John Kinross1,2

#2532, (1897 - )
FatherDonald Alexander Kinross1 (1867 - 1942)
MotherMargaret Alexander1 (c 1874 - 1911)
Relationships2nd great-grandson of John Kinross
4th great-grandson of James Graham
3rd great-grandson 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
John (Jock) Kinross
Scotland to Canada

Children of John Kinross
  • Donald Kinross1 ( - bt 1975 - 1980)
  • Carol Kinross1

Life Events

BirthJohn Kinross was born in 1897 in Hillend Farm, Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire.1,2
 
(with Parents) 1901 CensusJohn appeared on the 1901 Census of Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire with his parents. He was 3 and born in Clackmannan.3 
Passenger ListHe was listed on a Canadian Ocean arrivals form dated 20 Jun 1920 for the SS Megantic, arriving in Quebec. Details from the form: John Kinross, age 22, clerk, born in Clackmannan, Scotch, British citizenship, Presbyterian, never before lived in Canada, carrying $160, passage paid by the Dominion Bank Canada, intends to remain in Canada, destined to employer - Dominion Bank in Toronto, nearest relative father D A Kinross at Hillend Clackmannan.4 
Passenger ListHe was listed on a manifest dated 9 Mar 1935 for the SS Duchess of Bedford, arriving in Halifax from Liverpool. He was recorded as a returning Canadian travelling in Cabin Class, age 38, single, born in Clackmannan Scotland, had previously been in Canada from 1922 to 1935, going to the Royal York Hotel in Toronto, and held Passport #69906, issued in Ottawa on 6 Dec 1934
[The Duchess of Bedford was launched in 1928, served as a troopship in WW2, was renamed the Empress of India, then the Empress of France, and made 310 round voyages on the North Atlantic before being scrapped in 1960]
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SS Duchess of Bedford
Canadian Pacific Line
Last Edited2 Jun 2011

Citations

  1. [S1615] Information supplied by Alistair Kinross, April 1998.
  2. [S1484] Scotlands People Statutory Birth Index, 1855-2006 (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/).
  3. [S1218] Online index to the 1901 Census for Scotland (Ancestry.com) "Clackmannan ED 5, page 3, household 15."
  4. [S2138] Canada, Immigration Form 30A, 1919-1924, Library and Archives Canada (images viewed at ancestry.com) "John Kinross, 1920."
  5. [S1622] Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Library and Archives Canada images, viewed at Ancestry. RG76, T-14835.
  6. [S1732] Webpage Norway-Heritage, Hands Across the Sea (http://www.norwayheritage.com/).