Isabella Annie Kinross1

#1284, (1903 - 1984)
FatherJames Stirling Kinross2 (1864 - 1954)
MotherEmily Hull2,1 (1870 - 1921)
Relationships2nd great-granddaughter of John Kinross
4th great-granddaughter of James Graham
3rd 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
Michael Stirling & Elizabeth Monteith - collapsible 6-generation descendant chart

Children of Isabella Annie Kinross and William Robinson Kennedy
  • John Kennedy20
  • Diane Kennedy20
  • Billie Kennedy20

Life Events

CalledIsabella Annie Kinross went by the name of Nancy. 
BirthShe was born on 11 Aug 1903 in Harefield, Middlesex.2,3
 
BaptismShe was baptized on 25 Dec 1904 in Kingsbury, Warwickshire. Their abode was Hurley.1 
(Listed) Passenger ListI Annie, age 7, was found on an outgoing passenger manifest with her parents JS and Emily Kinross on 24 Mar 1911 However, she did not make the trip with her family but followed later.4,5
1911 CensusIsabel Annie Kinross appeared as a visitor on the 1911 Census of Lea Marston, Warwickshire, at Blackgreaves, enumerated 2 Apr 1911. She was 7 years old, born in Harefield, Middlesex, and was with her mother's sister and her husband, Mary and Adam Dale.6 
Passenger ListIsabella A Kinross was listed on the passenger arrivals manifest dated 20 Jul 1911 for the SS Empress of Ireland from Liverpool to Quebec. She was age 7, born in England, religion Church of England, and was travelling with the Frost family to Sedgwick Alta. This was the same ship her parents and sister were on in March.7
Isabella A Kinross
Passenger List
20 July 1911
Note.Nancy (Isabella Annie), who was 7 years old, had to remain in England while the rest of her family sailed to Canada. Health inspectors found a problem [likely ringworm, although some family stories say chickenpox] and she sailed in August, accompanied by the Frost family from Northumberland. The travellers landed in Quebec, took the Coronation train to Calgary, stayed at the CPR hotel, then took a train to Red Deer which took them as far as Sedgewick as there was no station in Lougheed yet. Her parents James & Emily met the train in the evening. 
(See) WebLinkThe Empress of Ireland sank in the St Lawrence River in May of 1914. Accounts of the disaster can be read at the Great Oceanliners website, on wikipedia, and at PBS. 
(with Parents) 1916 CensusAnnie Isibel appeared on the 1916 Census of Asquith Municipality, Alberta with her parents. She was 12 years old, born in England, Anglican, and immigrated in 1911. Her sister Ellie was a nurse in Edmonton and her brother Cecil was serving overseas.8 
(Witness) MarriageMiss Nancy Kinross was a bridesmaid at the marriage of George Arthur Edward Kelman and Elizabeth Stirling Kinross on 21 Oct 1919 in All Saints Anglican Church, Lougheed, Alberta. She was described as the sister of the bride.9 
Photograph
Nancy Kinross and the Lougheed Basketball Team
(with Father) 1921 CensusAnnie Kinross appeared on the 1921 Census of Asquith Municipality, Alberta with her father. She was 17, born in England, and immigrated in 1911. Her mother was ill and staying with her daughter, Annie's sister Ellie.11 
(Mentioned) ObituaryNancy was mentioned in her mother's 9 Jun 1921 obituary. It was noted that Nancy had been attending High School in Edmonton.12 
Newspaper Published 29 Sep 1921 in the Sedgewick Sentinal.

PROMINENT LOUGHEED GIRL IS WINNER OF FIRST PRIZE IN ART COMPETITION
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Miss Nancy Kinross of Green Valley, Lougheed, has been successful in winning a first prize in the McDougall Art Competition in Edmonton with a book cover design entitled "Soldier Settlement in Alberta." The competition was open to all Edmonton High School students in Grades IX and X. John A McDougall of Edmonton has donated prizes amounting to $100 per year for the encouragement of art in grades IX and X of the Edmonton High Schools. The prizes have been awarded in the Second Annual Art Competition and the work as a whole was considered to be in advance of the 1920 competition.

Three classes of work were open for competition, viz:
Landscape in color, typical of Alberta
Pen and ink rendering of historic building or group of relics of Alberta, and a Book Cover design, such as might be published by the Historical Society of Alberta.

It was in the latter class that Miss Kinross proved herself the winner, and for which her many friends in Lougheed and Edmonton offer their congratulations, accompanied with good wishes for the further development of this talent of which she possesses no small amount.

The committee of judges that awarded the prizes consisted of: G F Manning, Normal School, Edmonton; Mrs I F Terry, Art Supervisor, Medicine Hat; Miss E M Shepherd, Art Specialist, Calgary; and J G Sinclair, Technical School, Edmonton.

Miss Kinross' work of art has become the property of the Historical Society of Alberta.13
 
MarriageIsabella Annie Kinross married William Robinson Kennedy on 16 Jan 1927 in Christ Church, Fernie, British Columbia.
Information from certificate: William was a Traveller, bachelor, 29, Presbyterian, residence Calgary, born Arthur Ontario, father David (?) born Arthur Ont, mother Isabella Emily Robinson born Fergus Ont
Annie Isobel was a spinster, occupation Housekeeping, age 23, Anglican, residence Lougheed Alta, born in England, father James Stirling Kinross born Scotland, mother Emily Hull born England. Witnesses were ??? & Alice E Oswald of Fernie B.C.14 
(Informant) DeathIsabella Annie Kinross registered the 1954 death of James Stirling Kinross.15 
(Mentioned) ObituaryShe was mentioned in James Stirling Kinross's 1954 obituary as daughter Mrs. Nancy Kennedy, with whom he had lived for five years.16
(In) PhotographNancy was photographed with Cecil John Kinross in 1956 in Manor Farm, Eton Wick, England. Also in the photo were sister Ellie and cousin James Kinross.17
(Informant) DeathMrs M Kennedy [sic] registered the 1957 death of her brother Cecil John Kinross, V.C. with Veterans Affairs. Her address was Suite #203, 1325 Davie Street, Vancouver.18 
(Widowed) DeathHer husband William died on 2 Mar 1959.19 
DeathAnnie Isabella Kennedy died on 2 Mar 1984 in Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, British Columbia.
Information from death certificate: usual residence 902-172 East 2nd St, North Vancouver, widowed from William Robinson Kennedy, born August 11, 1903 in Harefield England, age 80. Her father was James Stirling Kinross who was born in Oban Scotland, mother Emily Hull born Hurley England. The informant was her daughter Billie Boyd of North Vancouver.2 
Last Edited29 Jan 2014

Citations

  1. [S156] Microfilm of the Parish Register of Kingsbury, Warwickshire, 1875-1961, FHL film#1067474.
  2. [S1357] Death certificate of Annie Isabella Kennedy, died 2 March 1984, registered 8 March 1984 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #84-09-004667.
  3. [S387] FreeBMD. Isabella Annie Kinross, Dec Q 1903, Uxbridge RD.
  4. [S1237] Index to Passenger Lists, Leaving the UK, 1890-1960, compiled by Findmypast.com, London, England, 2007.
  5. [S1732] Webpage Norway-Heritage, Hands Across the Sea (http://www.norwayheritage.com/).
  6. [S1656] Image of the 1911 Census for England and Wales (1911 Census.co.uk, http://www.1911census.co.uk/), RG14 PN 14517, RD 386, SD 1, ED5, SN 1.
  7. [S1622] Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Library and Archives Canada images, viewed at Ancestry. RG76, T-4779.
  8. [S1731] 1916 Census for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Alberta, Victoria District (1), Subdistrict 43, Page 7.
  9. [S970] The Sedgewick Sentinel, 23 October 1919. Digital image online at Our Future, Our Past: Alberta Heritage Digitization Project.
  10. [S1733] Lougheed Women's Institute, Verdant Valleys: In and Around Lougheed (Lougheed, Alberta: Lougheed Women's Institute, 1972), viewed online at Our Roots / Nos Racines.
  11. [S2776] 1921 Census for Canada. Image from Library and Archives Canada viewed at Ancestry.com. Alberta, Victoria, Sub-District 3, Page 4.
  12. [S2862] Obituary of Mrs Kinross in Sedgewick Sentinal, 9 June 1921, page 1. Image of the paper viewed at ourfutureourpast.ca.
  13. [S970] The Sedgewick Sentinel, 21 September 1921. Digital image online at Our Future, Our Past: Alberta Heritage Digitization Project.
  14. [S699] Marriage certificate of William Robinson Kennedy and Annie Isobel Kinross, married 16 Jan 1927 in the Province of British Columbia, Certificate #27-09-327582.
  15. [S22] British Columbia Death Registration. James Stirling Kinross, #54-09-006849.
  16. [S1479] Obituary of J S Kinross in unknown newspaper (probably Prince Rupert, BC), 29 June 1954.
  17. [S1615] Information supplied by Alistair Kinross, April 1998.
  18. [S159] Edmonton Journal, 22 June 1957.
  19. [S22] British Columbia Death Registration. William Robinson Kennedy, #1959-09-003735.
  20. [S232] Jean Kolthammer (Vancouver), 1991.