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Catherine Ross1

ID#31656, (circa 1834 - 3 March 1876)
Catherine Ross|b. cir. 1834\nd. 3 Mar 1876|p31656.htm|Angus Ross|b. bef. 1814\nd. aft. 1866||Margaret McDonald|b. bef. 1827\nd. aft. 1866||||||||||||||
FatherAngus Ross2 b. bef. 1814, d. aft. 1866
MotherMargaret McDonald2 b. bef. 1827, d. aft. 1866
ChartsSINTON
     
     Catherine Ross was born cir. 1834 ?ROX, SCT, Possibly Ket Ross, chr 22 Dec 1836, Lairg, SUT as this was the only Catherine born to Angus Ross and Margaret anyone in the timeframe 1829-39 in Scotland on the igi.3,4
     Catherine Ross married Peter Slater, son of Robert Slater and Elspeth Sinton, on 9 Nov 1866 at 33 Abbotsford Pl, Tradeston, Glasgow, LKS, SCT, exact datefrom igi, confirmed by mar. cert which provides place detail: Dist 664/9 #478 where Peter Slater is described as a journeyman tailor, single, 20, s/o Robert Slater, salmon fisher and Elspeth m.s. Sinton, and new wife Catherine Ross as a dom. serv, single, 22, d/o Angus Ross, farmer and Margaret m.s. McDonald. Both were given as living 10 Crawford St, Glasgow. Wit: Thomas ?at?? (assumed to be Thomas Slater, brother of Peter) and Elizabeth Manderson.5,6,2,7
     Catherine Ross died on 3 Mar 1876 at North Fort St, Leith, Edinburgh, MLN, SCT; Catherine Ross or Slater, widow - pauper, parents names not mentioned , died March 3, 1876 at North Fort Street, Leith, age 42, CoD Bronchitis (1 year). Informant - illegible, occupation - porter.3
     Catherine Ross was likely to be ?SUT or ?ROX or ?LKS, SCT, on 30 Mar 1851. A brief timeline for this family shows a traumatic few years. Starting with the birth of dtr Margaret, nearly a month shy of their marriage in Nov 1866, followed by the births two years apart in 1868 and 1870 of two sons the family was complete. Tragedy seems to have struck early however as the eldest son, Robert, died Jun 1870 aged 2½ of tuberculosis which he had contracted a year earlier. Father Peter died, also of tuberculosis, a few weeks later in Jul 1870. This was 4 mths before the birth of their last son, Peter. Widow Catherine only outlived her husband by a few short years, dying of bronchitis in 1876. I suspect that the younger son also died young as I could not find him in the 1881 census aged 10, plus or minus 5 years. Margaret may have survived to marry however as I believe she was a nurserymaid aged 14 in 1881, by which time she would have been an orphan for 5 or 6 years.8

Family

Peter Slater (cir. 1847 - 3 Jul 1870)
Children
Last Edited27 Apr 2007

Citations

  1. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Death cert. 1870 Peter SLATER trans. Robert McC Sep 2002.
  2. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Mar. cert 1866 Peter SLATER to Catherine ROSS Dist 664/9 #478) trans. Stuart H. Oct 2002.
  3. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Death cert. 1876 Catherine SLATER nee ROSS, trans. Robert McC May 2003.
  4. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Batch C110532 1768-1854 0990575 Film 6902474, extracted Sep 2003.
  5. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Birth cert. 1870 Peter Angus SLATER Dist 804 #25 trans. Stuart H Oct 2002.
  6. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Dth cert. 1871 Peter SLATER trans. Robert McC Sep 2002.
  7. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Batch M119331 extracted Sep 2002.
  8. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Sep 2003.
  9. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Batch C119331 extracted Sep 2002.
  10. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Birth cert. 1866 Margaret SLATER Glasgow #1665 trans. Stuart H Oct 2002.
  11. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Birth cert. 1868 Robert SLATER St Boswells #19 trans. Stuart H Oct 2002.
  12. Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Batch C118041 extracted Sep 2002.
  13. GRO, SCT, BDM searches at GRO SCT: Dth cert 1871 Robert SLATER, transcr. Robert Mc C, Sep 2003.

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