William Kinross1

#5109, (1833 - 1916)
FatherThomas Kinross1 (1797 - 1880)
MotherCatherine Kinross1 (1805 - 1877)
Relationship2nd great-grandson of James Graham
Extended Family
ChartsJames Graham & Agnes Finlayson - collapsible 7-generation descendant chart

Life Events

BirthWilliam Kinross was born on 8 Oct 1833 in Kilmadock, Perthshire.2
 
BaptismHe was baptized on 3 Nov 1833 in Kilmadock.1 
(with Parents) 1841 CensusWilliam appeared on the 1841 Census of Deanston Civil Parish, Perthshire in the household of his parents. He was 7 years old and born in Perthshire.3 
(with Parents) 1851 CensusWilliam appeared on the 1851 Census of Kilmadock, Perthshire with his parents. He was 17 years old, a farmers son, and born in Kilmadock.4 
1861 CensusWilliam Kinross appeared on the 1861 Census of Edinburgh, Midlothian, at 44 Howe Street. He was a lodger there, age 27, born in Spittletown Perthshire, and a Teller for the National Bank of Scotland. [A visitor there was his cousin Robert Shirra]5 
1871 CensusWilliam appeared on the 1871 Census of Edinburgh, Midlothian, at 11 Millerfield Place. He was a bank teller, a lodger, age 37, and born in Kilmadock.6 
1881 CensusWilliam appeared on the 1881 Census of St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, at 24 Rutland Square. He was 47 years old, unmarried, a bank teller, lodger, birthplace Kilmadock.7 
Newspaper Published 10 Jul 1885 in the Inangahua Times [New Zealand].

William Kinross, a teller in the National Bank, Edinburgh, pleaded "Guilty," in the High Court of Justiciary to having embezzled a sum of £8537 of the Bank funds. He was sentenced to five years' penal servitude.8
 
DeathWilliam died on 17 Sep 1916.9
 
BurialHe was buried in Dunblane Cathedral, Dunblane, Perthshire.9 
(Included) GravestoneThe family's gravestone at Dunblane Cathedral contains the following information:


William Kinross farmer Mill of Ash 9.3.1846 78, wife Agnes Dawson 10.9.1827 (57)
W K A D
William Kinross 13.9.1814 6
Thomas Kinross 13.9.1880 83, wife Catherine Kinross 9.4.1877 72, daughter Agnes Dawson Kinross 7.2.1903 57, son William 17.9.1916 83, daughter Catherine 3.1.1928 90, daughter Jean 2.7.1932 91
Janet Kinross 9.11.1879 77
Reverend John Kinross for 41 years minister of Largs 5.12.1883 71.9
 
Last Edited21 Jun 2011

Citations

  1. [S304] Index of Scottish Old Parish Registers CD.
  2. [S111] Website International Genealogical Index, parish register extraction (www.familysearch.org).
  3. [S1032] Online index to the 1841 Census for Scotland (Ancestry.com) "362/4 page 4."
  4. [S153] 1851 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, film #1042263).
  5. [S1186] Online index to the 1861 Census for Scotland (Ancestry.com) "Edinburgh St Stephen ED 50, page 16, household 103."
  6. [S1207] Online index to the 1871 Census for Scotland (Ancestry.com) "Edinburgh St Cuthberts ED 96, page 5, household 13."
  7. [S246] 1881 Census for England, Scotland, and Wales (Family History Library, on CD), vol 685-1, ed45 p16.
  8. [S2477] Inangahua Times [New Zealand], Volume X, Issue 1572, 10 July 1885, Page 2. online digital image viewed at Papers Past website.
  9. [S432] John Fowler Mitchell and Sheila Mitchell, compilers, Monumental Inscriptions (pre-1855) in South Perthshire (n.p.: Scottish Genealogy Society, 1975), FHL film #962930; does not contain full text of inscriptions.