Ellen Ross
–1949
Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Life of Ellen
Ellen Ross was born in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. She married John Shaw on 14 June 1912, in Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. She died in 1949, in her hometown.
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Family Time Line
John Shaw
1878–1949
Ellen Ross
–1949
Marriage: 14 June 1912
Spouse and Children
1878–1949Male
–1949Female
MARRIAGE
14 June 1912
Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
14 June 1912
Kilsyth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
World Events (8)
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1868 · The Representation of the people (Scotland) Act 1868
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 was passed by Parliament and allowed for the creation of seven additional Scottish seats in the House of Commons. Along with the seats, Two University constituencies were created. These each returned one member to Parliament.
Name Meaning
1 Scottish and English (of Norman origin): habitational name for someone from Rots near Caen in Normandy, probably named with the Germanic element rod ‘clearing’. Compare Rhodes . This was the original home of a family de Ros, who were established in Kent in 1130 .2 Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places called Ross or Roos(e), deriving the name from Welsh rhós ‘upland’ or moorland, or from a British ancestor of this word, which also had the sense ‘promontory’. This is the sense of the cognate Gaelic word ros. Known sources of the surname include Roos in Humberside (formerly in East Yorkshire) and the region of northern Scotland known as Ross. Other possible sources are Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, Ross in Northumbria (which is on a promontory), and Roose in Lancashire3 English and German: from the Germanic personal name Rozzo, a short form of the various compound names with the first element hrōd ‘renown’, introduced into England by the Normans in the form Roce.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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