John Kinross1

#390, (1822 - 1916)
FatherJohn Kinross1 (1784 - 1861)
MotherIsabella Eadie1 (bt 1787 - 1791 - bt 1843 - 1851)
RelationshipGrandson of John Kinross
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
Ancestors of James Stirling Kinross
John Kinross, 1822-1916

Children of John Kinross and Elizabeth Graham Stirling

Life Events

OccupationJohn Kinross was a tenant farmer & for many years a Justice of Peace for Perthshire. 
BirthHe was born on 20 May 1822 in Gannochan, Muthill, Perthshire.1
 
(with Parents) 1841 CensusJohn appeared on the 1841 Census of Muthill, Perthshire in the household of his parents. He was 15 years old and born in Perthshire.2 
Land-Seised ISOBEL EADIE, spouse of John Kinross, Farmer, Gannochyne, and John Kinross jun. Residing there, his son, Seised, in liferent and fee respectively, Oct. 4. 1842,--in a Piece of land in the Town of BRACO with the Houses thereon, par.. . . . . ;--on Disp. by the said John Kinross, Oct. 4. 1842.P.R. 233. 43.3
 
Land-Seised JOHN KINROSS jun., Farmer at Gannochan, Seised, Mar. 4. 1845,--in a House of 2 Stories with a small House at the north Gable thereof formerly occupied as a Shop but now as a Toll House, and a Byre, Stable and small Dwelling House with the Garden ground behind said Houses on the west side of the Public Road leading from MUTHILL to Crieff, (under exceptions), par. Muthill;--in security of £250;--on Bond and Disp. by Thomas Drummond sen., Mason, South Bridgend, Crieff, Feb. 6. 1845.          P.R. 243. 163.4
 
(with Father) 1851 CensusHe appeared on the 1851 Census of Muthill, Perthshire in the household of his father John Kinross. John was 28, unmarried, a Farmer's son and born in Muthill.5 
Marriage BannMarriage banns were published on 18 Apr 1852 in Muthill, Perthshire.1 
MarriageJohn Kinross married Elizabeth Graham Stirling, daughter of James Stirling and Mary Reid, on 20 Apr 1852 in Feddal, Dunblane, Perthshire.
They were married by the Revd Dr. Graham of Killearn [Elizabeth's granduncle].6 
Newspaper Published 29 Apr 1852 in the Stirling Observer.

Elizabeth Graham of Craighead mar John Kinross at Craighead.7
 
Item On 24 Jul 1852, father and son signed a deed of agreement - John Kinross senior made over to John Kinross junior the stocking and effects on the farm of Gannochan.8 
1861 CensusJohn Kinross and Elizabeth Graham Stirling appeared on the 1861 Census of Muthill, Perthshire, at Gannochan, enumerated 7 Apr 1861. John was age 38, a Farmer of 230 acres and born in Ardoch. Elisabeth G S was 30 and also born in Ardoch. Their children Mary and Isabella Eadie were with them. John's father John was also in the household, as well as two ploughmen, a cattle feeder, and 3 dairymaids.9 
(Executor & Heir) WillJohn Kinross was named executor and an heir in the will of John Kinross dated 27 Jun 1861. He was described as John Kinross Junior residing at Gannochan.8 
(Informant) DeathJohn Kinross registered the death of his father John Kinross. He was recorded as son John Kinross, present.10 
(Inventory) ProbateJohn Kinross gave up the inventory of the estate of his father John Kinross on 28 Nov 1862 in Dunblane, Perthshire. He was recorded as John Kinross Junior residing at Gannochan and was represented by a procurator.8 
1871 CensusJohn Kinross and Elizabeth Graham Stirling appeared on the 1871 Census of Ardoch, Perthshire, at Gannochan Farm. John was 48 and born in Ardoch. He was a Farmer of 235 acres of which 212 were arable, employing 4 labourers, a boy and a girl. Elizabeth G S was 37 and born in Ardoch. Their children Mary, John, James Stirling and Donald Alexander were living with them, as well as 3 female general servants and 2 farm servants.11 
Newspaper Published 19 Apr 1876 in the Glasgow Herald. Five men were elected to the Braco school board, including John Kinross of Gannochan.12 
1881 CensusJohn Kinross and Elizabeth Graham Kinross appeared on the 1881 Census of Ardoch, Perthshire, at Gannochan, enumerated 3 Apr 1881. John was age 58, a farmer of 240 acres all arable employing 2 men, 2 girls & 1 boy, and was born in Ardoch. Elizabeth G.S. was 48 and born in Ardoch. Their children Mary, Isabella Eadie, John, James Stirling, Donald Alexander and Elizabeth Jane were living with them and nephews James Stirling and Benjamin Trochu Stirling were visiting. They had two domestic servants and one outdoor servant in the household.13 
Residence-Moved John Kinross moved to the much better farm of Hillend, near Clackmannan, with his sons James and Alexander (in 1880 according to the Kinross History leaflet but they were still in Ardoch in the 1881 census and John Jr was in Gannochan in the 1885 directory).14 
1891 CensusHe and Elizabeth Graham Stirling appeared on the 1891 Census of Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, at Hillend Farm. John was age 68, a farmer and employer, and was born in Ardoch. Elizabeth G.S. was 60 and also born in Ardoch. Their children Donald Alexander and Elizabeth Jane were with them, along with 3 female domestic servants and one ploughman.15
Hillend Farm House
Clackmannanshire, Scotland
Newspaper Published 10 Oct 1899 in the Glasgow Herald.
The ordinary yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Stirling and Bridge of Allan Tramways Company was held in the secretary's office at Bridge of Allan yesterday. Mr James Brand, chairman, presiding. The report of the directors, which recommended a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent, on the Preferred and Second Preferred shares, and a dividend of 5 per cent on the ordinary shares, was adopted. Mr Brand and Mr John Kinross, Causewayhead, the retiring directors, were re-appointed, and Mr Ebenezer Morrison was again elected auditor. On the motion of Mr Bain, chemist, the directors were granted an honorarium of £35 for their services during the past year. The Chairman afterwards referred to the proposals of the British Electric Traction Company to take over the line. The company had offered them £7 10s for all their stock, but the directors would not accept that. When they came forward with a fair offer the directors would be willing to submit their proposals to a special meeting of the shareholders.16
 
1901 CensusJohn Kinross and Elizabeth Graham Stirling appeared on the 1901 Census of Causewayhead, Logie, Perthshire, enumerated 31 Mar 1901. Jno was 78, a Retired Farmer, and was born in Muthill. Eliz G S was 70 and born in Dunblane. With them was their granddaughter Eliz S Kinross, age 6 and born in England. [She was the daughter of their son James Stirling Kinross]17
John & Elizabeth Kinross with their granddaughter Elizabeth
in the 1901 census
Photograph
John Kinross & Elizabeth Graham Stirling & family
1911 CensusJohn and Eliz G S Kinross appeared on the 1911 Census of Logie, Stirling, at St Leonards, Causewayhead. With them was their daughter-in-law Isabella M Kinross [Isabella was the wife of their son John and they lived in Surrey, England].
John was 88, a retired farmer, birthplace Ardoch, Perth. Elizabeth was 81, born in Ardoch, and had 8 children born alive, 6 of whom were presently living.
They had been married 58 years and they lived in a dwelling that had 4 rooms with windows.18 
Item In 1912, John Kinross and Elizabeth Graham Stirling celebrated their Diamond Wedding Anniversary at Causewayhead.19
John Kinross & Elizabeth Graham Stirling
Diamond (60th) Wedding Anniversary, 1912
Newspaper
     An unusual event of not a little interest took place in the quiet village of Causewayhead on Saturday last. This was the celebration of the "diamond wedding" of Mr John Kinross, J.P., and Mrs Kinross, St Leonards, who received the congratulations of their relatives, friends, and neighbours on the happy occasion.
     Mr Kinross, who has reached the long age of ninety and is still hale and hearty, is a native of Ardoch Parish, Perthshire, his father having been tenant of the farm of Gannochan on the Braco estate. In 1845 young Kinross succeeded to the tenancy of the farm, which he held for 36 years during which he took an active part in public affairs. Over a wide district, "Gannochan," as he was usually called, was a man of mark, and his services in various capacities were in great request. For 30 years, from 1847 to 1877, he acted as secretary to Ardoch Agricultural Society and took a great interest in the annual shows. He was a member of the Parochial Board of Muthill till Ardoch was formed into a parish in 1858, and a member of Ardoch School Board from 1872 to 1884. An elder in the Parish Church from 1858 to 1884, Mr Kinross officiated as Session Clerk for many years. In 1877 he was appointed a Justice of Peace for Perthshire on the recommendation of Lord Kinnaird, Lord-Lieutenant of the County. A staunch and consistant Liberal in politics, Mr Kinross has no sympathy with the socialist and syndicalist developments of modern Radicalism.
     Removing in 1881 to the farm of Hillend, in Clackmannanshire, Mr Kinross continued to take a fair share of public work, representing Clackmannan Parish as District Member of the County Council. He remained at Hillend till 1896 when he retired and took up residence at Causewayhead.
     While at Gannochan, Mr Kinross took a great interest in the national game of curling and he has many stories to tell of the early grand matches. At that time there were no railways, and the players had to find their way to the scene of the struggle as best they could. On the occasion of the first great match at Linlithgow, the curlers from the north of the Forth drove in a snowstorm from Stirling in five coaches. Mr Kinross was afterwards chosen as one of the umpires of the annual match at Carsebreck, along with the late Provost Murrie of Stirling, and acted in this capacity up till a few years ago. He was one of the curlers who formed the Scottish Central Curling Club, and was secretary of that Club from 1866 to 1886, when he was succeeded by Provost James Drysdale, Bridge of Allan.
     On 20th April, 1852, occurred the event the sixtieth anniversary of which was celebrated on Saturday, Mr Kinross being joined in wedlock to Elizabeth Stirling, daughter of a neighbouring farmer. Like her husband, Mrs Kinross enjoys remarkably good health, and it is hoped, may be spared for years to come. They have three sons and three daughters. The total number of descendants is twenty-seven.
     At the large family gathering, the best wishes were expressed for the health and happiness of the old couple, whose faculties are still unimpaired by advancing age, and who are so highly respected and esteemed by all who know them. They were the recipients of a large number of valuable presents. Along with a number of descendants, two sons and thee daughters were present, the third son, a farmer in Canada, being unable to join the company.
     Our portraits are from photos taken by Mr Robert Ferguson, St Margaret's, Causewayhead.19
 
Tax ListJohn Kinross, retired farmer, appeared on the 1915 valuation roll for St Leonards, Causewayhead, Logie Parish, Stirling, The owner of the house was George May and John was the tenant and occupier. The annual rent was £22.20 
WillHe wrote a will dated 4 Dec 1915. Recorded in Court Books of Commissariot of Stirling 28 Dec 1916

I John Kinross, sometime Farmer at Gannochan, now residing at Saint Leanords Causewayhead for the purpose of settling the succession to my means and estate in the event of my death do hereby nominate and appoint my wife Elizabeth Graham Stirling or Kinross, my sons John Kinross, Riding Court, Datchet, Buckinghamshire and Donald Alexander Kinross, Farmer, Hillend Clackmannanshire and my son in law Francis Maxwell Thomson Cannon Court Leatherhead, Surrey or the survivors or survivor of them to be my executors or executor and I instruct my Executors to pay all my just and lawful debts deathbed funeral and executry expenses and
to deliver to my son the said John Kinross the Oil Painting of my father my two volume Family Bible and my gold watch and chain and
to my son the said Donald Alexander Kinross my dining room table and
I declare that the heritable property in Braco which was jointly vested in the said John Kinross and me and the survivor of us shall belong absolutely to the said John Kinross in the event of his surviving me
And I also declare that after my death and the death of my said wife the sum of Two hundred pounds on loan by me to my son James Stirling Kinross shall belong to the said James Stirling Kinross and his debt to me shall be extinguished, the interest thereon being meantime payable to my said wife should she survive me during her lifetime and
I leave and bequeath the whole residue of my estate to my said wife in the event of her surviving me for her sole use and benefit and whatever residue thereof she may leave I direct to be divided as my said wife may think proper among my daughters Mary Isabella and Elizabeth or their families and failing directions then among my daughters equally
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have subscribed these presents written by John Mitchell Brown, Clerk to Hill and Whyte Solicitors, Stirling at Causewayhead on the fourth day of December Nineteen hundred and fifteen before these witnesses the said John Mitchell Brown and Jessie Comrie Williamson residing at Saint Leanords Causewayhead
(Signed) John Kinross, John M. Brown Witness, Jessie C. Williamson Witness.21
 
DeathJohn died on 9 Aug 1916 in St. Leonards, Causewayhead, Logie, Perthshire.
Details from certificate: John Kinross, farmer (retired), married to Elizabeth Stirling, died at 3h 15m PM, parents John Kinross, farmer (deceased) & Isabella Kinross maiden surname Eadie (deceased). The informant was his son Donald Kinross, Hillend, Clackmannanshire.22 
Newspaper Published 10 Aug 1916 in the Evening Telegraph.

DEATH OF A NOTED STIRLING FARMER
The death took place at the age of 94 of Mr John Kinross, retired farmer, who was well known in Stirling and Braco district.
Deceased, who is survived by a widow and family, three sons being farmers, was long tenant of Gannochan, Braco, and was a famous curler, having played in the first match of the Royal Caledonian Club. He was a lifelong Liberal, and was an elder in the Church of Scotland since 1858.23
 
ObituaryHis obituary was published on 14 Aug 1916.24
John Kinross obituary
1822-1916
Probate KINROSS, John, sometime Farmer at Gannochan, Braco, latterly residing at St. Leonard's Causewayhead, Stirling, died 9 August 1916 at Causewayhead afroresaid, testate. Confirmation granted at Stirling, 30 December to John Kinross, Riding Court, Datchet, Buckinghamshire, & Donald Alexander Kinross, Farmer, Hillend, Clackmannanshire, his sons, & Francis Maxwell Thomson, Cannon Court, Leatherhead, Surrey, his son-in-law, Executors nominated in Will & Deed, dated 4 December 1915, & recorded in Court Books of Commissariot of Stirling, 28 December 1916. Value of Estate £973.0s.5d.

Inventory given up 28 Dec 1916
Cash at Clydesdale Bank Ltd Stirling
10 Shares Distillers Co Ltd
20 Shares Moss Empires Ltd
20 Shares Assets Coy Ltd
Fees due as Director of Stirling and Bridge of Allan Tramways Coy Ltd
Rent due for property at Feddal Road Braco, owned jointed with son John Kinross Riding Court Datchet Buckinghamshire
Money out on Loan to son James Stirling Kinross Edmonton Canada
England:
Exchequer Bonds
100 shares Ooregum Gold Mining Coy of India Ltd
10 shares Ferreira Deep Ltd [South Africa mine]
5 shares Brittish South Africa Co
Preference Stock in The Chartered Trust & Agency Ltd
Ordinary Stock in The Chartered Trust & Agency Ltd
25 shares North Charterland Exploration Co (1910) Ltd
4 shares The Trust & Agency Assets Ltd

Held in Trust:
10 shares
Stirling and Bridge of Allan Tramways held for Donald Alexander Kinross, Farmer hillend Clackmannanshire

Gross Value of Estate £ 973 / 0 / 5.25
 
ProbateHis estate was sealed in London on 26 Jan 1917. Entry from the English calendar:

Kinross John of St. Leonards Causeway Head Stirling died 9 August 1916 Confirmation of John Kinross Donald Alexander Kinross farmer and Francis Maxwell Thomson. Sealed London 26 January.26
 
(Included) Gravestone Chances are slim that we will ever know all the valuable wording on this gravestone. This photo was taken in 1962 and the stone has since disappeared from the cemetery. The names are from 3 generations: John Kinross & Helen Dawson, John Kinross & Isabella Eadie, & John Kinross and Elizabeth Graham Stirling.27
Last Edited28 Sep 2014

Citations

  1. [S157] Microfilm of the Old Parochial Register of Muthill, Perthshire, 1676-1854 (Family History Library, film #1040132).
  2. [S154] 1841 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm), Muthill (386), ED 10, folio 10, page 8.
  3. [S399] Perthshire Abridgements of Sasines, v. 1-5, 1781-1845 (Family History Library, Film #217128), (677) Oct. 21. 1842.
  4. [S399] Perthshire Abridgements of Sasines, v. 1-5, 1781-1845 (Family History Library, Film #217128), (1558) Mar. 11. 1845.
  5. [S153] 1851 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, film #1042263), Muthill (386), ED 9, page 6.
  6. [S161] Microfilm of the Old Parochial Register of Dunblane, Perthshire, 1653-1859 (Family History Library, 1040065 & 1040066).
  7. [S413] The Stirling Observer, 29 Apr 1852 Thu 4e.
  8. [S457] Inventory, Disposition & Deed of Settlement of Senior John Kinross of Gannochan, 27 June 1861, proved in the Dunblane Sheriff Court, 28 November 1862 (Family History Library, film #0484993).
  9. [S152] 1861 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm), Ardoch (328B), ED 9, page 9.
  10. [S216] Scotland Death Register. John Kinross, Muthill Perth, 1861.
  11. [S155] 1871 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm), Ardoch (328B), ED 1, page 9.
  12. [S1449] Glasgow Herald (Scotland), Wednesday, April 19, 1876; Issue 12131. image online at 19th Century British Library Newspapers, a Gale digital collection.
  13. [S246] 1881 Census for England, Scotland, and Wales (Family History Library, on CD), Vol 328-B, ed 1, p 1.
  14. [S158] John Kinross, Some account of the family of Kinross (Feltham, Middlesex: n.pub., 1934).
  15. [S257] 1891 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm), Clackmannan (466), ED 7, page 6.
  16. [S1449] Glasgow Herald (Scotland), Tuesday, October 10, 1899; Issue 242. image online at 19th Century British Library Newspapers, a Gale digital collection.
  17. [S758] Image of the 1901 Census for Scotland (Scotland's People, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk).
  18. [S2522] Image of the 1911 Census for Scotland (Scotland's People, www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk), 485/0B 007/0A 014.
  19. [S1618] 'Diamond Wedding at Causewayhead', unknown newspaper title, 23 April 1912.
  20. [S2614] 1915 Valuation Rolls. Image from Scotlands People website.
  21. [S1487] Testament of John Kinross of Saint Leonards Causewayhead, 4 December 1915, proved 16 August 1916 (National Archives of Scotland, SC67/40/30 pp343-345).
  22. [S216] Scotland Death Register. Logie 1916 485B/40.
  23. [S2826] Evening Telegraph [Dundee], John Kinross death, 10 August 1916, Page 3. Image accessed online at Find My Past.
  24. [S2642] Obituary of John Kinross in unknown newspaper title, 14 August 1916. Newspaper clipping from John Purser.
  25. [S1488] Inventory of the personal estate of John Kinross of Stirling, taken 28 Dec 1916 (National Archives of Scotland, SC67/36/154 pp718-724).
  26. [S2280] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1858-1966. Images viewed at Ancestry.com. John Kinross, 1917.
  27. [S1725] E-mails from John Cranfield to J Kolthammer, beginning February 2009.
  28. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. Muthill 1857/19.
  29. [S216] Scotland Death Register. unnamed Kinross, #1859/386/35.
  30. [S1320] Website International Genealogical Index, civil registration index (www.familysearch.org).
  31. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. James Stirling Kinross, 1864.
  32. [S22] British Columbia Death Registration. James Stirling Kinross, #54-09-006849.
  33. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. unnamed Kinross, 1870/386A/45.
  34. [S149] Scotland Statutory Births. Elizabeth Jane Kinross, Ardoch 1872/31.