Lindsay Ross‘s place and date of birth and the names of his parents are not known.
Mary Paton, born in Ballingry, Fife on 31 December 1818, daughter of David Paton and Mary Forsyth.
Lindsay and Mary were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Ballingry, Fife on 19 May 1838.
Mary, now widowed, is in Railway Huts at Priestinch, Abercorn, West Lothian on the 1841 Census.
CHILDREN
Eliza Ross, born in Ballingry, Fife c.1838.
Eliza is in Priestinch Railway Huts, Abercorn, West Lothian on the 1841 Census and in Scotlandwell, Portmoak, Kinross-shire on the 1851 Census.
Eliza married George Paterson (b. Portmoak, Kinross-shire c.1833), Labourer, son of George Paterson and Isabella Fisher, at the Free Church Manse, Portmoak on 12 November 1858.
Eliza and George are in Scotlandwell on the 1861 Census and in Kirkness Row, Portmoak on the 1871 and 1881 Census.
George died in Capledrae Colliery, Auchterderran, Fife on 20 August 1884, age 51.
Eliza is in Kirkness Dwelling House on the 1891 Census and in Westfield Row, Auchterderran on the 1901 Census.
Eliza died at Westhill Villa, East Wemyss, Fife on 12 November 1915, age 76.
Davina Ross, born in Abercorn, East Lothian c.1841.
Davina is in Scotlandwell, Portmoak, Kinross-shire on the 1851 Census and at Parson’s Mill, Auchterderran, Fife on the 1861 Census, employed as a Domestic Servant.
Davina married Alexander Bain (b. Orwell, Kinross-shire on 26 March 1844), son of John Bain and Jane Hepburn. They were married in the Free Church Manse, Portmoak, Kinross-shire on 4 December 1863.
Davina and Alexander are at Wester Gellet Cottar House, Dunfermline, Fife on the 1871 Census and in Blackburn, Dunfermline on the 1881, 1891 and 1901 Census.
Alexander died in Parkneuk, Dunfermline on 26 October 1905, age 61.
Davina died in Parkneuk on 24 August 1912, age 71.
DEATHS
The death of a ‘Linsey Ross’ is recorded in Kirkliston, West Lothian on 9 February 1841.
Mary married again, to David Sharp (b.c.1791). They were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Portmoak, Kinross-shire on 31 December 1842.
Mary and David had two children:
Andrew Sharp, born in Portmoak, Kinross-shire c.1844.
Mary Sharp, born in Portmoak, Kinross-shire c.1845.
Mary, widowed a second time, is in Scotlandwell, Portmoak on the 1851 and 1861 Census, at West Gellet Cottar House, Dunfermline, Fife on the 1871 Census, in Dunfermline on the 1881 Census and at 16 Rumblingwell, Dunfermline on the 1891 Census.
Mary died in Rumblingwell on 2 October 1894, age 75.