Lewis James Kinross1

#4762, (1877 - 1955)
FatherThomas Kinross1 (c 1821 - 1913)
MotherMary Reid Stirling1 (1837 - 1926)
Relationships3rd great-grandson of James Graham
2nd great-grandson of William Reid
Extended Family
Served in WW1WW1
ChartsJames 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 Lewis James Kinross and Alice Pearl Porter

Life Events

BirthLewis James Kinross was born in 1877 in Ardoch, Perthshire.2
 
(with Parents) 1881 CensusLewis James appeared on the 1881 Census of Ardoch, Perthshire with his parents. He was 3 years old and born in Dunblane.1 
(with Parents) 1891 CensusLewis James appeared on the 1891 Census of Ardoch, Perthshire with his parents. He was 13, a scholar, and born in Ardoch.3 
Immigration He returned to Scotland after the Boer War and went to New Zealand in the early 1900s.4 
MarriageHe married Alice Pearl Porter on 1 Feb 1912 in Wellington, New Zealand.5,6
 
Photograph7
Lewis James Kinross & Alice Pearl Porter
on their wedding day, 1912
Newspaper Published 14 Feb 1912 in the Evening Post.

MARRIAGES
KINROSS--PORTER -- On the 1st February, 1912, at Vivian-street Baptist Church, Wellington, by the Rev. J.J. North, Lewis J Kinross, of Hastings, Hawkes Bay, to Alice Pearl, third daughter of Milton E Porter, Wellington.8
 
MilitaryLewis James Kinross was conscripted into the New Zealand Army Reserve in 1916. He was described as a salesman of 96 Marine Parade, Napier.9 
Photograph7
Lewis & Alice Kinross & children
Photograph7
Lewis James Kinross
New Zealand army
Photograph7
Lewis James & Alice Porter Kinross
(Widowed) DeathHis wife Alice died in 1930.10  
DeathLewis died in 1955 in New Zealand.11
 
Last Edited22 Apr 2015

Citations

  1. [S246] 1881 Census for England, Scotland, and Wales (Family History Library, on CD), Vol 328-B, ed 3, p 11.
  2. [S1484] Scotlands People Statutory Birth Index, 1855-2006 (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/), Ardoch District.
  3. [S257] 1891 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm).
  4. [S203] E-mails from Alastair Kinross to J Kolthammer.
  5. [S303] Website Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register (http://www.cwgc.org/), Colin John Kinross.
  6. [S2269] New Zealand Government Indexes to Marriages, at least 80 years ago, https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/, Lewis James Kinross & Alice Pearl Porter, #1912/1077.
  7. [S3126] E-mails from Michelle Kinross, New Zealand, to J Kolthammer.
  8. [S2379] [Wellington] Evening Post, Kinross-Porter marriage, 14 February 1912, Page 1. Digital image viewed on New Zealand Paper of the Past.
  9. [S2719] New Zealand Army WW1 Reserve Rolls, 1916-1917. Image viewed at ancestry.com. Original source: New Zealand Expeditionary Force Reserve – 1916-1919. Microfiche 1-23. BAB Microfilming, Auckland, New Zealand. Lewis James Kinross.
  10. [S1806] New Zealand Government Indexes to Deaths, at least 50 years ago or greater than age 80, https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/, Alice Pearl Kinross, age 42, #1930/9432.
  11. [S1806] New Zealand Government Indexes to Deaths, at least 50 years ago or greater than age 80, https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/, Lewis James Kinross, age 78, #1955/20412.
  12. [S203] E-mails from Alastair Kinross to J Kolthammer. letter from Thomas Milton Kinross, 1985.