Isabella Eadie Kinross1

#2032, (1857 - )
FatherJohn Kinross1 (1822 - 1916)
MotherElizabeth Graham Stirling1 (1830 - 1922)
RelationshipsGreat-granddaughter of John Kinross
3rd great-granddaughter of James Graham
2nd great-granddaughter of William Reid
Extended Family
ChartsJohn Kinross & Helen Dawson - collapsible 6-generation descendant chart
James Graham & Agnes Finlayson - collapsible 7-generation descendant chart
William Reid & Lilias Sharp - collapsible 5-generation descendant chart
Michael Stirling & Elizabeth Monteith - collapsible 6-generation descendant chart

Children of Isabella Eadie Kinross and Thomas Kyle

Life Events

NoteIsabella Eadie Kinross was named for her paternal grandmother, Isabella Eadie. This followed the traditional Scottish naming pattern as she was the second daughter born to John Kinross & Elizabeth Graham Stirling. 
BirthShe was born on 20 Apr 1857 in Gannochan, Muthill, Perthshire.
Details from register: Isabella Eadie, born at 5h AM, daughter of John Kinross farmer & Elizabeth Graham Kinross maiden surname Stirling. The informant was John Kinross father, present. Registered 25 April 1857 at Muthill.1 
(with Parents) 1861 CensusShe appeared on the 1861 Census of Muthill, Perthshire with her parents. Isabella was 3 and born in Ardoch.2 
(In) Photograph A four generation photograph taken by Alexander Crowe, photographer in Stirling in 1863. The stamped receipt indicated that they purchased 5 copies in Gilt Frames for £3/14 and 12 Cartes de Visite for 15/-.3
Research Note Not enumerated with the family in the 1871 census.4 
(with Parents) 1881 CensusShe appeared on the 1881 Census of Ardoch, Perthshire with her parents. Isabella E was 22, unmarried, farmers daughter, and born in Ardoch.5 
1891 CensusSiblings Isabella Kinross and James Kinross appeared on the 1891 Census of Kingsbury, Warwickshire, at Flanders Hall. James Stirling was single, age 26, a Farmer, employer, and was born in Scotland. His sister Isabella was single, age 28, living on her own means, and was born in Scotland. They had a general servant and a farm servant in the household.6 
(Witness) Marriage Isabella Eadie Kinross witnessed the marriage of her brother James Stirling Kinross and Emily Hull on 30 Sep 1891 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire.7 
MarriageIsabella Eadie Kinross married Thomas Kyle on 29 Mar 1893 in Hillend Farm, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire.8
 
Newspaper Published 31 Mar 1893 in the Glasgow Herald.
Marriages. Kyle - Kinross. - At Hillend House, Clackmannan on the 29th inst., by the Rev. A.J. Robertson, B.D., parish minister of Clackmannan, Thomas Kyle, C.E., Dundee, to Isabella, second daughter of John Kinross, J.P.8
 
Note.Isabella was Thomas' third wife. First he married Maria Morris with whom he had 2 children, then Margaret Reid Stewart with whom he had 10 children, then Isabella with whom he had 3 more.9 
1901 CensusThomas and Isabella appeared on the 1901 Census of Ferry Port on Craig, Fife, at West Lights. Thomas was 60, a retired Civil Engineer, birthplace Glasgow. Isabella was 42 and born in Muthil. With them were Thomas' children from his first marriage Elizabeth (21), Margaret Jane (17), James B (15), John B (11), and his children with Isabella: Donald Alexr (7), Mary Helen (5), and Andrew W (3). Elizabeth was a clerkess and the rest, excepting Andrew, were scholars.10 
1911 CensusThomas and Isabella Kyle appeared on the 1911 Census of Ferry Port on Craig, Fife, at West Lights. Thomas was 70, a Civil Engineer on pension, connected with Harbour Trust, birthplace Glasgow. Isabella was 51 and born in Ardoch. Their children at home were Mary Helen (15) and Andrew W (13, occupation school).
The Kyles had been married 18 years, Isabella was the mother of 3 children, all still living, and the family lived in a home that had 9 rooms with windows.11 
(Heir) WillIsabella was named an heir in the will of Elizabeth Graham Stirling or Kinross dated 17 Aug 1916 in Causewayhead. Daughter Isabella was to receive shares of Nobel’s Explosives Ltd and in the Bridge of Allan Tramways Company Limited. She was also bequeathed the sewed chair, "my mother-in-laws" [Isabella Eadie] table and the Chest of drawers in the Kitchen. The three daughters were to divide the jewellery equally. The furniture was to be divided equally among the daughters and their brother Donald Alexander, then the residue of the estate among the daughters.12 
Last Edited30 Jun 2012

Citations

  1. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. Muthill 1857/19.
  2. [S152] 1861 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm), Ardoch (328B), ED 9, page 9.
  3. [S1502] Photograph of Mrs Reid, Mrs Stirling, Mrs Kinross and Miss Kinross, taken by Alexander Crowe, 33 Murray Place, Stirling, 1863 (John Chisholm, 2008).
  4. [S155] 1871 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm), Ardoch.
  5. [S246] 1881 Census for England, Scotland, and Wales (Family History Library, on CD), Vol 328-B, ed 1, p 1.
  6. [S572] 1891 Census for England & Wales, RG12/2211 ed11 f80 p6. Image viewed at Ancestry.
  7. [S156] Microfilm of the Parish Register of Kingsbury, Warwickshire, 1875-1961, FHL film#1067474. Marriage of J.S.Kinross and Emily Hull, 1891.
  8. [S1449] Glasgow Herald (Scotland), Friday, March 31, 1893; Issue 77. image online at 19th Century British Library Newspapers, a Gale digital collection.
  9. [S2442] E-mails from Robynne Brown to J Kolthammer.
  10. [S758] Image of the 1901 Census for Scotland (Scotland's People, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk), Fife, Ferry Port On Craig (429), ED 1, Page 12.
  11. [S2522] Image of the 1911 Census for Scotland (Scotland's People, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk), Fife, Ferry Port On Craig (429), ED 1, Page 19.
  12. [S1489] Settlement & Inventory of Elizabeth Graham Stirling or Kinross of Causewayhead, 17 August 1916, proved 12 June 1922 (National Archives of Scotland, SC44/44/61 pp176-182).
  13. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. Alexander Kyle, 1894/310/77, Parish of Monifieth, County of Forfar.
  14. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. Mary Helen Kyle, 1895/310/176, Parish of Monifieth, County of Forfar.
  15. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. Andrew Wingate Kyle, 1897/429/57, Parish of Ferry-Port-on-Craig, County of Fife.