–1952
        6. 6. John Hepburn 1880–
        7. 7. James Morrison 1884–
        8. 8. Frederick Morrison 1879–
        9. 9. Archibald (Anderson) Morrison 1885–
        10. 10. Margaret Morrison 1881–
        11. 11. Margaret Morrison 1881–
      13. 13. Frances Hepburn 1852–1921
    2. 2. Alexander Birss 1816–1837
    3. 3. Jannet Birss 1806–1861
    4. 4. Isabella Birss 1805–1870
    5. 5. James Birse 1814–1841
    6. 6. James Birse 1813–1902
    7. 7. Jane ((Jean)) Birse 1827–1886
    8. 8. Andrew Birse 1824–1910
    9. 9. Elizabeth Birse 1810–1891 m. Joseph Coutts 1805–1877
      1. 1. Joseph Coutts 1825–1892
      2. 2. Margaret Coutts 1854–1932
      3. 3. Isabella (Forbes) Coutts 1848–1923
      4. 4. Jean ((Jane) Couts) (Coutts) 1838–1899
      5. 5. Andrew Coutts 1845–1923
      6. 6. Helen Coutts 1851–1853
      7. 7. George Coutts 1842–1907
      8. 8. Archibald Coutts 1832–1900
      9. 9. John Coutts 1840–1911
      10. 10. William Coutts 1825–1897
      11. 11. Isabella Coutts 1850–
    10. 10. Alexander (Syman) Birse 1818–1897
    11. 11. Janet Birse 1812–1870
    12. 12. Joseph Birse 1829–1913
    13. 13. Isabel Birse 1822–1855
    14. 14. Francis Birse 1806–1880
    15. 15. William Birse 1814–1888 m. Helen Sherrat 1818–1872
      1. 1. Alexander Birse 1862–1896
      2. 2. Mary (Ann) Birse 1857–1930
      3. 3. Joseph (Sherret) Birse 1865–1925
      4. 4. William Birse 1843–1887 m. Helen Webster 1851– m. Jane Addison 1844–1876
        1. 1. Andrew Birse 1879–
        2. 2. Mary Birse 1880–
        3. 3. Alfred Birse 1871–1895
        4. 4. Robert (Addison) BIRSE 1868–1940
        5. 5. James (Wood) BIRSE 1875–
        6. 6. Arthur (William) BIRSE 1872–1890
        7. 7. William BIRSE 1867–1868
        8. 8. Maggie Birse 1868–
        9. 9. Jane Birse 1869–
        10. 10. Bella Birse 1873–
        11. 11. Alexander Birse 1875–
        12. 12. Joseph Birse 1877–
        13. 13. Agnes Birse 1884–
      5. 5. James (Lumsden) Birse 1849–1902
      6. 6. John Birse 1851–1887
      7. 7. George (Wallace) Birse 1853–1864
      8. 8. Margaret Birse 1856–1922
      9. 9. Alexander Birse 1868–
      10. 10. Francis Birse 1859–1930
      11. 11. David (Hamilton) Birse 1847–1929 m. Eliza (Mary) Titterington 1851–1915
        1. 1. John Birse 1877–
        2. 2. Ethel Birse 1876–1936
        3. 3. Louis Birse 1882–1954
        4. 4. Walter (Seymour) Birse 1884–1954
        5. 5. May Birse 1885–1952
        6. 6. Nellie Birse 1886–1954
        7. 7. William Birse 1888–1888
        8. 8. Arthur Birse 1881–1919
        9. 9. Gertrude (May Birse Maud) Hindson 1879–1929
        10. 10. Oswald Birse 1890–1936
        11. 11. Winifred Birse 1891–1958 m. Frederick (W) Huntley 1877–
        12. 12. Harold Birse 1893–
      12. 12. Andrew Birse 1845–1871 m. Jessica (Christie) Blacklaws 1842–
        1. 1. William (Birse) ++ 1866–1947 m. * (Grace McCLYMONT G -) GA 1864–1950
        2. 2. Andrew Birse 1872–1949
        3. 3. Lizzie Birse 1869–
        4. 4. Jessie Birse 1870–
    16. 16. Barbara Birse 1820–1864
    17. 17. David Birse 1846–
    18. 18. Francis Birse 1860–
    19. 19. Isobel Birse 1822–
    20. 20. Mary Coutts 1836–1934
    21. 21. Alexander Coutts 1829–1838
  2. 2. Robert Ross 1780–1881
  3. 3. Jane Ross 1790–
  4. 4. Peter Ross 1794–
  5. 5. Barbara Ross 1788–1854
  6. 6. Alexander Ross 1778–1857
  7. 7. Archibald Ross 1793–1859
  8. 8. Andrew Ross 1774–1859
  9. 9. Francis Ross 1776–1855
  10. 10. Margaret Ross 1782–1804
  11. 11. Elizabeth Ross 1788–
  12. 12. Hugh Ross 1791–1815
  13. 13. Joseph Ross 1794–1862
  14. 14. Mary Ross 1786–1855
  15. 15. Anne Ross 1771–1851
  16. 16. David Ross 1791–
  17. 17. Helen Ross –1862

Alexander Ross's Timeline

2 Records

1755
16 Nov 1755
Birth of Alexander Ross in Birse, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
Birse, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
1855
17 Feb 1855
Age 100
Death of Alexander Ross in Knows, Birse, Scotland
Knows, Birse, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 Nov 1755
    Event Place: Birse, Aberdeenshire, , Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 17 Feb 1855
    Event Place: Knows, Birse, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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