Margaret Cairns Ross 1879 - 1969
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1879 . Margaret Cairns Ross was born to John Ross & Annie Bains Black on 17/7/1879 in Watson's Place, Anstruther Wester, Fife . Her father a Railway Agent .Cairns was the maiden name of her paternal grandmother
Above certificate obtained in 1942- she almost 63 then, so maybe she needed it in order to be paid a pension.
This appears to be her baptism on 14/9/1879
1881C.Margaret Ross, 1, was living Watson's Place , Pittenweem Road, Anstruther Wester, Fife with her parents & 2 siblings
| John | Ross | Head | Married | Male | 36 | 1845 | Railway T Agent | Leven, Fife, Scotland | |
| Annie | Ross | Wife | Married | Female | 35 | 1846 | - | Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland | |
| Alice | Ross | Daughter | - | Female | 6 | 1875 | Scholar | - | |
| John | Ross | Son | - | Male | 3 | 1878 | Scholar | Anstruther Wester, Fife, Scotland | |
| Margret | Ross | Daughter | - | Female | 1 | 1880 | - | Anstruther Wester, Fife, Scotland |
1891C.Maggie Ross, 11, was living 1st Floor, Shore Street, Anstruther Easter, Fife with her mother & 3 siblings . Father John missing, presumably travelling for his job
| Annie | Ross | Wife | Married | Female | 45 | 1846 | - | Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland | |
| John | Ross | Son | - | Male | 13 | 1878 | Scholar | Fife, Scotland | |
| Maggie | Ross | Daughter | - | Female | 11 | 1880 | Scholar | Fife, Scotland | |
| Andrew | Ross | Son | - | Male | 9 | 1882 | Scholar | Fife, Scotland | |
| Annie B | Ross | Daughter | - | Female | 3 | 1888 | - | Fife, Scotland |
1891-1901. The family move south to Kirkcaldy - presumably for her father's work
1901C. Maggie Ross, 21, dressmaker, was living Douglas Street, Kirkcaldy with her parents & 2 siblings
| John | Ross | Head | Married | Male | 56 | 1845 | Railway Agent | Fife, Scotland | |
| Annie | Ross | Wife | Married | Female | 55 | 1846 | - | Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland | |
| Maggie | Ross | Daughter | Single | Female | 21 | 1880 | Dressmaker | Fife, Scotland | |
| Andrew | Ross | Son | Single | Male | 19 | 1882 | Plumber | Fife, Scotland | |
| Annie | Ross | Daughter | Single | Female | 13 | 1888 | Scholar | Fife, Scotland |
1903. Margaret Cairns Ross married Charles Raeburn, Rangoon, at the Regent Hotel, Edinburgh on 17/7/1903
Hi Bill, OK for tomorrow and the next few weeks?
Their wedding
1903. Mr & Mrs C Raeburn sailed from Liverpool to Rangoon on 24/9/1903 on the Mandalay- FMP. Mistranscribed as Racburn
1904. A daughter, Annie, was born in Dawbong, Rangoon on 20/4/1904
1909. Charles Ross was born 13/7/1909 in Kirkcaldy
1912. John Ross Raeburn was born 20/11/1912 in Aberdeen to Charles & Margaret
Children of Charles Raeburn & Margaret Ross
1920 C Raeburn, 45, engineer, returns from Burma- but indicates his return residence is England -Ancestry travel
She and the family lived in Stockport 1920-1929, when her husband retired and they built a house in Lower Largo for their long retirement
1955. Her husband dies at Lower Largo Fife.
Left, Maggie's Granny, Margaret C Ross/Raeburn, with her sister Nan/Helen, after the latter returned from SA
Granny and great Aunty Nan (SA?) looked forward to Irelands bakery van coming round and used to go to the van and choose small cakes and buns from the back!
Was this in Lower Largo or Battle??
1969. Margaret C Raeburn, 89, died at 9 Corners, Whatlington Road, Battle on 6/1/1969 Hastings Mar 1969. Probate does not give the sum of money she left. . She had been looked after there by her daughter Annie Threlkeld 1904.